Hello and welcome to my third one shot story in the Horyus Universe. Well calling it a one shot story is a bit of a stretch since this isn't a separate story so much as it is an explanation to something several of my reviewers don't seem to get. This OVA story takes place within chapters 6 and 7 of Horyus: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and it is an explanation to the most controversial substances in my Horyus Universe, draconium. I understand that several people don't get how draconium is able to withstand Truth-Seeking Orbs. Hopefully this will explain how that's possible.
Horyus OVA
Draconium
At Ramen Ichiraku, Spiro finished his bowl or ramen before asking. "By the way, Naruto, what are your Truth-Seeking Orbs made of?"
"The bigger question is, Spiro, how was your armor able to withstand my Truth-Seeking Orb," Naruto questioned. "And to answer your question, they're composed of the Elemental Chakra Natures, which in my world are Fire, Water, Earth, Lightning, and Wind. But they're also composed of chakra natures of Yin, Yang, and Yin-Yang. From my experience using them, Truth-Seeking Orbs can be used to neutralize ninjutsu and by extension become impervious to it. They can basically destroy anything they touch."
"Wow, those things are powerful," Aang acknowledged. "So how was your draconium armor able to withstand a direct attack from one, Spiro?"
"Well in my home world, Draco Sanctuary, the number of elements we have is actually ten," Spiro explained. "They are known as Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Lightning, Ice, Wood, Metal, Light, and Darkness, the latter two are comparable to your Yin and Yang, Naruto."
"Wait a minute," Hinata gasped. "Yin and Yang are considered elemental forces in your world?"
"Yes, they are," Tasha confirmed. "And Ice, Wood, and Metal are also considered their own separate elements rather than parts of other elements."
"I guess that explains why the Truth-Seeking Orbs didn't affect your armor," Naruto took another sip of his ramen.
"But wait a minute," said Katara. "If its elemental proof, how are you guys able to forge it into armor? Metal like that shouldn't even be able to be forged if fire doesn't work on it."
"It is elemental proof Lass, but it's not indestructible," Tasha explained. "Like all material, if it's exposed to high temperatures long enough, it can be melted, especially in its raw form. It's only when it's in its processed form that it's almost impervious to elemental forces."
Naruto then entered Sage Mode and used a bit of Frog Kumite on Spiro's armor, but to his surprise, the natural energy from his attack bounced right off. "I think I get it now. The armor blocks natural energy, that's how it withstood the Truth-Seeking Orb."
"Of course," Hinata gasped.
"Care to explain," Kagome asked.
"During the battle with the Ten-Tails, my summoning animal, a toad named Gamakichi, used a water-style technique that wasn't affected by Obito Uchiha's Truth-Seeking Orb," Naruto explained. "I soon realized that that was because both were infused with nature energy and nature energy works against itself. In other words…"
"Draconium is essentially nature proof," Sora finished.
"That's the silliest thing I've ever heard," Kairi giggled.
"Perhaps, but then again, so is the idea that there are other worlds out there besides our own," Tasha pointed out.
Everyone agreed to Tasha's statement and laughed.
The following day:
At Darmorce Castle, Bronze noticed Spiro's armor and saw the dent that was caused by Naruto's Truth-Seeking Orb earlier. At first, it appeared to be just a mere dent, but Bronze took a good look at it with a magnifying glass and noticed something that Spiro and Tasha could not see.
"What in the name of Marduk," Bronze gasped.
"What is it, Bronze," Spiro questioned.
"This damage on your armor, Spiro," Bronze answered.
"Is it not just," Tasha questioned.
"It appears to be on the surface," Bronze answered. "But if you look closely, there are parts in which the armor was deformed, small, minute traces, but they are there. What caused this?"
"That would be one of these," Naruto activated Six Paths Sage Mode and presented a Truth-Seeking Orb.
Bronze got a good look at the Truth-Seeking Orb and saw recognized its components with his magnifying glass. He then took a specialized knife made from draconium and cut a piece of the orb off and got a good look at it. What surprised him was that the blade of his knife started to show the same signs of being deformed, minute, but present.
"I believe I've seen these things before, in a scroll," said Bronze.
"You mean, someone who had Truth-Seeking Orbs came to your world before," Hinata asked.
"There was," said Alopheya. "Long ago, Marduk, the first king and Queen Crystal's ancestor, and Bahamut, the first Elemental Dart of fire, encountered an individual named Kagura. She had a humanoid form, white skin, and horns on her head. She claimed she was going to feed our world's energy to the God Tree."
"Marduk, and his forces battled against her, but she used the Truth-Seeking Orbs, as you call them, to overwhelm them," Crystal continued. "But not willing to give up our home without a fight, my ancestor was led to draconium by the Lamassu. With the talents of the Elemental Dart of Metal, they were able to forge specialized armor out of draconium that would protect the wearers from the Truth-Seeking Orbs' powers. Because of that, Marduk and the Elemental Darts were able to fend off Kagura and saved our home."
"Wow," said Sora.
"Nice backstory, but that doesn't explain how draconium is able to withstand Truth-Seeking Orbs," Naruto explained.
"It wouldn't be the first time it happened," said Kurama.
Naruto heard Kurama and used his Shadow Clone Jutsu to create a clone of himself. The clone then transformed into an Akamaru-sized version Kurama and Kurama took control of that clone.
"What did you mean, Kurama," Naruto questioned.
"I doubt you saw it, but when your father used a kunai against a Truth-Seeking Orb, it didn't break," Kurama pointed out. "And that kunai was made out of plain steal."
"And steel is hardly comparable to draconium," Bronze explained. "Draconium is so elemental proof that it requires the use of anti-metal in order to liquefy it. But the reason your Truth-Seeking Orbs didn't destroy Spiro's draconium armor is likely because it was too generalized. It's like how generalized plants and animals cannot survive in places only specialized plants and animals can live. If it had been more specialized to act exactly like anti-metal, the damage would have been more obvious. Our predecessors were lucky that Kagura didn't find out about this or she would have won."
The Horyus all nodded their heads and Naruto dispelled the clone jutsu and Kurama returned to his body.
Bronze then went on to explain draconium's properties. "To start off, draconium as Spiro has likely already mentioned to you is elemental proof. It can withstand higher temperatures than tungsten and reflect lightning as like a mirror reflecting light. Also, you've heard that scenario where if you stick your tong on a piece of metal, it will stick if it's cold enough, correct?"
"I've heard of it," Sakura admitted.
"So have I," said Aang.
Everyone else agreed.
"Well with draconium, that doesn't happen," Bronze continued. "Even if you were to soak it in liquid nitrogen, your tong will not stick to it."
"Allow me to demonstrate," Frostina took one of Bronze's draconium swords and used her Frozen Cannon attack on the blade.
She then gave it to Kagome. Kagome then proceeded to place her tong on the blade, but even though her attack hit the temperature of liquid nitrogen, Kagome's tong did not stick to the blade, shocking everyone.
"It didn't stick," Kagome gasped.
"Amazing," Syaoran gasped.
"It really must be nature proof," Kairi deduced.
"Actually no, it is not," Bronze corrected.
Sora was confused. "But Spiro and Tasha told us…"
Sora cut himself off when he noticed Spiro and Tasha shaking their heads.
"We never said that it was nature proof," Tasha explained. "You came to that conclusion all on your own."
"But then, how did it withstand my Frog Kumite attack," Naruto questioned.
"It's simply because it's a strong metal," Spiro took off one of his gantlets. "I want you to enter sage mode and do an arm wrestle with me."
"Okay, but don't blame me if you lose a limb," Naruto entered Sage Mode and grabbed onto Spiro's paw and the two began to arm wrestle.
To everyone's surprise, even with Naruto's strength enhanced with Sage Mode, Spiro still overpowered him in terms of strength.
"What the hell," Naruto gasped.
"You're strong Naruto, but not that strong," Spiro then took Bronze's sword and attempted to bend it.
Again, to everyone's surprise, even though Spiro tried as hard as he could to bend the blade, nothing happened. Spiro then gave Bronze back his sword.
Bronze then told them, "As you can see, draconium is a really strong metal, the strongest in all of Draco Sanctuary. Only anti-metal can harm it. We use it to liquefy it and then heat it up to remove impurities. Once it's solidified, it can withstand almost any elemental force."
"In any case, I believe now is the time for us to see just how powerful they are," said Queen Crystal.
And there you have it. As mentioned by Bronze, draconium can withstand higher temperatures than tungsten, reflect lightning like a mirror reflecting light, and if you place your tong on it even after it's been dipped in liquid nitrogen, it will not stick. Now admittedly draconium is a stupidly strong metal, but then again, the Marvel characters are involved in this universe and Marvel has plenty of stupidly strong metals like vibranium, uru, and adamantium, and yet no one seemed to be complaining about them, or have they? Could someone confirm that for me? Anyway, as for the Truth-Seeking Orbs, as Kurama explained, they are not quite as all-powerful as everyone seems to think they are. As Kurama mentioned, when Minato used a kunai on Obito's Truth-Seeking Orb, it did not disintegrate. Please read the explanation back at the end of chapter 7 though because I'm not explaining that one again. I hope this OVA helps explain everything, and if not, then I don't know what to tell you.