Original Posted On July 12, 2022
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Rosaurocunan16: Hey~ been a while. I will still be doing original stuff. Oh, yeah that would, but there is a creature… one that Ophis knows well, that is thirsting for Naruto's soul.
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Children:
Yasaka
Partners:
Tamamo (Wife, Deceased), Lucoa (Girlfriend), Hilda (Girlfriend), Zest (Apprentice/Girlfriend)
OKAY, LETS READ THIS SHIT! I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR HIGHSCHOOL DXD!
"Hey" = Speaking
'Hey' = Thinking
'Hey' = Memory
"Hey"= Sacred Gear/ Communication link/ Tailed Beast
Chapter 62: Blink of an Eye
"What is wrong, kid?" Great Red gasped tiredly, an enthusiasm in his tone. "You running… out of steam already?"
"Maybe, old man, how about you?" Naruto replied tiredly. "You willing to listen to me now? Because during all this fighting, an idea popped into my head that could make us all happy."
Great Red chuckled.
"Perhaps…" he said in exhaustion. He scratched his wrist, where the Adamantine Chains of Sealing were still in place. 'If only I could get these damned chains off, then I could eclipse his power enough to kill him. Even so, he can syphon my power with that weird ability, BUT he can only take so much, and he is being very cautious to not take too much.'
A plan formulating into his head, Great Red was ready for his final gambit.
'Seems we are about to end this fight, for real.' Naruto thought as he felt himself nearing his end.
His hands were badly damaged, more or less just muscle on exposed bones at this point, with the bleeding stemmed by his partners.
'This guy might be expecting me to be careful, and use my absorption ability, but I don't think I can stomach anymore of his power at all.' Naruto thought carefully as he summoned Kurama's avatar as he resealed his sword. 'All my puppets for the beasts are destroyed, so I have to use this.'
His Rinne-Sharingan pulsated, his Susano enveloping Kurama's avatar.
Armor with an Oni like skull appeared, with an ethereal sword appearing in Kurama's right hand.
Great Red channeled as much of his power into his hands, making his final gamble.
Great Red and Naruto lunged forward, their war cries echoing through the gap as the sword and Great Red's fist went to connect.
"ENOUGH!"
A flash of light and once again, the Dimensional Gap was sliced open, and all dimensions were visible again for all to see, and all could see the Dimensional Gap for a second time.
Before Naruto's blade and Great Red's fist was Ophis, her magical circles before her palms, stopping them.
Like the two combatants, Ophis looked like hell.
The remnants of her magic were in her palms, which quickly ended, returning to her as she 'fell'.
"OPHIS!" Naruto shouted as he disengaged his Susano armor and reached out to catch her, only for Great Red to sucker punch Kurama's avatar, dispersing the avatar, sending Naruto flying through the void.
*THWINK*
"GYA, YOU BASTARD!" Great Red shouted as Naruto's heirloom sword impaled itself in his eye.
The Adamantine Sealing Chains around its limbs and body clanked against each other with every movement.
The sword, through Naruto's chakra, violently tore itself out of the Dragon God's eye before zooming over to Ophis, skewering her hand before returning to Ophis.
"Ophis, why are…" Naruto said as he removed his sword from her hand, sheathing it as he took hold of Ophis.
"I have… a plan…" Ophis whispered as she grabbed Naruto's shirt and pulled him close, whispering her plan.
"Okay… we can do that…" Naruto replied weakly as he felt his body starting to ache.
He… didn't know how long he had been fighting.
It felt like an eternity, and it needed to end.
"I'm going to enjoy your death," Great Red said as his eye started to heal. "FAR more than I should."
Ophis made a snake out of her magic.
It wrapped around Naruto's arm, hissing at it opened its mouth, showing off its impressive fangs.
"Does it have to…"
"Yes, it has to bite you." Ophis said as her snake bit Naruto, injecting the magic it was made out of into Naruto, shrinking as every ounce of magic entered Naruto's body.
Naruto winced in pain.
He didn't like needles or things that could easily break through his body, but he endured it as Great Red prepared to attack again.
"Okay, I'm ready!" Naruto declared as his rinne-sharingan spun as he prepared to use his attack.
Ophis focused the last amount of magic she had, a sliver of it saved for later, and opened a gigantic portal behind Great Red.
"MUGEN SHINRA TENSEI!" Naruto shouted as he pushed all but a thimble's worth of chakra and magic into his hands.
Great Red was brutally pushed back, spinning from the force of the attack, struggling with all his weakened might.
Naruto kept pushing, not letting up.
'I'm… nearly…' Naruto thought as his jutsu started to weaken. 'I can…'
Ophis pulled the portal over Great Red, sealing it shut.
"That dimension is cut off…" Ophis lulled as her eyes started to roll into the back of her head from exhaustion. "From all others unless…" she started to feel heavy, but weightless as she and Naruto started to float in the zero gravity like environment of the Dimensional Gap. "We open…"
Ophis fell asleep, floating in the void with Naruto, who slowly reached out as his eyes became heavy.
He took her hand, holding it as tightly as he could.
A portal opened as he pulled her toward him, Ophis bumping into Naruto, pushing the two of them into the portal and into the center of Kyoto, before the public eye.
'Home…'
Naruto passed out, Ophis cuddled into his arms, refusing to let her go as first responders attempted to separate them.
Two Weeks Later, Greece, Mt. Olympus…
"Damn, Naruto, you got fucked up." Zeus blatantly stated as he looked at his friend.
Naruto was… bandaged to the point he looked like a mummy.
"Papa sure had his ass beat." Yasaka joked, smirking as she knew Naruto would not hit her.
*Bonk*
"Ow!"
"Don't insult your dad, Yasaka." Akasha said as she removed her hand from Yasaka's head.
Yasaka blew a raspberry before the two of them sat down.
Zeus, Hera, Odin, Freya, Naruto, Yasaka, Akasha, Michael and Gabriel sat at a table.
The Alliance was meeting once again.
"Was there something that came up that necessitated this meeting?" Michael asked in concern.
It was pointless.
They all knew why the meeting had been called.
They wanted to know what happened in the Dimensional Gap.
"Since we are all here." Naruto said, having used chakra to cut a hole for him to speak. "Actually, we aren't…"
"What do yoOPHIS!"
Ophis, significantly not as injured as Naruto, appeared in Naruto's lap, wearing a yukata with short black hair with a camillia flower in her hair.
Zeus drew the Blade of Olympus.
Odin drew Gungnir.
Michael summoned two Swords of Light.
"Woah, woah, woah, calm down!" Naruto said as he entered Kurama mode, Kurama's head covering both himself, Ophis, Akasha, and Yasaka. "We are all friends here."
"Naruto, that is Ophis, the Infinite Dragon God!" Michael declared. "We can't…"
"Ashura, they are loud." Ophis interrupted calmly, her eyes dangerously narrowing. "Should I kill them?"
Two chakra hands were formed.
One wrapped around Ophis's waist, and one rested on her head, making her pout and blush.
"No, Ophis, we are friends, and we are going to talk." Naruto said as he looked his comrades in the eyes.
Freya glanced at Hera, who looked at Gabriel, who looked at Freya.
"Are we going to talk?" Yasaka asked nonchalantly. "We just need to speak calmly. Papa has her under control."
"How?" Odin asked as he kept his Never-Miss spear pointed at Ophis. "It is uncontrollable, so how can he tame it?"
"Just like how Loki tamed the World Serpent, we are family." Ophis stated as she was still pouting, her cheeks flush from being treated like a child in front of the Alliance members.
"YOU ARE RELATED!" they shouted, making Naruto, Ophis, Yasaka, and Akasha wince.
"It's a long story, but I'll happily tell you." Naruto said as he prepared to explain.
Two days later…
"Okay, these replacements are better than before." Naruto said as he stood before the new Biju Puppets.
Once his bandages were taken off, Naruto jumped ship and fled the hospital to create the replacements.
They were solid black rod material, made to look like a puppet with moving joints.
'Hopefully they are more durable.' Naruto thought as he performed the Summoning Jutsu.
Nine puffs of smoke appeared, covering the puppets.
"Damn, dude, my joints… they are stiff as fuck!" Shukaku screamed as he tried moving, barely being able to.
"Naruto, what the fuck!" Matatabi wailed as she fell into Isobu, who domino affect into Son, then Kokuo, then Saiken, then Chomei, then Gyuki, then Kurama.
"Well, I guess it is back to the drawing board." Naruto said as he canceled his jutsu.
"There you are!"
Naruto winced as he felt Hilda grab him.
"You are still injured, so back…"
"I'm perfectly fine, Hilda, I swear!" Naruto said before being smacked.
"NO ARGUING!" Hilda yelled at him, her eye narrowing, threatening him to attempt to argue.
"Yes, Ma'am."
That Night…
Ophis, Naruto, Lucoa, Hilda, Zest, Akasha, Harribel, Lance, and Iolaos sat in the hot springs.
"You guys sure we don't need to bathe separately?" Iolaos asked again.
He wasn't against bathing in groups, but with his relationship with Lance, he felt self-conscious being around the family naked.
"It's okay, Iolaos, we don't mind." Lucoa said as she drank milk while Naruto, Hilda, Yasaka, and Akasha drank sake, all of them tipsy.
Ophis, meanwhile, was chugging alcohol out of a gourd five times her size.
"I'm sorry for repeating myself, it's just…" Iolaos mumbled as he looked at Lance, taking in his lover's body.
Lance caught his glance, and smiled, taking his hand.
Skip, 1793…
"YES!" Zest shouted as she held up a completed Rasengan.
"Good for you, sis." Lance said as he patted her on the back… a little two hard, causing Zest to trip, slamming the jutsu into the ground, creating a gigantic crater.
"YOU ASSHOLE, WHAT WAS THAT FOR!" Zest shouted as she got up, growling at Lance.
"WAS AN ACCIDENT!"
Zest and Lance slammed their heads together, glaring at each other in the eyes before they jumped away, Lance donning his armor.
"I guess I'll test my Rasengan on you, you fuck!" Zest shouts as she jumped with her powerful legs.
Lance took flight, heading toward Zest at equal speed.
Nearby, Naruto sat with Lucoa and Hilda, sunbathing.
"Kids will be kids." Naruto said with a chuckle as Hilda and Lucoa giggled, both wearing swim suits to get a tan.
Skip…
"Wait, I finally get to start learning how to use Lava Style?" Zest asked stupidly.
"Yep, and I know you are going to be trained with a master." Naruto said as he summoned Son Goku, who glared at Zest.
"Daughter."
Zest was confused, squinting, but then recognized the chakra signature, which matched hers.
"Father." She said with a bow. "I am in your care, Sensei."
Son smirked.
"Alright, Zest, we shall start immediately." Son said as a scream from Lance echoed in the distance as Ophis was sparing with Lance.
"This is fun." Ophis said in her usual monotone voice as she tortur… trained Lance.
Skip…
"What do you mean you want to break up with me!" Iolaos shouted at Lance.
"BECAUSE IT IS DANGEROUS!" Lance shouted in tears, huffing as he gasped for breath. "FIONA ALREADY KIDNAPPED YOU ONCE, I CAN'T RISK YOU BEING ATTACKED AGAIN!"
"YOU'RE SCARED!"
"What? Of course I am not scared of Fiona…"
"I mean you are scared of losing me!"
"What is wrong with that!"
The couple argued, and ended with Iolaos punching Lance to the ground.
"After everything we have been through, you are abandoning me because you can't accept the fact you are in a dangerous position!" Iolaos states in tears, his fist and heart aching. "Fuck you… just fuck you to hell."
Lance, his cheek swollen, wept in silence as his beloved left him.
Iolaos would sadly pass away during a raid in his homeland of Greece, due to the Persian empire attacking it.
Lance was devastated.
Skip…
It was 1831.
Naruto, Zest, Lucoa, and Hilda sat next to Lance's bed.
The White Dragon Emperor, the man who defeated three Red Dragon Emperor, the Strongest White Dragon, was now an old man.
He was ninety-five, and had fallen down the stairs from a misstep, leading to him currently being in the hospital with medical equipment hooked up to him with a breathing apparatus.
His body was much thinner than it was when he was in his prime, but he still had muscle.
His once red hair was now white with strips of red at random, especially in his long beard that went to his chest.
"I am sorry." Lance apologized as he looked at Naruto. "Master… I am sorry you had to see me in this state. If only I was a bit younger then..."
He raised his hand, thoughts and memories flashing before his eyes.
"I only wish Iolaos was still here…" Lance mumbled as he closed his eyes, which started to water. "You know…" He wiped his eyes. "I never saw having a sacred gear a curse, but right now… having lost Iolaos… I wish I never had a sacred gear."
Naruto shifted closer and took Lance's hand, squeezing it as Lucoa ran her hand across his head.
"My mother and I were abandoned by my father because of Albion being in me." Lance choked out. "Then my mother blamed me for her losing status."
"Lance…" Zest whispered as she wanted to comfort her sibling, but could not figure out what to do.
"I just wanted a normal life, and you gave me something more." Lance continued as he calmed down a bit. "I met you, Zest, Lucoa, Hilda… Iolaos." He took a deep breathe. "Then that fight with Blamuro… and then there was Fiona and after her was Elsha…"
Lance sighed with a weak smile.
"Master… do you think I made a difference?" Lance asked, eyes closed. "Did I show that the fate of the White and Red Dragons can be changed to a friendly rivalry? That there doesn't need to be senseless death for these two?"
Naruto didn't answer immediately.
"I believe you did." Naruto answered with a strained voice. "I believe… Lance you did make a difference. You are the strongest White Dragon, so you will be remembered as the one who defied of fate."
"Lance," Lucoa whispered. "You spared Fiona and Elsha when you beat them, you didn't kill them. They in turn did not retaliate or seek vengeance. I believe you made a difference."
"Lance." Zest said as she could barely keep her tears at bay. "You… I… you are a great man, I wish… I just wish you had more time."
"Iolaos will be waiting for you, I just know it." Hilda told him as she looked at the medical equipment, preparing to turn it off.
Lance smiled as brightly as he could, squeezing Naruto's hand.
"Master, thank you…" Lance choked out with tears leaking from his closed eyes. "I am so happy that I was able to make you proud. I am happy that I have caring parents, a loving sibling, and a stubborn aunt despite this curse."
Hilda scoffed, her visible eye watering, but not breaking tears.
Naruto kissed Lance's forehead.
"I love you, my son." Naruto told him in a strained voice, haggard a breath as Lucoa kissed Lance's head.
"And I love you, father…" Lance weakly replied before Hilda and Zest kissed Lance's temples.
Lance slowly nodded.
He was ready.
Hilda stood up, and turned off the machines.
The oxygen that was being pumped into his lungs stopped.
His weak breathing was wheezing and cough filled as he reached the end of his journey.
"Albion, take care of your next host, and try to pass on my teachings…" Lance whispered.
Albion started to vanish from Lance's body as he started to die.
"I will, Lance." Albion promised before he disappeared from Lance's soul.
Naruto shuddered and pressed Lance's cold hand against his forehead.
Lance was dead.
He passed away peacefully with his loved ones.
Two days later…
The gathering was silent after they lowered Lance into the ground.
He was buried beside Iroh, Miko, and Tamamo with soil from his homeland.
With the group, was Elsha, the current Red Dragon who was staying with them for a while.
She was going to receive training, wanting to take Lance's mission of changing the fate of the Red and White Dragons on her shoulders.
"Ashura." Ophis said, taking the appearance of a small fox child with jade green hair and sapphire eyes. "It's time."
Naruto stepped away from the mourning party and open a portal, which he stepped through.
Heaven…
"What brings you here today, Naruto?" Michael asked as he handed Naruto a cup of tea.
"Michael…" Naruto said in a serious tone, looking into his tea, seeing his reflection. "I want to talk about the Sacred Gear System."
"What about it? Is there a glitch you noticed?" Michael asked in concern.
"No, I want to ask if you could turn it off."
Michael stared at Naruto in confused disbelief.
Naruto's saddened face looked back at Michael.
"I can't do that you know this already." Michael replied as he set his tea down.
"I know, but I just felt like I needed to ask, get it off my chest." Naruto replied as he sipped his tea, slurping loudly as he stared past Michael with a dull look in his eyes.
"Why did you think this?" Michael asked Naruto.
"Because… my son just died, and he mentioned that having a sacred gear is like a curse. He sacrificed much happiness to become strong, and to save himself from being hurt." Naruto said as he set his cup down, putting his hand over his face. "I just… don't want others to suffer. Think about it," Naruto removed his hand. "You know the devils created that… evil piece system, and are turning humans and other supernatural beings into devils. The majority of them are humans with sacred gears, so why not end the system and save them?"
"Because my father made the sacred gears so humanity had a way to fight…"
"And painted a target on their back!" Naruto fired at Michael. "As we sit here talking, someone is probably being attacked for their Gear or being turned against their will! Michael, your father was a great man, but you aren't him! If you want to live up to him, then don't just mimic him, do things different and surpass him!"
Michael stood up, hands slamming onto the table.
"Naruto!" He nearly shouted, but caught himself.
Michael took a deep breath.
"I do know." He replied after a few seconds. "You are right, my father did paint a target on humanity's back, but I won't undo his creation because there are humans who benefit from having them."
Naruto wanted to argue, but stood down.
"I see, let's agree to disagree." Naruto said as he stood up, bowing to Michael before he opened a portal. "Michael, I do believe God would prefer if you didn't strictly follow tradition, because a father is most proud when his children branch out and become a being of their own."
Naruto entered the portal, returning to Kyoto.
Michael sat back down, fingers on his temple in thought.
Night…
"To Lance!" Naruto, Ophis, Hilda, Lucoa, Zest, Akasha, Yasaka, Harribel, Zeus, Hera, Odin, Freya, and many others said as they held up their sake cups, water for Lucoa, and drank it.
The Mourning Party had passed, and the Celebration of Life had just begun.
Chapter 62, DONE!
I had a lot more stuff to cover, but cut a lot because I am ready to get to more canon stuff. I realized I got over zealous and so I decided to take a month long break and figure out what gets axed and what stays.
So, yes, Lance is now dead, passing away at 95 years old, not bad. He fought a total of 3 red dragon emperors, killing Blamuro but sparing Fiona and Elsha, who is currently going to take up Lance's dream of a friendly rivalry between all future R/WDE's.
I hope this is good news, as I know many people want me to get to canon, and so do I, so… I think a few more chapters of time jumping and then canon…
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