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"It's amazing how full circle everything feels."
"Huh?" Sirzechs asked Naruto as he ate breakfast with the boy, since the two of them were looking out at several animals that were nearby. Naruto was just smiling as he watched a dog chasing a cat up a tree.
"First, there were dinosaurs... then gods, and the creation of humans and animals. My time period had a lot of the same animals here... and then it was all gone... and now it's all back again. Even language has recovered." Naruto stated as he leaned forward. He was done eating, but he was just reflecting on how amazing it all was. Seeing the timeline from an outside point of view put it all into perspective.
Sirzechs was a little bit confused at first, before he got it.
"So, there were gods in your time too?"
"They weren't the same, I learned from Kurama that my clan, the Uzumaki... well they enslaved gods and bound them to masks... those masks are broken and all the gods tied to them most likely dead. Then, there were dinosaurs... and then extinction, and then gods came back and recreated humans and everything else... it's kind of amazing." Naruto appreciated that as much as things had changed, there were still a lot of things about this time period that was so similar to his time period. "Only, you don't have tons of giant animals everywhere." Naruto pointed out with a small grin on his face.
He learned the facts about his clan... millions and millions of years AFTER the extinction of his species, so it was something he remembered more than a lot of other things about his own life.
"Oh?"
"Yeah, there were TONS of animals that grew to super sizes where I came from... I think I remember killing a 100 foot long spider... or maybe it was a centipede or something? I don't remember what it was, but it was a big bug." Naruto laughed as he looked out.
Sirzechs shivered.
A bug that large sounded horrifying.
"I guess that explains why humans from your time period got so strong... were humans the dominant species during your time?" Sirzechs asked, since in a world with giant animals it was hard to imagine normal humans becoming dominant. He understood that humans could become strong since the humans during his friend's time were enhanced by chakra, but it was just so hard to imagine.
Naruto nodded his head.
"Yeah, and the funny things is not everyone that was strong were ninja. There was a country of samurai, I think they were samurai, that could match ninja... I think at least, memories are fuzzy of that. So, what are things like for your people?" Naruto asked, since he still knew very little of the culture that he was taking part in.
Sirzechs seemed to regard his question.
"Well... there are multiple factions, and multiple pantheons... were you religions during your time?" Sirzechs asked Naruto with a raised eyebrow.
Naruto shook his head.
"I believed in gods, but I didn't care about them that much. I mean, we believed in the Pure Land... and Heaven and Hell I guess... but most shinobi believed in the concept of the Pure Land. I guess you're the bad guys, since you're demons?" Naruto had a grin on his face when he asked that.
Sirzechs nodded.
"Technically, we are and we aren't... we have different values. We value the things that corrupt humans, greed, pride, lust, and envy... we follow our desires more strongly than our angel counterparts... but we also are bound to contracts unlike our fallen angel enemies." Sirzechs spoke as he took out his phone and showed it to Naruto.
Naruto had NO clue what it was, but he paid attention. Sirzechs opened up and APP on his phone, and he showed it off to Naruto.
"Cool... a thing I've never seen."
"It is an app that scans soul value, when a human makes a contract with us we collect payment that is generated by the worth of their soul in relation to their wish... in the old days we just took souls... now we can only take souls if the human agrees their soul is worth their wish." Sirzechs stated as he pointed the phone at Naruto and scanned him. "There isn't a wish I could give you that would be worth your soul." Sirzechs explained to Naruto.
Deadpan look.
"What?"
"That means that you could wish for anything pretty much, but my app can't calculate a wish that would be equal to the value of your soul. Your soul is an ancient human with great power, you're a truly unique soul. We used to just take human souls to Hell, NOW we use out contracts with humans to show off to other devils and raise our own ranks... our society aren't the bad guys per say anymore... but there are many among us who are just as evil as back in the day." Sirzechs could not deny that there were many vicious and evil beings among his kind, who relished the old ways and the thought of returning to them.
Naruto leaned back.
"Punishing bad souls... wouldn't that make you good guys?"
"Not when we corrupt those good souls, but that is what I fought so hard to change. I fight for peace between the species, and I want to abolish the process of taking souls. I think life is precious after all." Sirzechs spoke from his heart with Naruto.
Naruto was just the kind of guy that made you want to open up to him after all, and it was why Sirzechs could understand him going through so many therapists.
"So, if you're demons, and there are angels... okay, so I'm understanding how things are. Peace, and fighting for peace... your values are different than the people you want peace with... it makes it hard to understand each other." Naruto spoke as he tried to imagine a way to make peace between these species.
He came up blank.
"The Angels value moderation, holding back your desires, thinking about the greater good and how you can sacrifice yourself for it. The values of their society are the opponent of our instincts, and I don't fault them for it. Their values are what make a person great... after all... those are things I value as well." Sirzechs stayed loyal to his wife, his singular wife unlike the many of his species who formed harems. He was always striving not just for the betterment of his species, but the greater good of all species.
He was just different than many of his species after all.
"It's okay to be selfish, but there is a time and place for it. I don't see a problem with your side of their side... you could both learn from each other."
"We can't, we gain power from following our desires, and if they stop their moderation then they fall, and become fallen angels. We gain our power from our values, our very natures conflict... peace is hard under those conditions. It's kind of why I tricked my species into worshipping your statue." Sirzechs admitted with a small, teasing grin on his face.
Part of his plan.
The world, the human world as well, knew of the great mystery statue that had been around since the dawn of man. It was recorded in history books, and human history registered it as a lost artifact of ancient wonder. There were paintings of Naruto's statue form, so it was easy for him to convince his people that Naruto had been a Sealed Demon God from before the time of man. That he was a life giving demon who had been cursed and sealed for being a pure hearted demon, who gained strength to become a god.
He tricked his species for the purpose of trying to change their nature for the better, but in the end people started to make up their own assumptions and perverted the ideals that he set for them in the first place.
"Didn't work though."
"It... really didn't work the way I thought it would. You became part of our culture... and I'm dealing with a lot of backlash over your revival." Sirzechs had to admit that his lie was coming back to bite him in the ass. Half of the people were demanding that Naruto rule over them as their one leader, while the other half saw him being a human and not a demon as proof that they had been lied to. "Lets just say... the fact that you revived has not gone unnoticed by others... and I'm trying to allow you to live a normal life if I can manage." Sirzechs spoke with a sorry smile.
He would do his best, because he didn't want Naruto to suffer through living a life that was forced onto him by others. Not when he didn't have any choice in the matter, so he would deal with the backlash by himself.
"Cool, thanks... so... why are you trying to get me to date your sister?" Naruto asked the man with a raised eyebrow.
A legit question.
"I think you two would look good together... that's all." Sirzechs added when he saw Naruto's expression, and he laughed. "Seriously, you're a great guy. I knew that we would get along the moment I saw you hundreds of years ago... I feel that if anyone could treat her with love, it would be people like you... and who better than people like you? You." Sirzechs pointed at Naruto's chest, right in the center of it.
"Cool."
"That's all... a cool?"
"Not much I can say to that, she's a nice girl... and it's not like I have anything else right now. Now for the biggest question... when can I go... Kurama, I'm asking that now." Naruto turned and talked to the imaginary Kurama in his head. "Sorry, Kurama was... oh right... so when can I go to the human realm?" Naruto asked with a lean forward.
Sirzechs leaned forward too.
"Once we get you some legal papers, and teach you some basic rules for interacting with human society... tell me... you're faster than a train... how would you get from city to city?" Sirzechs asked Naruto seriously.
"I would jump from building to building, and run-"
"Yeah, that isn't allowed. Supernatural stuff like that is a secret from regular humans now, so we can't have a super powered human running around, jumping off buildings and causing a stir... and I want to explain modern day human culture to you so you aren't shocked by what you see?" Sirzechs could imagine how shocking all of this modern day stuff would be to Naruto.
Full circle is what Naruto said.
But the humans of Naruto's world developed technology to fit their needs, but because they were all super human they had different needs. They didn't seem to have developed the need for a lot of modern day tech that the average human in this day and age relied on so heavily. If they wanted to travel from country to country, they would just RUN there. If they had a message to send, they would send it on a trained ninja bird.
Fucking bird ninjas.
He was afraid that Naruto would react very poorly to technology from the modern era, so he wanted to explain some of the shocking stuff to Naruto before he let him take the train to the human world.
"Also?"
"Are you sure that we haven't been best friends for years, because you can read me too well." Sirzechs could see that Naruto had caught him hiding information.
"Magic ninja."
"Touche... when I got you, there was a prophecy about you... and I want you down here so I can rub by friend's face in it. I believed in the prophecy, and he didn't believe... I've MADE sure that he doesn't know you awakened... because I want to prank him super hard." Sirzechs spoke with a grin on his face.
Naruto leaned forward with a grin.
"A prank you say?"
"A prank he says, not realizing that I was told by his parents that you woke up... Ajuka, nice to meet you Naruto. Do you mind if I give you a medical exam?" Ajuka asked as he walked up behind them, and he placed a cold soda on the back of Sirzech's neck.
"COLD!?"
"Wow, you're no fun... why do you want to give me an exam?" Naruto questioned with crossed arms and head tilted.
"Your biology is different than modern day humans, suffice to say you aren't human by the modern definition. What if you had a child with a human, would the human be a human like you or like them, or would it be a mix... and what would your DNA be liked meshed with our DNA... would the baby between you and a devil be a Devil with Ninja powers, or a Ninja with Devil powers... you're a genetic mystery... where did he go?" Ajuka asked as he looked at Naruto.
Naruto NOT sitting in his chair, but instead there was a log right where Naruto should have been. He had no clue where the log came from.
"Most people would try to escape when THAT is how you introduce yourself to them." Sirzechs pointed out. "... Also... how did he do that?" Sirzechs had NO clue how Naruto just did that. He didn't even notice when Naruto vanished until it was too late.
Sirzechs and Ajuka got up and left.
They needed to find Naruto.
...
*Poof*
The log turned back to Naruto.
"Turn into Something Else Technique (temporary name)... good thing I remembered this... no medical exams for this guy." Naruto stopped pretending to be a log and stood up. He stretched his back muscles, before he grinned and walked away in the other direction with his hands in his pockets. "That Ajuka guy seems nice, but all that science stuff just goes right over my dumb ass." Naruto insulted himself with a grin.
He was not a medical expert or a science expert.
He was a punch things until they worked or broke expert.
Apparently he was also an expert therapist.
Chapter End!
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