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Summary: Branded a Dark mage at a young age Naruto went to the only place that would accept him, a Dark Guild. Is their really any hope for someone with such a dark past?
Please read the Authors notes at the beginning and end of each chapter, thank you.
Some people have been asking questions that I've already answered but I'll go over some important facts just once more. Naruto is 18. There is no chakra in this world; Naruto will not learn any jutsu. On top of that he doesn't have anyway to learn jutsu having been sent over Earth Land before he could even learn shadow clone.
Jicea: I'm really glad you like the story. I am assuming the Ultear has a crush on Zeref, its weird I know but that is what one of the most recent chapters has led me to believe.
Druss the Legend: Thanks for the review, Naruto will have one or two more adventures, and make a name for himself before he joins the guild and then he'll have a few adventures within the guild itself before the cannon starts.
A few people seemed confused about chapter 3's beginning so to clear things up that was the conclusion of the fight between Naruto and Gildarts. If you want to read the fight go back to chapter two. I'm not really sure how that was confusing unless you skipped chapter two but whatever.
Escaping the Darkness
Memories of Days Gone Past
Naruto sighed as he walked out of the town he had stayed in last night, this morning he had woken up to an empty hotel room. It had been disappointing to say the least to find that Ultear had snuck off sometime during the night, but a part of him had been expecting it, still it did nothing to dull the pain of his aching heart. Sighing again Naruto began to make his way towards a forest that existed a few miles away from the town; it was time to get serious about training. Putting Ultear behind him for now, he began to think about just how he was going to try and tame the darker magic inside of him. The safest way to go about it, and the slowest, would to be to let the dark magic slowly trickle into his system, get use to it, and then repeat the process. The fastest way would be to let the magic flood his system and try to tame it all at once; this however wasn't really an option because he didn't have anyone around to stop him if he went berserk.
He had tried it a few times; each time the old man was there to stop him when he went berserk. Now he was on his own though, and he was still afraid that the dark magic would still be too much for him to handle. He sighed again, he was going to have to use the first option, and get use to the magic. It would take him a few months, but he needed to do this. He had been putting it off for to long, it was time to master his inner demon.
Reaching the forest he began to walk through the trees, trying to find a clearing he could set up a camp and begin the process of taming the demonic energy inside of him. An hour later Naruto had found the clearing he had been hoping for, he had dug a pit for fire, gathered wood, found a stream for water, and set up a small tent he had bought this morning, with what was left of the money he had taken from the portly man yesterday. With everything set up Naruto sighed to himself, 'This is it, time to get serious.'
~xXx~
Naruto lay on the ground panting heavily, his teacher was currently trying to teach him his special brand of Kōmahō (Light Magic). It had been a few months since he had been rescued and they had been practicing almost every day, but so far he hadn't been able to use the magic, every attempt had blown up in his face. "Damn it," He muttered.
"Hmm," The old man scratched his chin as he watched Naruto lay on the ground. "I think I understand the problem here. I believe that when you absorbed the demon, your magic separated into two separate pools of energy. The first pool is yours, it consist of the same basic magical energy that every human possesses. The second pool however holds the demon's magical energy, something that no human has ever been able to successfully use. My theory for why you can't use my magic is because you're unconsciously trying to draw your magic from both pools of energy. In the end the two different energies clash and your not able to perform either human or demon magic."
"But," Naruto brought his hand up to his face, staring at it through red eyes. "I'm still able to use my absorption magic, why is that?"
"I have a theory for that too. I believe that when the Kyuubi merged with you some of its demonic energy broke away and mixed with some of your magical energy creating a third pool of magic. Your absorption ability is like nothing I have ever seen or heard about before. Born from a demon's need to survive and human ingenuity, for it to work it needs the mixture of yours and the Kyuubi's energy." He sighed, "Of course this is all wild speculation, there's no way to be sure."
"No," Naruto shook his head. "I think, I think I feel the tree different energies." Bringing up his palm Naruto began to draw out his magical energy, focusing on the lighter of the three. Slowly it began to make its way through his body, and into his right hand. Naruto watched, amazed as a small golden ball of light emerged from his hand.
"Well done!' The old man clapped from behind him, "Now your getting the hang of it!"
Naruto smiled, actually smiled, it had been so long since he had done that, not since the night he killed the mountain demon. The smile died as he slowly began to remember the people he had killed over the years. Mentally he could feel the demonic energy inside of him lash out and mix with his normal energy, soon after that the ball of light in his hand exploded, throwing him back.
~xXx~
A month had passed since Naruto had started his training, each day filled with mastering his demonic energy, practicing his spells, and a little bit of exercising. During his free time he would explore the forest, or hunt for food, and occasionally venturing into town to steal a newspaper. Each day he was slowly getting stronger, but mastering the demonic energy was a slow process, so far he couldn't use more than a fourth of it with out risking his sanity, and things seemed to only get more difficult from there. The more demonic energy he used the harder it got to control, but for now he was going to have to just grit his teeth and push through.
Currently he was relaxing in the clearing wondering just how he was going to solve his money problem. "Joining a guild would be easiest," He thought out loud to himself, "But there are other ways." Lately he had been thinking about taking a few bounties. Downside to that is that he would have to apply for a bounty hunter license, and it was a good way to make enemies. Upside was that bounty hunting was a good way to get a reputation, which made joining a guild easier. "Choices, choices."
xXx
"What was that?" Naruto asked nearly falling out of his chair.
The old man sitting across from him simply smiled, "You heard me Naruto, its time for you to move on and see the world, and its time to show the world the new you."
"But I haven't even finished my training yet!" Naruto shouted franticly, not wanting to give up on this carefree life he had grown use too.
The old man chuckled, "You have mastered the basics, as for more complicated spells you will have to invent them yourself, just a I had to. But perhaps I could provide you with a few parting gifts." Naruto began to protest but the old man cut him off. "The decision has been made Naruto, now go get some rest tomorrow will be a long day."
Sighing the blond stood up from his chair and headed to his room, "Goodnight…Master."
The old man chuckled, "Goodnight my student."
The next day Naruto stood outside the old man's home, a traveling pack on his back he was waiting for the old man to come out and wish him goodbye. Sure enough the door opened revealing the old man holding his long black katana. "Naruto before you leave I have two gifts for you." He held out the blade to the surprised blond. "The first is my blade, given to me by my master after I had finished my training, it is the same blade that his master presented to him and so on and so forth."
With shaking hands Naruto took the blade gently from the old man's hands. "Thank you Master, I-I don't know what to say."
The old man nodded, "I felt the same way my boy. My second gift is much more personal though." Walking closer to Naruto the old man held out his hand, "My second gift is one of knowledge."
It took a few seconds before Naruto realized what his master was giving him, "What? No! Master how could you ask me to do that?"
The old man chuckled, "Relax my boy I'm not asking you to kill me, but I want you to absorb my knowledge. Take some of my spells, and what I know of kenjutsu."
"But Master, what if I absorb too much?" Naruto held out his shaking hand, staring at his open palm. "I could kill you."
The old man simply shook his head, "I trust you Naruto, and I know you can do this."
Naruto released a shaky breath, "Alright, you've never lead me wrong before." Grasping his masters hand Naruto sighed, "Yūgōsuru Banmotsu Mahō (Assimilate All Creation Magic)"
~xXx~
Naruto stared up into the starry night sky, thinking about past events. "Tomorrow is the beginning of a new chapter," He thought out loud to himself, having gone into town earlier that day to purchase a bounty hunter license. He would be given easy bounties or missions to start off with, but once he built up some trust with the law enforcement he would be allowed to take on more difficult bounties.
"I wonder," Naruto began closing his eyes, drifting off into sleep, "I wonder if master would be proud of me?"
~xXx~
Sorry for the short chapter, and the long absence. I've been suffering from a sever lack of inspiration, also college is a bitch, but enough of that. The next chapter will be longer, more interesting, and should come out a lot quicker.
Yūgōsuru Banmotsu Mahō (Assimilate All Creation Magic): Naruto's first real spell, it allows him to absorb a person or creature completely.
Naruto has three Pools of Magical energy.
1 His: Normal human magic, nothing different about it than any other mages.
2 Demonic: The magic absorbed from Zeref's demon, at the moment he can only access a small portion of it before losing himself to its dark pull.
3 Mixed: A combination of Naruto's and Kyuubi's energies, the only time he can access this pool is for Assimilate All Creation Magic which requires the perfect combination of human and demonic energy.
Also I'm gonna make a Dragon Age 2 story, cause the game is just awesome. Keep an eye out for it and my next chapter.
