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Finally another chapter, I just finished my finals for my summer classes and numerous projects, so it's been taking longer than I like to write another chapter. Now with things out of the way for the time being, I can get back on track. This chapter is pretty short as I will have another one that will follow up fairly soon.
I'm glad you guys overall like my story so far. I will address some questions and concerns that people have.
1. Genshirou Saji of Sona's Peerage is a year higher than he was on purpose. It's a minor part of the canon I wanted to change in part of making him more significant in the story. Specifically him being Naruto's closest friend, a connection Naruto has with Earth, and the fact he holds Vritra, one of the Five Dragons.
2. The story takes place between Volume 2 and Volume 3 of Highschool DxD. After the Rating Game with Riser and Before the Holy Sword Arc.
3. The Sephirot can either have 10 circles or 11 circles, 11th circle "Daath" is not considered a true emanation of Sephirot, but rather a central point where all 10 Emanations. I have decided to go with the 11 circle Sephirot for this story.
4. Will Naruto fall under a peerage?
-Well, examine the Evil Pieces/Brave Saint System and look at what Naruto is and think if he can or cannot. And also, do you think Naruto is so easily going to become someone's servant?
5. Will Issei fade into obscurity, will he still have his power?
- No he will not, he will have significance in the story, he will pretty much have the same Sacred Gear powers and peerage with Rias.
6. What faction will Naruto side with?
-Well consider what the Naruto manga made him to be and consider if he is indeed going to specifically side with a faction.
7. Naruto seems a bit OC?
-Well imagine if you were stuck in a completely foreign world for over two years, not to mention that fact you just came out of a war. Also as Soul Transmigrant of Ashura, he received the memories of all the carnations of Ashura including Hashirama. All of that would certainly change you a bit.
With all that said, let us begin the second chapter. Starting off with where the last chapter left off. Please read and leave a review.
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One Who Bares Fangs At God - Chapter 2
"That man is prudent who neither hopes
nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future."
-Anatole France, 1844-1924
Classes were over for the day, many of the students were saying their goodbyes to each other and heading home. Naruto was not heading home, but to the dojo located on the northern end of the school.
It was a traditional Japanese Style Building, which contrasted with the Western feel of the school, but still somehow felt that it blended well with the school despite the difference in design.
Naruto arrived at the entrance of the building and waiting in front were two girls dressed in white keikogi and black hakama that made up the Japanese martial arts training uniform, bougu. The two girls were conversing about something that seemed irritate them, as far as Naruto could tell. The girls soon noticed Naruto as he came into their sight and greeted him in a friendly manner.
"Ah Naruto-sempai, you're here." greeted the brown haired girl with a matching pair of eyes.
She is Murayama, the president of the Girls' Kendo Club. Murayama comes from a long family line of Kendo practitioners, kendoka, who own numerous Kendo Schools around Japan. She has an older sister, Akira, a world famous kendoka, who Naruto has seen on TV and newspapers.
"So good for you to make it, we could really use your help!" smiled the pink hair and eye girl next to Murayama.
Murayama's companion is Katase, she is Murayama's long time childhood friend and Vice-president of the same club. She did not come from a background like her friend, but enjoyed Kendo nonetheless.
"I'm glad to help. So what do you need me to do?" Naruto replied to them.
"We received a shipment of brand new equipment for the club today. There's a lot of boxes and they're really heavy, the two of us barely can move one box. Most of our club members are busy taking care of other things so we couldn't get them to help." Answered Murayama.
"There's also a window that needs to be fixed after today's incident." Added Katase.
"Incident? ...Oh you mean 'that'?" Naruto understanding what they were mentioning.
The incident they mentioned was when the School's Perverted Trio were caught peeping through a hole in the paper screen of the room, the members were changing in. Someone had thrown the members through the window they were peeping through, where the trio then received a beating from the club members.
After two hours of moving equipment and fixing the window, Naruto sits down on the wooden floor of the dojo, resting after a long hard work.
It was not unusual for Naruto to help around school for various students and clubs that asked for his help. It gave him something to do and a chance to be around everyone at school. It kept his mind off the anxiety and worries about what was going on back in his world.
Being around people whom he would considered as friends was the reward to him.
For him, nothing was more painful than being alone.
He had lost all contact with everyone, including Kurama, after being sent into this world. He no longer had any connection with the Biju anymore and lost most of his power after the battle for the fate of the world.
Naruto wanted to go back, but he couldn't, he had lost a great deal of his abilities, and even if he did have those abilities, he did not know how he could get back. He tried to look into all the memories of reincarnation of Ashura, but he could find nothing. It's not every day one finds themselves thrown into a completely different world from where they came from.
He was stuck in this world and there was nothing he could do about it. There was not much he could do without attracting the attention of those who were looking for him.
"...It is complete."
"You will understand one day ..."
Those were the words he heard when he was in that strange place filled with light.
That voice it felt familiar, but he couldn't pull anything from his memories nor Ashura's memories that fit this voice that spoke to his soul.
What was complete?
What was there to understand?
What did this all mean?
Naruto knew he wasn't the brightest, but he doubt anyone he knew could possible understand what this all meant.
Those words were the last thing he heard before everything blanked out and he found himself in a completely different world.
As Naruto used his Sage abilities to get a sense of this new world, he detected movement coming from all directions toward where he was.
It seemed that his appearance had alerted whatever beings existed in this world. He could not tell what beings gave off this variety of presence. One group gave the feeling of a light, another gave the feeling of darkness, and the last one gave a mix of both. He could sense benevolent and malevolent intent from them. They all wanted different things and he had no way of knowing if he could trust whatever was looking for him, until he learned more. He decided that he would run and hide for the time being.
It's been two years, and he has found nothing that could tell him of what these beings were. Despite the fact they could be found wherever you went, they hid their tracks very well and blended well with regular humans around them. He considered interrogating one of them, but decided against it in the end. It was too risky and it would certainly put him on bad terms with whatever was looking for him.
The old Naruto would done something rash and probably get caught within the first day.
The Naruto, that existed now, wasn't so rash after fully merging with Ashura and becoming one with him and his reincarnations.
The memories and personalities became a part of Naruto, while Naruto's remained as the core.
He had changed, yet at the same time the things that defined him remained the same.
He was Naruto while at the same time he was Ashura.
Regardless of whether he be Naruto or Ashura, there was a trait that they both shared.
They loved people and valued camaraderie.
This trait was something that the Sage valued to be greater than that of any power in the end.
And that's what he will live by; he will live in this world as that kind of person until the time comes for
him to meet those who wish to find him.
And maybe learn about the words that were said to him in that place of light.
*SLIDE*
Naruto hears the shoji doors behind him slide open and out comes Katase and Murayama, who both have change into their school uniforms. Murayama was carrying a tray with a wooden teapot with three stone tea cups.
"You must be tired after all that work you did helping us out. Let us have some tea." Murayama kindly suggested.
"Sure tea is always good after some work." Naruto answers.
Together they sat down and drink tea.
As Naruto sips his tea he notices something.
"This green tea, you got these leaves from the Gardening Club?" Naruto asked.
"Eeeeehhhh, how did you know?" Asked a surprised Katase.
"I've tried their tea before and it has that same clean aftertaste." he answered.
"After all, I helped them grow it."
"Ahh, that's right I remember you were a part of the Gardening Club." Murayama spoke.
"I am just an unofficial member of the club, I'm not actually part of the club. " He corrected her.
They continued to relax and drink tea, while watching the bright orange sunset over the horizon. It was a magnificent view and it reminded Naruto back home where he would watch the sunset after his training.
"Ne, Naruto-sempai, can I ask you something?" Katase asked.
"Go ahead." Naruto replied as he drank his tea.
"You have a girlfriend?" Katase earnestly asked.
"-! COUGH COUGH COUGH." Naruto choked on the tea that he was drinking when he heard this question.
"Katase! What are you saying in a moment like this!?" Murayama scolded her friend as she patted his back to help him clear his throat.
"... Its fine Murayama, I was just surprised." Naruto assured her.
"To answer your question, No... But, there was this girl I had a crush on since I was little."
"Oh who was she? Could it be someone we know?" Katase spoke with interest.
"Well you kinda remind me of her Katase(Me?), you both have that same pink hair. But no, I doubt you would know her as she never lived in Japan. "
"I see, did you ever tell her how you felt?" Murayama became just as curious.
"I think she's always known from the start, but she couldn't feel the same because she liked someone else. We could never go beyond of just being friends... It was all just a one-sided crush I felt for her."
"Awww that's so sad. Do you still see her?" Katase expressed her sympathy.
"Not anymore, we've went our separate ways when I came to this school. It's been over two years since I've seen her and I don't know if I'll ever see her again to be honest. I hope she's doing alright for herself." Naruto spoke with a sense of nostalgia.
"I'm sorry to hear that. But, there are a lot of students in this school who see you in a very positive light. I have no doubts you'll find someone eventually." Murayama assured him kindly with a slight blush on her face.
It was true. Naruto was fairly well liked around the school. He was a fairly easy person to approach and being in his presence would put one at ease. He was a fairly honest and hardworking person who would give his best to help those who came to him. As a result, he was well liked by both the male and female population of the school. Many clubs invited him to join, but he had kindly turn them down stating that there were things that kept him busy from being a fully fledged member of a club.
"Fufufu, Murayama, could it be that you have some feelings for Sempai here?" Katase playfully teased her friend.
"GAH, no you're mistaken! I was just... trying to cheer him up... Yes, that's right!" Murayama stuttered while blushing heavily.
"Oh is that so?" Katase grinned to her friend.
DING DONG DING DONG
The school's clock tower sounded, reminding students that it was 6:00 PM. The time which was when the school was fully closed.
Seeing this as her chance to get away from an embarrassing situation, Murayama stood up and picked up the tray.
"Ah Well look at that, we should get going before the gates close. I'll clean this up."
Murayama went back inside with the tray.
"Fufufu, running away Mura-chan." Katase laughed.
"Haha, I guess we should get going." Naruto awkwardly laughed.
Naruto knew there were many girls who had an eye for him, but he wasn't sure where he was in life. He wasn't sure he was ready to get into a relationship yet.
The three students were standing outside the dojo, Murayama had just finished locking the door with the key that she wore around her neck.
"Alright, let's go home. I can't wait to read the new volume that Ashura released." Katase cheered.
"You mean the Will of Fire series? I've heard good things about it from everyone I heard from" Murayama asked.
"I really like it. The new volume is supposed to revolve around one of the villains. My friends tell me its very dark and saddening. My mom got a copy that I can read." Katase answered.
Naruto broke his silence and asked Katase. "What do you like about the series?"
"Well I like that it's a solid adventure story that's well balanced with its sad and dark moments mixed with comedy and excitement. The characters are pretty interesting and I like how it doesn't show the world to be black and white like many other stories do. "
"I see, I guess I'll take a look into it myself sometime." said Naruto.
Little did Katase know, she was giving an input to the writer of the series. Will of Fire was a light novel series that Naruto has been writing under the pen name of "Ashura". He based the story off the people he knew and the world he came from. Unlike the Icha Icha series, it was not written for any sort of monetary reasons, but rather sentimental reasons. It was his way of treasuring his memories and keeping them alive. The people he knew would exist and be known to the world as the characters of his story.
With some alterations of course, including the exclusion of himself from the story.
After all the life he was living as a story in itself.
As they reached the gate there two people were waiting.
The first one was Genshirou Saji and the one next to him was Yuuto Kiba.
"Heading out Murayama-san and Katase-san?" Saji called out to them.
"Hai, we finished everything today Secretary." Murayama spoke.
"Good to hear, I bet Naruto helped you out quite a bit right?" Saji replied.
"He sure did, we couldn't have done it without him." Katase credited Naruto.
"Always being the Nice Guy eh Naruto?"
"What can I say, I had a bit of time to spend. Why not do something useful." Naruto answered his friend.
"By the way Secretary, why is Kiba-san with you?" Katase asked.
"Ah my apologies on not saying anything, the Secretary and I have business with Naruto-san." Kiba spoke for the first time.
"Oh I see, well Katase and I will be heading off. Thanks for the your help as always Naruto-Sempai. We'll see you soon." Murayama spoke.
"Yeah, see you later Sempai. Thank you for all the help you gave us." Katase added.
"No problem. You two get back home safely." Naruto waved to them as they left.
-Once the two girls were gone, Saji turned to speak to Naruto.
"Naruto, the President wants to see you about something."
"Rias Gremory also wishes to meet you, Naruto Uzumaki." Kiba said after.
Knowing where this was going, Naruto asked.
"What is it that they need to see me for?"
"It's hard to explain, but when we get there it'll make some sense. " Saji told him.
So it seems that Naruto has been discovered. It was no surprise really, he had expected that he would eventually be found out.
Running away was an option he no longer saw as appropriate, it was time for him to come face to face and set everything straight.
It was the opportunity for him to get answers that he needed.
"Alright then, I'll go see them." Naruto proclaimed.
"Follow us, we'll take you to the meeting area." Kiba instructed.
With that, they headed towards the old school dormitory building.
Naruto didn't know what laid in store for him, but sometimes you have to take a leap of faith.
CHAPTER 2 END
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Yeah this was a fairly short chapter as Chapter 3 will be coming shortly.
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