(Hey guys what up, This is SoulNinj4 here bring you guys a new update for The Red Haired Noble.
First off i have to say to guys is thank you, i had no idea that the story would kick off so well, i've looked at the review and i have to admit, i honestly thought that i was going to get butchered for it, but i see now that it was not the case, anyway i thank you all for your support and i hope you all will continue to do so, this had inspired me to keep going with this story.
Just remember, don't be afraid to tell me your personal opinions and suggestions, if you want, you can give me a few good ideas, i will make sure to consider your suggestions.
Now secondly i will tell you of a few things that will be coming into this story in the future.
1. Luke's friends will eventually reach the Ninja Nations, i'm still trying to for a situation to where they are transported to the world.
2. There's is a good chance that, i will have the two worlds of Auldrant and the Ninja world combine, i have a good idea on how to do it, and how the others can safely complete the merging.
3. The relation between Luke and his friends won't sour much at all, due to the fact that they all find out that they went overboard with their judgement on him when Akzeriuth fell.
4. Luke will also learn to use different swords and sword styles, most likely to from big to double blade style's if possible, also he will develop a martial art style that complements with his swords.
Well, that's it for the new changes for now,you see more as the story goes along.
Now without further ado, let's get things started, please sit back relax, and enjoy.)
Tales of the Abyss/Naruto
The Red Haired Noble
Chapter 11
Weird Meetings and The Red Death's Curiosity
(Inside Luke's Mindscape)
Luke Woke up in a dark and dank room, he looked down and found himself standing in ankle deep water.
''Huh? Where the hell am i.'' He asked himself.
''Your inside your own mind dude.'' A young but slightly older voice sounded from behind him.
Luke quickly turned around on his guard, thinking that he was going to be attacked, he caught sight of a red haired man, roughly around the same age as him, to be honest it sort of looked like him, the only difference was that there was three lines on each side of his cheeks, his eye's were different colors, the right eye was red and the other was green, his fangs were slightly longer that of a humans, to the point where one of them showed out passed his upper lip, and finally his long hair looked more spiked and shaggy, he wore what looked like to be black cargo pants and a red shirt, a pair of steel toed boot covered the man's feet, he also wore black fingerless gloves, and finally completed the outfit with a huge black trench coat. He basically looked like an more wild and untamed version of himself.
Luke just stared at the man for a second, still on his guard.
''Who are you?'' Luke asked man put his hands up in defeat.
''Whoa, hold on there for a second, calm down i'm not here to fight you.'' The man said in a rather easy going tone.
Luke held up his guard for a few moments before he relaxed, he couldn't find any deception within the man's eye's so he decided to give the man a chance to speak.
The man relaxed and smiled, ''Sorry to scare ya like that, i didn't mean to do that?'' He said scratching the back of his head in slight guilt and embarrassment.
Luke didn't know how, but he instantly began to feel a small kinship to the man, the guy seemed like a very easy going and calm person. The redhead smiled.
''It's okay, so who are you anyway, and where are we?'' He asked looking around the dark room.
''Well to answer you first question, the names Kurama, nice to meet ya, and second well… we are in your mind.'' Kurama answered.
Luke looked confused. '' My mind?, Uhhh...right...'' He said.
Kurama chuckled a little bit. ''I knew you wouldn't believe me, we'll if i can't tell you, why don't i just show you?'' He said as he snapped his fingers.
Suddenly multiple words could be heard inside the room, the voices that belonged to Luke himself, some were from when he traveled with everyone to save Auldrant, including one inner thought that he had about tear.
'Man i never thought Tear would look so good in a bathing suit, especially with her- ''OKAY OKAY!, i believe you!, just stop!'' Luke yelled as his face blushed more red than his own hair.
Kurama burst out laughing as he stopped the voices, causing the other red head to glare at him, still embarrassed.
Kurama began to calm down and spoke.
''Ohhh man that was good…!'', anyway now that you are convinced, i guess i should tell you what i really am.'' He said.
Luke looked confused once more as he stared at Kurama.
''Well to start off, i guess you could say that i'm more like a manifestation of your more darker personality, not the one you had before, but more like...you know untamed, wild, more...Dirty.'' Kurama said as he smirk a rather dangerous smirk.
Luke got chills when he saw his so called darker self smirk, he was getting slightly worried of what he would become if he were to become like the other half.
Kurama read Luke's mind and sighed. ''Don't worry, i'm not evil or anything, i just have a more harsher and careless personality, the only time i can get out is if you feel extreme feelings of hatred or anger.
Luke was relieved by the redheads words, however he wasn't sharp for nothing he knew eventually that they would have to merge entirely at some point, he just hope it didn't mess with his personality too much.
Kurama smirked. '' I see you figured out that we have to merge, but you shouldn't worry about that yet, it's a bit too soon, but one day we will have to merge, but don't worry you will still be the same...sort of, but still the same.
Luke nodded in understanding, he just hope that everyone will accept the change when he finally gets to see them again. Kurama sensed a small tug and knew it was time to call the meeting short.
''Alright dude, it just about time for you to go, i know you got more questions but we'll save those for a later time, you got people out there waiting for you.'' He said.
''Okay but how do i get out of here?'' Luke asked.
''Oh that's no problem.'' Kurama said as he snapped his fingers. Luke instantly felt like he was being thrown back, before he knew it darkness was all he saw.
(In Tazuna's House)
Luke woke up from his weird meeting with Kurama and found himself inside the room he shared with Kakashi and Sasuke, he found sasuke sleeping soundly on the futon next to him, the redhead smile happy that the battle didn't end with any fatalities, on their part at least.
He walked down the stairs towards the dining room, while on the way, he silently thought on what he was going to do next, he knew it was going to take a long time to find his way back to Auldrant, he was hoping that Kakashi and the others would allow him asylum in their village for a while.
The redhead reached the dining room and found the others along with Zabuza and Haku eating breakfast, Kakashi noticed Luke's presence and smiled.
''Well glad to see your finally awake, how do you feel?'' He asked.
''I still feel a bit drained, but i'm okay.'' Luke answered.
''I wouldn't be surprised, usually techniques like that would drain a person.'' The cyclops said.
Luke nodded as he took a seat at the table, and began to eat the food already prepared for him, as he ate he couldn't help but feel a pair of eyes on him, he looked up and found Zabuza staring at him in interest, the former noble felt a little uncomfortable.
''Uhh why are you staring at me?'' He asked a little freaked out.
Zabuza's stare lessened a bit as he spoke.
''I was wondering how have you managed to get so skilled with a sword, i have never see someone so young managing to match me with a sword, i guess you could say, you interest me.''
Luke stayed silent for a moment before he answered. ''Let's just say...i had a great instructor...and some good near death experience to get to where i am today.'' He said cryptically.
Zabuza found his respect for the blond rise even more as he heard the answer, he could tell that the redhead clearly went through some bad time's in life, and it molded him into a very respectable but dangerous person.
The former mist nin smiled.'' Well what ever the case, i respect your skill as a swordsman , it would be pretty interesting being comrade's with you.
Luke smiled at the man words, he had never been acknowledged like this before, he felt a little bit of his pride gain a few notches, however he knew now not to let it go to his head.
''Thank you, but still, you didn't make it easy for me, it just shows that there are people out there who are stronger than even us.'' Luke said.
Zabuza nodded agreeing with him, Kakashi smiled happy that the redhead was quite humble, despite having great skill. Luke suddenly remembered what he was going to ask Kakashi.
''Oh by the way, you think it would be possible for me to stay at your village for a while, i know it may take me a long time for me to get back home, heck i don't even know where to start, besides i'm curious about this world , i really want to see what it's like.'' He said.
''I don't think that should be a problem, our village is always welcoming to new people.'' Kakashi answered. Luke nodded happy that he would have to deal with much trouble.
Kakashi then turned to Zabuza. ''You know i could come along with us also, i know that you two are sick of running from the Hunter-nin of the mist, if you were to come with us, then no harm will come to you, besides i'm sure Haku would love it there, Bloodline users are pretty much a sacred treasure there.'' He said.
Zabuza looked sceptical, ''Are you sure they'll accept me?, i'm pretty sure they all know of my ...past actions.
Kakashi just waved it off. ''It won't matter, besides we already know the real reasons why you tried to kill the Mizukage in the first place, the one of the best things were good for is research, our Hokage looked into the problems concerning the civil war in the mist village and found the Mizukage were killing off Bloodline users. Zabuza looked surprised for a moment before he frowned.
''But i failed, even after some of our efforts, we couldn't save the people, even now, innocent people are being killed in the mist village.'' I just hope that they managed to get away from the bloodshed.
It was rare for everyone else to see a man who enjoyed battle so much to look so sad and guilty, it was a reminder that they shouldn't judge every book by it's cover, to see such a man caring for the villagers and innocents showed that he was still human despite being the demon of the mist.
''I wouldn't say that.'' Kakashi said, which earned Zabuza's attention. ''Last time i heard any report about the mist was that your action along with a few of your comrades allowed at least a good 80% of the population to escape and disperse to other countries, some i of which if i remember correctly, came to Konoha some years ago seeking asylum, The Hayashi clan if i remember correctly.'' Kakashi explained.
Zabuza's eye's widened. ''The Hayashi clan?!'' He yelled, ''As in the clan of the Five Deadly Venoms?!''.
Kakashi nodded. Zabuza laughed in delight. ''Oh man i haven't seen those guys in so long!, you guy's can count me in!'' He said truly happy to see his old friends again.
Kakashi smiled, ''All right then, it's settled, now if you guy's excuse me, i have some business to take care of.'' He said as he walked outside the front door.
Kakashi stopped a little way's in front of Tazuna's house and did a small series of hand signs. ''Summoning Jutsu!'' He yelled as his hand hit the ground, a second later a small dog appeared in a plume of smoke.
''Yo Kakashi, what is it you need?'' The Dog asked.
''Hey Pakkun, i need you to send a message to sensei, there are a few thing that are very interesting that he need's to see.'' Kakashi answered. as he gave a gave a scroll to the dog summon.
''Right, i'll be there within the hour.'' Pakkun said as he disappeared in a small screen of smoke. Just as the summon left, he felt the wind change, for some reason he felt excited, like thing we're going to take quite an interesting turn.
(An hour Later, In Konoha.)
Minato sat at his desk as he was deep in thought, ever since he woke up this morning, he had this strange feeling, for some reason he just had sudden feelings of change, like a change was coming, and fast, this usually filled him with dread, how ever this one gave him a good feeling, it some how made him a little excited to see what would happen next.
Suddenly a small plume of smoke appeared on his desk, scaring the man out of his thought's, he quickly pulled out his kunai on guard in case of an attack, but he quickly calmed down as the smoke cleared, Pakkun appeared sitting on the Hokage's desk, hold a small scroll in his mouth.
''Oh Pakkun, so the mission was a success huh?'' He asked. The dog nodded.
''Yes, the mission is complete, the threat has been taken care of and the bridge will be done by tomorrow if they help out.'' Pakkun said.
Minato smiled happy that and proud of his daughter for completing her first C-Ranked mission, he was worried for her safety at first, but it appears that his fears were groundless.
''Alright, that's good, tell them that they have done well, i'll see them when they get back. '' He said.
The dog saluted and disappeared in a screen of smoke.
Minato took the scroll and opened it and began read it the letter.
''Hey there sensei, i know this is a bit early but i feel that i have to tell you of my finding while on the mission.
How ever first i must tell you of the small problems we came across, the mission to wave was bumped up by two grades, from C to B when we encountered the two demon brothers of the mist, however Sasuke and Tsubaki easily took care of the situation, i would recommend those two for chunin, however things got worse as we came across Zabuza Momochi bumping the mission from B to A Rank.
Minato slightly paled after seeing that, he expected that they might have had some bandit problems, but not with Missing nin, this is what he absolutely feared when his daughter took interest in becoming a Kunoichi. He continued reading the letter.
''However Tsubaki has showed that you and Kushina-sama has taught her well, she had very little trouble dealing with Zabuza's apprentice, whose skill is nearly jounin level.'' The Blond Kage's turned from troubled to absolute delight as he read.
''Just as the battle was about to end, Zabuza was betrayed by his contractor, and tried to have up killed, however he was killed along with all the mercenaries he had hired, afterward Zabuza and i have come to an agreement, he would like to seek asylum with in the village and possibly become a leaf Shinobi.
Minato was thoroughly surprised by this, never would he have thought that he would get one of the seven mist swordsmen on his side, he thought about all of the information he gained when he had Jiraiya spy on the mist village, which allowed him to find out why they civil war started, he couldn't blame the other swordsmen for trying to save the innocent people of the village, luckily a great amount of the civilians got away and went elsewhere, some of the clans from the mist came to the village and settled in, quite a few of them became very capable Shinobi increasing the villages power ten fold after the Kyuubi attacked, he ever got word from Jiraiya that Kisame Hoshigaki became a spy for him sometime ago.
''The other person i have come across is a young man, whom seems to be an out worlder, his name is Luke Fon Fabre, he saved us during our first fight with Zabuza, and managed to push him back, He possess skills with a sword that is on level with Neko and Hayate and it raises to greater levels when he uses what he likes to call Artes, the Special Artes are something i have never seen before, but i can tell you that they are ridiculously powerful and could turn the fight in his favor very quickly, i recorded his while he was training and believe me i was i for quite a show,''
Minato noticed the seal on the bottom of the paper and applied chakra too it, in a small puff of smoke a small device appeared, it was a small video recorder that he created during his teen years, with the device it easily made it much easier to find out enemy plans during the war.
The blond push a small button that was under his desk causing a small opening to appear in front of him, a moment later a small Tv monitor rose from the inside of the desk, connecting the camera to the Tv he watched the recording.
''Impressive'' Minato spoke to himself as he watched, he watched the red heads movements and found them to be quite smooth and accurate, there were no wasted movements with his attacks, he could clearly tell that that the boy had plenty of experience. However he became more amazed as Luke went from practicing striking to practicing strike artes.
The attacks looked devastating and could turn a battle around very quickly if it was a battle of swords, the base artes soon turned to arcane artes and then to altered elemental artes, each time the Hokage was getting more and more impressed with the red head, however all of this didn't prepare him for what he saw next.
The recording showed Luke performing the Thousand swallow cuts, Minato could barely keep up with the boys speed, to see someone that fast with a sword was nothing short of Amazing, and absolutely terrifying if your were on the receiving end of that attack.
''Unbelievable'' He whispered as he signaled for his ANBU. One ANBU wearing a cat mask appeared before the blond.
''What is it Hokage-sama?'' The ANBU asked. Minato smiled not taking his eye's off the screen.
'' Neko please bring Kushina here, there's something i have to show her, bring Hayate too i'm, pretty sure he would be interested in seeing this also.'' He Ordered.
''Hai Hokage-sama'' Neko said. The ANBU disappeared in a swirl of leaves, leaving the Hokage to think about the red haired swordsman.
It Didn't take long for Kushina and Hayate to appeared before the blonde Hokage, they were curious at to what their leader had saw that caused him to be giddy like this.
''What is it dear?'' Kushina asked she asked. Minato smiled.
''I'll you in a moment, but first yugao please remove your mask for the moment, i would like you to see this as well.'' He said. Neko slowly took off her mask to reveal a young woman who looked no older than 22 years old and had purple long hair, she was Yugao Uzuki the current ANBU Captain of Konoha.
''So what is it your have to show us?'' A sickly looking white haired man asked coughing lightly, The man in particular was Gekko Hayate.
Minato handed them the scroll prompting them to read the letter, their reactions ranged from anger, to worry, to relief, and to finally curiosity, they couldn't believe the mission went downhill so quickly, however they were relieved that they came out of it without injury or death, but what got them curious was the Red Haired swordsman named Luke.
''Another Swordsman eh?'' Kushina said showing a great amount of interest. ''I would love to see someone who could surpass me in swordsmanship.'' Yugao and Hayate were looking quite skeptical of this, they were once students of the red haired woman, and from personal experience they knew she was the number one genius with the sword in the elemental nations, no one could match her skill, not even those in Kumo during the third great war.
Minato just Smirked. ''Actually Kakashi took the liberty of recording Luke as he was training.'' He said as he turned the screen for them to view. ''I can guarantee you all won't be disappointed.
The three watch attentively as Minato played the recording, Luke began his standard kata of the Albert style, The three swordsmen were quite impressed with the boys movements, just like minato the saw no wasted movements, but he also move with a certain grace, and it held a lot of power.
''Kid's not half bad.'' Kushina said, the other two couldn't help but agree.
''There's more.'' Minato said. and just as he said that the recording began showing Luke practicing his strike artes, this really gain the their attention. They had never seen anything like it, every attack seemed stronger than the last, most attack's could easily break a person's guard and most likely render their defences useless, some looked down right unblockable. Yugao and Hayate were debating on test their skills against this boy, however Kushina wasn't so easy to impress.
It wasn't until the arcane and Altered Artes started coming in that Kushina's wall was beginning to crumble, she was actually getting impressed with the skill the boy was showing, her eye's widened as she watched this, most of these attacks would give her major trouble if she was on the receiving end of them. Minato smirked as he saw his wife's face he knew she was a little difficult to impress at time's especially when it came to swordsmanship, he clearly knew she was impressed with the outworlder...and it didn't even get to the best part yet.
'Just one more push.' He thought as the recording was nearing the finale.
Kushina Watched with a critical eye as she watched Luke gather his energy in his body, she knew that whatever he was going to do, it was going to be big.
'Alright kid, show me something worth seeing.' She thought. She was not disappointed as she watch his use his Thousand Swallow Cut's.
''Holy Shit.!'' She said, her jaw nearly hit the floor, never had she seen anyone do this before with a sword, she knew even she wouldn't survive anything like that if she was on the receiving end of that attack. It was then that her wall just crumbled into tiny pieces, she had never been this impressed since she was rescued by her husband during the war.
Yugao and Hayate were having trouble registering what they just saw. Luke was moving so fast that everything was a blur to them, the boy was easily moving beyond Kage level speeds.
Kushina turning her attention to Minato she asked. ''Does he have any training as a shinobi?
''From what Pakkun told me, he does not, however he shows great interest in learning the way of the shinobi.'' Minato answered.
The redhead returned her view back to the monitor staring at the boy. ''If he gained any training as a shinobi, he could...my kami, this boy would be a monster.
Kushina began to get a little giddy, she wanted to train this kid, with some extra training he could become the next god of Shinobi.
''I would like to meet this kid, i want to test him out for myself.'' she said.
Minato smiled, but was a bit worried on the inside, it's been a long time since she took an interest in training someone since she last trained Yugao and Hayate, the silver head ANBU would have been one to actually surpass Kushina, however he was still dealing with his illness, which was being treated by Tsunade, unfortunately the illness was pretty advanced when she finally came back after her travels, so it would take a while before he would be completely cured.
''Well from what Kakashi reported, they should be here by the end of this week, the bridge is nearing completion with the help of everyone else, so you don't have to wait long. Kushina nodded satisfied with her husbands answer. she turned her attention back to the monitor.
'I have a feeling things are going to get interesting from now on' She thought, highly anticipating the boys arrival.
Back in Wave
We find Luke along with the rest of the group helping Tazuna with completing the bridge, with their help they projected the time of completion by the end of this week. Once it was starting to grow dark tazuna decided to call it a day.
''Alright guys, lets call it a day, we got way more done than i thought we would, good job.'' He said.
The workers began to return to their homes, but more happy now that their future was no longer in danger, luke smiled as watch the others happily returned to their families, Tazuna took notice and smiled also.
''Nice isn't it?'' He asked walking along side the red head.
''Yes it is, i'm just happy that i could be of help, i couldn't just stand by and watch as the people suffered like this.'' luke answered.
Tazuna smiled, it was rare to find someone so pure of heart in the he lived in, he couldn't describe it but he knew he could put his hope and faith in the red head, as he watched home with Luke beside him he couldn't help but think that the world was finally going to change for the better.
They reach the house to find Inari and Tsunami waiting for them with dinner already made.
''Hey everyone, dinner's already done, hurry and get washed up before it get's cold.'' SHe said happily as she went back to the kitchen to make some desert.
The group complied and quickly cleaned themselves up and went to dinner, the room was lively with the laughter of everyone as they ate together, once they were done they all prepared to turn in for the night.
Luke looked out the window of the room, reflecting on everything that happened during the mission, he didn't notice Kakashi standing at the door, it wasn't until the jounin walked in and stepped on a loose floorboard that the redhead acted. luke instantly sprung from his position on the futon and grabbed his sword on guard for any attack.
Kakashi was thoroughly impressed he knew that luke was not a shinobi, but he sure as hell had the reaction time of one, he could see a huge amount of potential in the redhead.
Luke lessened his guard once he saw Kakashi. ''Oh it's you, please don't scare me like that.'' Luke said a little irritated. Kakashi smiled a little.
''Sorry about that, it was not my intention to scare you.'' He apologized. ''I just came to inform you of my masters decision.''
''So what is his answer?'' Luke asked putting away his sword.
Kakashi smiled even more. ''He decided to welcome you with open arms to the village.'' He answered.
Luke smiled happy that he was finally going to have a place to stay for a while, ''There's also one more thing.'' Kakashi continued.
''Lady Kushina has taken an interest in you, earlier today i sent a report on the success of the mission, but i also spoke of you and your skills with a sword, and it seemed to have caught her interest, most likely she wants test your skills for herself.''
Luke was clearly surprised by this, someone actually challenged him to a battle of swordsmanship, a part of him felt proud and honored, however he was more worried about fighting her after hearing of her reputation as the best sword master of the Elemental Nations, he clearly didn't know what to expect or what was expected of him when the time came.
Kakashi looked amused by Luke's reaction, but decided to calm him down.''don't worry so much, she might be an impulsive person, but she's very kind hearted, she may have high expectations, but not too much.'' He said.
This calmed Luke down a little as he relaxed a bit more, The Jounin continued, ''It you do reach her expectations in the match, chances are she may take you as an apprentice in learning the ways of the Shinobi.'' He added.
Luke smirked at that, ever since he seen how the Kakashi and Zabuza fought, he was pretty eager to learn their ways of fighting, he may have been skilled, but skill can be topped by trickery and deceit, he needed to adapt to the way of the Ninja in order to survive any other encounters with them.
''You can count me in.'' Luke said with a smirk. Kakashi smirked back.
''I thought you might be interested.'' He said. ''Anyway that's all i had to tell you, get some rest, we still have some work to do.''
Luke nodded. ''Good night then'' He said.
''Good night'' Kakashi said as he walked out the room.
Luke laid down on his futon, he was having a hard time holding his excitement, he couldn't wait to see the village, to actually learn how to fight like a Shinobi. Eventually the redhead went to sleep thinking of the possibilities.
Inside his mindscape, Kurama couldn't help but smile, 'Looks like Father Sages prophecy will come true after all, he will finally bring everlasting peace to this world, and i will do everything possible to help him make it so.' He thought.
In Auldrant
Asch had finally found the group, it was rather tense at first, but they eventually relented on him, the reunion between him and Natalia was that of a rather...ahem new experience for the former noble, he had renewed his relations with his parents, surprisingly the Duke seemed to have change from what he used to be, the man now saw the error of his ways, and found that the common people were the main backbone of any kingdom, and since then began to actively cater to them along with Natalia and Asch.
Susanne's condition finally started to get better, with the help of Jade, they finally manage to find a cure for the Duke wife, in just a few short weeks she was well enough to walk out of the manor and visit her brother on her own, even though she never went without an escort, it wasn't until a few months later that everyone else found out a deep hidden secret about her one she was well enough.
Flash Back:
Asch woke up to the sound of loud cracks of a weapon hitting a training dummy, wondering who would be training this early in the morning, walking out to the balcony, he was in for quite a surprise.
Down in the middle of the courtyard was Susanne Fabre, She wore a blue Qi pao with looked like gold dragon designs on it, she had pole arm in her hands(Okay since i really suck at describing weapon designs, i'll just say she's wielding a Kwan Dao). The Noble stood there dumbfounded, he never would have thought that his mother was a warrior, he couldn't stop watching as Susanne began going through her Kata, her movement were brutal, yet refined and graceful, swift but deadly, for three hours he watched him mom practice her Kata with a Kwan Dao, A Qiang Spear, A Chinese Jian, and unarmed She practiced through WuShu, The Five Animal forms of Kung Fu, Wing Chun, and finally Tai Chi.
Once she was done, she walked back to her manor to wash up, Asch didn't notice his father standing at the door behind him.
''So you saw that huh?'' Duke asked with a small smirk on his face, Asch jumped a little and turned around.
''You knew about this?!'' He asked incredulously.
''Sure i did.'' Duke shrugged. ''That's why i love her, and that's why i fear her as well.'' He added as he shivered.
Asch just stood there trying to register what he just heard, Duke Fabre was a person who gained the reputation as the most brutal and non merciful warrior during the war, as the people who lived in hod could attest to, however to hear that his mother, who has been ill for quite some time, and the most gentle person he has ever known could possibly bring him to his knees physically and keep him on the leash was nothing short of terrifying.
Duke saw his sons reaction and chuckled. ''Don't worry about it, your mother is still the same, just don't piss her off, for your own sake.'' He said as he walked out the door.
Despite his earlier shock the noble let the subject drop for a good while until a week later when they were traveling towards Malkuth for a meeting to increase relations between the two kingdoms, the Duke also found that he wanted to make amends for his brutalities during the wars, not long after entering Malkuth territory they were confronted by bandits.
The Duke, Asch, as well as some guard quickly came to Susanne's defense, only for her to push them out the way, the look she had the look of a killer, the next moment she was tearing through the bandit like it was nothing, the last one standing was the leader of the bandits, who looked at the woman in fear, before he was cut down by her sword, his last word was the Golden Dragon of Kimlasca.
After the situation calmed, Susanne knew she had to tell her son what she really was, apparently she was a warrior who also fought in the war against Malkuth at one time, she was feared as the mostly deadly warrior to ever walk the field of battle, her accomplishment were legendary, being able to take out a group of soldiers by herself, however she was forced to retire early after she fought a warrior who managed to barely wound her, she killed him however the warrior coated his weapon with poison, the poison entered the bloodstream and made her become weak and frail.
After the whole fiasco Asch couldn't help but respect his mother, and also learned to fear her at the same time.
Flashback End:
His relations with the others such as Anise, Jade, Guy, and Tear started off pretty rocky, but over time, they began seeing the true side of him, when the noble wasn't so angry, he was actually very friendly and calm, he was very fun and one who loves to have a good challenge. Asch had told them Luke was still alive and where he was, however he decided to keep his true identity a secret and have them figure it out whenever they find their way to him, Asch since then has tried to find a way to transport them to the Elemental Nations, however it was way easier said than done, the noble made some progress, but he still haven't found a way to do it completely while taking everyone with him.
Asch sighed as he relaxed outside in his garden, he wore a white shirt and blue jeans( Yes i'm putting jeans in Auldrant quit trippin), he decided to go barefoot this time since he heard from Natalia that Luke like to walk around barefoot a lot, he now could understand why, Walking barefoot in the fields was absolutely relieving to feel the wind go between your toes and the grass blades tickle the soles made him relax, at times he would doze off and would have to be taken to his room by either Susanne or Natalia.
Asch couldn't help but think about his now former replica, he wanted to make amends to the boy and hopefully gain his friend ship.
But for right now he decided to enjoy the moment of peace and quiet for a little while, he was close to finding a way to the other world, but now he had to rest, he slowly began to doze off yet again unaware of a hidden danger that was about to forever change their world.
In a small lab, somewhere in Audrant.
''DAMN IT!'' A voice yelled with in the lab, a man stood over a body that rested on a bed rest, the man examined the body and frowned.
''Looks like they were right.'' He said as he sighed, ''Ever since the planet storm stopped the production of the seventh fonon all but stopped, and Fonic Artes was significantly lessened, the only thing they could do was possible draw what was left in the world and from possibly the Fon Belt if they were strong enough. One scientist walked behind the man and spoke.
''Sir the replication process was another failure, however all is not lost, we have come across a big pocket of Seventh Fonons of what remains in Eldrant.''
''Eldrant?'' The man asked before he smiled. ''Of course...Eldrant that where Lorelei was released.'' He said with glee.
''Sir?'' The scientist asked.
The man smiled evilly. ''Go and extract the Fonons Immediately we can still succeed.'' He ordered.
''Yes sir'' The scientist responded and waked out the room.
''Soon, very soon.'' The man said. ''Soon i will bring you back, and this world shall be mine!'' The man Laughter echoed throughout the lab.
(And i am done, man that took a bit, but i got it completed finally, i have to apologize to you guys for taking so long, but my computer died on me, and i couldn't get the time work on the chapter, i'm still in job corp and i am a busy person, anyway i hope you enjoyed this chapter, and i hope to see good reviews soon.
Well i gotta go guys, i'll try to release the next chapter as fast as possible, and hopefully finally get to the good stuff.
Alright this is NinjaFox2020 signing off, until then Ja Ne.