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Chapter 5: "My Enemy"

(Year: X776)

Despite everything he despised about Konoha, there was one single thing Naruto did miss about his homeland. It was something he thought about occasionally, but those thoughts were quickly dismissed by the knowledge of his gained freedom. One small thing was not worth everything the boy went through at his home world.

Nevertheless, Naruto felt his blood begin to pump faster and his adrenaline begin to surge as he rushed into battle. As the boy ran up to a man with a spear, flipped over the attack, and kicked the cultist in the face, Naruto felt excitement for the first time in over two years. Sure, he still trained and sparred against April for that time, but that was not true combat. This was real fighting, and Naruto was a natural at it.

It was like riding a bike. He couldn't forget even if he wanted to. Even outnumbered, his trained body ducked and weaved out of the way of swinging spears and deadly blasts of magic. Through all of this, Naruto allowed the smallest of smiles grace his face. He felt at ease and at home. This was his element.

"Sky Shot!" Naruto sent a blast of air that hit a cultist in the chest. This caused the man to go flying back. He landed into a wall and crumbled to the ground unconscious.

The town was burning. Fires were spreading everywhere. Bleeding unconscious bodies and bleeding corpses were spread across the ground. Some of them were the townspeople. Some of them were cultists defeated by Naruto.

To almost every other twelve year old this would be devastating. There was so much blood. So many different people were injured, dying, or dead. Any normal human being would be feeling physically ill at this point.

Naruto was still smiling lightly.

This was his element. Naruto was raised in the art of war. Before he came to this world, the blonde was trained to be a soldier his entire life. Through constant training, beatings, and missions, he had long since hardened to this kind of carnage. It was part of who he was. This was what he was raised to live with.

Even though these were people Naruto had known for two years, he didn't so much as flinch at their wounds and deaths.

That lady over there crying in the corner once had Naruto heal her sick dog. An old man bleeding on the ground had told Naruto countless stories about the elder man's life. And Conner-san, the farmer that liked to tease Naruto, was lying dead before him.

Naruto stepped over his body without hesitation.

There was no more hope for the dead. It would be pointless to put thought into them right now. The boy still needed to think a bit about the wounded, though.

Through his adrenaline rush, Naruto's abilities with Sky magic rocketed. As he passed the injured people, Naruto idly healed them as he passed. He did not close the wound completely, but he healed them enough so that the injured people didn't die immediately. That was all he could do right now, and it was enough so that he wouldn't get an earful from April later.

Hearing shouts and sounds of combat not too far away, Naruto began to walk in that direction. His body tingled with pleasure. He was about to fight again. He didn't even realize how much he missed this until now.

Stepping over the bodies, Naruto continued his trek. It was time to fight once again.


April wanted to go help the townspeople. She really did. There wouldn't be a point to that, though, if she saved half the town only for the other half to be completely leveled to the ground. Besides, she entrusted the village to Naruto. Thus, she walked to the edge of the nearby forest and waited. He would be coming soon.

"So this is where you were hiding all this time, eh? In this pathetic dingy town?" A man's voice appeared to April's left.

The woman turned to the man she hated most in this world. "Hiding? Perhaps. But not from you, teme. I have been hiding from my past."

"And do I not exist in your past, Kazen?...Wait, that's your name now, right? I remember that you used to have a different last name before you got married." The man crossed his arms. His thick hairy forearms were on display.

"Are you mocking me?" April glared. The wind picked up around her. "You very well know that's my name now. It's the name of one of the few people that beat you."

"But at a great cost, no?" The man noted. He looked down his hooked nose at her. His long pony tail trailed behind him. "I did kill your husband, right? Now his name, I don't remember. But you…After our fight I researched you. April Kazen, once April Senju, the greatest sky magic user in the country. One of the aces of Fairy Tail. Well known for her heavenly beauty and hellish strength. A true monster."

April merely glared at the man.

"After all these years…After all this time since our first fight, tell me…Can you still fly?"

"I don't know Bluenote Stinger. You tell me!" April shouted. "Sky Updraft!"

"Fall!" Bluenote shouted.

Two forces collided in that instant. One was the unfightable power of gravity pushing down with enough force to make the very earth crumple and bow. The other force was that of a dozen tornadoes pushing up against the sky defiantly and saying that the wind had no limits in this world.

Magic flared around as the two spells clashed. Gravity and the sky fought against each other. The forest to the side of them tumbled. The earth below them crumbled. Everything around them fled.

Crack! Crash! Swoosh!

The two forces canceled each other out and caused a massive backlash to spread across the area around the two fighters. April and Bluenote were left surrounded by a miniature wasteland. Despite the destruction, the fighters did not turn away from the other. They were too dangerous to be taken any other way other than seriously.

"You've gotten better." April noted with a glared.

"And you've gotten weaker." Bluenote smirked. "That means I'm going to win this."

April decided not to argue. While it wasn't that big of a difference, April was not in her prime. The illness took a bit of a toll from her. That did not mean that she would take his insults lying down. "You think you can win, monkey? Fool. My element is the sky. My element is an alive force that causes the very heavens to shake. My element allows me to fly."

"You!" Bluenote's eyes flared in anger.

"And today, Bluenote…" April was lifted up into the air as the sky swirled around her. "You are going to fall."


"What the hell are you!?" The bald cultist exclaimed in fear.

"A shinobi." Naruto still held that small smile on his face even as he brought his elbow down and shattered the cultist's arm.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" The cultist screamed, clutched his broken arm, and fell to the ground in pain.

"Shut up." Naruto did an axe kick to the back of the cultist's head and knocked him out.

'Damn, Kit. I forgot how brutal you are to your enemies.' Kurama grinned from behind his cage. 'I love it. Do more.'

'Luckily, there's more of them in the town.' Naruto mentally noted.

The whiskered boy begin to move through the village. He went to the place where he heard more screams. These cultists were fools. They had the tiniest bit of power, so they thought they were invincible. What they lacked, however, was skill.

Well, Naruto had both more skill and power than any of the cultists. He could take them down with ease. It felt just like those old assassination days.

'Reminiscing, Naruto?' Kurama barked out a laugh. 'You sound like an old man.'

'Perhaps I have an old soul.' Naruto suggested.

'That, or perhaps peace doesn't suit you as much as you would like to think.' Kurama mentioned.

'Hmm. That may very well be true.' Naruto admitted. 'Perhaps being a mage won't be such a bad thing. At least I'll be able to go on jobs and missions. I can have real challenges to test my Sky God Slayer magic...or at least something to make it work right.'

'There you go, Naruto! The glass is half full and all that shit.' Kurama chuckled.

Naruto ignored that comment. Instead, he focused on his next fight. How would he break the next cultist? A shattered knee was always effective. Of course, a quick knock out would work too, but what would happen if they suddenly woke up and ran away? At least with a broken knee would make sure they couldn't do anymore harm.

Crack! Crash! Swoosh!

Naruto channeled chakra through his feet so he wouldn't be sent flying. The ground below him rumbled. A shockwave spread through the village. Air rushed pass the whiskered teen. It was like an explosion went off.

Then it stopped.

Naruto stopped covering his eyes. That was an effect of extremely powerful magic. He recognized one of those magical signals. April was fighting. Not only that, she was fighting without holding back.

What did that speak for her enemy? How powerful was this threat?

Another shockwave went off. Then another followed. This continued as several shockwaves blasted through the area.

Naruto turned to where the waves of energy originated. That was a high scaled battle. This was something that was far beyond him. April and her opponent were certainly monsters that he couldn't even hope to lift a finger against. It was a battle that Naruto should in no way be a part of right now.

For some reason, though, Naruto could no longer focus on the pathetic cultists that kept falling before him.


April rushed in to meet the pony-tailed man. Four narrow tornadoes danced around her. She had long since used her support magic to increase her body's endurance. While they were close magically, April would admit that Bluenote had more physical force than she did. Her magic would make sure that did not matter.

The gruff man pushed the tornadoes away with a wave of his hand. The gravity stopped the tornadoes, but it did not stop April. The blonde woman continued to rush in with a guard raised. She sent a jab. Bluenote blocked with a forearm and grimaced in a bit of pain.

The man then sent a hook at the smaller human's body. He made sure to push gravity magic behind it for an extra effect. April ducked under the attack and avoided it all together. She then tried to punch the man's ribs.

Bluenote caught this attack with the hand that he did not use to attack. He felt his bones ache under the pressure of her punch. The gravity magic user did not let go, though. Instead, he used his magic and tried to hit her with a wave of gravity.

The force of the attack caused the ground to jump in the air, but it did not hit April. The woman had broken his hold and moved back before the wave of gravity could hit her. She also managed to dodge the boulders that rose into the air.

With dust and rocks stopping them from seeing each other, both combatants were blinded. April, however, knew Bluenote's location. She could use that.

"Sky…" April brought her arms to her side and gathered a whirlwind of energy in her palms. The power of a hurricane was contained in her hands. The woman then spread her arms forward and yelled out. "SPEAR!"

Unlike Naruto's Sky Spear, April's attack was not a straight vortex the width of an arm. Nope. April's attack was about twenty times bigger and more powerful than that. The massive vortex shot straight forward through the dust and earth. It then then hit Bluenote.

The man, however, was not harmed. He used his gravity to block the attack at the last possible second. The wind was stopped right in front of him, but it did fling dust in his eyes. Thus, he was once again blinded.

This could explain how April got so close to him while he was blocking the wind. It also explained how Bluenote was hit with a powerful sidekick to his ribs.

"Gack!" Bluenote spit out blood and held his side.

"Huff…How do…pant…you like…huff…that?" April felt exhausted and drained. Her stamina was depleted. The illness had taken far more from her than she originally thought.

"Guh…" Bluenote straightened up. "Excellent move…but all that work seems to have exhausted you, eh?"

"Nonsense…" April glared at him.

"Oh?" Bluenote held out a hand. "Push."

April barely managed to put up a shield made of wind. Even then, it wasn't enough. It blocked most of the blow, but it did not stop the attack completely. The force hit April and sent her rolling back.

"Ack…" April pushed herself up.

"You have injured me more than I thought anyone besides my master could. Even now, you still manage to fight as my equal. You truly can fly." Bluenote wiped the blood from his mouth. "But that is changing. You are falling."

"…" April glared at the man.

"I didn't come here to kill you, Kazen." Bluenote noted. "You spared me, after all."

"Not on my own will." April growled. "I was attempting to kill you mercilessly. If Master did not show up and you didn't run…"

"Still, there are so few people in this world that can fly. Why would I try to clip the wings of one of the few flying birds?" Bluenote noted.

"What do you want, then?" April questioned.

"I want your notes on Sky God Slayer magic." Bluenote stated. "Or more precisely, my master does. He thought this little invasion would enough of a distraction so that I would go unnoticed."

"Well, he can suck donkey balls!" April snapped. "I don't have that book anymore."

"You don't?"

"No, I gave it away. Even if you check my home, you will find nothing." April looked smug. It was true. Naruto kept that book with him always in his Requip space.

"…You're telling the truth. I can see it in your eyes. Tell me, who has that book now?" Bluenote demanded.

"I'd rather die than tell you that." April glared.

Bluenote sighed. "Unfortunately, that's the backup plan. Master's orders of course. If we can't gain your research, you're no use to us. I could try to capture you and get you to tell us your secrets, but I doubt you would tell."

"Damn right I won't."

"It's a shame." Bluenote noted. "In that book is the most detailed descriptions of every sky magic available. Not only that…Master seems to think that it holds something else. Something more. Something secret. Is it true?"

"You know that I won't tell you anything about that book." April glared.

"I know…It's too bad. I would have wished to fight you again." Bluenote sighed. "Now the Sky Mistress must fall."


Naruto had a bad feeling. That was not natural to him. There was no logic or reasoning to it. For some reason, Naruto had a gut instinct that something was going wrong.

In all of his life, Naruto had never had such a feeling of dread. Despite having no real knowledge either way of what was happening, the whiskered boy somehow knew that April needed help. He didn't know how he knew, but he sure as hell knew.

Thus, Naruto began to run to where April was fighting. He ignored the burning buildings, injured civilians, and evil cultists. The sound of Kurama's warnings in his mind fell on deaf ears. Naruto could focus on nothing else other than getting to April.

"O swift wind that dashes through the heavens! Verneir!" Naruto shouted. His magic swirled around him. His speed was drastically increased.

The blonde became a blur as he ran through the village. He was forced to jump and dodge the debris and people to avoid being tripped up. Naruto even jumped to the roof for a brief time, despite the flames. He didn't care about his injuries. Such things did not matter to him.

While he was going, Naruto failed to realize something. In any other moment, it would have been extremely important to him. Usually, the whiskered shinobi sucked at enhancement magic. Now, he used it with ease.

'Hang on April-sensei!'


"Ack!" April grunted in pain. Once again, she managed to block Bluenote's attack, but she could feel her body ache from the pain and pressure of the attack.

The woman did not back down, though. She extended her arms out widely. She brought them together and clapped her hands. "Sky Breaker!"

The air around Bluenote's head twisted. Two twin forces of wind smashed against the man's head. Bluenote shouted in pain and clutched his aching head. He then bent over and stumbled. This was a desperate attempt to regain his equilibrium and not fall over.

The blonde quickly took advantage of this. She jumped into the air and flipped. April then came crashing down at break neck speeds. The wind wrapped around her right leg as she brought it down. Her target was the back of Bluenote's neck. She was going to decapitate him. "Sky Guillotine!"

April's wind was definitely sharp enough to cut the man in half. Even when she was within a foot of hitting the man, a small cut appeared on the man's neck. A trickle of blood ran down from the small wound.

At the last possible second, Bluenote flipped over. He brought his legs up and kicked the woman away from him before her attack could do any real damage. With the added gravity magic behind it, the kick landed in April's side and sent her flying off to the side.

The woman tried to force herself up, but she found that was not possible to get up from her knees. Her arms were numb. Her legs were aching. Her body was too ill, tired, and beaten to do any more.

"Gack!" April chocked as blood ran up her throat and out her mouth. She lurched forward and spit the blood out on the ground in front of her. She clenched her eyes shut momentarily as her body ached in pain. It wasn't a long moment, but it was more than enough for Bluenote.

Looking up, the blonde saw her opponent standing right in front of her. His look was a solemn one. He showed no pity or anger. It was a look of cold resolve.

April tried to attack. Using all her willpower, she shoved an arm forward. "Sky-"

Bluenote slapped the hand away. Wind rushed past his body and created a deep crater behind him. The man was uninjured, though. "Nice try."

Bluenote placed a palm on her face. He could still see her blue eyes. Most people would have eyes filled with terror. April's eyes only showed defiance, though. This only increased Bluenote's respect for the woman.

"Push."

The force of the gravity magic that rammed into April's face and body was unbelievable. April had her fair share of injuries in her lifetime. This, however, was different. Her bones shattered. Blood vessels popped. Major organs shifted and twisted.

April was sent flying back. Her body was flung like a rag doll. She landed and rolled a few times before coming to a halt with her on her back. Her body lie there broken and unmoving.


"What the hell?" Naruto ran face first into an invisible wall. He stumbled back and regained his bearings.

A wall of air stood before him. After Naruto made contact with the wall, it became visible. It reached up high into the sky. It spread out wide enough that it would take Naruto several minutes to get around it.

This must be why the shockwaves stopped. April must have discretely put this shield up during her fight in order to prevent the shockwaves from hurting the people of the village. Either that, or it was meant to stop people from getting close. It was meant to keep Naruto from getting close.

The whiskered boy did not have time to go around and there was no way to jump over the wall. He would have to go through it. Placing his hands on the shield, Naruto tried to distort the sky magic wall. It did not work.

April's skill was far above his in every way. It would take hours for him to take something so advanced like this. It also appeared that the wall was self-sustaining. Even if something happened to April, the wall would not fall until the magic put into it was used up. Thus, there was no way for a normal sky magic user to get through.

'I'm not normal, though.' Naruto glared at the wall.

It was then that Naruto opened his jaw widely. He lunged forward to the wall and bit it. His teeth sunk into the wall of wind. The piece of the sky shimmered and danced around him

Pulling back, Naruto began to swallow. Wind rushed down his throat. Usually, that would be for breathing. This time, however, the air went to his stomach.

Air continued to be gathered around the whiskered boy's mouth. He swallowed as much as he could and as quickly as possible. This lasted for a few seconds until Naruto stopped the flow by biting down on the wind flowing into his mouth.

With the pull stopped, the wind returned to the wall. This time, however, there was a hole. It was bigger than Naruto. The shinobi could get through with ease.

'Naruto, did you just…' Kurama was gob smacked. While he knew that slayer magic allowed people to eat their element as long as it didn't originate from the slayer, the Biju still didn't really believe it. Was it really possible to eat the sky like that?

Naruto ignored Kurama. He jumped through the hole in the sky wall before it could close. The boy then continued his run to April.

He was almost there.


Bluenote stared at the body. He was prepared in case she started moving again and attacked him. Logically, that was impossible. He put enough force in that attack to take down a castle wall. Nevertheless, he was careful. April Kazen was not a woman who would go down easily.

After a few moments, though, Bluenote got closer and looked at the body. It was not moving and not breathing. She was dead.

"And so another one falls." Bluenote looked up to the cloudy sky. "Even those who can fly cannot touch the sky forever."

Stepping away from the body, Bluenote turned back to the forest. His mission was over. He could go search in her home, but it would probably be pointless. Kazen wasn't a liar, and he was. If Master Hades asked about it, Bluenote would say that he searched her home.

Right now, though, Bluenote was tired and wounded. He just wished to go have a drink. Perhaps he would make a toast for April. She was one of the few people in this world that actually pushed him after all.

The man began to walk. The edge of the forest was destroyed, but there were still trees in deeper. Once he was in cover, Bluenote would allow himself to relax a bit.

Wait. Something was coming at him. Whirling around, Bluenote saw a twelve year old boy running up to him at incredible speeds. In the boy's hand was a knife of some kind. It was pointed at his neck.

Bluenote grabbed the boy's wrist and stopped the stabbing motion. He was then forced to block a knee strike with his other hand. The man thought he was safe for a brief moment until he saw another knife sticking to the bottom of the boy's free foot.

Not wanting to be stabbed, Bluenote shoved the boy back with a bit of gravity magic. The force sent the whiskered boy flying back. Strangely enough, he landed on his feet.

"You…" The blonde glared at him. He then put his arms at his sides. He gathered wind around his palms and thrusted them forward. "Sky Spear!"

A straight vortex of wind shot at Bluenote. It was a lot smaller and slower than April's Sky Spear, but it was the same technique for sure. Unlike April's attack, though, Bluenote could swat this spear away with the back of his hand.

'Kit! Don't fight this man!' Kurama roared in Naruto's mind. 'You aren't in his league! You'll die!'

'But…' Naruto's eyes darted over to April's unmoving body for the briefest of seconds.

"You…" Bluenote stared at the boy. "Kazen took an apprentice."

"…She did…" Naruto glared at him. Kurama was right. He could not fight this man and win. The monkey man beat April, and she was far better at combat than Naruto.

"Interesting…" Bluenote had a curious look. "Tell me…do you think you can fly one day?"

"What kind of question is that?" Naruto asked.

"A serious one. Answer it, or I'll kill you." Bluenote had a serious look on his face.

"…I don't know about flying, but I will tell you this…" Naruto clenched his fists. "One day I will reach up and touch the sky with these hands."

Bluenote gained a smile on his face. He began to chuckle lightly. "Now that…is an excellent answer. Maybe one day you will be a challenge to me. Out of respect to her, I'll spare you today. My name is Bluenote Stinger. Who are you?"

"Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto glared.

"Uzumaki…" Bluenote turned. "I'll remember that, and I'll look forward to the day you attempt to kill me. You'll fail, but it will still be interesting."

Bluenote began to walk away. Naruto did nothing to stop him. If he tried anything, then the man would kill him. That much was certain. So, Naruto did the only thing he could. He ran over to April and began to try and heal her.


"How interesting…" Bluenote noted as he moved through the forest. "That boy looked a bit like her with his hair and eyes. I heard she once tried Life Make magic from Master. Did she succeed?"

It was unlikely. That spell could not be done by normal mages. Gods like Zeref could do it with demons, and Master Hades could kind of do it a little bit. April, however, lacked the darkness for such a thing. Perhaps the similar appearances was a coincidence.

Either way, April did have an apprentice. That means she was teaching him. Could she have possibly given him that book? It was possible, but Bluenote did not care to investigate. He would leave the boy out of his report. Hades did not need to know about him yet.

The boy…Uzumaki would need something to make him stronger. If he had the book, then he had all the keys needed to surpass April. And if he did that…perhaps, Bluenote would have a challenge once again.

Bluenote smiled. "I do believe things are going to be a lot more interesting in the future."


"Gah…" April's bruised eyes fluttered open. "Naruto?"

"April-sensei." Naruto gained a relieved look as he looked up from his glowing hands over her torn stomach. He had been using his healing magic on her. "You're awake."

"Yeah…Where did Bluenote go?" April questioned.

"He left." Naruto turned his attention back to his healing work. "Don't worry. I'm fine, and you will be soon."

"Naruto…" Blood dripped from April's mouth. "My internal organs…"

"I'll heal them. Just save your strength." Naruto insisted.

April moved her hand up and cupped his cheek gently. "Look at me, Naruto."

"I need to keep focused."

"Look at me." She ordered.

Naruto obeyed.

"Oh…" Tears appeared in her eyes. "I always hoped that he would look like you."

"April-sensei?" Naruto was confused.

"Why must you call me that…Have I not been a mother to you, Ar…Naruto." April questioned.

"What?" What did she try to call him?

"I wish…I had more time." April began to cry openly. Hot tears rolled down her face to her quivering lips, "I wanted to…see you smile more…I would help you…gain a bit of humanity…And I wanted…to be there when you fell in love…Then you would get married…And I would get grandchildren…"

"April-sensei…" Naruto frowned at her.

"Don't…call me…that…" April demanded. "Call me, Kaa-san…"

Naruto was shocked into silence.

"Is…that too much to ask…" April cried. "I always wanted to be a mom…Is that such a bad thing?"

"No…I don't believe so…" Naruto shook his head. "You would have made…you are a great mother."

April gave him a smile. "Thank…you…"

They were silent for a moment. Naruto had an emotionless face while April was crying.

"In…my study…is my will." April spoke again. "Follow it…please…"

Naruto was silent.

"And I need to tell you…Why I always…believed you…I know about everything…" April noted. "Azura…She's…She's…"

"She's what?"

"…Nothing." April shook her head. "Look…in the…book."

"The book?"

"Yes. Be…strong, Naruto…find friends…smile more…and remember your dream…Don't forget it…" April gently reached up to grab with the last of her strength. She then pulled him down to him. "And…I love you, Naruto."

Her arms went slack.

"April-sensei..."

He sat up and looked at her closed eyes and peaceful expression.

"April?"

April was dead.

"Kaa-san?"


"We got everyone." One of the cultists sneered at the cages of people. They were all sobbing, desperately crying out for mercy and help. The cultists just ignored them.

"What happened to these guys, though?" Another cultist looked down at the unconscious bodies of the cultists that fought Naruto.

"No way a civilian could do this." A third cultist spoke up. "Is a mage here?"

"Why would he do this to a few of us and run off, though?" The first cultist questioned. "We still got these slaves."

"Maybe one of the unconscious guys killed him." The second cultist spoke.

"I guess, but-"

A small noise sounded out. It was the sound of brick being dug into and cracked, like a stick being dragged from through the dirt except a lot louder. The sound was coming from down the road.

The three cultists that were speaking, the other dozen men that were with them, and the people in cages turned to the noise. They saw Naruto. He was walking by the houses and dragging his hand across the walls. His fingers dug into the wall and left five scratches in his wake.

"Hey, you left a brat!" A cultist yelled out.

"I got him…" A fat cultist grumbled and lifted up his spear. He walked towards Naruto and pointed his spear at the blonde. "Don't move, or you're dead, brat."

"I understand now." Naruto's head was bent over. His spiked hair hid his features. "This is what I felt at the masked man…"

"Hey! I said not to move!" The fat man rushed forward with his spear.

"Sky God's Strike." Naruto mumbled. Black wind whirled around his free fist. He dodged the cultist's stab and struck the man across the face. The fat man was sent flying into the house on the other side of the road.

Naruto then stopped dragging his hand behind him on the wall and opened his fist. The revealed his clawed hands.

"What the hell?!"

"He must be the mage that hurt our comrades!"

"Well, we outnumber him! Let's kill him!"

"When I looked at that man…I felt a twinge of anger." Naruto lifted his head up a little. This revealed his deeper whisker marks and sharpened teeth. "That was nothing, though. Compared to this. This…This is real emotion. I thought it was pointless before…But I see the point now…"

The cultists all rushed at Naruto. Magic seals formed around them as they prepared their spells. They were sure that all together, their attacks would kill the boy.

They froze when Naruto looked up completely and showed them his red slitted demon eyes.

"I get it now. Emotions explain the situation when logic can't…" Naruto glared at them. "But I don't feel sad or even angry. No, I feel…hatred. I…I hate all of you."

Black wind twirled around Naruto's whole body. A miniature hurricane danced around him and hugged him close. He looked like an all-powerful demon to the cultists.

"Are you…" One of the cultist's trembled. "Are you a demon of Zeref?"

"No…I'm just the guy that hates you…and is going to kill you!" Naruto roared. He took a deep breath and gathered magic into his stomach. "Sky God's Bellow!"

Naruto's breath attack came out like a black whirlwind of energy. The hurricane hit most of the cultists and defeated them instantly. A few of them remained conscious through the attack. That was a good thing, though, because Naruto was not done yet.

"Sky God's…" Naruto gathered black wind around the hands at his sides. He thrusted them forward. "Spear!"

The straight vortex beam was larger and more powerful than the one he sent at Bluenote. This one was over twice the size of the last spear of air. It flew at a speed that the cultists could barely see. When it hit two of the remaining cultists, they were sent flying into the houses down the road. With a loud groan of cracking wood, the buildings quickly collapsed from the last bit of damage, covering the downed cultists in splinters and rubble.

The last cultist immediately realized his situation. He fell back on his butt in fear. His spear fell out of his hands, and he was left defenseless. "P-please! H-have mercy!"

"Mercy?" The red eyed boy walked up to the man. He kicked the cultists and held him down with a foot. "Do you even know such a word?"

"D-don't k-kill me!" The man pleaded.

"Oh, I'm going to kill you." Naruto gave his enemy a small smile. It made the new slayer look even more demonic and fearsome. Hey, April did say to smile more. "The only question is how painful will your death be?"

"N-no!"

Naruto's right hand straightened into a knife hand. Black wind wrapped around his arm and formed a spinning drill. "Sky God's Sword."

The blonde held the drill sword to the cultist's throat. "Who is Bluenote Stinger and why were you working with him?"

"B-Bluenote?" The cultist trembled. "I-I don't know much. We were told to come here. Apparently, there's a monster that lived by here, but our anonymous benefactor said he would send his own monster to kill it for us."

"I see…So he was supporting you…" Naruto growled out a snarl, "The cult of Zeref…He supports Zeref…"

"P-please let me go…" The man whimpered.

"No." Naruto raised the drill of wind and then plunged it into the man's chest.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!" The cultist screamed in pain as he was impaled. His chest was torn open as the wind sliced his skin apart. Skin splintered and split with a disgusting squelching noise. When Naruto stopped and pulled him arm out, all that was left in the man's chest was a gaping hole.

Turning away from the corpse, Naruto walked to the cage of prisoners. They were all covering their ears and had their eyes shut in terror. When he passed the cage, Naruto grabbed the door and ripped it off its hinges. He did not speak to them as he walked away. He did not care about them.

"W-wait! Nii-san!" Sora's voice called out.

Naruto stopped his walk. He looked over his shoulder dully. "I'm not your brother."

"Ah…" The girl teared up. "T-thank you! You saved us! Don't worry! We won't tell anyone on you!"

"Like I care…" Naruto looked away and began walking again.

He didn't look back.


Naruto looked down at the grave. He had buried April behind their home. Using his magic, Naruto carved her name into a makeshift gravestone.

April Kazen: A Loving Mother and Mage of Fairy Tail

The whiskered preteen sat on his knees in front of his grave. He had been sitting here for a long time. Most of his demonic features faded as his anger dwindled away into grief. His eyes did not change back, though. The red eyes stayed on his face as he stared longingly into .

'Kit…are you okay?' Kurama questioned.

'No, I'm not.' Naruto growled mentally.

'You're subconsciously channeling a bit of my chakra into your eyes.' Kurama noted. 'As long as you hold on to this hatred, you'll keep doing it. Do you want me to cut off the connection?'

'I don't care. Just leave it.' Naruto mentioned. 'You shouldn't be put out because I decided to start feeling.'

'…I'm sorry, Naruto. I know you cared for her.' Kurama mentioned.

'Thank you, Kurama.' Naruto closed his eyes.

It hurt. April was the only human Naruto ever cared for. She was kind and cared for him without asking for anything in return. Now, she was gone. She was taken away from him by Bluenote…by the people that followed Zeref…

April was gone and Naruto would never see her again.

Naruto felt something hot and wet run down his face. When he investigated what it was, Naruto found that it was tears. Wiping one of the tears away, Naruto peered at it while letting the rest of them fall.

It had been a long time since Naruto last cried. He was never allowed to cry when he was a toddler. Crying would ensure punishment. The boy quickly learned that it was better just to stop crying. It led to less pain.

Now, though, the pain was too much.

"April…Kaa-san…" Naruto looked down at the grave. "I'll miss you."

Wiping his tears, Naruto looked up to the sky. He reached out. The sky was there. It seemed even more prevalent than ever. It now stood bright before him. At the same time, though, it seemed further away than ever.

Pulling his hand back, Naruto formed a fist. He stared at it.

"Also…as a god slayer, you will be tasked with slaying those who call themselves gods." Azura noted. "I cannot tell you who your enemy is, but you will find out soon enough. Your enemy shall make himself known to you."

Those were some of Azura's last words to him. They always stuck out in his brain. He always wondered why she said that. Naruto never really intended to make enemies, but…

"Yes. Be…strong, Naruto…find friends…smile more…and remember your dream…Don't forget it…" April gently reached up to grab with the last of her strength. She then pulled him down to him. "And…I love you, Naruto."

Bluenote took April away from him. The worshipers of Zeref took April away from him. Zeref took April away from him. Zeref was a god in the eyes of many. Naruto was a Godslayer.

He now understood everything. There was a reason why Azura wanted to bring him here. He always knew that there would be a catch. The boy just wanted to be free from Konoha so that didn't matter to him. Now, though, it meant the world to him.

Naruto's red eyes gleamed in anger and grief. Black wind began to swirl around him. "My enemy is…Zeref."


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