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Naruto Ultimate:
Naruto Of the Demon Village...
Chapter 3: Legionnaire...
"We are Legion, for we are Many..."
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Talking "Yo"
Thinking 'Stupid Fox'
Demon Talking "Grrr..."
Demon Thinking 'Stupid Kit...'
Inner Self Talking "CHAA!"
Jutsu "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!"
Guardians of Pain "Now you will come with us Child..."
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(Akumagakure, Onikage Tower...)
Naruto's team all stood in front of the Onikage with Dirge beside them mumbling about hot ass bitches being worse than an army of demons. Naruto was in between Shadow and Virgil, Virgil having his arms crossed with a silent frown on his face and Shadow looking like she'd rather be anywhere else at the moment. "Alright... What happened?" The Onikage questioned, his fingers laced together as he looked at them and Virgil was the first to speak.
"We were attacked by a group of ninja, which I believe to either be from Konoha or in some way affiliated with them. The leader of the group had a hidden Konohagakure Hittai-ate around his left arm. The group consisted of six member's, each had an ability to vanish from the visible spectrum although the leader didn't use this ability I believe he had it also. The group attacked in order to gain access to a crate that was on board the train at the time, it was Shinra Cargo..." The boy explained and the Onikage pinched the bridge of his nose while Shadow looked at her feet.
"Dad... Er, Onikage-Sama... Are we in trouble?" She asked and the Onikage gave her a soft smile.
"No, no... You all did your best given the situation, you made sure no civilian casualties were sustained, although the train cars that were detached do have to be repaired it's nothing we can't afford. Shinra however, was in the wrong by not telling us of this cargo of theirs, and at the moment a few of the Counsel are trying to intimidate the Shinra group into telling us what they felt they had to put on a civilian train as we speak." He said then frowned to himself. "As for the ability you mentioned Virgil... Exactly what did it look like when you couldn't see them..." He questioned and Virgil took a thoughtful expression as he tried to put it into words...
"They were... Almost like Shadows... Existing in the visible spectrum... But blurred... And when they moved it was almost like looking at something with an after image, not stable, completely as they moved faster than light itself when they used the ability... And then when they stopped using the ability it was almost like the shadows pulled off of them and they no longer blurred." Virgil said with a frown and the Onikage took a thoughtful look.
"It's called the Shadow Cloak, it's an ability my clan learns when they reach master level, however... Not many can use it otherwise..." He said and Shadow gawked.
"You mean they were from our clan!" She demanded and the Onikage shook his head.
"What about the leader, if the others weren't, although unlikely it is possible that he might have been from our clan. What did he look like exactly, I might know of him if he was banished from the clan." He asked and Virgil frowned.
"He was about my height if not taller with black hair, one blue one red eye with a scar over the blue eye, pale skin, and used a pair of tompha... Also, he said his name was "Will." Virgil said and the Onikage frowned.
"Hmmm Although similar to us, he's definitely not from our clan... Those eye's are from an old order of priests indignant to Konoha and Fire country however... But they were supposed to have vanished centuries ago." The man said and Virgil narrowed his eye's.
"Then he is from Konoha... What are they up too..." Virgil wondered to himself with a frown and the Onikage sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"I don't know what their up too... however... I believe that you should all head to their Chunin Exams, it's in a months time which could allow us some in tell on their forces. We haven't been in contact with them for a good deal of time after all... Also, Vergil sent me a request to have your team head to "Nami no Kuni"." The Onikage said and Naruto blinked.
"What... Grandpa Vergil wants us? What for?" The boy questioned and the Onikage chuckled to himself softly.
"Simply put Naruto, he wants you to assist him with freeing Nami no Kuni from the business man Gato." The Onikage said and Naruto gawked.
"Wait, Gato, as in Gato Shipping? The Richest man in the world?" Naruto questioned and the Onikage nodded his head. "What the hell is going on down their?" He questioned and the Onikage frowned.
"We're not entirely sure, but according to Vergil's report it seems that not only has Gato taken over the country, but he's making sure he's feared by killing all who appose him, he has hired bandits, mercenaries, and Missing Nin to insure that no one apposes him, also it seems he's been attempting to keep them from making a bridge to the mainland so the village could prosper..." Abel told them and Naruto frowned.
"So when do we leave?" He asked and the Onikage looked to Dirge.
"Dirge, I'm afraid, won't be going anywhere as of yet, he has to remain here and begin his training for the Nero-Angelo core." The man said and then stroked his chin silently. "Also, it could be a while before the techs in South City get the Gate ready to send you all to Wave..." The Onikage began and Naruto raised a hand. "Yes Naruto?" The man questioned of the younger red head.
"Whats "The Gate"?" He questioned and The Onikage chuckled.
"Sorry, I forgot you've never been through the Gate before..." He said mostly to himself as he looked at the boy. "The Gate is a combination of Seals, Chakra Manipulation, and the newest available Technology. It was developed as a means for our Shinobi to get in and out of other countries quickly, but is also viable for full scale invasions on our own part." Abel said then leaned back. "The Gate works, by having over a dozen seals on it, and is like a much larger version of the Yondaime Hokage's "Hiraishin no Jutsu" as it can transport a person almost instantaneously to another area. However, this device needs an enormous amount of chakra to be used, and as such, it's lucky that you and Virgil have such large Chakra Stores. If you didn't it would take nearly a month to store the power needed in the energy grid." The Onikage finished and Naruto and Virgil nodded to the man. "Also, Virgil sent a note about that Legion thing of yours. He says you need to look up a "Dark Legionnaire" in a book called the "Forbidden Apocrypha of Yzarc"." The Onikage informed and then smirked. "You will all be contacted when the Gate is ready, so until then. Dismissed." And with that the four gave a quick salute and left the Onikage to his work.
"So it's in that stupid Apocrypha thing..." Naruto said as they left the Onikage office and walked down a stairway.
"What do you mean "Stupid Apocrypha Thing"?" Shadow questioned with air quotes and Naruto crossed his arms.
"I mean, that thing is where Grandpa gave me my lessons in Kenjutsu from. He said he uses the Dark Slayer Style like V here. But he wants me to use the "Chaos Knight" Style. Apparently it had a few varying tricks that his Dark Slayer or Dirge's Trickster style's didn't, which he believed would be more useful to me... Not sure why he thought that though..." Naruto stated and Virgil shrugged.
"Think of it this way. He wanted you to move forward under your own power. Not copy his or my strengths. He wants you to become known for your own skill, your own sword, your own power..." Virgil said sagely and Shadow snickered.
"Niisan is being silly and thinking too much again, huh Naru-chan?" She asked and grinned seeing as Naruto looked at her angrily for calling him "Naru-Chan... "Oh c'mon you two, don't be such stick's in the mud. Lets go find that book so Naru-chan can use that Legion thing, and we can go see Vergil!" The girl exclaimed walking off while Naruto and Virgil both grumbled about her being annoying with Nicknames...
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(Vergils Castle...)
The home of his Grandfather, and by proxy, Naruto himself, laid just north of the main village, passed the ruins of a long since forgotten city, which lay beyond an ancient forest FILLED with demons and other such creatures. In his youth, Naruto had never truly appreciated the true ancient beauty of his Grandfathers home. It was "Just a Castle" to him at first, something that was expected to be massive and made for multiple people to live in, nothing out of the ordinary for someone of the lineage that Vergil was constantly reminding him, he was of. However, as he got older he could actually appreciate it, it being the only "Western" style castle to have survived Two Hundred years of war and death while the people of the world around it would slowly fade, then be reborn.
The castle was large, being at least fifteen stories tall with over a hundred rooms, if not more, and was of an ancient lost western design, being made of some unknown mineral, possibly something from the Demon World as it was too sturdy to be something of lesser stones of this world to have survived as long as it had. Ancient blood still covered many of the wall's within the castle, more on the outside, the numerous towers covering the castle all around, ancient paths linking between them with massive spikes covering these paths, the walls had symbols etched into them, ancient and forgotten glyphs that only those from the past would be able to identify. Archways and columns lining the sides of the castle, like the spikes and towers, completely covering the building, with a single, MASSIVE tower jutting up from the very center of the castle and high into the skies above.
The ancient walls surrounding the castle were partly destroyed by time and war, wars that had ended long ago however. The walls also seeming to hold in ancient demons, ones loyal to Sparda no less, whom still protected it from intruders. A garden was outside the castle with stone steps and paths leading to the Castle's entrance way. Naruto and Vergil both having tended to the plants daily, for Naruto it was his hobby to care for plants, for Vergil, it was a way to relax and spend time with his grandson outside of training. Vergil had once said that this castle was built by Sparda's followers for him when he once ruled over humanity and protected them. For some reason, Naruto didn't disbelieve his grandfather. He had also said that it was his mother, Eva, who had planted this garden long ago, before his family moved at least...
The inside of the Castle was something to behold as it still held an ancient beauty, though the modern conveniences had been added also, like electricity, mostly for comfort. The floors were mostly made of fine marble and looked reflective, some rooms having hardwood floors and others even having rug's. One room in particular, was massive in size, with a rounded look, stained glass windows all around the length of the room, large columns between many of them with two stone bridges between a circular alter and a strange almost statue like object which had a door on either side of it. The library of this room, was the largest in the known world, having well over five hundred thousand books alone shelves lining every wall with more in the center, stairs leading up onto high floors where even more books resided, some dating farther back to before the Shinobi world began.
When he was little, Naruto often got lost , seeing as the place was so large he literally needed a map just to find everything, making him believe the place was far too big. Virgil and Dirge thought the same thing, and made copies of the red heads map so they wouldn't get lost either when they visited their uncle or cousin. Shadow had only visited three times before, each time she only entered into the study, the library, or Naruto room in order to visit said boy while Vergil and her father would discus the village with one another. Currently, the three were in the library, Naruto looking around for the ancient, supposedly Forbidden Apocrypha of Yzarc, the same Tolm he had learned his Kenjutsu style from all those long years ago.
"Well, anyone found it?" Naruto questioned as he closed a put yet another book back to it's place and Virgil hmmed, saying no in his own way as he placed a red book back also, his Hittai-ate around his neck leaving his eye's unhidden. Shadow was looking for what Naruto had described to them earlier, that being an old dirty brown book with belts holding it closed and an odd looking symbol on the front and sides.
"I've seen over a dozen old brown-ish red books but none of them have any weird symbol on the front or sides..." Shadow grumbled while Virgil and Naruto sighed.
"We've been looking through the shelves Naruto, but perhaps Uncle placed it somewhere else, perhaps even in a case or in his study." Virgil offered and Naruto shook his head no.
"Grandpa doesn't like keeping that book in his study cause he has so many guests meet him there... He has it in hear because of the seals that keep people out..." Naruto stated and Shadow grumbled to herself about hating the seals. "Hey, it's not the seals fault you tried to get in before I or grandpa knew you." Naruto stated with a shrug and smirk making Shadow grumble once more and walked around.
Virgil rolled his eye's and walked towards the cases where Vergil kept all of his more precious and rare books. Unfortunately, the Apocrypha wasn't there either. "Uncle sure does like to hide things..." Virgil muttered and Naruto snapped his fingers as a look of realization came to his face.
"Duh, where else would he hide it!" Naruto exclaimed then placed a finger on a row of books before stopping at a black bound book and pulling it, a mechanical sound coming from it as then another shelf of books slid out of the way to show a room filled with what looked like weapons, most of which having been salvaged from the "Devil May Cry" shop after Vergil had found it wrecked.
"What do you know..." Shadow said and then grinned. "What other little secret passages are in this place..." She wondered aloud and Naruto raised a brow, making Virgil smirk.
"She's wondering if the mirrors in the bath rooms have are one sided." He said simply still smirking and Naruto blushed and looked at her strangely.
"Why the hell would you wanna know?" He questioned and Shadow gave him a cheeky look.
"No reason. But what's with all those weapons?" She said then asked to change the subject and Naruto went for it, not liking the topic much.
"Their Devil Arms Grandpa has been storing for years... And that damn book..." Naruto said, then mumbled seeing the old leather book on a stand. Virgil himself walked into the room and placed a hand on the hilt of "Alastor" one of his Father's old sword, but didn't grasp it.
"My father once used this sword..." He mumbled softly then looked to "Agni and Rudra" two more swords used by his father, then "Cerberus", "Ifrit", "Nevan" and all the other Devil Arms that had been collected by his family over the years now resting in a single room.
"Who is it that comes before us?" Came a voice and Shadow looked around confused while Naruto groaned, Virgil just smirked while he turned to look at "Agni and Rudra, the Green ones eye's glowing and looking at the boy while the red one looked to only be only just waking up. The blades were serrated, with glowing orbs in them coming to life, now guard on the hilt with a golden piece at each end that held a small head in place that had glowing eye's and a mouth, one blade was red and orange, the other green and blue.
"Brother... Why must you yell... I was dreaming about our adventures with Master Dante..." Agni grumbled softly and Rudra blinked then looked apologetically to his Brother.
"I am sorry Brother, but it appears that we once more have guests within our abode." The green sword said and Shadow gawked at the blades with Naruto snickering at her look and Virgil shaking his head.
"Really, Guests! It has been so long I had feared that Master Vergil had forgotten about us!" Agni exclaimed making Naruto snort and mutter about him locking them up because they were too damn annoying.
"I know Brother, it has been far too long. Boy, Tell me who you are, you bear a resemblance to Master Vergil, but your soul and stance shows you to be a much different man." The "More Intelligent" of the two blades questioned then observed of Virgil who chuckled softly.
"I am Virgil, with an I, son of Dante." He stated and Rudra chuckled lightly.
"Brother, he is Master Dante's son!" Rudra proclaimed to Agni who seemed to smile.
"I know Brother, it's amazing, the likeness with Master Vergil is astounding! Tell us boy, where IS Master Dante?" Agni questioned and Virgil's eye's softened while looking at the two swords.
"He was taken by demons... A long time ago..." Virgil said and the two swords then looked to one another and nodded.
"We are sorry. We have never lost our father nor our mother, though we have not seen them for over a thousand years..." Rudra said and Agni nodded it's hilt like head in agreement.
"Er, right, we just came to get that book you guys." Naruto suddenly said and the two swords seemed to blink.
"Brother, isn't that little Naruto?" Agni questioned and Rudra hmmed to himself.
"Why yes, I do believe it is Brother." He said and Naruto slapped his face, quickly walked into the room, grabbed the book and pulled Virgil out the door while the two swords started to talk about how big he was now. Once out of the room Naruto walked over to a table, placed the book down and pulled a chair up so he could read Shadow sitting nearby with Virgil.
"So whats the story with the talking swords?" She questioned and Virgil chuckled.
"Their actually Devil Arms. The souls of certain demons can be used to create weapons, though I don't exactly know what the requirements for this is, it has been years since any demon became a Devil Arm after all." Virgil explained while Naruto looked through the Table of Contents within the book and stopped at "Chaos Legion" which he quickly turned too and raised a brow.
"Tis the darkest glyph thou barest, it sacrifice stray souls to summon unearthly force. Unearthly force shall obey and serve thee, tis named 'Chaos Legion'..." Naruto read and then looked to Virgil who shrugged not knowing what it spoke of, though he believed that the 'Chaos Legion' might be the Guilt thing he got from his uncle Vergil.
"What the hell is that?" Shadow then asked and both boy's chuckled to themselves lightly.
"It's the beginning part of the chapter over 'Chaos Legion' thats all I know..." Naruto told the girl then frowned.
"So what the hell is a 'Chaos Legion'?" she questioned and Naruto picked up the book and read on with a soft frown on his face.
"It's a monster, one that obeys a 'Knight of the Dark Glyphs, whom bears the darkest glyph in order to summon the beings known only as chaos Legion'. They were apparently very few of them in ancient times, only one in any given age, though usually it was a title passed from father to son..." Naruto said and Shadow made an O with her mouth, though still didn't fully get it.
"Basically, its a person who uses the lost souls whom still wonder this world in order to command a monster to do his or her bidding..." Virgil summed up and Shadow's face should realization and Naruto shivered in distaste.
"Not really our style, using souls at least... Maybe Demon Souls but this seems like it's for human souls from the way your talking..." Naruto said and Virgil crossed his arms and looked at the book with a frown.
"Perhaps... But I would say that a Demons soul would be far more affective with them, although the Demons would never be reborn, it just means less for us to actually hunt..." Virgil said and Naruto still frowned then reached into his weapons pouch and pulled the statue out and place it near the book.
"I get that V, what I want to know is how I USE this damn thing..." Naruto grumbled and Vergil nodded his head.
"Let me see it, I'm more versed in Spells and Rituals, than Dirge or yourself after all..." Virgil said and Naruto rolled his eye's then pushed the book over to Virgil who picked it up and started to read it to himself.
"Niisan is weird when he starts this kind of stuff. Whenever he starts something he always has to finish it... You notice that?" Shadow said mostly to herself then asked Naruto who nodded his own head in agreement. "So... What you wanna do?" She asked and Naruto shrugged but Virgil cleared his throat.
"It seems that we have to go to the Alter Room. Only there will we be able to grant you the Darkest Glyph of the 'Knight of the Dark Glyphs'..." Virgil said while grabbing the Legion statue and the Apocrypha, Naruto and Shadow sighing before following him, leaving the door to the room containing the Devil Arms wide open.
"Brother, it seems that our guests have left us..." Agni said and Rudra nodded his hilt.
"Indeed, Brother..." Rudra said then saw something move. "Who is there? Show yourself coward!" Rudra quickly asked then stated with Agni looking around with his brother only for everything to go dark within the room...
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(Alter Room...)
"I still can't get over how big this room is..." Shadow said looking over the massive room. It being mostly the central part of the castle, with a circular pillar in the middle to stand on the walls around them cylindrical in shape, with stained glass windows all the way down till it reached the bottom of the castle, only three doorways leading to the chamber. A large Statue across from where Naruto, Virgil and Shadow stood, the floor beneath them was smooth and polished to look almost like a mirror, ancient symbols covering the ground.
"Yeah, it's a nice room..." Naruto said looking over the multiple stained glass windows as they cascaded many different colors of light over them. "But why do we have to be in here to give me the Darkest Glyph?" Naruto questioned and Virgil placed the Apocrypha directly at the center of the room and then placed the Guilt Legion over it, the Legion seeming to come to life, floating over the book. "Whoa, how did you do that?" Naruto questioned as Virgil stood back.
"It's not for me to tell. Shed your blood into the same Glyph on the book around the Legion... I'll do the rest..." Virgil said and then looked to Shadow. "Get out of the way... This will get messy..." The boy said and Shadow raised a brow then walked over and sat in front of the oddly shaped statue to one side of the room, as Virgil then looked at his hand and cut it at the same time Naruto did. As Naruto made the glyph on the cover of the Apocrypha, Virgil was making a circle around the floor, when both finished Virgil backed away, standing on the opposite bridge across from Shadow.
"Well what now?" Naruto questioned the wound on his hand now healing while Virgil let out a breath and placed Yamato on the ground, then knelled down in front of the circular pillar of the room.
"From the pits of the Netherworld, and the towers of the Celestial Plane... Let this warrior become one who shall barest thy Darkest Glyph, and be hated by spirits for using them as his power... Let his might reign over the Chaos Legion and have them all at last AWAKE!" Virgil exclaimed as the Guilt Legion started to glow and then the blood around Naruto did also, the Glyph he had made starting to do so also and then all three made a pillar of energy which stopped at the top of the room.
Naruto looked around as the power subsided, however blue energy now surrounded him and the Legion was hovering in the air, the Apocrypha now covered by a transparent shell of some form. "So, someone wants to use it... The dark power of the Chaos Legion..." Came a voice as someone walked from the shadows and Naruto blinked rapidly.
This person had blood colored hair like he did, the same azure blue eye's, and fair skin, only no whisker marks and his hair was in a slightly different style, though it was the same length as Naruto's own. He wore a long tattered white coat with a black glyph on his back and black fur around his neck, a skin-tight black shirt that barely did anything to conceal him as it showed ever muscle he had, a glyph on each of his shoulders with a red gauntlet on his left arm, with a small red glove on his right arm, bandages wrapped around his forearm with a metal band around his bicep, black leather pants with a black leather belt that had a silver buckle, several brown leather belts wrapped around each of his thighs, and a pair of black boots, with a strange silver single edged sword in one hand of a design he had never seen before.
"Who the hell are you?" Naruto questioned, gripping Gilver's sheath tightly as he did and the man placed his sword over his shoulders, eye's closed with a silent calm over his face.
"Sieg Warheit, a Knight of the Dark Glyphs..." He said simply and Naruto backed up slightly. "And, for you to be able to wield the power of the Legion, you must first defeat a true wielder of their true power..." Sieg said then gripped the hilt of his blade tightly as Naruto quickly unsheathed Gilver and tossed it's sheath to the side. Sieg didn't seem to be in any hurry however and even looked around silently, his blue eye's scanning the castle like they hadn't in many, many years. "This place... It brings back so many memories..."
"Are you just gonna stare, or are we gonna actually fight?" Naruto questioned of the man who smirked slightly to himself, then removed the sword from his shoulders and held it at his side while Naruto crouched getting ready to attack.
"Why..." Sieg suddenly questioned and caught Naruto off guard. "Why do you wish to wield the Legion..." He questioned making Naruto raise a brow.
"Do I even need a reason?" Naruto questioned and Sieg looked over towards the Statue was sitting in front of with his eye's becoming slightly pained.
"If you wish to live... You'll need a real reason to gain power..." With that Sieg crouched and ran forward swinging his sword and Naruto jumped over him, landing behind him and swinging Gilver at Sieg from behind. The Dark Knight moved like lightning however and Naruto's eye's widened feeling himself being cut by the man who looked at him from the side with a deadpan stare, while Naruto's own eye's widened in shock. 'He's FAST!' Naruto thought to himself, though he was glad he could follow the movements it would still be hell to dodge the man.
Sieg then flipped backwards and brought his sword down in an arc, Naruto rolling out of the way as Sieg's sword hit the ground with a soft clang, Naruto then quickly rushed towards Sieg, swinging his own blade as it sang through the air, Sieg swinging his own as they came together with a metallic clang. "What the hell are you?" Naruto questioned then his eye's widened as Sieg's blade was surrounded by what looked like blue fire.
"I'm... Me..." Sieg said knocking Naruto back and took a firm grasp of his swords hilt. Sieg then ran towards Naruto who flipped back to his feet and swung his sword at the other red haired man, Sieg ducking and moving to slash the boy but Naruto flipped over him and swung his sword backwards, Sieg rolling forward to avoid the blade then to his feet as he then quickly jumped backwards and then used something suspiciously like Dirge's "Air Hyke" to land behind Naruto and swing his sword at him. Only instead of a platform appearing beneath him, two crimson rings surrounded the mans upper torso looking like magic.
Naruto didn't bother to wonder about that as he blocked the swing with his own blade before pushing Sieg back and then kicking him in the chin knocking him back and off balance as then Naruto ran forward swinging his blade quickly and cutting a deep wound in Sieg's side. Naruto turned only to see the wound heal making Naruto's eye's widen in astonishment. "Quite amazing isn't it... The power of the Darkest Glyph... It even allows something as lowly as a human to due battle with a demon..." Sieg said softly then turned his head to Naruto and ran forward and knocked the boy back with his shoulder, Sieg, then flipped into the air and brought his sword, straight down, the flame around the blade turning red, just as Naruto rolled out of the way as he pieced the ground with his blade.
"I think it's time I stopped the warm up..." Sieg said softly and Naruto actually paled slightly. Sieg then punched with his fist, red lightning crackling from it to grab Naruto, then the red haired boy was pulled towards Sieg by the lightning. The man then jumping and used his double jump to kick Naruto back to the ground while he landed safely on his feet. Sieg then held his sword in his hand as Naruto got back to his feet and ran towards the man, only for the Dark Knight to suddenly spin burning Naruto and sending the boy sailing back. "Like I said before, if you have no reason to gain power... You won't survive..." Sieg suddenly said and Naruto grunted, gritting his teeth as he got back to his own two feet and glaring at the man who was so seriously out classing him.
'Heh, you know... I could give you a hand...' Kyuubi said in Naruto's head and the boy growled lightly. 'No way Fox, I can handle this on my own.' Naruto stated firmly and Kyuubi scoffed. 'Yes you've been doing a MARVELOUS job handling this thus far... I could have sworn I had to heal your ass several times already... While you've barely landed a single hit on this guy... Must be my imagination... Huh...' Kyuubi grumbled and Naruto's eye twitched. 'Shut up Fuzz-butt, I can fight on my own, I don't need your power to fight...' Naruto growled to the fox who seemed thoughtful, he didn't want to die, and he owed Sparda quite a lot in the past... 'How about I just unlock one of your Slayer powers...' The Fox questioned and Naruto drew a blank. 'Ugh... Like Virgil's summoned Swords, or Dirges Lightning Bullets. A special power that only you can use... Dimwit...' The Fox grumbled and Naruto looked at Sieg and sighed. 'Fine, but make it quick.' He said and the fox chuckled to itself with glee.
Naruto was then surrounded by red energy and Sieg let out a sigh... 'Looks like he's letting something within him help him... That won't...' However Siegs thoughts stopped as Naruto crouched and the red haired man felt a new power making him hold up his sword in a protective manner. Just then black almost fire like clouds appeared around Naruto's body before turning into a violet aura and revealing the boy crouching the aura forming into what looked like four wings, a pair of horns, and spikes from his knee's, looking almost like a demon as the boy's right hand altered slowly changing into a new shape also.
His fingers grew into sharp claws, the skin turning black as midnight, a violet colored gem glowing on the back of his fist as a silver bracelet covered his wrist then it extended up the side of his forearm ending at his elbow, a barb growing from his elbow while the skin of his forearm changed becoming thick like leather and turning pitch black. The red heads hair then turned the same shade of silver as Virgil or Dirge's own, his eye's glowing a bright blood red... 'Dammit this hurts...' Naruto thought while he crouched cradling his demonic arm while the Kyuubi chuckled darkly in his mind. 'Kit, this is nothing, your Demonic Power, Like Virgil and Dirge's, takes a bit of time to form, and while you use it your going to have heightened senses. Also, that Aura around your body is something that protects you from attacks, I added to it however, giving you the ability to fire it towards enemies and grab them with it like he did with that red shit. When you don't use it for a while your arm will return to normal and the pain will slowly begin to fade as you use it.' Kyuubi explained while Naruto looked at his arm then gripped Gilver's hilt tightly.
"Alright blood head... Now it's on..." Naruto said then ran towards Sieg, swinging his sword at the man who blocked but was pushed back by the force of Naruto's swing.
"Thats new... Similar to something Seraphim made back when he and Sparda fought each other actually..." Sieg said confusing Naruto and allowing the Dark Knight to Flip up, kicking the boy in the chin and knocking him back. "You really need to learn how to stay focused in battle..." Sieg said and Naruto frowned.
"Would you please just shut up already..." Naruto growled and then tossed Gilver into his left hand and fired a Violet hand from his right arm. The hand of the limb grasped around Sieg and Naruto pulled the man straight towards him then slashed Sieg, knocking him skidding away. Sieg placed his hands onto the ground and then flipped himself back to his feet, landing in a crouch while holding his sword. Naruto then clenched his fist crouched and raced towards Sieg, the red haired man looked at his left hand, then at Naruto and let out a sigh.
"Looks like I'm forced to use him one last time..." He said then concentrated his power into his left arm and slammed it into the ground. Naruto skidded to a halt seeing the mix of lightning and dust, and then felt himself grow paler than what was natural, like all the heat near him had been sucked away into a deep dark pit. Then he heard a low guttural moan come from the dust and a pair of glowing white eye's that was blown away by a pair of large white wings. Beyond the wings was a body that was covered in mostly blue skin, orange flames covering below the shins, white stripes on his thighs with his chest white also with a couple holes in it, a flap like tail flowing from his lower back with white fingers and a blue and white almost helmet like shape to it's head, it's wings were of an odd design, being completely stiff it seemed yet retaining the ability to move at the same time, it's shoulders and biceps were dark gray and bulky, and it had no visible mouth...
"What the fuck is that..." Naruto questioned then blinked as the creature vanished into nothing and he was hit by what felt like the equivalence of a freight train slamming into him from the side, then below, the side again and finally from an angle from above sending him flying.
"Allow me to introduce you to my partner... Thanatos, The Ultimate Legion who reigns over all others..." Sieg said as Thanatos let out a loud long moan and Naruto's eye's widened.
"Oh SHIT!" He shouted then ducked out of the way as the beast tried to ram into him yet again. 'Just what I need, a huge fucking monster that does more damage than any two humans ever could...' Naruto grumbled to himself while trying to avoid the monster attempting to pummel him into submission. 'Okay, think Naruto, he said if I don't have a reason for the power I won't survive, and even with this Devil Arm I'm not doing so hot, so it can't hurt to find a fucking reason to have power!' Naruto thought to himself while trying to come up with a reason to claim the legions power, Sieg walking calmly and slowly around the circular pillar as the boy faced off against the Ultimate Legion, the gauntlet on his left arm, covered by black and red flames.
'Alright, I don't want Vengeance for anything, that just leads to more death and more misery, I don't want power to destroy, my family are all about protecting really... But I don't have anything to protect... I mean sure I have Grandpa but he can take care of himself better than I could help him, and my cousins are both just as, if not stronger than me... But... Shadow... She and Tifa aren't as powerful as we are, they have such limited, short lives...' Naruto thought and then used his "Devil Arm" to stop Thanatos assault, gritting his teeth as he held the massive creature back with sheer force of will... And he suddenly began to think of what little he could remember of Konoha, how he felt scared and alone, wishing someone would help him...
'Sparda... You saw the lives of mankind and felt pity for their short lives, you fought because you knew it was wrong to cut such short lives even shorter... You used your power to defend humanity while other's used it to destroy them... You saved them from your own kind because of they deserved to live, like how Grandpa saved me from Konoha's abuse... That is why I'll fight, to protect mankind like you did before me... I'll use the power of the Legions to destroy anyone who tries to cut their lives even shorter!' Naruto thought gritting his teeth and rolling out of Thanatos way while Sieg smirked slightly, realizing almost exactly what was going through the boys mind at this very moment...
"My reason to use this power... It's so that all humanity can live on, so I can protect their lives, so they need not die senselessly at the hands of demons... That will be my reason to use the power of the Legions!" Naruto proclaimed and Sieg looked him in the face and with a wave of his hand, recalled Thanatos to himself the beast vanishing in a flash of flames.
"Very well... That reason alone, is better than many I have heard... So bare this Glyph and protect those who cannot... From the dark forces which lurk in the shadows..." Sieg said and black lightning arched from his fingers and literally burned two glyphs onto Naruto's shoulders and then his left forearm. The boy arched his back then fell forward as the lightning arched across his body before dissipating, making Gilver's Blade start glowing like blue fire and red and black flames cover his right forearm. The Guilt Crest then slowly floated down from it's place and then seemed to vanished before six man like creatures stood around Naruto.
They had white spikes jutting from the backs of their heads, with black face plates over their eye's, a mask of some kind over their mouths with black leather pants that ended with orange flames beneath their knee's, blue armor on their right shoulders and arms, a single gray shoulder plate on their left arm with dark gray skin and a black glove that had silver armor on the forearm, a black chest plate that had a large white glyph on their backs and a brown strap over the front from their pants to their shoulder guard on the left, and finally, each of them carried a large double edged sword that looked vaguely like a rapier only thicker, made for cutting and slicing as well as piercing.
"Now rise, Naruto Sparda, The Knight of the Dark Glyphs." Sieg said as he faded then vanished completely with a smile as he uttered his final words so softly only he could actually hear him... "Live on... My descendant..." And with that Sieg vanished into the darkness, leaving only a brief glimpse of light in his wake while Shadow and Virgil both ran over to Naruto only for the "Guilt" legion's to block their paths, by locking their blades together.
"Seems their very protective of their master..." Virgil said and Shadow nodded, Naruto then pushed himself to his feet, the knowledge within the Guilt Legion spreading to his mind, showing him more of the "Chaos Knight" style that Virgil had tried teaching him. As that happened his "Devil Arm" returned to normal, his hair doing so also, his eye's returning to their azure blue. Naruto then waved his left hand quickly and the Legion's all vanished into a ball of flame which flew into Naruto's arm. The boy the waved for a bit before both Virgil and Shadow quickly grabbed one of his arms his sword falling to the ground with a soft clang.
"He's out like a light... What do we do with him Niisan?" The girl questioned of Virgil who looked at the boy with a slight frown.
"I'll take him to his room, you find his swords sheath, it won't due to leave it in here..." Virgil stated then looked down... "Also, grab that damn book, I've got some reading to do before we leave..." Virgil stated and Shadow nodded, grabbing the book then Naruto's sheath and then finally Gilver, which she then sheathed. Shadow then went after Virgil as he walked out of the Alter room, leaving the door open once more as a dark figure walked within the room...
"So then, this is where Azrail was seal over three thousand years ago..." Came the voice as Will walked from the shadows, Force Edge, The Beowulf Gauntlets and Grieves set, and Cerberus Nunchoku with him. "Tch, not much to look at is it..." Will said mostly to himself as the other Hell Knights came from the shadows, also having some of the other Devil Arms with them. "Shabti, catch!" Will suddenly said tossing Cerberus into the air and a hand rose up and caught it. The "Twins" had Nevan and Alastor, Taro had the Ifrit Gauntlets and Agni and Rudra. Alicia was the only one without a new weapon preferring her magic and Gun-rod to anything else within the old armory. Kali seemed to have found an old long black sword with a curvy yellow mark at the hilt... Though it didn't seem to be a Devil Arm of any kind...
"Jeeze, this was WAY two easy, don't they know how to close a damn door?" Kali grumbled and the other Hell Knights shrugged.
"Even if they don't it just make's things easier for us. I'm actually more surprised they left Force Edge out in the open like that... Bad sport if you ask me..." Will said while shaking his head and Taro nodded his own in agreement.
"They took the book..." One of the Twins said softly sounding shy, being the boy. He looked to be about Ten years old, with long blue hair and sea foam colored eyes. His skin was pale and if you touched it you'd think of sandpaper, he wore a blue kimono with white Hakama a red sash around his waist, black wrappings from his knees down into his old black sandals, black wrappings also over his hands with what looked like a simple ribbon wrapped around one arm. Alastor on his back, hanging silently.
"Oh hell! Like I care if the fucker's got the damn book! Let the book burn in the fiery pits for all I care! Fuck!" The girl exclaimed loudly, being the second twin. She had light blue hair with silver eye's, her hair was short and spiky unlike her somewhat feminine brother, with smooth pale skin and a strong tone to her body. She wore a skin tight black Leotard under a ripped up white Kimono, with a short white skirt around her waist, knee high armored white boots, with black fingerless gloves and a pair of silver bracelets on each arm, on her forehead rested a pair of goggles with a strangely shaped bow on her back, Nevan with it.
"Be silent both of you. I had no interest in the book... I wanted to see how well that red head could fight..." Will suddenly stated and the group were silenced, Shabti walking next to their leader.
Shabti was of average height and build, with pale skin, dark red near black spiky hair in a similar style to Virgil. However, on him, this was where any human qualities ended, having three eye's that were red with a black sclera the two normal eye's have blue scar like marks over them, pointed ears and fangs, clawed hands with two large wings that looked like a cross between a bats and a birds. Two horns pointed up from his brow, being the same shade as his skin, with another two coming from the sides of his head where dark gray and curved under his ears to point forward. He wore no shirt, shoes or gloves, but had black shoulder armor with two leather bands over his chest into an X shape, black leather bracer's covering his forearms, a black choker collar, black skin tight pants, with gray waist armor like Virgil's that had a white sash wrapped around it that draped down his sides, and a pair of black almost sandal shaped coverings on his shins and the tops of his feet, a band stretching under the arch of his foot.
"What did you find out about the boy?" Shabti questioned with his three eye's looking to their leader who chuckled and looked to his right arm, watching as it changed into one similar to Naruto's own Devil Arm, even while Beowulf was still attached to his arm. Only it was mostly white with a red jewel at the back of his black clawed hand, white rings around each knuckle of his hand. Will's hair also turned silver, making him the spitting image of a certain red clothed devil hunter as his eye's glowed with an ominous red light...
"That he is... Interesting... He could prove to be a worther adversary..." Will said then smirked darkly and turned to his team. "Let us go, Temen-ni-gru awaits..." Will stated simply, while reaching back to place his Devil arm on Force Edge for but a second before closing his eye's... "The Sins of the fathers... Shall be atoned..." He whispered darkly while he and his group vanished into th shadows...
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TBC...
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Hope you liked it, if you didn't, I hold nothing against you at all... I will try and get the next chapter up, also, how'd I do with Agni and Rudra, I think they were annoying Naruto, but Virgil seems to be immune... Then again... With Dirge as a brother... Thats got to give him some high tolerance for annoying people...