Chapter 9: Life With No Remorse or Compassion
Begin.
'The weakness that is emotions are finally gone.' Naruto thought as he walked toward the door. Once in front of the exit, he looked down to see a human eyeball looking up at him. He stared at it with his impassive eyes before stepping on it and walking out. Naruto was then surprised when he was pulled into his mindscape and in front of Kyuubi, who was glaring at him.
"You think sealing your emotions will allow you full access to my power?" Kyuubi asked from his mindscape. He woke up after he noticed Naruto's mindscape began to change into a more grayish and duller environment to the one before, like it was without life.
"Yes, without the ability to hate or feel despair, you can't take over my body." Naruto coolly responded, which surprised him when Kyuubi responded with laughter.
"Hahaha you puny human can't see the many flaws in your plan."Kyuubi laughed out, which Naruto responded with slightly tilting his head in curiosity.
"What flaws do you speak of?" Naruto questioned, which Naruto grinned darkly toward Naruto.
"I also went through the memories you received from that teacher of yours and I also saw that the spell you used to 'free' you of your emotions was incomplete." Kyuubi responded with his dark grin becoming wider. Naruto crossed his arm as his impassive eyes lazily stared toward the grinning fox.
"I know of the failure of Sensei's first attempts of the ritual, but I used those experiences and my current mastery of the arts of seals to perfect the spell." Naruto said to the powerful being in front of him.
"You improved the spell of that human, but did not perfect it." Kyuubi said as he stared down at Naruto. "Tell me human, why do you still want to protect that mate of yours?"
"She is not my mate and because I feel likes it's my duty to protect them." Naruto said without expression. The Kyuubi dark laughter rang through the room as he heard Naruto's response.
"For a human who 'sealed' his emotions away, you must really be convicted to that woman." Kyuubi said, getting Naruto to narrow his eyes. He wasn't understanding what Kyuubi was trying to say, but didn't appreciate it. Kyuubi noticed his expression and smirked toward him. "You still can't see it, can you brat."
"I still don't understand what you trying to imply, Kyuubi." Naruto said, causing more laughter from Kyuubi. Kyuubi then turned away from Naruto and waves his arms dismissively.
"Hahaha! I don't really feel like telling you brat, so figure it out on your own." Kyuubi then motioned for him to leave. "Now get out of my presence, puny brat."
Naruto stared at Kyuubi for a couple of seconds, before turning away. He didn't understand Kyuubi and it appeared Kyuubi wouldn't elaborate any further. He closed his eyes and prepared to return back to the real world.
"Just remember; without hate, there is no love..." Kyuubi said darkly, which Naruto caught on too. Naruto wanted to question further, but he was pulled back to reality. Kyuubi looked back to see if Naruto really left, before revealing two figures under one of his tails. Both figures were heavily injured and unconscious because of the seals on their forehead. One figure was a beautiful woman with pink hair that ran down her back and heart-shaped face. She was without clothes, showing off her curvaceous body that had many wounds. The other figures was another beautiful woman, but she had red hair and a darker shade of skin color.
"Hatred and Love..." Kyuubi whispered as his tails picked both figures off the floor. "He nullified both of you, instead of sealing you like his other emotions. Hehe without Love, Naruto can not access my power completely like his mother."
(Naruto)
'What did Kyuubi mean?' Naruto thought as he walked out of the building. He waved his hand dismissively as he called a spell. Nothing appeared to happen at first, but then the building just exploded. Naruto increased the oxygen drastically around the building that the smallest spark would cause an explosion. Sadly for their desecrated corpse, they used candles as a mean for light.
Naruto was then brought out of his thoughts when he heard heavy footsteps. Naruto looked up to see a battalion of Rune Knights head toward him, then quickly surround him. A middle-aged man with a black eyepatch and a huge smirk walked in front of Naruto.
"You made quite the mess here, kid. Care to explain why you eliminated a dark guild without authorization?" He questioned.
"... I felt that my actions toward them was justified after their involvement in the Silver Ore Massacre." Naruto said without expression. The apparent captain of the rune knights smirked by his answer, before pulling out his sword and pointing it toward Naruto.
"You don't make those decisions brat, the council does. Now you will come with us to judge your actions." The captain said.
"I do not understand? You are arresting me for eliminating a dark guild?" Naruto questioned, which got a smirk from the captain.
"I'm arresting you because I feel like it boy. Now are you going to surrender quietly or do you want to make this fun." The captain brought his sword toward his shoulder and motioned his free hand toward Naruto. Naruto just stared at them before setting his sword down. The captain laughed at Naruto's actions before telling two of his subordinates to put anti-magic runes around him.
"Haha you must really know my status as captain and grandson of one of the councilman." He said in a cocky manner. Naruto noticed his attitude before lazily motioned his hand sideways. Everyone around Naruto were shocked when the two rune knights heading to arrest Naruto fell forward, desperately trying to stop the blood from leaving their throats.
"I set my sword aside because you are too weak to be slain by it, not because I surrender." Naruto calmly said as the wind around Naruto began to solidify into blades. "I want to test if my seal actually worked by killing beings of the light."
The rune knights' captain fell back when the wind blades flew toward the helpless rune knights, killing them instantly. He turned to the calm Naruto, who walked past the corpse littering the floor. Captain wanted to run away, but fear took over his will.
Naruto stood in front of the scared captain and stared down at his pathetic state. He was quivering in fear and Naruto was sure he can smell urine. He looked down to see the captain in fact urinated himself.
"What do you want!" He yelled out scared out of his mind.
"I want nothing, I just wanted to test out if the seal worked and it did, I feel no sympathy or remorse for what I did." Naruto said with his new impassive attitude.
"Some of those men had families you monster! How could you say you feel no remorse for what you did!" The captain responded. Naruto continued to stare at him with his expressionless eyes.
"As I said, I feel no remorse." Naruto said before pulling back his hand, holding it with only his index finger out. "Now to end your life."
"Wait no please! Spare me!" The captain asked loudly as he let tears run down his eyes. "I have a wife and a 5 year old daughter!"
"...Your words don't affect me." Naruto said as four wind blades appeared behind him. He motioned his hand forward as the blades flew forward, piercing him. One wind blade pierced his heart, another through his stomach and two going through the deceased captain's eyes. Naruto casually walked away from the bloodshed before increasing the amount of oxygen around the rune knights' corpse. Naruto snapped his fingers as the corpse exploded in a torrent of fire.
"... I feel nothing." Naruto repeated his words before grabbing his giant sword and strapping it back on his back. Naruto then used his incredible wind manipulation to solidify the air below him and launching him to the sky. Naruto stopped before something caught his attention. A ripping in the sky appeared a few miles away.
"Etheranos in the air are being sucked in by that." Naruto whispered before memories appeared of the incident where he lost Lisanna and left Fairy Tail.
"That was the same hole that took Lisanna." Naruto launched himself toward the hole to study it further, but was to late because a heavily cloaked mage closed the hole. Naruto looked down at the mage, lowering down slowly. The cloaked mage noticed Naruto in the air and stared at him back.
"Why did you close it?" Naruto questioned the cloaked mage.
"Because it is sucking away the magic from Earthland." Mystogan explained saying part of the truth. He didn't really want people to know of Anima because of the actions some forces would do.
"I do not remember you from the guild so you must have joined Fairy Tail after Lisanna's death." Naruto said, causing Mystogan to stare at him with shock.
"H-how do you..."
"I am able to sense the magic around your guild mark." Naruto said pointing at the left side of his chest. Mystogan was surprised again because he knew where his guild mark was. First he thought Naruto made a mistake because he doesn't necessarily have magic since he was from a world of no magic, so he didn't understand what he meant by magic around his guild mark.
"Who are you?" Mystogan questioned.
"Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto answered, causing Mystogan's eyes to widen. He heard of him when he joined Fairy Tail and occasionally heard the barmaid speak his name when he uses the sleep spell on her and the other members of Fairy Tail.
"Now since I answered your question, I want you to answer mine since it's apparent you know what that was." Naruto said pointing toward the sky.
"... I rather not say." Mystogan said before dropping to his knees, gasping for air. He looked toward Naruto who walked up to him and stared down at him.
"I don't have no reason to harm you, but if you refuse to answer I will." Naruto said as he brought his hand forward and summoned a wind blade, pointing it at Mystogan's neck. Naruto returned the oxygen around Mystogan and making him decide his fate.
"I advise you not to-" Mystogan said, but surprised when his bandana covering most of his face was shredded apart.
"That was my last warning, I advise you to choose your next words wisely." Naruto warned with his now emotionless demeanor. Mystogan gritted his teeth as he glared at the man before him. He sighed in defeat knowing it was pointless to keep it a secret from him.
"That hole in the sky was Anima." Mystogan said. Naruto let the wind blade disappear from his hand and let Mystogan stand. Mystogan stood up when he noticed the blade disappear.
"Anima?" Naruto questioned.
"Yes, it's a device Earthland's parallel world Edolas created. Edolas is without magic so they build Anima to get magic from Earthland." Mystogan explained as his eyes never left Naruto. He would have not continued, but he understood Naruto's capabilities and knew he was lucky to even be alive.
"... Can a human be sucked into the Anima?" Naruto questioned as his eyes never leaving the sky.
"I suppose so. I've closing the Anima for some while now since the King of Edolas too power hungry and would not stop until he gained all of Earthland's magic." Mystogan explained, which Naruto responded as he rubbed his chin in wonder. He figured out that there was a chance Lisanna was still alive and send to Edolas instead.
"Can you open it from this side or just re-open a sealed one?" Naruto questioned the cloaked man.
"No, we don't have the power to open it from here. Why do you ask?" Mystogan asked.
"I wish to travel to this Edolas you speak of." Naruto said, causing the former prince of Edolas to look at Naruto like he was crazy.
"Do you even understand what you are saying?! You may be able to go into Edolas through Anima, but how do you plan to return, you won't be able to wield magic once you arrive there." Mystogan explained.
"So I can't use my magic in Edolas, but I will use my demonic energy." Naruto said before turning away from Mystogan. Mystogan wanted to ask more about Naruto's plans, but Naruto launched himself toward the sky.
'That is Naruto Uzumaki, Lost son of Fairy Tail...'
(Couple of Days later)
"Hmmm." Mirajane leaned on a tree as she stared at the clear night sky. No stars in the sky that only the moon shining down at the lone mage. She wasn't able to sleep as she had another nightmare involving the villagers who called her demon in her childhood. She decided to take a walk and ended up in the lonesome park that sat in the center of Magnolia Town.
Mirajane closed her eyes as she hummed a song she used to sing to her sister every time Lisanna came to her room because she was unable to sleep. She smiled when she recalled those memories of Lisanna sleeping in the foot of her bed, instead of sleeping in her own room. Sometimes she woke up with Lisanna sleeping next to her and Elfman on the other side of her door, probably too embarrassed to be caught. Mirajane stopped her singing when she sensed a figure on the other side of the tree.
"It's a beautiful night, isn't Naruto?" Mirajane said with a smile as Naruto walk out to the open. Naruto looked emotionless as he stared at Mirajane.
"I-" Naruto began to talk, but Mirajane walked up to him and grabbed his ear roughly. Her too sweet smile stayed as she brought Naruto down to her height.
"Came to apologize for leaving again?" Mirajane sweetly said as she stared into his emotionless eyes.
"... I came to apologize for all the pain I caused." Naruto said. Mirajane smile disappeared as her eyes started studying him. She was unsure, but she could feel something different about Naruto. Her free hand came up and gently set itself on his right cheek. The other hand that was holding his ear came down and set itself on his other cheek. The position they were at would have made Naruto a blushing mess before, but he still stayed impassive.
"What happened to your eyes?" Mirajane questioned as she continued to stare into his empty blue eyes. Naruto stoic eyes stared back at her beautiful eyes as he gave her his reply.
"I don't understand what you mean, Mirajane." Mira was taken back by the way he replied and the missing suffix he always liked to use on her when they were younger.
"... I can't see nothing in you eyes. I used to see happiness radiating out your eyes when we were younger and saw sadness when our eyes connected in the Phantom Lord guild; but, now I can't see nothing..." Mirajane said as she kept trying to find something in Naruto's eyes.
"... You won't be able to find nothing." Naruto responded.
"What do you mean by that?" Mirajane asked him.
"Because a few days ago I sealed away my heart. Now I am free from my weakness in feeling emotions." Naruto said, with caused Mirajane to look shocked. She gritted her teeth and slapped Naruto.
"You felt that right?!" Mirajane said with a glare directed toward Naruto. She attempted another slap, but Naruto grabbed her wrist. She tried to pull out from his grasp, but was to strong. She attempted to slap him with her other hand, which Naruto stopped by grabbing her other wrist. He pushed her back to the tree and held her there.
"Let go of me!" Mirajane wailed in anger as she tried to escape Naruto's grasp. Many events of calming Mirajane occurred in his mind and he decided on the most logical one. Mirajane was going to scream again, but Naruto leaned in and captured her lips. He set his hands on her shoulder as he leaned closer to her lips. Mirajane began squirming in his hold, but after a few seconds, she stopped. She was left speechless when Naruto pulled away from the kiss. Naruto set his hands on the trees, as his empty blue eyes stared at Mirajane's unsure eyes.
"Why did you kiss me?" Mira asked with a low tone.
"I wanted to stop you from yelling." Naruto said, causing Mirajane to blush and look away. She was also feeling a little angry that he needed to kiss her only to shut her up.
"And also wanted to see if one of my emotions was truly gone." Naruto said. Mirajane looked back at Naruto, looking confused.
"What do you mean?" Mirajane asked.
"I wanted to see if I still loved you." Naruto said with his emotionless demeanor. Mira's eyes widened when he heard Naruto's words. He loved her?
"Y-you-"
"Yes, I used to love you Mirajane. Since I first saw you to the last minute before sealing my emotions." Naruto said as he stared down at Mirajane. He came to see if his feelings would haywire once he met the woman who embodied his love and his sadness. Sadly, he felt nothing once he saw her.
"Mirajane, I came to tell you that I'm going to make things right." Naruto said as he stepped away from Mira. "I will leave soon and fix what I did three years ago."
"You're planning on leaving again!?" Mira asked. Naruto stoic eyes stared deep into her eyes before looking away from her.
"It is more logical if I stay away from Fairy Tail." Naruto calmly said.
"... Do you realize how many people suffered after you left and Lisanna died? We been searching for you all this time and you decide you wish to leave." Mirajane said, trying to reason with Naruto.
"My decision to leave is for the safety of the guild." Naruto responded back.
"You don't know how ...idiotic ...that ...sounds." Mirajane said stepping forward toward Naruto, but she began to feel sleepy. Once she reached Naruto, she fell forward in his arms. Naruto adjusted her to hold her like a husband would hold his bride. Wind circled around him before he appeared in front of Mira's bed. He gently set her down and turned to leave.
"Don't...go..." Mirajane whispered in her sleep, causing Naruto to look at her. His mouth twitched as he stared at the sleeping Mira. He turned away from her as he left her alone.
End.
It has been a while, but I finally updated Regret. I'm unsure on how it will appeal and I'm unsure I am even happy with the ending.
Also those two figures that appeared with Kyuubi, are going to be extremely important (unless I decide to rewrite the chapter to change them)
So this is the latest chapter and maybe this would be the next story I update. Later.
