"Wha-What'' He groaned out in pain, he sat up but then instantly panicked and clutched his chest. "Didn't I have a hole in my chest?" He distinctly remembers being pierced in the chest by a killer ant, but how come there is no injury, not even a scar and he swore he was dead. come to think about it, this is not the dungeon, 'Just where the hell am I?'
He looked around and took in his surroundings, he was in some sort of garden? No, on closer inspection he was in a graveyard. "Is this the afterlife or what? Sheesh, it's too bleak" He mused to himself. He saw a small building not far from him, deciding that perhaps he might get some answers to his questions and shed some light on this whole situation. there so, he started approaching it. He got closer to the building and could already see two weird things, they're on a small rock was a porcelain doll just lying there. The doll was well made and Naruto had to admit if she was modeled of someone then that someone must have been very beautiful.
The other weird thing was that not too far from the doll was a small bathtub, that wasn't the weird thing though, what was really weird was the small grotesque-looking creatures in it. actually, when he looked at them intently, he remembered them from when he was dying. right before his vision went black, he saw them crawling over him, but oddly enough they didn't hurt back then, in fact, they were oddly comforting. Shaking himself out of his stupor, he continued to the building itself and when he entered, he saw an old man with a cane sitting in a wheelchair, upon seeing him the old man's eyes widened slightly but he quickly schooled his visage.
Naruto looked at the man "Um hello!" he said rather awkwardly while rubbing the back of his head, 'Seriously this can't be the afterlife, this must be hell or something otherwise why would a creepy looking old man be here'
The old man smiled slightly "Ah-hah, you must be the new hunter" this confused Naruto greatly, he was no hunter, he was an adventurer, and just where the hell was he, he was about to voice those thoughts but the old man beat him to it.
"Welcome to the Hunter's Dream. This will be your home, for now. I am Gehrman, friend to you hunters." Before he could continue Naruto interrupted him.
"Ok, listen here Jiji, I don't know what nonsense you are sprouting, but where the hell am I? how the hell did I enter her? what do you mean I am a hunter?"
Gehrman remained stoic and simply said "You sure are in a fine haze, but don't think too hard about all of this. Just go out and kill a few beasts. It's for your own good. You know, it's just what hunters do! You'll get used to it."
Naruto was growing pissed, the old coot didn't answer any of his questions "Listen here old man, stop this nonsense about hunters, I already told you I am an adventurer, not a hunter, get it through that sick skull of yours and you didn't answer me, where am I?"
Gehrman sighed, seeming this one won't go do his job without being answered, all hunters that came before him normally accepted his introduction and simply went on their paths but not this one apparently "What's your name, child?"
"Naruto Uzumaki, and I am not a damn child"
Gehrman couldn't stop the surprise from showing on his face 'An Uzumaki, been a while since I last heard this name'
"You are a hunter boy, not an adventurer, the mark you bear says that much." Naruto's eyes widened, his mark was on his back, how did this old man know of it and as if reading his mind, the old man spoke "Only those who bear the mark arrive in the dream upon their death"
"I see, so I did die" he sighed heavily "So what is this place?"
"This was once a safe haven for hunters. A workshop where hunters used blood to enhance their weapons and flesh. We don't have many tools as we once did, but…You're welcome to use whatever you find." He then said in a quiet voice that Naruto barely heard "Even the doll, should it please you."
Naruto could hear melancholy and sadness in his voice, he could see the sadness as clear as day. He blinked as suddenly as that sadness appeared, it disappeared, replaced by a mask of indifference.
"I couldn't help but notice, you speak of hunters as if there aren't as many as there once were."
"That's right, boy, only a few remain," Gehrman replied curtly
"Then how long have you been here Jiji, why stay here if no new hunters are coming."
The old man was surprised by the question and concern in the boy's voice, a lot of hunters came through here, yet none asked him that question, but he had a duty to carry.
"That doesn't matter, boy, I am here to help the hunters, it's my duty, now get going find weapons and leave, the door you came from you will find graves to your left, you can use them to teleport to several lamps, these lamps will have messengers, around them, they act as a means of transportation for hunters, go out there but always remember almost everything out there is an enemy some may be normal humans but they most if not all of them have gone insane a long time ago and will attack you on sight, don't hold back, boy"
"What messengers?"
Gehrman sighed, "They are the creatures that reside in the bath, while they may not look too friendly, but they accompany hunters, follow their orders, and take care of messages left for others."
"Oh, ok then, well I will be sure to come and talk to you every now and then old man."
After leaving the building, Naruto went and found the graves the old man had talked about, and apparently only one of them was functional right now, but he didn't teleport yet. he sat down cross-legged and inhaled then exhaled slowly, he started meditating to clear his mind, his thoughts almost instinctively went to the mark, the dangling, upside-down rune, and then suddenly information flooded his mind. Apparently, he had an inventory that he could carry stuff in and could keep track of his stats as well, not unlike how the Gods can see their familia's stats.
'Well, this is rather useful. So I can store things without carrying a bag or a pouch and can see my stats without needing someone to tell me about it' he thought to himself with a small smirk. Naruto stood up and was going to go to the grave but then he stopped and facepalmed "Seriously, you were going out there without a weapon, get your shit together man." he scolded himself.
Naruto looked back at the building and he noticed there were messengers on the stairs, he deadpanned "Oh, come on, I can't be this blind, surely they weren't there before" He walked up to them and approached the first messenger and was surprised to see that it had three weapons and was more surprised to see that he could see the weapons name and stats.
Saw Cleaver, Threaded Cane, and Hunter Axe.
The Cane was a no go, he didn't like it, who would fight with a can, 'and it transforms to a whip of all things, how would swinging a whip at beasts' He looked at the Saw Cleaver and the Hunter Axe, 'A saw that can transform into a cleaver, or a one-handed ax than can transform into a tall two-handed ax' he was thinking very intently about this 'The ax does more damage, but the saw is faster' it really was difficult to decide and then it hit him.'
"What the hell! I should just take both" and take both he did, and as soon as he took them the messenger sank into the staircase and disappear, "That wasn't creepy at all"
He went on to the 2nd messenger and found that it has two weapons even weirder than the other weapons, "What the hell are Firearms?" in front of him were two firearms, named Hunter Pistol and Hunter Blunderbuss. "Let's see, the pistol is quicker to use than the blunderbuss but the blunderbuss has a wide-spread and is nigh-on guaranteed to hit the mark" was he seriously this stupid he should just take both, he took the pistol and was about to take the blunderbuss but suddenly the messenger just sank into the staircase as well. "What the fuck man! That ain't cool" he sighed heavily then noticed he has been doing that a lot since he appeared here.
Well, time to see what the 3rd and last messenger has and it was a "Notebook" yep his eyes weren't playing tricks on him "What the fuck am I supposed to do with a notebook! Bored the beasts to death with poems or something"
He decided to leave it in the inventory and forget about it, he noticed his weapons were also in his inventory, and apparently, he could only assign two weapons to his right hand and two firearms to his left.
He equipped his tools and decided to check what the messengers in the bathtub were all about before leaving, he went and checked them, and found that it was a shop where he could buy and even sell items. He could use Blood Echoes as a currency, he only had 500 echoes and decided to buy blood vials that could heal him if he gets hurt one blood vial cost 180 echoes so he could only afford two of those he wanted to buy more but he couldn't afford them and he already had 6 vials on his person so now he has a total of 8.
He went towards the grave and found only one destination, Central Yharnam, he teleported and soon found himself beside a lamp with messengers around it. He looked around in front of a building with a path directly on its right and a closed gate to the left and behind him was a ladder, he approached the ladder and took in the view.
*Shriek*
His head snapped in the direction of the sound apparently it came from the bridge not far from him he could see it on his left.
He heard noises behind him and turned around to see some Yharnamites, they also took notice of him, and said "Filthy Outsider" and they instantly jumped toward him and attacked him. One of them had an ax and a torch, another had a cleaver, the other had a pitchfork and finally one of them had a torch and a wooden shield.
The one with the cleaver came first, he was swinging wildly and Naruto dodged his attack easily enough and with a swing of his Saw cleaver he hurt him badly but then he transformed it instantly into a cleaver hitting him in the neck and killing him instantly, as soon as the guy died he noticed a small mist being absorbed into him and his Blood Echoes rising a little, he went on to fight the other the guy with the ax and the torch, the guy did a wild ax swing which Naruto dodged but then the guy tried to hit him with the torch while screaming "Away, away, foul beast" Naruto was surprised by this and in his surprise state, he didn't notice the guy with the pitchfork coming at him from behind, and was stabbed in the back by him, Naruto didn't even get time to scream as he was cut down by the ax from the other guy and he blacked out.
Suddenly Naruto awoke again he was at the lamp he just teleported to, he blinked confused by what just happen, he looked around and noticed a small blue light on the ground and as soon as he approached it, he saw Blood Echoes Retrieved appear, he contemplated a little, 'Apparently when I die, I lose all my Echoes and I return to the nearest Lamp or the last one I used.'
He was pissed he let his guard down like that, but better now than later, he also noticed a bar that depleted when he was hit.
'So, I have limited health.' Now that he noticed the sun was exactly as it was a little ago like time didn't pass, he walked a little toward the edge of the ladder
*Shriek*
There it was again the same shriek from the same direction, he looked behind him and the same 4 Yharnamites turned around the corner again.
This time he won't let his guard down, this time he won't die at the start of the journey. "Tonight, Maelstrom, joins the hunt"
-Time-skip-
The night and the hunt were long, he understood why many descended into madness, he had seen it, felt it, and almost drowned in it, yes, Naruto Uzumaki almost went mad.
Insights, a stat that represents the depth of inhuman knowledge, the more he had on him, the more he saw things he wouldn't normally believe, things he wouldn't even imagine, one thing that particularly came to mind was a vision an eye, it characterized by red sclerae and irides, with a ripple pattern spreading over the eyeball and nine tomoe.
He couldn't make head or tails of that vision and no matter what kind of beasts he slew, he never saw that eye on any of them, but he chucked it up to him descending to madness and tied that madness to the insights and so he spent those insights always keeping the bare minimum on his person.
True to his promise, Naruto had returned to the hunter's dream several times to converse with the old hunter Gehrman. He grew to like the old man, he understood his loneliness and respected him for his perseverance and patience. Gehrman also grew to like Naruto a lot, he told him stories of himself during the hunt, gave him tips, and trained him in some arts, and he was truly amazed by the young man. He came to realize Naruto was a kinetic learner and a fast one at that, you only need to show him something a couple of times, and he would go on to learn or even improve it with one of his unorthodox ways. Funnily enough, Gehrman found out about Naruto's fear of ghosts, it was amusing, to say the least. A hunter that would look an Amygdala down without a hint of fear but would run screaming at the top of his lungs at the mere hint of a ghost existing, his reasoning, and in his words "I can damage and slay an Amygdala, how the hell am I supposed to kill what's already dead!?"
Naruto was also very close to the doll, he didn't understand her possession with him, or how a doll even has emotions in the first place, but Naruto enjoyed telling her stories of his hunts and also listening to stories of other hunters from her. Naruto was also able to help her realize that her emotions, not just towards him but all her emotions, in general, were genuine, they were her own.
Naruto had grind a lot whether in Yharnam or in the Chalice dungeons. Naruto hated Yahar'gul and Cainhurst Castle, the former because it was freaky and creepy, while the latter had ghosts in it, but he hated nothing more than the Fishing Hamlet, where he had to face burdens the hunters' forefathers' sins have caused to him and his fellow hunters before him.
Naruto has met a couple of hunters on his journey, he met Eileen the crow and he became a part of her faction, The hunter of hunters, those who hunt hunters that have gone mad. He met Djura, the old hunter that resided in 'Old Yharnam', almost killed him at the beginning. he also met Valtr and joined his faction 'The League', a band of hunters who have taken an oath and are bound by a single purpose, killing beasts, obtaining Vermin, and crush it, he also met Annalise the Queen of the Vilebloods, he was especially wary around that woman. Naruto also killed a lot of hunters that went mad, he felt bad about it but it had to be done.
His most trusted ally, however, was Maria, he had fought her in 'The Hunter's nightmare', yet unlike the other beasts her body didn't disappear, Naruto remembers the Altar of Despair, it was capable of resurrecting Annalise, when she was nothing but minced flesh, from Gehrman's stories she was a distant relative to Queen Annalise, so Naruto took her body to the Altar and lo and behold, she awakened, she was baffled about it and was going to attack him but he had disarmed her, she all but demanded how she was alive, Naruto told her how he fought her and how he revived her like he revived the Queen.
She didn't remember any of it, last she remembered was the Hamlet nothing else, Naruto has informed her he was heading into the Hamlet, she tried to stop him, telling him how that place was cursed, that it was a suicide mission, Naruto laughed at her and calmly said: "So, I'll just reawaken at the nearest lamp." Maria looked at him like he grew a second death, 'Wow, he must be brave and doesn't fear death, or he died so many times, he simply doesn't care anymore' she mused to herself Naruto told her not to follow him and that he will handle it, hesitantly she agreed and decided to go to the 'Hunter's Dream' as he instructed.
Unlike what Naruto wanted he had died a lot at the beginning of the hunt, he learned from his mistakes, and in time he learned how to fight and dodge probably, he still died after that but it was lesser.
He also matured a lot, the loneliness of being alone on the hunt surrounded by those monstrosities, the insights, and dying over and over forced him to become patient, he also became rather cunning joining different hunter factions, he realized why to choose one, when you can reap the benefits of all of them, after all as long as one knew he belonged to the opposing faction, he won't be hurt.
Right now, though, it's so close, the night is almost over he has just slain Mergo's Wet Nurse, "What a strange name, what even was it and how is it even a nurse?" Maria asked, he simply shrugged and said, "Well no point pondering on that, it's dead now let's go to Jiji"
They used the lamp and were transported to the hunter's dream, but immediately their eyes widened. The workshop was on fire, they approached it quickly, but were immediately confused. The old man wasn't in there, in fact, it looked like only the exterior of the building was on fire and the fire didn't reach the interior, it was weird but they saw weirder things before. He decided to find the old hunter so he went to his closest friend and confidant, the doll to ask her where the old man was. As soon as he approached the doll though, she spoke before he could "Good hunter, you have come. Dawn will soon break; this night and this dream will end. Gehrman awaits you, at the foot of the great tree"
Naruto was immediately on edge, something was wrong, not because Gehrman was at the tree, the old hunter was whimsical like that, does what he wants without reasoning sometimes, that wasn't it, it's how the doll spoke, it was melancholic and she didn't look him in the eyes, something he grew accustomed to, she was a doll, yet he could always see the warmth radiating from her eyes when she looked at him, this was the first time she didn't look him as she spoke, Maria didn't say anything, truth be told she was still disturbed that there existed a doll that was exactly like her down to the smallest detail.
Naruto went into the workshop and he equipped the Chikage with the best blood gems he had, The Chikage was his go-to weapon a jet black katana, with a silver and bronze-colored handle, the blade had an intricate, rippled engraving that spanned the entire blade and when imbued with blood, the sword can create blood arcs that are as sharp as the finest blades, and adding his magic power he can add a secondary fire arc along the blood arc it was delayed a little from the blood arc, so it was always quite hard to read and dodge it, this weapon needed very fast movements and being nimble on the feet.
He also fitted the Repeating Pistol with the best Gems on him, he made sure he had blood vials and made sure he had his Ashen Estus Flasks on him.
All while he did this Maria looked at him weirdly, why didn't he go to Gehrman, why was he on edge, normally he was laid back whenever he was here in the Dream, it was their safe haven after all.
They went to meet the old man Gehrman, at the tree, he was sitting there calmly, Naruto approached him and instantly became sure without a doubt in his mind something was utterly wrong, the old man never looked at him with regret.
Pride, melancholy, amusement, and surprise, he was used to these looks but not regret.
"Good Hunter, you've done well, the night is near its end. Now I will show you mercy. You will die, forget the dream, and awake under the morning sun. You will be freed from this terrible Hunter's Dream."
Naruto and Maria's eyes widened but Naruto recovered from his shock first and narrowed his eyes dangerously at the old hunter "What kind of nonsense are you spouting old man!?, do you think after all this trouble, I would lie down and die that simply, and forget everything? Why would I do that? I refuse your so-called mercy"
Maria was also greatly disturbed "Yes, sensei the night is close to its end, why are you doin-"
Gehrman interrupted her in a harsh voice "Shut it Maria, you don't understand, there is no end to the night, it will go on and on there is no end, there will appear another hunter and then another, all of them will go through what he has gone through"
"So, my theory was right, after all, the hunt is a loop, but why does it exist and how, you said only those with the hunter's mark can-" Naruto's eyes widened in realization, and Gehrman wasn't astonished by it, he got to no the kid and unlike what may seem, the boy can be sharp when he pays attention.
"This is the doing of a great one, isn't it?" Naruto asked, and Gehrman sighed and simply nodded.
"If I kill you, you will be free, if you kill me, my curse moves on to you and you become the next Hunter helper, you must understand boy, it's a curse one I don't want to pass on to anyone especially neither of you."
"Sorry old man, but I am not gonna throw away all the work I put into this"
Gehrman sighed and started standing up slowly his face falling back into a visage of indifference "Dear, oh dear. What was it? The Hunt? The Blood? Or the horrible dream? Oh, it doesn't matter…It always comes down to the hunter's helper to clean up after these sorts of messes." He took the blade that was on his left hip and connected it to the staff on his back transforming it into a scythe "Tonight, Gehrman joins the hunt"
Naruto quickly turned to Maria "Stay out of this, he wants me dead, don't you dare interfere"
Maria was going to argue but before she could speak, Gehrman was already attacking Naruto, for an old man he moved quickly, unlike anything Naruto faced before, and he barely dodged it but was grazed on the cheek.
Naruto unsheathed Chikage, and quickly swinged at the old hunter's neck but Gehrman moved the scythe to his back and deflected the sword, and then he quickly spun around and brought the scythe down on Naruto who quickly used Shunshin, to get away and then Naruto used Carthus Flame Arc, to add fire to his blade, and swinged releasing fire arcs at Gehrman who also used Shunshin to appear behind Naruto, who quickly drew the Repeating Pistol and shot Gehrman staggering him, Naruto went in for a visceral attack but Gehrman recovered quicker than he thought to Naruto did the next best thing he could think of, he slashed Gehrman on his leg leaving a deep cut, and quickly used the blood on the blade to use a blood arc on Gehrman, who quickly evaded the arc but wasn't quick enough to dodge the fire arc that followed, Naruto's ability that he developed from seeing Maria use it, while she had no recollection of the attack Naruto sure did and he used it to his advantage, Naruto was going to follow up but Gehrman hit him with the scythe and pulled him in and slashed him across the chest Naruto quickly dodged the follow up and created some distance between the two of them.
He grabbed a Blood Vial and was about to use it but the Vial was shot, leaving his hand wounded from the glass shards, Naruto looked at Gehrman who was pointing the hunter's blunderbuss at him and had the scythe's blade in his hand as a one-handed curved sword, Naruto knew this was a tough fight, so he grabbed a blood beast pellet and quickly bit on it and swallowed, it was instantaneous, the whisker marks on his cheeks thickened, his hair became wild and his ocean blue eyes, became slit and blood red.
Naruto stopped the Cathrus Flame Arc, and switched to the Lighting blade, while the Flame arc cauterizes a wound, the lightning blade, increasing the sharpness of the blade and stuns the enemy a little, making it easier to follow up.
Gehrman knew that the combination was deadly and the fact that if his blood gets on the Chikage Naruto will have a follow up of medium-range using Blood Arc, he knew he needed to get serious, so fused the staff and the curved sword back together into the scythe he used and then white energy started to emanate from him.
Maria widened her eyes in fear, she knew that technique that Gehrman was using, it's the final form of the Shunshin which gives the user increased speed, reflexes, and strength, she was truly stumped, here was her friend and the reason she was alive and her teacher fighting and both of them, seemingly willing to abandon their very humanity to kill the one another.
In a burst of speed Naruto and Gehrman were on one another, from the perspective, of a normal person, all they would see where sparks flying, the two of them was engaged in a beautiful dance of death, Naruto with his nimble of the feet and quick slashes style and Gehrman with his explosive speed attacks and spins.
Naruto was at a disadvantage beast hood was only limited and if the fight drags on, he will get out of it and he will lose the strength and speed gained by it, Naruto didn't want to use it, but he had to chance, quickly using his left hand which was still hurt because of the glass shards, swirling energy started to concentrate and form into a sphere, Naruto leaned back dodging a slash and struck his hard out, Gehrman, with no time to dodge, spun the scythe to block with the shaft, but what he and Maria didn't expect happened the shaft broke leaving Gehrman defenseless, Naruto quickly canceled the technique and he stabbed the Chikage in Gehrman's chest.
The old man started coughing up blood, and smiled at Naruto, who removed the sword from the man's chest he slumped to the ground, and in a second Maria was next to him "Sensei, please don't die." She said between sobs, Naruto looked at the two with sadness in his eyes, he respected the old hunter a lot, it was for him to do this, and he didn't like seeing Maria crying, she was his friend, yet she was crying because of actions he had done.
"I am really glad I got to see you again, Maria, I am sorry I wasn't there for you to begin with, Naruto my boy, the Great one will descend the moment my body disappears, do not give in, do you hear me?"
Naruto with his own tears flowing now didn't trust his voice and so he simply nodded.
Maria took out a blood vial and tried to use it on Gehrman but he stopped her and smiled "The night, and the dream, were long." His eyes closed with the smile still on his face and his body exploded into the familiar blue mist that comes from the Blood Echoes.
Before more could be said, Naruto and Maria felt a presence behind them and looked to see a slim grotesque black monster with bones sticking out of his chest and abdomen, 4 tentacles for tails that split at the end, and a head that looked like a stone with a hole in it and a lot of tentacles coming out of it, it had long arms and two short legs.
Naruto approached it, and the moment it touched the ground it grabbed him with its hands and put its head in his chest as if embracing him, Naruto saw it again, the red ripple pattern eye and voices, multiple demonic voices talking, he couldn't understand them, as soon as he tried, he heard them "Mortal who carried our blood, release us, release Datara"
Naruto was terrified but then, he started to hear a familiar voice he tried to listen to it "To, Nar, NARUTO"
Naruto snapped out of it when he realized Maria was calling him, she jumped and slashed the great one on the back with Rakuyo, the great one shrieked in pain, and it's held on Naruto loosened a bit for Naruto to release he right hand where energy swirled in it again and he struck force toward the great one's face this time shouting "Rasengan" the great one who he saw it's named moon presence let go of him and was thrown back.
Naruto picked up Chikage that fell from his hand when moon presence grabbed him and held it tightly, this was going to be a hard fight but at least he wasn't alone, Maria who was standing beside him, looked at the great one with fury and disgust, the former because it was this beast that kept her sensei essentially a captor and disgust of how it looked.
Moon presence looked at them shaking with unbridled rage and roared, and jumped toward them slashing with its claws, Naruto and Maria evaded each of them on a side of the beast and went to attack Naruto who was on the beast's right side slashed its hand all the way up to its shoulder and Maria slashed its left leg and even cut off one of its tails, the beast roared in agony and collected a white sphere above its face but before it could use it, Naruto clapped both hands above his head "Answer to me and descend on my enemy, A Call from Beyond" around his hands a black bluish mist appeared with several white dots in it and then white orbs appeared around his hands and flew into moon presence exploding on contact.
The beast couldn't keep the sphere due to being extremely hurt, Maria stabbed herself with Rakuyo and then held it and her side and thrust forward releasing a bloodshot at the beast, the beast roared and grabbed its face then a light emanated from it and then an explosion of red energy happened Naruto and Maria were thrown back and Naruto realized that his health bar was on 1hp and same was for Maria. The beast was around 30% of its original health, Maria noticed the same thing, she looked at Naruto and both nodded at the same time, Naruto quickly sheathed Chikage and started forming a Rasengan but his one was made out of fire and Maria used a blood vial and then stabbed herself again to get blood on the Rakuyo and they both rushed at the beast, Maria swung wide releasing a vertical blood arc that hit the beast head-on and then she spun and released a second horizontal one. The beast swiped at her and she did a back handspring and then jumped upside down. Naruto jumped on her feet and used her as leverage to get close to the beast, this was it, now or never he was still 1hp, the downside of this Rasengan that it takes time for the technique to be complete, he soared to the beast and struck his hand forward "Katon: Rasengan" his attack connected right in the beast face, and the attack exploded throwing both them away, Maria caught Naruto, feeling that he would take damage from an ungraceful fall while she looked intently at the beast, it was in smoke so she couldn't tell what was happening to it, her heart almost stopped when the smoke was blown away but calmed down when it was blown away by an explosion of a blue mist, they won, they had done it.
Naruto healed himself and helped Maria up to her feet, they made their way to the workshop and found a large grave that wasn't there before they approached it, and realized it was a transportation grave, the destination was Orario but it stated 'Dear Hunter, though the dream is over the hunt is not, however upon the use of this grave you will not be able to return to the dream', Naruto let out a breath of relief, he could go back.
"Maria, you coming with me?"
"I have nothing left here; I would like to remain by your side, I have not repaid my debt to you yet"
Naruto was about to talk but was interrupted by the doll "Good Hunter, are you leaving?"
Naruto hesitated, how could he forget about her; she was his friend as well "Do you want to come too?"
"I can't leave the dream good hunter, but I am your only means to level up, I can't leave my hunter unattended"
The doll started to take off her clothes, Naruto blushed furiously, something that irked Maria for reasons she didn't understand
The doll looked at Naruto and smiled "I was given a very special blood gem to act as a heart for me, good hunter, I wish to give you this gem"
Naruto looked shocked, he would be essentially killing her, he was going to protest but "Good Hunter Naruto, all my years of service, I to hunters. I never asked for anything, I ask of you to humbly accept this gift"
Naruto hesitated but he stepped forward "Thank you" he didn't intend for it to come out so weak and sad
The doll smiled "Please, do not be sad my hunter, thought this, I will always be with you."
Naruto leaned in and kissed her gently on the forehead, he closed his eyes and plunged his hand in her chest, grabbed the gem, and plucked it out.
The doll's eyes became lifeless and she fell motionless, Naruto was openly crying now with tears staining his face, he carried the doll gently and put it where he first found it.
With the help of Maria, he made a grave for Gehrman and put the doll right next to it, he then went into the workshop and took the Blood Gem Workshop Tool and the Rune Workshop Tool.
He met with Maria in front of the grave, she put a hand on his shoulder, and smiled lightly "Are you ready?"
Naruto put a grin on his face "Yeah, let the hunt begin."
They used the grave and transported away leaving behind them a crumbling grave and a lifeless doll that was left looking with lifeless eyes where they stood with a warm smile on her face.
A/n from Klauz: to start things off, thank you for reading the chapter and I hope you liked it.
let me explains things, the shunshin naruto is using in the world of Bloodborne is basically the old hunter's bone. We have used the magic system from Dark souls 3.
A/n from TitanT456: if you hate, flame, or insult the fic, Imma find you and whop your ass and make you cry like a little bitch.
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