Hello all, time for another game chapter. So we get to do getting to the Rebels and a portion of the side quest items Naruto has in Water Country along with Naruto finding some of his mother's clan's history.
Oh, just heads up, there are more girls coming in from Tenten's mother's show, though they aren't all being paired with Naruto. The majority will be going to those who will be closest to Naruto, and are not his women, but aren't his two advisors/Jijis.
Also, a few of you will be happy to know that I went back and updated Naruto's age to 16 years old so there should be no more problems on that front and hopefully I will stop getting complaints that he is 13 and shouldn't be able to do this, although really no one should be able to blow a fireball out of their mouths or create hurricane winds with their breath but who am I to judge.
You'll also notice more slight crossovers, not involving women, as we go since there are spells and abilities that Naruto will be gaining as we go that are from other items because I am kinda over the usual spells and everything though that doesn't mean I won't still use one or two of the old ones and put a new spin on it/them.
Next, as stated above, you'll be getting some Corvus Clan history this chapter as Naruto is going to find something that will help him learn some history and give him another edge in battle.
Now, a few have complained that there wasn't a ton of romance and such involved in this. While that is understandable, this is also a game world and I've played about 10 games where you can get your character a boy/girlfriend, or a "sex friend" though it isn't called that, in the first hour of playing. Heck, in Dragon Age Origins, you can get someone to like you fully by just giving them a ton of cake and then just pick if you want a relationship with that person or not and boom, you can be with one of the women that fast. Anyway, while there will be more romance between Naruto and his girls now, as that was intended with quite a few, don't be surprised if it isn't realistic. Though when you consider this is a world where people can literally breathe fire, animals talk, and you can practically make the elements bend to your will, who the heck wants realistic? Especially since you then throw the game world in and it all goes way away from realistic.
Lastly, I wanted to inform you all of something that a few people keep asking me, Naruto will be truly OP at the Chunin Exam Prelims. The reason for this will be clear as we get there, though some of you I am sure can piece together the subtle hints I put plus take into account what happens just before the Prelims, but he will be a prodigy Genin/Chunin hopeful and will be tougher than ANY Genin he faces but he will be truly OP when the Prelims start and will start breaking anyone in his way, which should be fun since I have a very fun idea for Naruto to showcase his talents during the prelims.
NOTE: I tend to use the English names of Jutsu unless I know the Japanese name and it sounds cooler than the English name: Example Rasengan versus Spiraling Sphere, Chidori versus One-thousand Chirping Birds, and so on and so on. So if you see a Jutsu in English and you like the Japanese name, then send the name to me. However, I am going to use the Shadow Clone Jutsu as is as I like it over Kage Bunshin.
LAST TIME: Something to point out: On the achievements that Naruto gains, he is gaining experience points for those, but, as I said before, I am not giving the values because there are too many different variants of how much for levels and what certain things are worth and it would slow down my updates a great deal. Just wanted to point that out for those who asked me why he was leveling up so quickly when his quests and enemies shouldn't be able to add up to that many levels.
Well, hope y'all enjoy this, let's get to what y'all are here for.
Disclaimer: Check previous chapters.
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Chapter 7: Birthright
Forests of Fire Country
Naruto and his team were jumping through the trees towards the best port for Water country and they were all slightly anxious. Kakashi and Anko for having to enter a warzone again and hoping to keep their Genin/apprentices alive; Sai was for wanting to ensure his team survived everything since Naruto had been helping him feel his emotions again and he had begun to care for his team, though Naruto went into 'protective brother' mode when it seemed he felt something for Yakumo; Yakumo was both for wanting to her team to be safe and because she hope she wouldn't lose control even if Naruto and Fiora had used their unique powers to help her in addition to Ino and Inoichi helping as well; Naruto, however, was anxious about his team being safe but he was also excited about going into combat again and getting more items to increase his power and reinforce his territory.
As they continued to jump from tree to tree, Kakashi then spoke, "Alright you three, we want you to be on your best behavior and alert at all times. Naruto, while I understand you may go off on your own a bit, be sure to tell one of us where you're going and when you think you'll be back." Kakashi ordered and his three Genin nodded as they kept their pace to the port.
When they stopped to rest for a few minutes, Sai noticed something, "Naruto, your gauntlet's gem has turned yellow, is it supposed to do that?" He asked and Naruto widened his eyes before looking and sure enough it was glowing yellow now.
Smirking to himself, he created 30 Shadow Clones and sent them out around the area to find the item or items that his gauntlet was reacting to. Turning and seeing his confused teammates, he elaborated, "The gem glows when an item, artifact, or something that could be useful to an Overlord is nearby. Red means over 100 feet, yellow means 75, blue means 25, and white means there isn't anything in the area up to 300 feet." Naruto stated making them widen their eyes slightly and nod before Naruto felt a twitch in his mind and stood, "Ah, seems they found it, I'll be back shortly." Naruto stated and they nodded before he took off into the trees heading for a clearing in the middle of the forest with a clone standing over a hole in the ground meaning it was probably another storage area or a possible animal home.
Shrugging to himself, he jumped down in and found himself in a temple area of some sort and was feeling a form of Déjà vu with how he found Bronx and everything and even Bronx felt that something was familiar to this place. Naruto then found his source of Déjà vu when he found another egg resting on a pedestal with the only other light source in the room illuminating it and then sighed as a seal activated and several skeletal warriors appeared holding battleaxes and wearing armor and they were glowing gold, "Of course." He stated before he lashed out with his enhanced lightning spell that blasted three arcs of lightning at the skeletons causing the three hit to roar in pain before they collapsed in a heap before the others charged him and he drew his Zweihander while Bronx went to full size and tackled one before mauling it and Naruto rushed at the others.
Naruto blocked one strike before launching a fireball that was his size at the incoming skeletons blasting a few to pieces before he twisted and decapitated another skeleton shattering the spine/neck making it crumble before he was forced to twist again to dodge another axe swing. Bronx growled and jumped on another one tearing the head off of its body and crunched through it while Naruto used wind chakra on his blade, shaky as it was, to cut through several skeletons and then blasted lightning at the last few.
Naruto retook his ready stance as Bronx came next to him with his eyes glowing dangerously before the room illuminated slightly making it an eerie glow and showed they were indeed in an another storehouse but it also appeared to be another sanctuary type area with some statues of Overlords there in a relaxing yet regal position. The end of the area behind the egg was a statue of another Overlord that stood in a regal matter as it was fully armored with a broadsword in front pointed at the ground. He looked around in awe before his book came to him and opened to the Notes Page, Hey Kid, I added another item to the Overlord tracking list. What you're standing in is an Overlord Temple: A lost area of a previous Overlord that contains a portion of their power and something they treasured as a way to hide it from their enemies and did not want a tomb of their own. When you clear a temple in some way, as the Overlord in question chose the testing method before sealing the area, approach the primary statue and it will give you the power it holds and allow you to take the item or items that were left there for the person who proved worthy and they may have placed items here that another Overlord never discovered. Hope you have fun.
He read and shrugged since he could always use more power and strength so long as he earned it and approached the statue while Bronx sat and waited for his master to be done with his business. As Naruto approached, he felt the power of the place and was indeed hoping he was ready to take the power and whatever the previous Overlord placed here besides the egg. As he reached the base of the statue, the eyes lit up before lightning shot into him and lifted him off the ground as it coursed through him filling him with the power of the previous Overlord.
After a minute, the power finished flowing into him and Naruto dropped to the ground and stood before he rotated his neck popping it as he stood and his book showed up with the rewards, You've gained the first temple's power! +5 to stats and Inherent skills. He read and nodded to himself as the room brightened showing money, armaments, clothing, a Spell Catalyst, a Spell Stone, a gold totem, a blue totem, and a White Totem. Naruto quickly called a tower gate and had his minions begin taking everything back to the tower while being extremely careful with the egg. He also began ordering some to clean the place and seal the exit after he left since there was probably an actual entrance and he was going to respect what his ancestor built and also had the minions take the skeletons and bury them in the graveyard area since even if they were constructs they still deserved some respect.
As his minions followed his orders, with Gnarl tallying everything over the link to the Heart, Naruto looked over the walls trying to see what part of his family made this place and began seeing some markings and was able to make out the word Corvus on the wall and began frantically searching it for something he understood before he noticed something. As he got to a part at the opposite end from the statue, he noticed one series of markings glowing and when he touched it he was jolted with information before he was sent skidding back as his chakra seemed to be coating him slightly only now it was silverfish and he stood straight with his hair gaining some silver tips to it and took a breath before he opened his eyes revealing his still cerulean blue eyes but now his pupil and the small black ring that always surrounded his blue irises were now silver.
He took a few breaths before popping his neck again, "Gnarl, when I have a free day, remind me to talk to Yuna so she can begin dictating the history of the Corvus Clan. They are the ones who built this and other temples and I need to learn everything I can about them to continue gaining my birthright so I want everything taken down especially if I have children one day so they can learn of the clan too." He ordered and Gnarl gave a bit of acknowledgement as Naruto walked through the Temple gliding his fingers over the markings as they filled his mind with the information they held.
Apparently, his mother's clan was close to the Dragons of old that existed centuries ago and the Dragons, as a sign of brotherhood and alliance, taught them the language of dragons and if one had a connection to magic then the language could be used as a weapon. The more magic and words you put into the words/shouts, the more power they had and one could easily devastate an army if they knew the proper words and could put a decent amount of power behind them. As they learned more from the dragons, they also began to become caretakers of the hatcheries and nests while the dragons attended o whatever business they had in the world or if the process of birth was too strenuous and they needed help.
As he kept going along the walls, he kept getting information on the clan and began to see why they were so unheard of and feared by the few who knew of them. His clan apparently learned to make arcane markings to inscribe different things such as his new ability to read, speak, and absorb the information of the dragon tongue by gliding his fingers over it. It also was the reason why he now had one of the words that gave him an attack and he could build the words up into new attacks if he learned more of the combat words since the attacks depended on what order the words were spoken in. Meaning if he used the word he just got and then another word then he would get one type of attack, but if he reversed the order then he would get an entirely different attack. The reason was because where the word fell in the sentence/shout changed its meaning and thus what it did in the overall shout and it also changed the pronunciation and overall word depending on where he placed the word since each dragon clan/hatchery varied in their form of the dragon speech.
Continuing his learning, he found that his clan had been the ones to guard the remaining dragons from the people seeking fame and fortune by being dragon slayers only to be met with the Dragonborn: The elite soldiers of the Corvus Clan and those who excelled at using the Dragon Tongue as a weapon and were equally skilled with the Corvus Bloodlines. This had been another factor in why his mother's clan was hunted and killed, not that she knew since the marking clearly stated that this information was almost lost with the author/builder of this area being one of the last few people known to possess this knowledge. The Overlord who wrote this also stated that the egg, which was obvious in Naruto's opinion, was a dragon's egg, the last dragon egg, at least known to the Corvus clan anyway, and was placed on a special marking that kept the egg frozen in time until someone worthy found it and it also explained that the best way to hatch it was ironically, since it seemed unsafe, to just dump it into a forge's heat and let it bask in the heat of the fire and everything until it was ready to hatch. There was no mention of what kind of dragon it was, but hey Naruto was a fan of surprises.
Shaking his head, he kept learning more of the Corvus Clan's history with the dragons noting the primary teacher was a dragon named Paarthurnax that was one of the oldest dragons to exist before he fell to a large group of enemies swarming him when he was reaching the end of his life years, which naturally made the Corvus retaliate and wipe out the group, and also learned there were many who followed the way of the dragons like a religion and viewed them as demigods or avatars of the actual gods, which said deities accepted depending on the type of dragon they were associated with. He learned that many in the Corvus Clan were considered barbarians by those that they faced due to their favorability for heavy weapons and rushing headlong into battle and slaughtering the enemy while allowing those that surrendered to be spared, though considering some of the other clans' ways of being civilized, such as the Hyuga and their 'caged bird seal', being called barbarians was actually a bit of a compliment. However, they were also the go to people for building defenses and constructs that were made to last, which was why the majority of Uzu was still quite stable as the Corvus helped the Uzumaki build Uzu.
As Naruto learned more of the history of the Corvus and Dragons, he found many such markings to be very helpful to both him and his budding capital as they all had varying effects and he wasn't surprised to find a part that said that the Uzumaki actually began creating some of their brand of seals based off of what some of the markings did, but they weren't as effective as the markings were. He then found a part that stated they actually controlled the area Konoha was on before they gave it the Fire Daimyo in exchange for him making it illegal to hunt dragons in Fire Country and the Fire Daimyo had in turn gave the land to the closest of his friends and allies, Matsumoto Namikaze, who later allowed Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha to build Konoha there. Then there were records of them being in Swamp, Snow, Wind, Iron, Lightning, Fang, Claw, Demon, Spirit, and Water Country at some point to get the dragons out and even helped make the fabled Seven Swords of the Mist as a way to keep the dragons safe in Water Country with the original Seven Swordsmen of Mist being the executioners for those that dared to hunt dragons within Water Country. He had to laugh a bit; his mother's clan was only in the spotlight due to dragons even though they had influence in quite a few areas.
Naruto finished learning all the history of this temple and nodded to himself while deciding he was going to find a way to make a seal to move this, and any other temples he found, to a place in Whirlpool so he could ensure they were respected and treasured. With that thought in mind, he then got ready to leave only to feel a rush of power enter and knew the items for the Tower had been returned, "White Minion Totem obtained: Increases celestial power of the Overlord, if the current one has any, and increases the defensive capabilities of the Minions." His Overlord Heart stated as it was meant to inform its lord whenever a new item was gained, "The Spell Stone was the summon Faer Gorta spell. It calls skeletal constructs like the ones you fought that are made out of magic and will protect you without a second thought and will kill anyone you tell them to. Using Catalysts on it will increase their strength, power, durability, create different variations that you can summon, and will make it so you can summon more than one at a time." The Overlord Heart continued and Naruto nodded before placing the Catalyst into that spell to increase it to level 2 and left the Temple with the Minions finishing up their cleaning and removal of items while Gnarl had a few also look for the actual entrance and Ace was looking over the hole to ensure it was properly repaired.
As Naruto took in the fresh air, he idly noticed that he had been gone for at least 20 minutes and mentally groaned at the fact the others were going to be annoyed or upset and he should just get it over with. With that thought in mind, he jumped towards where his team was.
Sure enough, they were getting a little worried about him as he landed but noticed the hair change and his eyes while also feeling something coming from him, "Anything you'd like to share Naruto?" Kakashi asked and the others nodded while Naruto merely rolled his shoulders.
"I found a temple made by one of my Corvus ancestors, killed some magical constructs, gained some items back, gained a birthright of my mother's clan, and learned some history of the Corvus." Naruto stated getting a raised eyebrow for his troubles.
"What sort of birthright?" Anko asked with the others nodding and Naruto smirked before he turned to a nearby tree and took a calming breath.
Naruto then snapped his eyes open and took a deep breath, {Force!} He shouted and a blast of power shot forward and shattered the tree causing wide eyes from his teammates and he smirked. His allies were amazed since all they heard and saw was him shout a word called Fus and then the tree was blasted to pieces. Naruto turned back to his teammates and smirked, "That was Dragon Speech, several words can be used as attacks or have other uses if the speaker has magical power to put into them and there are many words, structures, phrases, and such that can make new shouts and even change the properties of a shout." Naruto informed and they widened their eyes before nodding in understanding. Naruto then gathered his few things he had left behind, "Well shall we go?" He asked and they nodded before taking off back towards the port that would take them to Water Country and thus their joining of the civil war.
Konoha: With Team 8
Team 8 was currently training with Hinata, Ino, and Sayuri doing the beginner exercises for the Taijutsu Naruto gave them while Sakura was doing Chakra Control Exercises to increase her reserves since they were minuscule at best due to her way of doing things in the Academy while Yugao was fulfilling some Anbu duties today. Currently Sakura was running up and down a tree to help build her reserves while Kurenai watched over her, though all of them were thinking of a certain blonde Genin/budding Overlord.
Kurenai was thinking about the kiss he gave her at the Academy and how he said he might give her one on their date, though Niko told them he'd be gone for a while due to a mission that would require the Overlord and would possibly take a few weeks to a couple months. She had pouted a bit when she heard that since her blonde crush wasn't going to be able to take her on a date any time soon. Ever since he saved her and dealt with those Chunin like they were nothing while his warmth and aura made her feel safe and protected, she couldn't get him out of her head. He didn't stare at her body, he always looked at her face when she spoke, he listened to her, he made sure she felt comfortable with anything he did, and he was a gentleman about everything, though from what the others told her he could be a pervert too though he was one that only acted on the things they liked instead of what he wanted. She was also intrigued how he could go from being a cold dark fighter in battle to a sweet and caring man to anyone who had his trust, which was anyone that he met and didn't betray that trust.
She did have the comfort that Hitomi let her and the other girls know that they could come to the estates to talk or hang out if they wanted to avoid the public for now. She also told them that Mikoto Uchiha was now in their growing family along with introducing them all to each other to ensure that they would get to know the others and that Naruto expected them to get along with each other, make her feel welcome, and not fight while he was gone. For some reason, though a few of them knew why, the thought of him ordering them to behave and get along made them hot and bothered and they each looked forward to their date.
Hinata was working through her exercises while thinking about her Naruto-kun. Ever since she saw him fight and then take down… no, destroy that Chunin when she was a child she had had a crush on him and it only grew the more time she spent with him. She had noticed her mother having a light blush whenever Naruto had called her pretty or beautiful when he was younger and Hanabi was the same when he said she was cute and it had both made Hinata jealous, despite him calling her pretty and cute too, and happy since she could talk to her sister and mother about him. She had to smile as Naruto was always nice to her, Hanabi, and her mother despite what others of the clan did and how they acted, and now they were technically all his women. Her mother had grown attached to the boy as Hinata told her of him and what he endured but continued pressing on as well as him always sticking up for Hinata and complimenting them; Hanabi had found him cute too and it grew into a crush the more time she spent with him and Hinata only added to it when she would tell Hanabi of her time with Naruto and everything he did. She giggled at Hanabi's and her mother's expressions when she first wore the collar, they looked as if they just been offered to be fucked silly by the most well hung male in the world… oh wait, they practically were.
Sayuri was doing the same as Hinata while remembering her own interactions with Naruto. She had first 'met' him when he came to the compound once to see Itachi and then knocked Sasuke on his pompous ass with one punch when he insulted Naruto and Itachi. Her father had been furious, but Naruto evaded him before mule kicking him right in the family jewels sending him to the floor. For reasons unknown to her; at the time; she, her mother, and her older 'brother' blushed at that and found themselves a bit hot under the collar. Naruto had apologized but her mother had waved it off and then her mother's blush increased when Naruto said she was pretty and her own increased when Naruto said she was cute. Naturally after that, Naruto didn't come to the compound much since he didn't want to have to deal with Sasuke and her father. Then the massacre happened and Naruto nearly got himself killed protecting her and her mother and then convinced Itachi not to kill them. They had spent a lot of time together after that and she and her mother found themselves constantly blushing around him since he always told them they were cute, beautiful, or pretty and meant it when he said it as well as standing up for her when some boys and men tried to 'help' her with rebuilding the clan. When she saw Hinata with her collar, she got really horny for him and hoped he would do it to her too, which reminded her she needed a choker or something since not only would it show she was Naruto's but it would ROYALLY piss Sasuke off.
Ino for her part was wondering how she ended up with Naruto. Sure she found him cute and some of his pranks funny, but he never seemed to have that pull she felt for Sasuke… that is until she overheard him with Hinata and suddenly all she could think about was Naruto and being with him. She had nearly creamed herself when she heard Naruto's voice and felt his hot breath on her body in the bathroom and now she felt like absolutely giddy like a model that was told she had some condition that would let her eat whatever she wanted and not gain an ounce of weight whenever she got to be around him. That reminded her to thoroughly enjoy the lunch the other girls had helped prepare for her to give her some more meat on her bones that would also help fill out curves in the right places instead of just random curves that may or may not show off her body. Ino looked forward to Naruto's reaction as her body filled out more in all the right ways.
Sakura, when her mind wasn't on her training or her tiredness, was wondering what these girls/women saw in Naruto. Sure he was kinda cute, tough, had an aura of power, was skilled, had muscles to him, had a kind of mature older look with those scars, and… wait… why was she listing all these positive things about Naruto?! Sure she had been thinking about him, especially some nights, since he took down her brother, Kiba, and Sasuke, but that didn't mean anything… did it?
All five broke from their thoughts as an alarm clock nearby went off signifying it was lunch time and they all stopped and gathered their lunches. However, four of them frowned as Sakura's meal was miniscule, and that was being generous, and Kurenai sighed, "Sakura, you need to actually eat not just put a light something in your stomach to make it leave you alone." She stated and the others nodded while Sakura looked hesitant.
"But… but I want to stay thin and not get overweight." She stated and Kurenai deadpanned at her.
"Do I or your teammates look overweight?" She asked and Sakura blinked before she blushed in embarrassment and shook her head, "Exactly, I eat what I want and then work it off with training. If you had taken the academy seriously along with your career then you wouldn't even have to worry about that. Every Kunoichi eats what they want and then works it off so they keep their figure and don't look like a bag of bones. You need to eat and train so you don't get unhealthy and pass out at some point." Kurenai lectured as she and the other girls gave her some of their food to help fill her better.
Sakura was about to speak before Ino cut in, "She's right Sakura, you should eat more. I mean look at me; I've been eating and enjoying myself and I still have a great figure and it is only gonna get better. Naruto-kun likes me having more body to me and I'm sure other guys do too." She stated with a smirk while mentally adding, "Especially since I think my breasts and butt are filling out a bit more, which is definitely a plus in my book especially since it will definitely make Naruto-kun happier and maybe get more attention my way. Hmm, plus it may make it more fun if we decide to have fun while Naruto-kun is away, Hinata did mention the fun she, Niko-chan, and Tenten-chan had while Naruto-kun was gone before graduation." She thought giddily with a blush forming on her face.
Sakura frowned slightly as she decided to ask a question that had been on her mind for a while, "Why Naruto?" She asked and they all blinked in confusion, "I mean, why did you guys choose to be with Naruto of all people?" She asked and they all blinked while blushing slightly. The girls each began to go over their reasons for being with him and caring about him so much ranging from knowing him so long to him putting himself in danger to protect them, from being so respectful to them to being a justifiable pervert that didn't disrespect them, from his power and aura making them feel safe and loved to him being a gentleman and a pervert when they wanted, and the list kept going on and on. As they kept going, Sakura felt herself feeling hot and thinking more about Naruto then she did before.
Ino then smirked, "Why are you asking Sakura? Trying to get in our little family too?" She asked since Naruto had told them not to consider themselves anything but family since he wasn't going to favor any of them over the other and would disapprove if anyone tried to monopolize his time.
Sakura blushed and sputtered incoherently while the others giggled at her expense before they all continued eating and chatting with each other. Naturally, they all resumed their training, though Sakura was now even more distracted by her thoughts of Naruto.
3 days later: Water Country
Naruto and his group stood on the shores of Water Country as their paid passage was successful and now they had to get to the rebels and offer their help. Along the way, Naruto had been practicing his new spell by calling varying numbers of his new Faer Gorta soldiers and found they were pretty tough constructs as they took a few clean hits from each of his teammates and they could still be combat effective. The benefit, to him, of them taking damage is that there was a tell: As they took certain amounts of damage, pieces of their armor would fall off and disperse allowing Naruto to know which he had to spend more Mana on to repair or recreate. Naturally, he was pleased since that gave him two militaries under his command since he could now call his Minions and his Faer Gorta which made him that much deadlier and would help keep Whirlpool protected though he doubted that the Faer Gorta would be useful for the repairs and such but it would give another defense so it evened out.
Shaking those thoughts away, Naruto created several hundred clones and had them transform into various animals and people before scattering across the country to find any and all hidden items in the area and ensure to mark them on his map with the custom seal he made so that it filled out with what his clones or himself found or saw. As his clones began gathering intel for him, he and his team went to a small hotel until his clones finished scouting since they couldn't ask about the rebels without possibly having both factions attack them so they were forced to lay low until they were done and Kakashi and Anko already gave Naruto permission to go and claim any items that his clones found so long as he told them where he was going.
As the hours passed, Naruto saw that his clones found several items of worth to him whether Overlord Items, Temples, Tombs, or items that were useful to him in some way. He idly noticed that one such area was an abandoned sea town that reportedly had a monster living around there and several items had been left behind with the people running away. Deciding to investigate, as there were a few items nearby too, Naruto told Kakashi he should be back by nightfall with the others agreeing after he pointed out where he was going to be. Sai had wanted to go, but Naruto told him he should get some extra animal paintings/drawings done since in a warzone there wouldn't be time for him to paint/draw and just one more could change the outcome of the fight. Sai relented and decided to obey orders and went to work drawing different animals that would be useful. Naruto also left Bronx with Yakumo in case Naruto had to do some swimming for an extended period since he couldn't use Breath Control on Bronx.
Naruto took off through the trees and brush of Water Country while following his map, the one in his eye, and kept jumping as he went before he paused as his gauntlet glowed blue. His map had nothing but this was a clouded area on the map before he went through and began moving slowly to find the item hidden here before he landed by an overgrown bush that seemed to be strangling the life out of two trees and the map showed the item was within. Shrugging to himself, he drew his Zweihander and began chopping through the bush as it began to show another totem and he kept hacking at it before he was able to tear it out and found another Weapon Mold in there as well. He frowned as to why these two things were just sitting in the open, sort of, but then shook his head figuring this was just some kind of game logic that people just did, though he did wonder what was next, a minion totem just sitting in the middle of a pond? Shrugging to himself, he sealed the items into a scroll before taking off towards the town again.
It only took about five minutes to reach the town and saw that is was deserted though some places showed signs of someone recently being there and he created a dozen clones to begin searching the place while he went to the docks to inspect what looked like a Crane at the port. However, as he walked, his senses told him there was another here and his Uzumaki abilities were telling him that the person was afraid of him. Deciding to just get it over with, he stopped and removed his mask before he stood there a moment, "You can come out now, I'm not going to hurt you." Naruto stated before silence ensued until a girl in bandages came out and looked at Naruto with some fear and skepticism, "Hello there." He stated as the girl seemed unsure if she could trust him or not and now that Naruto knew exactly where she was he could sense something was different about her chakra.
"Who-who are you and what do you want?" She asked and Naruto could see she was similar to how he was originally when he was abused, mentally and emotionally, by the villagers.
"My name is Naruto and I'm here for some items that belong to me and may help me later on." He stated making her look at him in confusion, "Never mind, what are you doing here?" He asked and the girl looked down.
"I live here because everyone else thinks I'm a monster and try to hurt me every chance they get, so I live here keeping whatever I can scrounge up or find to either eat or use for something else." The girl said and Naruto smiled sadly as he approached her.
"I know the feeling; I'll show you my monster if you show me yours." He stated and she looked at him skeptically before she sighed and changed into a fish/human creature and Naruto blinked before shrugging and began using Fiora's chakra making his eyes turn red, his pupil slitted, his hair went wild and spiky, his whisker marks increased, his canines elongated, his fingers turned to claws, and he had demonic chakra around him making the girl's eyes widen, "See, I'm a monster too, but I'm making the most of it and already have a country to call my own." He told her making her widen her eyes more, "Would you like to come with me?" He asked and she widened her eyes before nodding quickly and he smiled as he let the chakra leave him, "What's your name?"
"Isaribi, sir." She stated as she bowed a little to him and Naruto smiled and waved it off, "So what were these items you were looking for, boss?" She asked excitedly hoping she could please her new friend and technically boss in some way, while hoping he didn't want the sexual kind since she would prefer to get to know the guy first.
Naruto chuckled, "Naruto is fine, and I'm looking for some objects that seem weird and that seem to have an aura of some kind around them that may or may not be unnatural." He stated and she blinked at him before grabbing his hand and took him towards a warehouse that seemed to be in the best shape of the entire town. She released his hand before she pulled the doors open and turned the lights on causing Naruto to blink as there were stacks of supplies, money in multiple forms, equipment, and weapons. However, the thing that really got his attention was that there were five Weapon Molds, a gold totem (which would bring his control of the minions up to 70), another smelter, a black totem, and a forge stone.
Blinking, he turned towards her and she smiled sheepishly while scratching the back of her head, "A lot of boats lose themselves in the mist and crash before sinking and due to my abilities I can breathe underwater and gain enhanced strength and speed so I salvaged everything that would be useful or seemed valuable and just kept storing it here until I could find something to do with it." She informed and Naruto nodded before he took a crystal out and tossed it into the clearing behind him and his 50 minions came out of the gate that opened surprising Isaribi.
"Gather all of this for the keep and take anything from this town that could be used, but be especially careful with the crane that is at the docks." He ordered and his minions nodded before they began going into the warehouse to collect everything while he turned to Isaribi, "If you want, I may be able to make it so you appear normal and can change into your other form, but it may be a while since I would need to know a lot about medical jutsu or have a high powered healing spell to do so." He stated and she widened her eyes in shock before she hugged Naruto with tears in her eyes and Naruto chuckled as he returned the hug, "Alright, now do you know of anything else underwater that could be of interest?" He asked since his clones hadn't explored out on/under the water.
Isaribi thought for a moment before she remembered something, "There is a weird engraving on a rock wall, though I have no idea what it is for." She stated and Naruto raised an eyebrow before he had Isaribi show him it. Isaribi changed into her fish like form and Naruto used his Chakra Breath to follow her after releasing his weights so he wouldn't sink and was mentally happy that he put drying seals on his scrolls and everything after the incident with Sai and the second tomb so his sealing scrolls were safe and he would be dry once he was out of the water.
It took about five minutes to reach the area before Naruto used his gauntlet and his enhanced eyes to see more of the wall and widened his eyes slightly. Before him was a large carving of an Overlord with dragon speech etched around it and his map was telling him there was a tomb here in addition to this apparent temple. Naruto got Isaribi's attention and they both swam to the surface, "Isaribi-chan, head on back to my team's hotel and tell them that I may be later than I thought. One of my clones in the town can give you the map to where they are, this place is one of my ancestor's areas and it could be dangerous for you." He stated and Isaribi seemed unsure but nodded nonetheless and swam back while Naruto's body pulsed as the items were returned to the tower before he dived back down and swam back to the area with the inscriptions while creating more clones to help illuminate the inscriptions and possibly find the area that led into the tomb.
However, his senses screamed at him to move and he quickly used Chakra like to use the water walking exercise to rocket himself up just in time to dodge the jaws of a hungry shark. Naruto narrowed his eyes as it came back around before he built up chakra in his arm and drew it back while using his water control to wrap it around his fist with his chakra going through it before he slammed his fist into the Shark's nose hearing an audible crunch as he did before it shot away from him. He then winced as his leg apparently got grazed when the shark went by and he frowned as his pants got damaged before they repaired themselves thanks to a seal and his leg stitched itself up with Fiora's chakra. It annoyed him a little that his reflexes weren't fast enough but he was still growing, in more than one manner, and would just have to get better.
Swimming down to the beginning of the text, Naruto began running his hand over it as the information flooded his mind. Apparently, the Corvus were master sailors in addition to builders and were the majority of those that helped build the main shipping lanes between the nations that existed today and even built the main freight ships that served the major countries. They began as simple fishermen before they began expanding to finding new fishing spots and began whaling whales, sharks, narwhals, and anything they could catch which led to them learning new and any tides and water movements and began using that knowledge to help them raid competing fishing and merchant ships that were hunting in their territory. This allowed them to grow and they then began learning to forge and build to give themselves more ways to defend, fight, and protect themselves. Their first weapons were carved fish, whale, and shark bones and they began learning to use wooden ones too before they moved onto stone, wood and stone, iron, steel, and then to modern weapons while refining their techniques as well turning their simple communities into a decently protected village.
Naruto then found the part involving more of the dragons; they actually met a dragon when they stopped at a small island and it came smelling their fresh catch and naturally they were a bit afraid. However, it was actually the clan leader that decided to show respect to the beast instead of attacking it. So, he dragged a Great White Shark they caught and gave it to the dragon while they continued to go over their catch and had fed him each time they went to that island and eventually he became a guardian of their clan and their primary teacher, Paarthurnax. They in turn took in any of his clan/hatchery that they found or that found them and began taking care of them all with their catch and thus began their learning of the dragon tongue and it only continued as Paarthurnax welcomed the clans he was allies with and his mate, Alexstrasza, along with those that they saved from hunting since it was up to both him and the leader of the Corvus clan to decide who was allowed in except by marriage/mating. This trend continued until the dragons, and subsequently the Corvus, began to dwindle down due to hunters and others, though there were a few small resurgences when a Corvus was made Overlord, but that had only saved them for so long.
He then found more that stated that they were actually commissioned by the Second Overlord and ones following him to help build the Smelters, this was after they had already met and befriended the dragons and began learning the dragon tongue, and helped later Overlords in creating the Forge Stones. They had helped later Overlords over the years, but not to any degree beyond what they did for those not of their clan. However, their aid to the Overlords also led to them being hunted more since many wanted the secrets of the items so when the Overlord fell they could use the items or destroy them and there were those who wanted their own version of the items since the Overlords were powerful, but the ones who got all the items were beyond powerful. Naturally, the Corvus refused those wanting the items since having an Overlord as an enemy was worse than angry villages and the few dragons backed them up until they were both hunted down and until very few remained.
As Naruto reached the end of the imprints, he found his new word and felt the power rush into him telling him which way it worked with the word he had already and increased the darkness of the silver in his eyes and hair as well as his teeth becoming sharper almost like a shark's would. However, he felt something else, but he didn't know what it was yet and the book wasn't telling him either.
After he checked to ensure he didn't miss any markings, he and his clones looked for the entrance to the tomb while the last clone went to move the shark to the shore and then harvest it since shark bones could prove useful. After searching for a while, Naruto found the entrance to the tomb in the mouth of the Overlord depicture and swam in before he growled. Why you ask? Well, apparently this Overlord let a large school of sharks into the area as its defense and now Naruto had to get through them to reach the tunnel and door on the other side of the area. Mentally sighing to himself, he made several clones and began building chakra to his legs. The clones all went out and began distracting the sharks while Naruto used his water training to make the water behind his feet hard enough to push off of and, once the path was clear, he launched himself off the water spot he made and rocketed through the area to the other side and opened the door before closing said door once he was through while his clones began popping.
After the door closed, the water drained and Naruto took slow deep thankful breaths since the drawback of Breath Control was that your lungs craved Oxygen once you were able to provide it, which was why he sat down and enjoyed the air while mentally being happy since it helped with Chakra control by doing it though he wasn't sure he wanted to test that jutsu to its extreme since he spent a good 20+ minutes underwater using that jutsu and his lungs were already shouting praises to the gods for air! Although, he was VERY glad that whatever seal array was in the tomb in the Hokage Monument wasn't here or he probably would have drowned the minute he was inside the tomb!
After spending five minutes just feeding his lungs, Naruto stood and followed the path to either the next section or the tomb and idly noticed pictures carved into the walls showing various people hunting and whaling and guessed that this was one of the few Corvus Overlords that did have a tomb and this made him idly wonder if the tomb and outside was actually above the water at some point before it was sunk beneath the tides, which would mean the shark room was probably another no chakra room which also meant that his ancestors managed to confine it to the actual walls and floor instead of just a space or at the very least the water was at a lower level.
Shaking those thoughts, he found that the next room was behind another doorway and he braced himself before he looked and found a switch hidden amongst the artwork and activated it causing the door to open. Once it did, Naruto found that the room was the end of the tomb and then mentally decided that his ancestor's tomb really was meant to be underwater and they decided surviving through the depth, time, and then the sharks was enough of a challenge since most rebreathers didn't last above 10 minutes of continuous use without being refilled by being in the open air.
Walking in, Naruto took in the room and found it was bone dry so the door kept all the water out, which he was thankful for, and began moving forward to see the sarcophagus at the foot of a large statue of an Overlord holding a spear above his head in a pose of victory. Approaching the two items, his expectations were met as, once he got close to the Sarcophagus, the statue glowed before lightning struck him and power filled Naruto again before he dropped to the ground as his book came up again Second Temple Found: +10 to Elemental affinities and Ninjutsu
He read and nodded to himself as he stood again and opened the sarcophagus and took the stone tablet before taking a dagger and small cerulean gem that was inside as well. The gem glowed along with his gauntlet before it floated in the air and shrunk in size before it placed itself in the gauntlet once a small metal plate retracted revealing 10 small slots that surrounded the Overlord Heart in a ring and the gem placed itself in the slot towards his fingers. As it did, Naruto felt magical power flood him, "Overlord Gem acquired. Gem of Magic returned: Magical output increased while the drain is decreased allowing the Overlord to use more magic at an increased level of power." The Overlord heart stated as it absorbed the power into itself while locking the gem into place with the metal plate covering it and the gem.
Naruto nodded before examining the dagger: It was a pure silver recurved dagger with a D handguard and had the form of a dragon for the handle area with black veins going through it. The blade was easily 6 inches long and it swooped like a Sultan's Dagger with the back being serrated and the blade was coming out of a dragon's mouth the was the top of the handle; the handle was black leather wrapped with red vein like designs going through it; the handguard was in the form of dragon wings with spikes coming out of the D handguard that also fit to his hand like a pair of spiked knuckles attached to the handle; the pommel was a dragon claw holding a blood red sphered jewel that had a black swirl within it; and the blade had dragon speech, seals, and glyphs engraved into the blade in a way Naruto didn't know, but suspected that was how the game wanted it… at least for now.
Putting the dagger into his belt, Naruto closed the Sarcophagus and paid his respects before sealing the stone in a scroll. Once that was done, he turned to a section of the wall that opened and went inside it just before it closed behind him. A moment later, the room behind the wall illuminated with torches showing Naruto the treasures held within: a large pile of gold, 2 weapon molds, 2 spell catalysts, 5 wrapped items that he assumed were paintings based on the shape of the items, a suit of armor, and a throne. Naruto moved to the treasure and it flew into the Overlord Heart to be sent to the treasury before he sealed the weapon molds, paintings, and catalysts and went to the armor.
The armor was black hide of some kind with red vein like designs going through it and had silver studs throughout it with the knees, elbows, and knuckles for the left hand being more pronounced. The top was a chest piece that covered his right shoulder and torso with a cowl being attached to the top part to cover his head and there was an eagle design on the cowl while the chest had a dragon on it in red; the left shoulder had a pauldron in the form of a tiger's head; the leggings were studded hide with some flaps around it to add extra padding and potentially distract the enemy; the boots were studded as well with them reaching his mid-calf and had realistic flame designs along the souls and lower part of the boots; and lastly there was a hide jacket to go over the ensemble to both add more padding and to cover the armor if needed and reached his knees while the back had a growling tiger designed on it. The interconnections of the armor, meaning where there was no armor but kept the armor connected to the stand as a whole, appeared to be a fabric of some kind and his eye told him that it was better than his current attire but he didn't think it would beat the armor he would eventually wear with his Helm of the Emperor.
He carefully sealed the armor away along with the stand before he went to the throne and examined it and found the throne was obviously made for a ruler of some kind as it was ornate and well designed. The throne was made of pure white marble with jet melded throughout it giving the appearance of the jet slowly corrupting the marble through its entirety; the seat was covered in a red cloth and so was the backrest where one would put their… well back; the upper part of the back resembled a sword point with the red cloth being a fuller along the blade with the edges showing a serration design that were completely black; the arm rests were designed in the form of dragon heads with glowing silver eyes and crimson jewels in their mouths that held silver swirls within them; and the back of the throne, the actual back as in behind the throne, was an ornate seal, glyph, and dragon speech array created by the jet flowing through it.
All in all, it looked regal yet showed the person to use it was not to be trifled with, which suited him perfectly. Naruto sealed the throne away and began going over the room to ensure that the place was cleaned out of everything useful before a hatch opened showing a pool of water and Naruto sighed to himself before he used Breath Control again and got in before closing the hatch and dived down and began swimming out.
Naruto reached the end of the tunnel he was swimming through and pushed a small switch that was in the wall making the wall in front of him open and he swam out before swimming upwards taking in the air as he surfaced and found he was behind the rock outcropping Isaribi showed him by a good distance. Shaking his head slightly, he channeled chakra to his body and got on top of the water before he went back to the shore where he saw the minions had done a good job of clearing the town out as the crane was already gone and a good chunk of the buildings were broken down for the supplies and such.
As Naruto reached the shore and used his seals to dry himself, he walked up to a group of Greys and unsealed his items from the tomb, "Take these back to the tower and put them in their proper place." He ordered and they nodded before he unsealed the armor and stripped down before putting the new armor on and found it fit him perfectly and placed his mask back on and pulled the cowl up, while idly noting the cloth was silk and he assumed it was spider silk since it felt light yet durable, before he put his headband around his arm. Nodding to himself, he placed his old attire on the rack and sent it back to the tower before he took off back to his team and noted it was getting towards the late day.
As he jumped through the trees, he idly noticed that his scouting clones had all dispersed and he had been too preoccupied to notice it and he idly thought to check the map when he got back to the hotel, which only took him about five minutes to reach and he entered the room after showing his headband to a suspicious Kakashi, "Sorry I'm later than I said I was, but there was some items I needed to collect and two areas to explore." Naruto stated after he removed his mask as the others nodded and Bronx climbed up and got into one of his coat pockets where he promptly curled up and napped making Naruto chuckle at him.
Naruto then spread the map out showing a very detailed version of a map of Water Country and Naruto put his index finger at a clearing in the forest that was a decent distance from Kiri, "The rebels are here and they're led by a woman named Mei Terumi and they're currently in a stalemate with the Mizukage in terms of the war and I don't think they'll mind getting some extra help." Naruto stated and they nodded before deciding to pack up and everything to head for the camp while Naruto had Isaribi come with them and would send her to Whirlpool later if she wanted or she could go to Konoha with them.
Two hours later
The group continued to jump through the trees heading for the clearing while Naruto could sense the growing number of chakra signatures and knew they were getting closer, though they did have to stop a moment as he gained a bit of power from some of the items he returned to the tower but he had no idea which ones since the Heart was being silent about it. His thoughts were confirmed when they all dodged a hail of kunai and landed on the ground with Bronx coming out and growing to his full size and growling. They stood back to back as shinobi surrounded them, "What business do Konoha Shinobi have here?!" One of them, an older man with a patch over his right eye, demanded and Kakashi stepped forward slightly.
"We were sent by our Kage to offer aid in the war against the Mizukage and we will discuss the details with your leader." Kakashi stated surprising the ninja while a few were weary of Bronx and Kakashi couldn't blame them.
The leader of the ninja frowned but nodded nonetheless, "Very well, but try anything and we will not hesitate to kill you." He warned and they nodded before they followed him into the camp and to the main tent with Bronx staying his full size to discourage anyone who would try to attack them.
As they entered the main tent, they saw a beautiful redhead in a blue gown looking over a map with some older men that showed they had experience. They turned as Naruto and his team entered raising eyebrows at them especially when they saw Bronx and the man from before walked up, "Mei-sama, these Konoha shinobi claim they were sent by their Kage to aid us against the Mizukage." The man stated as Mei raised an eyebrow even higher even though she could sense the masked hooded one had quite a bit of power to him.
"Really? While I do like that they sent two Jonin level shinobi, and Sharingan Kakashi at that, I do not see why three Genin were sent and what appears to be a civilian girl." She stated and was then intrigued by Naruto chuckling lightly.
"Miss, I am no mere Genin and neither are my companions. Sai here was born and bred to be a soldier since the time he could walk; Yakumo here has the best Genjutsu ever seen that even the Uchiha are envious; and both have been put through the ringer in term of training by the two people beside me. The girl beside me is skilled in her own way, but she was not sent for a mission here as she is merely joining me for reasons that do not need to be stated." He stated with his eyes being the only part seen besides the lower part of his mask in the shadow of his hood.
"And what about you?" She asked with a curious smirk and Naruto chuckled again.
"Me? I'm the Overlord and Jinchuriki of the Kyubi, Naruto Uzumaki Corvus Namikaze." Naruto stated as his attire was replaced by a large silver plated armor, his Helm of the Emperor was on his head, and his Zweihander was in his hand point down while his eyes and gauntlet glowed shocking them all especially since his blue eyes turned crimson while they glowed.
"Im-impossible. The Overlord Lines were shattered and Konoha has no Jinchuriki." Mei stated as this man could take them on and possibly win depending on the power he held and her fears were not alleviated as Naruto grinned showing his sharpened teeth.
"They were merely cracked, but now I'm here and I've been a Jinchuriki since my father died stopping it. Now, we can continue to go back and forth with me getting annoyed at you basically calling me a liar, or we can begin to discuss things since Kakashi-sensei has his array of jutsu, Sai has his large pack of animal constructs, Anko-sensei has her Snake Summons, Yakumo has her mass Genjutsu, and I technically have an army ready to fight and can help you win in exchange for a treaty with Konoha and Whirlpool as well as trade and such be set up." He stated getting shocked reactions from everyone, counting his team, and he chuckled, "I have my minions, I have my magical constructs, and I can create and army of Shadow Clones without getting winded, so what say you? Our aid in exchange for alliance and trade?"
He asked and Mei nodded quickly knowing the trade was more than fair and it could only grow to keep the other villages away if she could claim the Overlord and Konoha were backing them up and Naruto smiled behind his helm, "Excellent, now, let's talk war." Naruto stated with a grin while his team knew that Naruto was going to be great and he was still growing into his powers. They could only imagine what his wrath would look like one day… and be glad it would never come down on them.
Done!
I know a lot of you were hoping for the fight for Kiri, but I got a lot of requests via PMs for information on the Corvus clan so I figured I would oblige since Naruto was going to find those items anyway.
Okay, for your Skyrim people, I am treating the Thu'um as any other language in that it differs on the area it is spoken in and who is speaking it. As an example, a phrase in Spanish spoken in Mexico doesn't necessarily mean the same thing in Spain since they structure words, phrases, and sentences differently; a sentence in French spoken in Paris may not mean the same if it was spoken in Canada, Belgium or parts of Africa. Each word, phrase, sentence structure, and syllable is different depending on the area it is spoken in. Now, are all words that way? No, but the structure and such of sentences usually is, so why would it be different for dragons? Also just a heads up there will be some custom shouts later on.
Also, the temples give rewards depending on the temple themselves not on how many temples Naruto has found so far.
Next, I have taken up a challenge from another author that is a dark/cunning Naruto that absorbs Orochimaru, like Sasuke did during Shippuden, when Naruto gets between said Sanin and Sasuke in the Forest of Death and gains all of his knowledge, powers, and skills and decides to use it to his advantage. I feel like writing it soon, so if you're interested then be on the lookout for it when I decide to post.
Well, that's all, please review even if you're reading this in the future when there are other chapters since it's always nice to get opinions… so long as they are not flames anyway.
