Welcome to Chapter 4 of A Quest for Power, I'm sorry to anyone who was waiting on this next chapter college has been a bit of a grind for me lately and I'm tryin to get my life together as best as a 21 year old really can. But enough of all that please to anyone that is reading let me know what you think of the chapter and of the story itself. I appreciate you guys opinion and it also lets me know that people actually read the story. But without further ado enjoy the chapter
I don't own Naruto, High School DxD or Vampire Hunter D anything as characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto, Hideyuki Kikuchi and Ichiei Ishibumi respectively.
Sounds of combat could be heard throughout the room the sound of blades slicing through the air, the ferocious rush of fire and concrete breaking apart due to high speed movement. Such sounds gave warriors excited chills all throughout their body, these sounds were special for them, they were the sounds that made them feel alive. For some warriors though, they grew tired of these sounds and only desired to hear the wind blow without worrying about whether they should dodge the wind or block it.
Looking inside the room craters could be seen all throughout the room on the floor in the walls if one looked up and peered through the darkness that seemed to surround the vast ceiling one could probably find craters up there as well. The desire of combat and blood was palpable in the air walking in to the room one could sense excitement, anger and joy in the atmosphere. But, slowly these emotions were waning as were the sounds of blades clashing against each other; the battle was reaching its finale for the day.
Suddenly a black figure was blown across the room into the wall forming yet another crater for a moment the man opened his dark eyes and saw a streak of gold slice towards him. Raising his blade, the dark eyed man stared into Azure eyes, he could see bits of vermillion and gold staring back at him.
Pride was the first thing Death felt looking at his pupil, Naruto had come a long way in his craft and took to all the lessons presented to him with the mindset of a conqueror. The hybrid took to his lessons with vigor and complete focus with the goal of mastering all that was presented to him it was amazing to watch.
Now Death understood one of the joys of life, when one can impart their wisdom and knowledge onto someone willing to learn. The next step of his prodigious pupil's training was coming into fruition slowly especially considering the recent actions of the Red one coming into fruition.
With a tightened grip upon his blade Death push forward with a vicious swing that blew Naruto backwards and sent him flying into the middle of the room. Slowly Death walked out of the body sized crater and relaxed his grip on his blade and walked toward his now standing student looking at the blade of fire in the boy's hand.
One of Naruto's strongest abilities was his ability to manipulate the elements and pure energy such skill allowed him to create weapons such as the blade in his hand. Those elemental blades were very durable and finely crafted one could mistake them for being swords made of metal merely covered in fire, true pieces of art…
But, they were still blades of fire that could be countered easily if the right measures were implemented no matter the blade being a combination of Phoenix and Dragon fire.
"Sensei."
Acknowledging the call D looked at his student and waited for the reason why the boy has spoken during their training session. Such actions usually didn't occur seeing as how both himself and Naruto were quiet individuals especially during combat.
"I've been thinking." Spoke Naruto with a contemplative look on his face staring at his master and idol. Death didn't respond to the announcement seeing as how there was no need to Naruto hadn't completed his entire thought and he wanted to buy some time to think of a new strategy.
"My dependence on my elements to substitute as weapons is a crutch. I need some weapons not made from my elemental manipulation." Finished Naruto while staring at his master.
With silence D pondered the idea, he was considering crafting his pupil a weapon or two anyway seeing as how Naruto was right, that dependence can be a bit of a killer also it would be a nice gift for his pupil.
"I can assume that one of these weapons is a sword seeing as how you always use an elemental blade whenever given the opportunity." Finished Death.
Nodding in agreement to the truth that was presented to him by his sensei, it was true he loved using a blade, swordsmanship was such a beautiful art to witness and to perform and nothing made Naruto feel more at peace than wielding a blade in his hands.
"I have an idea for two weapons that I would like to be crafted for myself as you know one is a sword and the other is something that appeared to me in a dream once." Finished Naruto.
"What two weapons does my student have in mind?" Questioned Death after hearing the confession, Death found this to be interesting the possibilities of what Naruto could come up with interested him more than anything seeing how Naruto was quite a creative person when the skill is called upon.
Without responding Naruto's right eye started to glow softly and a bright mist started to flow out into the middle of the room and morphed slowly growing larger and more focused. This was a spell that Death taught Naruto after the young hybrid asked to watch some of death's earlier battles in life. During the days where he wasn't a primordial that shook the very heavens whenever his name was spoken of.
From the mist, two objects were coming into fruition after a minute a complete silence the images were able to be completely seen. 'Hmm those would suit his fighting style well and also make his combinations quite interesting.' Thought Death in silence for a moment.
In the next moment, the images started to fade away into the air and the soft glow of Naruto's eye diminished acknowledging the end of his technique. Death sheathed his blade and began walking towards the door of the training room, just as he reached the door Death spoke.
"Our session is over for the day, you have the rest of the day to yourself do as you so wish." With his piece said Death left the room swiftly.
With the recent announcement, Naruto stood still in his spot for a moment and looked over towards the door in contemplation. Since he was free today maybe he should go out and leave this desolate mansion and travel around the underworld, maybe he could find some greenery in this world. With a shrug of his shoulders Naruto used his control of the wind to envelope him and take him away from the training room and the mansion itself.
Death suddenly appeared in front of the stable that held his trusted steed without a moment of hesitation Death hopped upon his horse and was on the road with a purpose. The red rider was leaving his flaming touch all over the world both human and supernatural, war was raging across the world and causing nothing but mayhem.
For Death, usually the actions of the other horseman didn't really concern him nor interest him as all their actions did was just bring more souls into his domain. But, this time he would indulge in the actions of one of the riders seeing as how these actions could be beneficial to him.
Within all societies conflict is a constant function exhibited no matter the circumstances whether one lives as an animal, human or supernatural. For animals, combat establishes societal standing, eating rights, mating rights and creates the balance of survival for each species. Animals fight because it is instinctive, it is in their nature to kill and to feel no remorse for the animal that it has been killed because to a predator; prey is merely a means to continued survival.
For humans, conflict is essential as it can be used as a motivational boost and a way to break past the conscious limits that humanity places upon themselves as well as being a corporeal part of staying alive. Just like with animals, humans use conflict to establish and create boundaries among each other to distinguish different rights and ownership of specific territories, food, and even merely for entertainment or pleasure. Conflict is instinctive but shunned amongst the ranks of humans, conflict is seen as a negative reaction to the world and the inhabitants of the world.
To devils, conflict was a celebrated and embraced ideology the strong were celebrated and revered in society. Lucifer, Beelzebub, Leviathan and Asmodeus the Four Great Satans the strongest devils within all of existence were chosen to lead all of devil society.
The four were the strongest devils in existence they are the leaders and archetypes of what it means to be devils. The great four were hailed as monarchs and their words and beliefs were followed by all of devil kind, those desires for a world dominated by devils lead to combat against the Fallen Angels and the Angels of God.
The Great War, that was the name of the ensuing chaos that the Great Satans brought upon the Judeo-Christian faction. In the begin, when Lucifer announced the plan to conquer the world with the powers of the 72 pillar families and the legions of devils following behind him and the other Maou, devil society celebrated and sung in agreement to these ideas.
The idea of a world dominated by devils created images of pure ecstasy for many devils as they envisioned themselves rulers of the world. This war was seen as something that must happen for devils and once the war actually started many believed that they would finally be respected and revered by all.
But slowly as the war dragged on and once devils started to witness the extinction of pillar families the taste for a world controlled by Devils waned slowly. Eventually the Fallen Angels had pulled out of the war because of the loss of so many of their kind, it was honestly foolish of them to even step into the battle in the first place. Seeing as how the Fallen had the smallest population count getting into a three-way world war wouldn't be very prosperous. Even the Angels of God and Devils saw what the war was doing to their kin and both sides desired the end of this war.
It was only with the death of the Great Four at the hands of God did the Great War truly end, but descendants of the previous Satans and their followers wanted the ideals of their ancestors realized. A rift was formed within Devil society as many of the remaining 33 pillars believed that the potential extinction of their houses wasn't worth the risk of taking over the world. This rift created two separate political and militarized factions among devil society; the Anti-Satan faction and the Old Satan faction.
Lead by the descendants of three of the original four Satans, the Old Satan faction became a horde of bloodthirsty, greedy creatures hell bent on taking over the world they believed to be theirs. In reaction, the Anti-Satan faction placed their belief and loyalty upon the back and power of Zekram Bael also upon the backs of four monstrously power young devils Ajuka Astaroth, Falbium Glasoya-Labolas, Serafall Leviathan and Sirzechs Gremory these five were the leaders and the pride of the Anti-Satan faction.
Slowly walking through a forest residing on Gremory lands was a handsome man that physically looked to be in his 20s standing at 6ft. tall. The man had unblemished alabaster skin that seemed to have a soft healthy glow, vibrant and eye-catching crimson red shoulder length hair with two bangs reaching down past his collar-bone was seen on the man's head. The man had a pair of blue-green sea-foam eyes that held warmth, love, confidence and power. Dressed in clothing fit for a noble of the purest blood Sirzechs was walking through this forest to get away.
He wanted to get away from the pressure and responsibility placed upon him as the Heir of the Gremory clan, as the inheritor of the Great King's Power of Destruction, as the "Ace" of the Anti-Satan faction. When he was younger his father told him that with his extraordinary power and control over his power he would become a focal point in Devil society. But, it was all too much to the heir at times it was suffocating to be thrust into the spotlight in such a way and in such dire circumstances.
That's why he had to get away for a little bit and clear his head away from his family and subordinates simply just some alone time for himself. As the thought of peace and quiet was rolling around in his head he felt an energy signature within the forest. Looking up ahead in the direction of mountains that resided inside of Gremory territory that's where Sirzechs could feel the unknown power source coming from. This was something he needed to investigate, random intruders upon these lands was something in this war filled time Sirzechs refused to allow.
It was all so quiet, he never really was given days like these anymore to actual sit down and reflect on how things had progressed in his life. The calm still water of the lake before him reflected the red sky that hung above his head.
Such a sight always gave this place quite the dark and monstrous visage, nothing like the sky of the human world. The clear blue sky of the day, the flaming orange of dusk or the tranquil obsidian blue of the night. Someone should change the sky so it didn't look so vicious and bloodthirsty, but then again, the home will always reflect the mindset of the master.
Shifting his eyes to the right, there was movement within the forest, his ears told him something was coming. His nose told him it was a devil; the devil's scent was becoming stronger and was relaying more information. This devil was of pure blood, he smelled of ashes and carnage forged in battle but the devil also smelled tired and frustrated. This was an interesting devil and from the way the devil's energy was moving throughout its body this visit was out of curiosity and caution. It seems he has trespassed upon someone's territory.
Soon enough stepping into the clearing Sirzechs looked out onto the lake and for a moment just stood there becoming acclimated to the environment around him. Within a moment his head turned to the left and it was there that he saw the person that was trespassing upon Gremory property.
The intruder was someone he had never seen before based upon physical appearance he would say the man was a member of the Phenex clan with his long golden colored hair and blazing blue eyes. But on further inspection Sirzech's could see that the mysterious man's hair was lighter than a Phenex clan members with streaks of vermillion red mingled throughout. For a second he thought that a Gremory clan member and a Phenex clan member came to together to birth a child but he quickly killed that thought. All of devil society would know of such a union of Devil houses.
"Will you continue to stare at me in such a rude way or will you actually introduce yourself Akuma-san?"
Startled from his thoughts by the smooth voice Sirzechs eyes locked onto the mysterious man's own heterochromatic eyes. Now, in the scope of supernatural existences the Gremory heir wasn't the oldest or wisest being to ever live, very far from it, but he knew enough and was experienced enough in the ways and culture of power to know that the man in front of him wasn't to be trifled with. The man's power was akin to a tsunami it almost swallowed and drowned Sirzechs with its ferociousness and ruthlessness, but there was also a refined elegance to the power.
When Naruto locked eyes with the sea-foam orbs of the Gremory, his sensory abilities began to go off. Naruto could feel the chaotic power within the devil, the power was itching to taste the air it wanted to rip everything asunder and to wreak havoc on the land even the world. But, instead of lashing out and fighting for freedom it stayed calm and waited as if it were a well-trained dog in the presence of its master.
When a person wields immense levels of power it becomes very difficult to chain the power and to control it. Many are too weak physically to contain the power and are inevitably destroyed by their own power and others are too weak mentally and become controlled by their own power and begin to be filled with arrogance and ignorance in belief that their power strikes fear in the hearts of all around them.
But there is a class of people born with immense power and with the physical and mental tools needed to actually handle the weight of that power and even control it. The two warriors could sense that they were of the same rare class. It was that knowledge that gave Sirzechs a sense of wariness because he did not know where this mysterious man's allegiances lied with and for Naruto it made his blood rush and his battle instincts slowly began to react, being a dragon gave you to desire to fight immensely powerful foes and Naruto was no exception.
Shaking from his stasis and quickly regaining his trademarked composure Sirzechs spoke, "Ah you're right it is rude to stare, forgive me my name is Sirzechs Gremory heir to the house of Gremory. Might I ask who it is that you are and why is that you are trespassing on my family's lands? In light of recent developments and initiations of war an owner of these lands could take trespassing as an attack on their person." Finished Sirzechs with a suave calmness aided by a small smile that gave Naruto an underlying sense of a threat, the devil had the gall to threaten him, this was very promising.
'Hmm, so it seems I've trespassed upon someone's territory. Oh well perhaps I'll gain some entertainment from this interaction.' With a mental shrug from his supposed disrespectful actions he took a moment to collect his thoughts and then spoke.
"My name is Naruto and my sensei decided to give me an early release from our usual training session and gave me the day off so I thought it'd be a good idea to find some of the greener parts of this dreary realm." Finished Naruto nonchalantly. Seriously the underworld was such a desolate looking place, it damned near sucked the life out of everyone who entered in this wretched realm. Just looking up at the bloody sky for too long could drive someone into madness and needless bloodlust.
Looking up at the sky for a moment Sirzechs couldn't help but nod, "Indeed, that is something I truly despise about living here. The sky always gave off the feeling of despair, wrath and pure anger like a permanent cloud of negativity." Finished Sirzechs as an afterthought
Looking to the sky as well Naruto spoke, "As they say the home shall always reflect upon the mindset of the master. The original masters of this world are a group of vile and nasty beings filled with vengeance and anger. Now the sky seems to be blazing in fire in response to the devil's desire to burn this world." Finished Naruto with his eyes slightly shifting over to Sirzechs.
"Something nasty is indeed brewing, as I mentioned earlier there is a war coming. It is a war over the direction of my people and over the fate of our continued existence. Some of us are too stuck in the ancient ways that they've become obsessed with things such as the purity of our blood or birth rights of our people. They believe since they are descended of the original four that the world belongs to them." Sirzechs shook his head and sighed from the thoughts about his own foolish people.
"It seems that you are struggling in the midst of this oncoming war, why not just ignore it? You hold no obligation to these people other than your family. Convince them to worry more for their money and interests and deny fighting in this war." Finished Naruto while looking at Sirzechs, assessing how receptive he was to the suggestion. He heard many things about this species from his sensei it was time to see if they were true.
Hearing the suggestion Sirzechs couldn't help but shake his head and in disagreement to that idea, "No, I could never do that, not when people that I have grown with and eaten with are out there standing and fighting for the future of our people. They look to me as one of the beacons of hope for a better future for our people, our families and as a bridge to creating a new world for Devils. A new future where we could possible coexist with the Fallen and possibly with Angels, a future where those that are lucky enough can happily conceive and bring new devils into this world. To create a world where the sky inspires us and instills wonder and creativity in our hearts, instead of filling us with pain, anguish and madness." The Crimson heir paused for a moment to finish his thoughts
"It for these reasons that I cannot tell my house to evacuate from this war, I must bring this change for us and with my power and their faith in me I will." Finished the legendary heir of the Gremory house with a sharp determined glint in his eyes and his hand tightly clenched. His family and race were about to enter into the war that would signify their survival and he refused to allow his people to die, he would destroy this world itself if it came to that.
'It seems he is a special breed among them.' Thought Naruto while rising to his feet and slowly stretching out his body, he had been sitting for a couple of hours before the heir of these lands appeared. The desire to ensure the safety of his family, the instinct to continue to fight for what he believed in and the resolve to destroy everything in his path to ensure everything that he loved would survive. Seeing that look intrigued Naruto, these were the eyes of someone who had something to protect something, to hold dear and to cherish.
"You fight for their future?" Questioned Naruto as he had curiosity shining in his multi-colored eyes.
Without missing a beat, "Yes, my friends and family they are the reason I trained so hard and worked tirelessly to perfect my power so I can protect all that I hold close to my heart. My father told me once, in life no matter the species be it human, devil, deity, or even dragon when a person has something that they must protect a special phenomenon occurs and that person becomes filled with a great resolve to ensure the protection of the one they care for the most, it is in that moment when one has true power." Sirzechs finished as a small tranquil smile arrived on his face as memories of his friends and family appeared in his mind. Such lovely smiles, the sounds of joyous laughter, the warmth he felt around all of them was something he wouldn't change for anything in this world.
"Show me."
Startled out of his reminiscing Sirzechs looked at Naruto, "What?"
"I said show me, show me your resolve to protect them, show me your desire to ensure their happiness, show me that you will destroy this world should you lose them." Naruto turned towards Sirzechs and looked him in the eyes. He wanted to experience what his resolve was like, how powerful someone with a purpose could be.
Hearing the request and seeing the seriousness in Naruto's eyes Sirzechs spoke with all the seriousness needed in this situation. "As tempting as that would be, from the amount of power I can feel that you wield which I dare say is comparable to my very own it would be quite catastrophic for this forest and the surrounding area. Which I will remind you is my families own property and we are in times of war, it's safe to say that a fight between yourself and me wouldn't be the greatest idea." Finished Sirzechs.
A battle with Naruto was something the red-haired heir had no problem participating in because it would be fun to test himself against an opponent he never met nor heard of but had power that was comparable to his own, but instinct told him that if he indulged Naruto here then it would send chaos all throughout the underworld and lead to a lot of annoying questions.
Hearing the response Naruto kneeled on the ground and placed his palm flat upon the surface of the water and released a surge of energy that spread all throughout the forest and mountains.
Within the depths of the mountains were the ancient culminations of power given physical form and the leader of these beings was just awakened by the recent usage of power. 'Hmm, who's power is this? I should look into whomever this new comer is.' With that last thought a lavender colored eye opened in the darkness in search of the newest intruder.
Sirzechs eyed the kneeling blonde confusedly after feeling the strange surge of energy released and he was hoping to gain an answer to his confusion.
"What was that just now if you don't mind me asking Naruto-san?"
Hearing the question, "That was me placing a seal on the surrounding forest and mountains, that will prevent the sounds and exposure of our released energy. Simply put during our battle none shall hear nor feel our power unless they cross the boundaries that I have placed upon the surrounding area." Finished Naruto while looking at Sirzechs expectantly.
Hearing the explanation, the devil couldn't help but laugh, it seems that he has no choice now, "I see, well then I will agree to this request but I have a stipulation that must be agreed upon for me to participate fully in this fight." Spoke Sirzechs with interest and amusement twinkling in his eyes.
Naruto couldn't help but sigh at hearing the words out of the Duke's mouth, 'Of course there's a stipulation.' "Alright then, what is it that you have in mind?"
"Should I defeat you, you will come and fight with me and the Anti-Satan faction in this upcoming war." Spoke Sirzechs with a devilishly sly grin on his face.
Hearing the stipulation interested Naruto. To join into a war, he had no business taking part in? Maybe he could meet people that are as powerful as Sirzechs and besides all he's been doing is training, what was wrong with actually putting his training into a fight he could actually win? He saw nothing wrong in the outcome either way he gets to enjoy a good fight while also he gets to alleviate some boredom he'd been feeling lately.
'Also, I could begin to understand what he means….'
"I accept those stipulations Sirzechs Gremory." With his agreement of the deal Naruto took a moment to think about anything that he wanted as a counter to the deal but discovered he had no such counter. He desired nothing from the redheaded heir, except the excitement of a worthy battle.
Sirzech's instinct began to go off as he looked at Naruto and he could feel the air around the blonde begin to shift. He could feel an oppressive aura begin to permeate through the air and it was coming from the man that was standing in front of him.
'It seems this man is more interesting then I originally believed.' As a warrior of great power Sirzechs was sensitive to the slightest of changes within the atmosphere, it was a trait all seasoned and experience fighters learned to hone. Right now, that instinct was telling him that the fight that he just agreed to was going to be a fight that he likely wouldn't be able to walk away from with his health perfectly intact. But in this stage of his life the fights that matter the most one rarely gets to walk away from in perfect health.
"We won't fight here in this forest; if my assumptions about you are correct a fight of this magnitude would be too destructive to hold in such a beautiful and serene area." Naruto paused for a moment and looked towards the mountains that he originally came to see and spoke with confidence that told of his belief in his victory.
"We will dance in those mountains, there we can be destructive as possible while preserving nature." Finished Naruto as he stared at the mountains. Before Sirzechs could even utter a word both he and Naruto disappeared from the beautiful lake, causing not even a ripple in the body of water.
Within a moment Naruto and Sirzechs appeared within the mountains that were previously mentioned and after a moment to become acclimated towards the stage selected both warriors looked towards each other. There was no need to speak anymore honestly nothing more needed or could be said, this moment in time was a mere coincidence. This battle that was to occur in mere moments was something neither of the competitors expected to receive today.
But, neither one could claim to be upset or disappointed with the new development, far from it in fact. For Sirzechs this was an interesting experience all around meeting this powerful mysterious man out of the blue, someone that possessed reserves of power that neared his very own wasn't something he could really ignore. Amongst devils only Ajuka came close to rivalling him in terms of power, 'Then again there is the son of Lucifer lurking around somewhere.'
Sirzechs didn't know much about the apparent son of the Maou but he heard the stories of his power exceeding anything devils had ever seen before. Many believed he would be the strongest devil to ever exist but that soon changed with the birth of himself and Ajuka. But now, it seems he will get the chance to actually cut loose a little bit and fight to his heart's content.
The air was stirring in anticipation as the two warriors stood across from each other, slowly they let their powers seep from their bodies into the atmosphere in acknowledgement of one another. Their power pushing and familiarizing, this was a battle before the battle began a test of wills one could equate it too. The air became more violent as the atmosphere became more saturated with each warrior's essence and will, if the barrier Naruto erected wasn't intact all across the underworld everyone would be able to feel the level of power being released.
Sirzechs' power could be described as tamed destruction, the desire to eradicate all the stood in his way without anything to hinder it. The power to destroy everything in his path but the control to only destroy what he needed too, this was the story the Gremory's power told. Naruto could feel the energy almost rejoice as its chains were being loosened and the master of destruction finally allowed his pet to breath more freely.
Naruto's power could be described as nature, it was as if nature itself was standing with him and willing to annihilate anything he wanted. The wind felt as if it was a knight standing at attention waiting to be commanded by its king to eradicate all enemies. Lighting was felt shooting across the ground and the air was pulsing in electric bliss, serpents of lighting with a hiss that cracked like thunder were hunting for their next prey.
Sirzechs was astounded by the feeling radiating from the man across from him it was almost overwhelming but more so exhilarating to be in its presence. Then, the descendent of Bael and Gremory could feel the temperature in the area increase, all around Naruto's body wisps of flames could be seen around his body.
It was as if wind and lighting were two seals being removed and the sealed being was becoming adjusted to the new environment but when the fire came the third metaphorical seal was released. Naruto was in bliss right now, whenever he could allow his energy to be free and to run rampant in and around his body it was always comforting to him.
Sirzechs saw the energy around Naruto calm down and so he relaxed himself, now it was time to begin.
Within moments both fighters shot towards each other Sirzechs swung his right fist out to test the water, sliding to his right Naruto clenched his fist and went into the mid-section of the devil striking a strong blow and following into a snap-kick with his left leg sending the red-haired devil flying.
Seeing his flying opponent Naruto disappeared in a high-speed movement to catch his prey. Appearing on Sirzechs' right side he aimed a kick towards the back of the heir, having enough of being attacked Sirzechs applies a magic seal on his back and used it as a shield and also a platform.
Jumping quickly Sirzechs turns to Naruto and disappears in a show of speed and sends a kick to Naruto's right shoulder. Feeling the change of wind on his right Naruto ducks the kick and goes to sweep the leg of his opponent but is surprised by the sudden jump of the Ace and is forced to leap backwards from the descending axe kick aiming for the top of his head.
Boom
From the ensuing dust cloud formed Sirzechs searched for the energy signature of his enemy quickly, a slight shift of his left foot and he disappeared like a bullet from the crater. Naruto tensed his muscles in preparation as he saw red and white raising towards him but he wouldn't merely wait for his opponent this time. Rushing in comparable speeds Naruto and Sirzechs clashed in a flurry of strikes, kicks, punches, elbow and knees were all thrown at each other.
Sirzechs landed a spin kick to Naruto's midsection that sent the hybrid flying into the side of a mountain and forming a crater. Naruto snapped his head up as he felt the usage of magical energy for the first time throughout this fight and it was about to be released towards him.
Looking across he sees a small red orb speeding towards him at fast speeds, not needing to be told otherwise Naruto disappeared from the crater and reappeared a distance away from Sirzechs and watched as the orb completely disintegrated the entire mountain.
'So that's the Horobi no Chikara, hmm, quite the nasty ability.' Seeing the way, the match was progressing Naruto took off his cloak and sent it away in his pocket dimension it would suck if that cloak got destroyed. It was time to begin again. The muscles in Naruto's hands tensed and with a rush his nails became vicious claws and they were ready to pierce and rip the devil of destruction apart.
With a shockwave erupting behind him Naruto shot towards Sirzechs, but he had to avoid those orbs that began to float around the master of destruction. For the Gremory heir he was starting to get annoyed that his opponent continued to easily dodge his orbs. All Sirzechs saw on the makeshift battlefield was a black and gold blur buzzing around like a fly avoiding being struck by a hand. Then the black and gold blur completely disappeared.
His instincts went haywire telling him the next spot his opponent was going to appear and looking up Sirzechs saw him…
"Sero Metorajetta (Infinite Hollow Flash)!"
From above, Naruto released hundreds of condensed orange beams of energy that struck the ground his opponent stood on with quickness. Quickly Sirzechs leaped backwards and began directing whips of destructive energy towards the incoming attacks.
As an after-thought, the red-head tried to analyze and remember the feeling that Naruto's energy gave off. All beings have distinct traits in their energy signatures that denotes the species that they are and Naruto's signature gave off the feeling of a dragon but also of another species and this unknown trait intrigued the Gremory.
But for now, it was time to stop these beams from causing some nasty injuries. With a wave of his hand destructive energy and Hollow flashes collided creating a rush of air and debris all around the heir.
He was a second too late, turning around Sirzechs unexpectedly was struck in the face by Naruto's boot. Before he could fly off Naruto's clawed hand grasped the ankle of the devil and swung him down violently into the ground on his back.
Thinking quickly Sirzechs released a surge of destruction in a form similar to an electrical charge. Startled by the feeling of destruction Naruto released the ankle and shot back to create space while looking down to inspect his now smoking hand. From within the personal-sized crater the Ultimate Devil stood up and turned to his opponent and quickly reflected on the battle so far.
'Ok, we're even in speed but physically he is stronger than I am. His skills in hand-to-hand combat are good but I hold the advantage in efficiency and he seems to be avoiding my energy blasts at all costs.' Wiping the dust from his shoulder Sirzechs walked forward slowly and begun releasing wisps of demonic energy from his body. It was time to use more power in this fight.
Naruto quickly appeared before Sirzechs and aimed a kick on the chin of the red-headed devil, parring with the back of his hand Sirzechs struck with a fist towards the chest of Naruto. Slapping the hand down Naruto went for a stab with his clawed left hand aimed at Sirzechs neck aiming to rip out the Devil's Adam's apple.
Slapping the clawed hand away the redhead struck with a kick connecting at Naruto's left hip stunning him for a moment. Following up, Sirzechs struck with a three-hit combo on the chest, chin and cheek of Naruto causing him to slide back from the force of the blows.
Naruto shook the cobwebs from the last blow dealt to him and saw that his opponent was upon him again. Sirzechs leaped into the air aiming for another axe-kick, crossing his arms over his head Naruto blocked the kick but was caught under the weight of the kick causing a tiny crater to form underneath his feet.
Thinking quickly Naruto pumped some energy to his arms to give him enough resistance and adrenaline to push his opponent into the air quickly. With a swiftness Naruto grabbed the Crimson Devils ankle again and sent a large amount of lighting shooting through the Gremory's body.
"Gaaahhh!"
Sirzechs was in a world of pain right now with the surge of electricity coursing throughout his body, not wanting to continue to be electrocuted Sirzechs raised his right hand and collected the power of the Devil King. Sensing power Naruto looked up to see a red orb of energy coalescing in front of him, destruction was right in his face and it couldn't wait to give him a kiss.
"Hakai no Hoshi (Star of Destruction)!"
Once the name was uttered an explosion let off, Sirzechs felt his leg become free and took the chance to retreat away from the blast; and a blast it was. The devil of destruction watched as his supposed opponent was enwrapped within a dark ball of destructive energy that looked to be vaporizing the ground around it. Then the ball exploded, the force of the explosion shook the mountain range and the surrounding forest area.
For any normal fighter or even experienced combatants taking the abrupt power of that attack spelled certain defeat and even death in many cases but the heir of the Gremory knew better. He knew his opponent wasn't defeated by that attack, hurt hopefully, but defeated? Not a chance.
From the ensuing after math Sirzechs could see his opponent with his arms crossed covering his face and the wind fluttering the man's magnificent hair around behind. It was always confusing to Sirzechs to see warrior with such long hair, you would think the hair would get in their way but oddly enough it never did.
While Sirzechs was in his own thoughts about long hair, and him having long hair Naruto was reflecting on the information he just compiled.
'Horobi no Chikara is said to reduce anything it touches into nothingness, but it seems there is a limit to the ability. The user can eradicate anything they wish based upon the amount of energy placed in the attack but it also dependent upon the difference in power between the user and their opponent. But I wonder, what that attack would've felt like if he was actually aiming kill me.'
With his thoughts silencing themselves the legacy of two legendary creatures prepared himself, it was time to begin using some more of his arsenal.
"Let us continue then." Spoke Naruto staring at Sirzechs without waiting another moment he inhaled sharply, feeling the air feed into his creation.
"Gōka-Messhitsu (Majestic Flame Destruction)!"
Once the name reached the air flames rushed forth in vengeance of their harmed emperor. A sea of vermillion, gold, black and azure fire saturated the area in a beautiful glow and intense heat, the rocks that were unfortunate enough to be licked by these flames burned to nothing more than molten specks.
To the red-haired demon he had been on the receiving end of a few fire attacks in his life, through spars with some members of the Phenex house who were known for their pyro kinetic abilities. When he was younger and much more reckless he would go and pick a few fights with some of the dragons that lived in these very mountains to see for himself if the legends about their power was actually true. To this day he still had phantom pains from some of those battles.
But what was coming towards him at this moment was something he never experienced before. The intensity of the flames was skin charring he could feel it; his skin, lips, throat and hair all begin to dry up just from the residual heat exuded from the attack. The light emitting from the sea of fire was gorgeous to the heir, it was beautiful enough that he caught himself actually admiring the attack as it was roaring towards him waiting to consume and devour his existence and reduce him to nothing but a memory.
Deciding it would be better for his health to avoid the beautiful fire, Sirzechs called on the wings gifted to him as a devil and took to the sky. Even from above the flames were so beautiful to witness they were truly majestic, but, something wasn't right. Looking to where the source of the flames was, Sirzechs came to the realization that he just committed a fundamental mistake in combat.
'Where is-'
As soon as those words passed through his conscious mind he felt pain in his spine, speeding down to the ground and hearing the rush and bustle of the fire below vaguely he could hear a word being spoke and it was one that spelled bad news for him.
"Atsugai (Pressure Damage)."
Within a moment the red-head was bombarded with a large ball of compressed air that forced him into the roaring fire below. Looking on above with his wings majestically unfurled, Naruto narrowed his eyes and following the command of its master the pressurized wind ball exploded.
Violent winds fed into the surrounding flames creating a vicious firestorm to form Sirzechs being caught right in the middle of the storm. Naruto watched the ensuing storm and became lost a bit in his own thoughts, 'For a mountain range named "Dragon mountain" I have yet to see any dragons at all. You would think the amount of energy we both have been releasing would at least spark a little interest and some dragons would come to witness this fight.' Perhaps they needed to release some more energy and increase the level of the fight.
Boom!
The raging firestorm was obliterated within a few minutes of its creation. Standing in a crater with wisps of fire and destructive energy seen all around the rim of the crater and even inside it.
The Ace of the Anti-Satan faction was standing with scorch marks and rips all on his noble clothing with smoke wafting off of his damaged body.
"That was a good combo." Spoke Sirzechs in his natural calm voice, speaking as if he wasn't just engulfed in a firestorm.
Naruto didn't say anything for a moment just staring down at the smoking devil, "The power of destruction is quite the formidable and beautiful power to watch in action."
Sirzechs smiled, "Thank you, I thought the same thing when I saw your last fire attack, such intensity and heat. Tell me Naruto-san what exactly are you?"
"Why do you ask now?"
"Your energy signature gives off specific traits, as do all of species energy signatures, the traits I sense from you are akin to those of a dragon's but there is a mix in there. Something extra something more and I want to know what that is." Finished Sirzechs while staring up at his floating opponent.
Hearing the train of thought and curiosity in the devil's voice Naruto decided to respond, "Make this fight more interesting and I'll consider telling you what you wish to know."
Sirzechs chuckled at those words, "More interesting? I believe I can make that happen it has been a while since I've been able to cut loose."
After those words left the mouth of Sirzechs, the mountains began to tremble, Naruto noticed the change in the wind as he could sense what was happening with Sirzechs. Lowering himself down to the ground and retracting his wings the hybrid looked at the devil and saw his previously blue-green colored eyes were now a vicious red with the power of destruction running through his body freely.
Naruto knew now that his opponent was beginning to take this battle seriously he could feel the energy running rampant in and around the red-head. It was exciting him to see how his opponent could become when he actually became serious and to think there were possibly other fighters that were on this same level.
Within the mountains more and more dragons began to awaken from the newly felt increase in power, it was pleasing to them to be saturated in such blood racing power. Crawling out of their own personal caves within the mountain they all looked and sniffed the air some even stuck their tongues out to gather a taste of the power they were feeling.
GRAAAAAH!
Looking above all the dragons saw a gigantic western Dragon. A majority of the dragon's body is covered in dark purple, draconic scales with the exception of its lower body, specifically the belly, the inner portions of its long tail and legs, are beige in color. With a triangular head with yellow horns, a pair of large, keen red eyes with lavender sclera, and serrated yet sharp canine teeth. The dragon also has claws with long sharp, yellow nails, on his hands, and large bat-like wings with rigid tips. Additionally, on the shoulders the dragon wears black armored pauldrons that extend down to his arms and a loincloth decorated with metallic accessories.
This was one of the previous dragon kings, a legendary dragon known across the world as the blaze meteor dragon Tannin. All the dragons witnessed their leader fly through the mountain range in route to the new power source that was just felt, seeing their leader fly off to take care of it all the dragons returned to their caves to sleep some more. No point in sticking their nose in business that had nothing to do with them, that's why they had Tannin to do it.
Naruto stared into the red eyes of his opponent, and he saw in those eyes the end of his own existence. Destroyed and left beaten in a crater, body disintegrated, spirit and memory left forgotten as a mere casualty. A foolish upstart opponent believing he could challenge the heir of the Gremory household. Those eyes showed him that image, the lust for murder that permeated from the red-head's body created the vivid and blood chilling images of his own demise.
Sirzechs was truly holding up his end and making this fight definitely more interesting from the feeling he got by just standing in the presence of this power. Looking up Naruto could see that even the sky was effected by the increase in power, the clouds began to formulate and pulse with an eerie red. Destruction was about to be let loose within the Mountain of Dragons and no one was safe from its red kiss.
Thats the end of Chapter 4, it feels so good to be able to finally finish this chapter and get it out. I've been working on this chapter sporadically throughout the last few months whenever I could get the chance so I'm happy to finally get this one done. As usually leave a review on how you felt about this chapter or the story in general let me know I'm all ears for criticism. Also I wanted to get you guys opinion on who the other 3 horsemen in this story will be, I have an idea on who I want to be as Conquest but don't hesitate to leave me suggestions. Also give me pairing suggestions I haven't really considered any let me know who you guess want Naruto to be with.
Happy late holidays and everyone enjoy your New Year be safe please.
