Hmm another chapter up show that you care and give me a review damnit
Disclaimer- nope can't think of anything remotely funny in my disclaimer and I'm not entirely sure what I'm taking from so anything I take from I don't own, unless I do own it.
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"So what you're saying is that this place I'm in is just a smaller part of a much larger world"
Shuna nodded to Naruto while setting down a tray of herbal teas as it happened Shuna was an avid collector of medicines and other pharmaceuticals as a less then honest citizen.
Both were seated on an incredibly long lounge chair Naruto incredibly relaxed as he hung one of his arms over the side, Shuna had taken him to her 'apartment' which was in fact a high rise penthouse at the top of a very large skyscraper situated in the middle of the city, the city itself was at the very edge of Tokyo a relatively new prefecture that much like the rest of Japan was residencies mixed in with huge area's of industry
"Yes Naruto-sama Japan is only a small island compared to some of the larger and much more expansive continents like Europe and China"
Naruto a long sip of his drink before placing it on a drink coaster and sighing in content, many people thought him as only eating Ramen and drinking the broth these people would be wrong as there were many a thing that he enjoyed as much as ramen but being incredibly poor meant he had to ration each and every little thing he had.
This had helped him in many ways mostly domestic but others more for survival as they were all life skills that had served him time and time again when he was short on funds.
Sowing a skill most ninja found useless and a waste of time was an essential part of his life, recycling being another useful talent he had as he was often at hard enough times that he would bathe then use that same water to wash his frayed discoloured clothes.
A life he was forced into by abusive villagers, corrupted ninja and the never ending torrent of hardships never finding peace and being betrayed at every corner it made his well of hatred swell and condense hardening him and creating dull throb in the back of his head.
Smash
Looking down Naruto stared at his bloody hand filled with remnants of the ceramic tea cup, without even realising it he had lost himself in thought and his grip had tightened around the relatively weak drinking cup and punctured many holes in his hand, not that it wouldn't heal and it was impossible for him to 'die' of blood loss
"Master you're hurt here let me help you" Shuna cooed fussing over the already non-existent wound
"Enough get back to your explanations Shuna" ordered Naruto waving off the excited woman
She nodded being cowed back to her discussion of the world and how it differed greatly and would most likely do so for several hours as there was much to learn even with the help of the Blood memories.
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Paladin Alexander Anderson Stood at attention, across him was a woman in her late seventies, he did not ask her name nor did him care as to him she was just a means to an end.
The reason he was in Japan was almost as mysterious to him as it was to many of the other Paladins who had gathered to this location they had heard a calling guiding them to this location where on the consecrated church ground their holy energies called out to each other alerting each Knight and Templar in the vicinity and drawing them closer.
Alexander had been disgruntled and appalled with the Vatican of late as were many others in his position, they tried to hide it but the priests and fathers who thought to give him orders against gods will had been led down the road of the devil stepping into its vile blasphemous shadow in the hope of power and prestige.
It sickened him, they had been a cancerous growth and a parasite to the world no longer hearing God's divine words in favour of Lucifer's demonic whispers of temptation and thus he had slew the entire 'holy' Vatican in the dead of night giving upon them Divine punishment for removing themselves from god's favour.
He had booked passage to Japan with the help of those still truly loyal to the never ending holy war that had been waged since God cast Adam and Eve out of paradise.
He as all the other holy warriors knew that a great upheaval was to come soon and they were the lantern bearers and shepherds that would protect the flock from the sickening evil that would come as surely as dawn at the end of the darkest night.
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"Amazing so humans are capable of travelling to the moon in this space craft"
Astounded and near to the point of being lost for words Naruto continued to marvel at the advances humans had made in this world and all without the aid of chakra.
the advance of Weapons didn't particularly concern him such things were of little worry in most aspects as he wouldn't be putting himself in a position where a missile would be directed at him, a ninja was more subtle then that and the advance of guns didn't particularly worry him either as those he would fight didn't have access to illegal weapons and there was always ways around such things.
Ninja had created weapons similar to guns but had found that much of the power diminished when put against hardened chakra and only the most inexperienced gennin would be caught off guard by such a simplistic weapon, no at the current time such weapons were useless to him maybe when it came to simple cannon fodder he would resort to such debase acts.
"But master what are your plans?"
"My plans Shuna? hmm" Naruto inclined his eyebrows in amusement his features appeared all the more delicate as he lounged in his relaxed state clothed in a loose fitting yukata that was at least two sizes too big he hadn't asked why she had male dress clothes in her penthouse and he didn't really care.
"One the few things that fascinated me in the academy was tactical warfare, it had started out when we were learning of the third great Ninja war in my world and unlike in the wars of this planet not everything could be resolved with the push of a button of a flick of a switch"
"Yondaime Hokage reputed to be the greatest Kage of our history was of an astute tactical mind as not only did he develop techniques that turned the tide of battle but gave his learning's to select squads under his direction"
"You see my former village Konoha prospered not because they had many outstanding ninja, in fact many of the ninja were so weak that their individual strength was only a tenth of other shinobi but they had excelled in teamwork and the hypocritical skill of saving their 'family' with their medical skills"
"But they also hated those who stood out, made a name for themselves, or heaven forbid made a technique that wasn't team related or needed less then two people to work effectively"
Naruto turned to look at Shuna his dark blue eyes boring a hole into her "I want to control this Japan as you call it but there is also something much, much greater"
"I can see even from what little you've shown me from that device you call a television that much of this societies life and individuality is being drained by the corrupt bureaucrats an politicians that sit in their suave chairs treating others as statistics"
"I want power to crush the oppression I was brought up as, I want to live as the free soul that my instincts tell me to be but most of all I want the power I've yearned for, years did I live in slums being dragged down by the close minded I cannot say wether or not I will be a 'good' king but no longer am I content with simply being the ride"
"but you're wondering how I am going to become King is simple, there will always be those who wish to fight, who seek purpose and wish to be led this is not simply some conceited thought or ideal they are merely people who want to be protected, to create a greatness that they can say to the next generation 'I was a part of that and helped create where we live'"
"I plan on searching for such places and bring unto me an army whose wish is to be my ride and realise my dream"
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A creature of the deepest darkness with thick scales of purple and green stirred its eight heads maned in crimson fur breathed in a creepy synchronisation with each other
A dragon or great eight headed snake known as the magatama no Orochi a great slumbering beast of infernal rage that enjoyed massacre and gave a source of incredible hate and bloodlust to those who had sold their very souls to its unending hunger
It too could feel a great disturbance in the balances of the world and slowly, ever so slowly one of its great bearded heads lifted from its resting place and opened its slitted yellow eyes
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Naruto stared at himself in the mirror and what Shuna had brought for him as clothing, a simple black top to hide the gaping hole in his chest hung loosely from his shoulders and a pair of knee length baggy black jeans on his legs along with a pair of simple white slip sandals on his feet
Shuna had also given him a wallet with a small amount of money claiming what he carried wasn't useful here with a precaution that obtaining a weapon would require a license and also gave directions to several shady people who'd no doubt be able to give him directions to any underground arena's
Stepping out the door he made his way to the elevator and waited a minute before stepping in
He was mildly surprised that when he stepped out a large metal cylinder was aimed right between his eyes and holding the oddly shaped weapon known as a shotgun was a muscular man with a balaclava, his eyes shirted quickly and it was clear he was out of his head as the man sweated and twitched at moments
'He's higher then those Kunoichi that work in those seedy brothels'
"You man, get in the corner man, you don't want any trouble man and NO sudden movements or I get trigger happy ya hear"
Naruto relaxed slightly looking left then looking right, there was two other masked individuals with smaller guns but just as jumpy and were doing their best to intimidate hotel employees and take whatever the high paying guests had on them
Naruto smiled when the man shifted his gaze jittering as he looked to see what Naruto was looking at and didn't know what hit him
Naruto seeing the opportunity for fun and a bit of community service Opened his mouth a strong red glow forming in his throat and jaw just before it rocketed forward vaporising the mans gun, arms and entire upper torso in a flash and the charred and bloody lower body falling backwards moments after
Needless to say those present were shocked to see what had happened most knew of super powered Martial artists that could throw energy attacks but most of those kept to them, so scared were they that their guns dropped from limp fingers the same time their legs turned jelly-like dropping them to their knees
Naruto for the most part ignored the stares until he made his way to the lobby door stopping only to look sideways at the criminal who found his breathing hitch in his throat a great oppressive feeling hitting him and making him sink further into the floor
He didn't understand it but the sheer force of Naruto's presence by looking into his eyes where the only part of power could not be restrained was slowly crushing and constricting him then as quickly as it happened it left Naruto's eyes leaving him as he walked out of the hotel
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"SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" A creature that had once had the mind of a human screamed in rage barely able to restrain himself in what was left of his mind
The beast of a man stood over the corpse of a poor civilian who had literally been in the wrong place at the wrong time, His crime? Accidentally bumping into the man with a thick head of deep red hair and only having the barest second of recognition of his impending doom as he stared into yellowy white eyes blank to the world around it
"KYOOOOOO" The thing screamed again arching its back and lashing out at air in the attempt to bat away some imaginary foe, his hands igniting in plumes of putrid purple flames thick gouts of smog wafting off the remains below him
"I'LL... KILL... YOU..." panting in exhaustion the man named Iori stumbled off as he breathed out a sick yellow mist filled with his own blood backhanding anyone stupid enough to come near him
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End chapter
-The king and its ride- I took this from part of the bleach Manga, to those who don't know what it means it's simple
What's the difference between the king and its ride? The only difference is instinct, the unending drive to conquer and overcome obstacles that stand in its way, the ride being the submissive one lends it power to the king so the king may reach his goal, but if the king were to show weakness...
Triva- gun control laws are strict in Japan as it is illegal for an average citizen to own a gun; police forces in Japan are heavily armed as they have no army (a side effect to loosing world war two) JSDF (Japanese Self Defence Force) function as Japans FBI and army when a serious threat makes itself known
To put it in another perspective British police don't carry guns and instead have either SWAT or the army take on anything bigger then a knife wielding crack head
American police carry a standard issue pistol capable of driving a bullet through a person and leaving an inch thick hole in their back as it rips apart their insides, inside their cars they also have a standard issue twelve gauge shotgun, civilians (Before September eleven) could buy anything up to and including a napalm based flamethrower as long as they could produce a credit card with sufficient credit
Most Australian police carry a very large heavy pistol that can blast a two inch hole out someone's back dropping them in moments
And then you have the Japanese police who have tendency to carry a twelve shot automatic shotgun with a circular magazine (Assault shotgun) or an Automatic rifle
Don't know about you but I wouldn't feel all that safe with trigger happy cops especially when they carry things most military personal would use sparingly
Iori- To anyone who doesn't know who Iori is, shame on you, look it up now