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Naruto Notes: Naruto can use Hiraishin and copy spells. He's also really good at kenjutsu.

Dragon Age Notes: I'm going to add some of the quests from DA:I so Naruto has something to do and to make it easier on me.

Notes: Wind Blade is wind chakra + katana, Wind Sword is a sword made of wind chakra and sharper than any non-chakra enhanced blade.

Chapter 2: Demon In Human Form

Blacklist Entry: #55

Real Name: Unknown

Picture: (FOX ANBU)

Class: A-Class

Reason: Assassination of a Chantry Mother

Aliases: Pride's Folly, Mage Killer, Shield Breaker, Mind Breaker, Demon Hunter

Abilities: Can copy all elements of magic and reflect it back at 2x the power. First ever wind user. Master of illusions.

Weaknesses: Unknown. To avoid illusions, don't look at his eyes or hands.

Strengths: All common elements of magic, tracking, asssassination, demon hunting, one-on-one combat

Engagement: Flee on sight with a party of 4. Flee on sight if not heavily armed. Flee on sight if not a mage. Flee on sight if not a templar.

Naruto closed the Blackbook with a look of confusion and irritation. He never killed anyone from the Chantry. At least, no one the Chantry could claim connection to without considerable backlash but this accusation needed to be dealt with. This put a target on his back, a bigger one that he already had. Even with a flee on sight order, he was willing to bet that few people would listen. Their sense of greed would override their sense of survival and they wouldn't know it until it was too late. Naruto sighed. 'The body count on my next assassination mission is gonna go way up.'

Naruto sat outside his ANBU tent and ate the nug he killed for breakfast. Tasted like beef. He decided to camp on the East Road. There was a rumor about stronger than usual bandits that took no prisoners and seemed to be defending something. That made Naruto suspicious. Bandits almost always have someone watching the camp in case of an attack but rarely are they well armored and well trained.

Naruto looked around. He was basically in a valley. One way in, one way out. He could place tags on the rocks and cause an avalanche. He could assassinate the leader and see what happens. He could kill everyone and be done with it. Naruto decided on the last one. The Chantry made a rather large splash. That being said, he needed to make a Tsunami. But first he had to find them. He was unable to get a specific location, only the region.

He ran up the side of the valley and scouted the area. 'The bandits are a few miles east. On the very edge, it looks like.' This made creating a successful avalanche difficult. 'No matter. That's what exploding clones are for.' Naruto re-equipped himself and ran off to launch a one man invasion.

Slice. Stab. Winter's Grasp. Explosive tag. Kunai Shadow Clone Jutsu. What was once a bandit camp transformed into a battlefield. Naruto's wind sword cut through weapons and armor alike and he used all the spells he had at his disposal. They screamed as he cut them down with brutal efficiency. Everyone they killed was either unarmed and weak or too naive and noble to do what it takes to win. Explosive tags made chunks of flesh, his wind sword combined with his skill in kenjutsu cut people to ribbons in less than a second, his magic turned them to paste, his ninjutsu tearing them apart, his sharingan genjutsu ripping appart their minds. No one survived his wrath. It seemed like hell was raining down on them.

Naruto exhaled as he stabbed another one and pushed him off his sword when he saw a large man in an even larger suit of armor armed with a very large war hammer. "And I thought the Berserkers from Hidden Stone were big. What on Thedas are you eating?" Naruto twirled his sword to warm up his arm and then got into an offensive position. "Let's dance."

The behemoth swung at him with his giant hammer but Naruto dodged it easily. That hammer was so heavy that it could only be swung up, down, diagonal up and down, and side to side. Making it extremely easy to predict. And it took time to prepare and was hard to stop as well. Naruto continued to dodge and deflect. His goal was to anger the man into overextending himself. His plan worked too. He swung too hard and was forced to let go lest he get thrown to the ground with his weapon. But that didn't stop him from charging literally head first into Naruto.

It was for naught. Naruto added wind chakra to cut through the armor and cut his chest open. Sadly, he missed the lungs but he still bled quite a bit. Even this did not stop him. In fact, it made him faster. But it also got his liver, kidneys, and stomach cut clean open. Still he did not relent. "I...will not...give...up...I fight...TO YOUR DEATH!"

He attacked and Naruto sighed. "You are like a cockroach. And since body shots won't work, let's try the head." Faster than the eye could see, Naruto used his wind sword to lop off the man's head and watched as he fell to the ground with a wet thump. "About time. Now to leave my calling card." Naruto walked over to the rock with a skull on it and left a large horizontal gash in it.

But he was not done. The bandits had something to protect and he needed to know what it was. He searched the bodies but found unsigned notes about magical artifacts and personal items to sell for coin. He searched the storage chests around the camp and found the magical artifacts the letters were talking about. "Well, well, well. What do we have here?" He thought about selling them but some of them looked dangerous. He was a killer, no doubt about it. But he did his very best not to get innocent people killed. "I need someone who can tell me what these do." With that, he went off to Redcliffe to do some research."

A few days later, a squad of templars, East Road where the bandits were

Night-Commander Cullen looked at the carnage in front of with horror. All of them died quickly and for the most part; painlessly, but it looked like a portion of hell somehow made it on to Thedas. "Do we know who did this?"

Another templar walked up to him. "My name is Judas and yes. It was the assassin that killed a Chantry Mother."

Cullen narrowed his eyes. "How?! His specialty is assassination and low numbers combat, not launching one man armed assaults that leave no survivors!" Cullen went to survey the bodies and was disgusted at what he saw. "How can someone be so brutal and so efficient at the same time. The ones that were turned to paste died in less than a second and all the sword wounds are cleaner than venatori stalker." Judas looked confused. "They're famous for their clean cuts." Cullen looked at the hell that surrounded him. "Whoever this man is, he's not human. He's a demon in human form. No blood mage could do this much damage this quickly."

"But ser…"

"I said not this quickly. All of these people look like they were killed at exactly the same time. This took 30 minutes to an hour at max."

"Maker's breath...How is this even possible?"

"I don't know…" He turned to the rest of his squad. "Gather those that can be transported and burn the unrecognizable. Someone report to the Arl. He'll want to know about this."

"Should I tell Lord Alistar?"

"No. As bad as it is, these were just bandits. I doubt he even knows about them."

Two weeks later

The Divine and her left and right hands were more than surprised at the recent events. They knew he was good but this...this...was monstrous. Cassandra slammed her fist on the war table. "I've said it once, and I'll say it again. This man is a threat. I'd be lying if I said I felt bad for the bandits but this proves that he's more dangerous than we anticipated. If you're trying to control him, you're doing a piss poor job at it."

Lilliana looked at Cassandra with disdain. "I can see that, Seeker. But our plan was not a total failure. Our goal was to get him to kill criminals and he has yet to disappoint us beyond reason. And let's not forget the people he's saved. He stopped a large team of Venatori assassins from ransacking Redcliffe. He stopped a Pride Demon by turning it into a stain on the dirt. He's better at hunting evil mages than some Templars. And just so you know, no one believes that he assassinated a Chantry Mother."

Cassandra was about to argue but Justinia stopped her. "Enough! It is clear that controlling him is a fool's endeavor. So if we can't control him, try pointing him in the right direction."

Cassandra sighed. "There are rumors of Darkspawn and a smuggler carta in Valamar. It's an old Dwarven outpost used for trade. If we were to make them seem like a bigger problem, someone might hire him to take care of him."

Liliana narrowed her eyes. "But there is one downside. That someone will likely be another carta and after the current ones are gone, he'll kill whoever moves in. I'm not saying that I feel bad for them. I'm saying that the body count for the next few months is going to be exponentially higher than his normal bandit jobs. There's no going back once you do this. Is that acceptable for you?"

Justinia nodded. "Yes it is, but we must find a way to comfort the masses if they flip out because one of the most cutthroat smuggling groups in Ferelden was found dead with no survivors." She sighed. "Is there anything else?"

"It's time to talk about the mage rebellion..."

The Gull and Lanteen is one of Naruto's favorite places. It has cheap drinks, the girls are nice, and all the scumbags that come here will give up their darkest secrets for free drinks and a transformed Naruto. Unless, of course, something is so popular that even the commoners know about it.

"Have you heard the rumors?" Said Bon.

"Who hasn't? The local carta has been causing trouble for everyone. Drugs, lyrium, weapons, you name it. Someone needs to put a stop to it." Replied Angus.

"Who? The Templars? They won't intervene unless there's an apostate with them and the rebel mages won't leave Redcliffe."

"Mercenaries?"

"Please, only nobles have enough money to convince someone to do something that stupid."

"What about that Mage Killer dude? He's cheap, fast, and good all at once."

"Yeah, if you can find him and have the courage to approach him. I heard someone say that if you anger him, he makes you disappear. No body to be found."

"The job's gotta get done somehow." The man looked around and saw Naruto at the bar. "There he is. Let's go talk to him."

"What?"

With Naruto, he was able to hear the whole conversation from across the room so when they sat next to him, he wasn't surprised. "So, you need me to do some house cleaning?"

"How did you know?" Asked Angus.

"You're not very quiet and you really should pay more attention to your surroundings." They tensed and Naruto sighed. "Relax. That's just some friendly advice. Valamar, huh? That's a little far from Redcliffe. If you want me to do this, I need more than just rumors and common knowledge. Such as how well armed they are."

Bon nodded. "Cartas are almost always armed to the teeth with some of the best equipment in the Hinterlands and they've undoubtedly turned the place into a fortress. Most of them use bows so be careful you don't get flanked. The others are usually armed with stock armor and swords but the leader usually has a surprise that no one lives to tell about."

Naruto raised an eyebrow under his mask. 'Interesting that you know so much about them. Interrogating you would tip them off. Oh well. The first step to avoiding the trap is to see it coming and the next is to turn it against them. Nice try, suckers.' "I'll do it...For 3,000 Gold."

"What?! I thought you were cheap?" Asked Angus.

"I am. Most mercenary companies would charge 8,000 Gold or more to pay their whole crew and to make a profit. Lucky for you, I'm only one man so all I need is traveling expenses and new equipment. I am launching a one man invasion after all."

Bon looked hesitant. "Half upfront, half on completion?"

"Deal."

"You'll have it tomorrow."

True to his word, Naruto received 1,500 Gold the next day. Now he was off to Valamar to eliminate the Carta.

Valamar was located behind a waterfall and miles underground but too close to the surface to be considered the deep roads and yet there was Darkspawn here. The Carta was here as well. 'Perfect.' The Carta was locked in battle with a hoard of Darkspawn, making it easy for him to slaughter them all. But doing it by hand would take time and explosives would cause more problems. 'And that is what the Hiraishin is for.' Naruto used the kunai shadow clone jutsu to turn five kunai in 100.

The battle stopped to see where the rain of tri-pronged knives came from and saw Naruto in his ANBU gear, his wind katana in one hand and wind sword in the other. "I have some advice for you. Don't. Blink." Naruto flashed around the area, killing all of them before they could blink. The Hiraishin allows the user to move at light speed. There was no stopping him. Darkspawn and Carta were slaughtered one by one with brutal efficiency. Once again, they died quickly but his efficiency was brutal. Most didn't even raise their swords before their heads were cut off or their upper bodies were cut open. After ten minutes, everyone was dead.

'The leader is missing. He's either dead, or the Darkspawn disrupted the trap that was meant for me.' Naruto turned Valamer inside out, upside down, and shook it, but still no sign of the leader. He was about to go seal the Darkspawn tunnel when he sensed four people in the room next to him. 'That must be it.' "Knock, knock." He kicked the door open with a chakra enhanced kick and the door flattened the archer next to him.

The leader and the swordsman charged at him head first but Naruto focused on the leader, seeing how he had the best armor and a very large sword. Still, it was two-handed and had limited movies. But the speed and control surprised Naruto. Going head to head with this guy was a terrible idea. So he used Tsukuyomi. "Tsukuyomi!"

Inside Tsukuyomi

"Where am I?" Asked the dwarven Carta leader.

Naruto appeared out of thin air. "Welcome to my world. Here, I am the Maker. I control the environment, what you feel, what you see, even space and time itself. And you will be here for 72 hours starting now." Naruto stabbed him with his sword.

Three Tsukuyomi days later

"Congratulations. Only 71 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds to go."

"Three days...is only...one second…?" Naruto stabbed him again. "AAAAHHHHH!"

Naruto let him go just in time to dodge a sword from his last henchman. "Troublesome." Naruto used his wind blade to cut his chest open." He then stabbed the leader in the head using the same technique, just to be sure. The battle was anticlimactic but as a shinobi, he's trained to win, not put on a show.

"Nicely done. Most of them don't even have defensive wounds. Here, I believe this belongs to you." Said Bon as he tossed Naruto a large bag of coins.

"Thank you, Ban. That's a nice tattoo you got there. A broken hand as opposed to a skull. Makes me wonder if this was a request from a citizen with money or if I'm being used as a hit man by a rival Carta." Ban tensed visibly. "You seemed to know quite a bit about their fortifications. A little too much for the average person. No matter. I got paid and you have your spot." Naruto looked out at the mess he made. "But if you want that cleaned up, I'll need another 1,000 Gold because that is a lot of bodies and even more blood."

Ban relaxed a little. "You caught me. So what are you going to do?"

"Nothing. Unless someone hires me to kill you. Nothing personal, just so you know."

Bon sighed. "Yeah, I know."

Naruto walked by him to leave. "By the way, I never sealed the Darkspawn tunnels so you might want to do that soon."

One week later

Naruto frowned when he looked at his katana. It was suffering from age and use. It was chakra conductive but even it could only be used so much. He knew this would happen, just not when. There was a swordsmith in Haven who made swords out of dragon bone and dawnstone. He would need 20,000 Gold and some canine leather for the hilt but it was doable. He already had the money.

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Preview

"I'm worthless. A criminal as well and I'm sure there's a bounty on my head. I deserve to die."

"Maybe. But I can give you worth and you can find redemption in death. If you wish to die, then die in the shadows hidden behind a mask. No one will ever know you died. Choose wisely because there is no going back."

_ hesitated but nodded. "I choose to die in the shadows."

"Then repeat after me."