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Forest in Fire Country
Naruto was walking through the forests still in the Land of Fire. It had been one month since he had left Konoha and he already viewed it as an improvement. As he moved through the woods, he heard the sound of metal clashing. Sneaking towards the sound, he peeked from behind a tree and watched as a group of bandits were attacking a blue haired woman all at once. As they attacked, she struck them down with her sword which was a long, thin, silver blade with a golden hand guard. Moving quickly from opponent to opponent, she ended it by spinning quickly with her sword slicing anyone who came near her. Naruto watched in awe at her skill
After the last bandit had fallen, she looked around and then fell to a knee panting. As she regained her breath, she looked up and towards the tree that Naruto was hiding behind. She sighed as Naruto quickly stopped peeking and hid behind the tree.
With his eyes closed, he kept quietly chanting "Please have not seen me. Please have not seen me." "You know, if you want to hide better, it might be best not to talk out loud" the blue haired sword wielder suggested interrupting his chant.
Opening his eyes, Naruto got a better look at the woman. She was about six feet tall, slim, and had long blue hair that reached past her shoulders but was tied in a single braid. A grey skin tight jumpsuit covered her. She looked to be about twenty. Her sword sat in its sheathe on her hip. Finally he looked into her eyes. He was shocked that he saw a warmth and kindness being directed towards him as it was a new experience. He was silent as she smiled at him.
"So kid, what are you doing out here?" she asked softly.
"Um, nothing really, I was just walking that's all" Naruto replied quickly which made the woman roll her eyes.
"You know kid, you are a very bad liar but I guess I'll let it slide for now. So tell me kid what's your name?" she asked.
Naruto pouted a little at being called a liar but responded to her question sensing no malice from her. "My name is Naruto".
The bluenette giggled at his pout. "Well Naruto, I'm Sera nice to meet you" she said holding out her hand. Naruto took it shaking the whole time. Sera noticed this and decided to clarify everything. "Look Naruto, what you just saw, you don't have to worry about me doing that to you. That" she said pointing to the many bodies that lay behind her, "was self defense." Naruto nodded quickly. Though he was shaken up from seeing his first massacre, he still was in awe at her skill. As she started walking away, an idea came to mind.
"Teach me" Naruto yelled out which made Sera stop in her tracks. Looking at the ground she was silent for a whole minute before turning around to answer him.
"Why?" she asked looking into his eyes to determine if his answer would be truthful or a lie to appease her.
Naruto looked at her and replied with a fire in his eyes. "I want to be acknowledged, respected, and appreciated. I want to show everyone that I am worth looking at" he answered no longer just answering her but himself as well.
Sera crossed her arms in thought and picked up on what he said in his speech. "What about your parents, family, friends, home?" she asked interested in his answer.
Naruto clenched his fist but his gaze never wavered. "I have no one that I can call a friend and my village and "family" refuse to even act like I exist. The way I see it I have nothing to lose and everything to gain" he said with a smirk.
Sera looked at him for a long moment before laughing loudly. "Kid I will admit that you've got guts to see someone kill a bunch of guys and then ask to join them" she responded with a smile. "Alright kid, come on."
Naruto smiled his first genuine smile in a long time and rushed over to the woman.
Time Skip 1 Year
Forest in Fire Country
"You're putting to much force into it and it's making you to slow" chastised Sera as she fought blade to blade with her apprentice Naruto. "Yeah I know, I guess I'm just excited for tonight" he said with a smile before blocking a slash from his blue haired teacher and jumping away from her. Sera rolled her eyes at his remark. "I know but for now you need to focus because I could have been done killing you by now. You're better than this so show me" she yelled hoping it got through to her student who had quickly become like a brother to her.
"Fine then" he yelled back before gathering his katana in a reverse grip smirking. Sera pulled her sword near her face with a smirk as well as the two prepared for a swordsman's end. Faster than one could see, the two appeared on the opposite side of each other not facing each other. Both held their stances until Naruto fell to his knees with a slash across his bare chest. Sera smiled before she unexpectedly fell with a weaker slash across her stomach that tore through her jumpsuit.
"Aw dammit not again" Sera shouted before going over to check her shirtless apprentice who was catching his breath. Walking behind his kneeling form, she put her sword to his neck and whispered "I win".
Time Skip Midnight
"Well, looks like it's about time" Sera announced to Naruto who was practically jumping up and down in excitement. Over the past year the boy had grown. Now the eleven year old stood at 5 feet tall and was as muscular as an eleven year old could be. He had learned a lot from Sera who was just one in a line of legendary swordsmen. She was the tenth swordsman and her title was the "Aqua Knight" as her sword and herself grew more powerful in the water. When it came to sword skills, no one was near as good as one who received their title the way Sera did. This line of swordsmen were always the best and soon Naruto would join as the eleventh swordsman. Throughout the training, Naruto learned every special technique of each of the previous swordsmen in their unnamed group from Sera as she had learned from the ninth swordsman. It took him very little time to learn all she knew which reinforced Sera's multiple conclusions that the boy was special. She taught him chakra control sensing, and usage but did not teach him jutsu. Sera sighed and looked at Naruto who was staring at the sky. Tonight he would receive his individual sword which would make him almost unbeatable in swordsmanship.
When the clouds moved and the moon shined bright, Naruto felt something in him telling him to reach out. When he did, he watched as a flash blinded Naruto from seeing his outstretched hand. When the light died down, Naruto was holding his sword. His real sword.
The blade itself was huge. It was about five feet in length and half as thick as Naruto's body. The blade was curved in a way that heavily resembled a crescent moon. The color of the blade was black with the sharp side of the blade a shining silver. The handle was pure gold with a crescent moon in the center.
As Naruto admired it, Sera decided to speak up. "So you've attained your title. Naruto you now hold the title "The Lunar Soldier" as it has been made evident by you're blade" Sera said seriously as Naruto paid close attention to her.
"Now you are probably wondering how you are holding something like that so easily" she said smiling when he nodded yes. "That is your sword and will be answer to you and you only. It has perfect balance and you will be able to lift it in any way because it answers to you. Now unlike my sword, your sword is a defensive sword as you can see by the shape and size" she explained. "I understand master" Naruto said as he kneeled which shocked Sera since she had never been called master, just "teacher" or "sis". Smiling she told him to get up and follow her.
As Naruto rose with his sword still in hand, he remembered what Sera had told him about this moment and about summoning his sword. Smiling, he flicked his sword up into the sky and it vanished waiting to appear when it was called upon again. He followed Sera to a nearby lake. Sera looked at him with proud eyes. "I knew you were special from the day I met you Naruto. In this past year I've watched you grow and have taught you everything I know. Now there is one thing left for me to give you" she said smiling and cut the right sleeve off of her jumpsuit revealing a tattoo of a dragon wrapped around her arm.
Naruto watched as Sera bit her left thumb and rubbed the blood on the tattoo which glowed and mist covered the ground and water. As the water began thrashing and the ground began shaking, Naruto watched as a giant dragon like serpent rose from the water. The creature was bluish grey with an ocean blue head and piercing yellow eyes.
Sera smiled as she looked upon her summon. The Serpent Lord of the Ocean, Leviathan. He was three times the size of Jiraiya the Sannin's summon Gamabunta and could defeat even the mightiest biju. Of course the serpent had not revealed its full size which would be to much for a lake to handle. The Serpent moved its head down to meet the two.
"Sera, it has been a long time" Leviathan commented as softly as a giant water serpent could.
"Hello old friend, I am sorry for my absence but it's time" she responded with a small smile while Leviathan slowly nodded.
Naruto who was watching in awe of the greatness that was before him, he was brought out of his wonder by Sera. "Naruto, I would like for you to sign the Water Serpent Contract but only if you want to." Sera smiled as she could tell he wanted to jump up in joy but stayed respectful in the presence of the great beast that watched the events that were to unfold. Nodding quickly, she instructed him to apply his blood to her tattoo in order to become a summoner. When he did, the tattoo glowed then disappeared off of her arm. Before Naruto could ask where it went, he felt a searing pain on his right bicep as the tattoo that was formerly on Sera has transferred itself to Naruto's arm. Looking down, he regained his composure at seeing the tattoo on his arm.
"Does this mean that I am a summoner?" he asked expectantly. Sera nodded. Leviathan then saw the need to explain the contract himself so he turned his gaze solely on Naruto who immediately focused on what the Serpent Lord had to say. "The Water Serpent Contract is one that cannot be held on a simple scroll so we form our contract on the summoner's body. We are one of the most powerful creatures in existence so you must summon us accordingly. We do not fight small skirmishes. Our abilities are not limited by water, we can also be summoned on land as well. You may summon us using the standard handsigns for a summon but it will cost you more chakra than most summons. We will only allow one summoner at a time and the only way it can be passed on is willingly by the current summoner. Now child, make the handsigns and summon your personal Serpent."
Naruto nodded and did as asked. Instead of smoke appearing which was normal for summons, mist swarmed into a mini tornado causing Naruto to look away. When he looked back, he was staring at a serpent about half the size of Leviathan but looked almost identical to him.
"Greetings, I am Levios, son of Leviathan, and your personal summon" he said with a grin revealing a mouth full of teeth that could cut through steel like a knife through butter. Naruto liked him immediately.
"Hello Levios, my name is Naruto and I am honored to be able to summon you" he said both respectfully and excitedly to the shocking amusement of the two Serpents who then left in a bed of mist but not before looking up at the clouded sky.
Right when Naruto was about to ask where they went, his senses went on alert and he jumped just in time as Sera missed with her sword.
"Sera what are you doing?" a confused Naruto yelled out.
Sera stood tall. "Naruto, tonight you became the eleventh swordsman, the Lunar Soldier, and the Water Serpent Summoner. In order to complete this, you must kill me in this battle right here right now" she responded as rain started to fall.
Naruto stood there with tears in his eyes as the rain started falling. "NO! You're all I have. Without you, I'm all alone. I won't kill you. I REFUSE!" he shouted letting his tears run.
Sera hated to do this to Naruto, he was so innocent, yet she was going to thrust him into a cruel and unforgiving world with no one. But she would be damned if she didn't give her most precious person the strength to make it in this world. "Naruto you must fight me with everything you have in order to attain your full potential. Once you do, then I will know that you will be safe. I know you don't want to do this and I'm sorry for thrusting you into this but it must be done" she said crying. "NOW FIGHT ME WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE OR I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!" she yelled and ran towards him.
Listening to her reasoning strengthened his resolve and he called his sword. When the blade appeared in his hand he ran towards Sera and the two clashed blades.
Fighting with everything they had, the two slashed at each other as the rain fell harder. While Sera was faster, Naruto had reach and power. As the two fought, Naruto drove Sera away from the water which would have given her a huge advantage and further into the forest. Eventually the two came to a standstill holding their blades against each other but Sera twisted her body to land a strike at his leg forcing him down.
"Well I guess you won't be able to beat me. Shame, guess I'll have to look for someone else" she said frowning disappointingly but the frown was replaced with a small smile at her student's next words.
"Look up teacher" he responded. When Sera looked up, she saw the full moon and knew it was over. The next thing she felt was a mix of pain and pride as she looked down to see Naruto's blade driven into her chest. As she fell, Naruto caught her and laid her down.
Naruto watched as the life left his teacher's eyes. Sera died with a smile but it was little consolation. Naruto didn't fight the tears that came and repeatedly cursed himself and Sera that night. When morning arrived, Naruto left the battle scene with a heavy heart. Sera was given an ocean burial by Naruto and the Water Serpent Leviathan. Now it was time for Naruto to return to Konoha.
Author's Note: I know that its hard to get attached to Sera considering how short of an appearance she makes. I don't know of any anime characters named Sera but if there are I'm not surprised but I didn't base her off anything. There isn't a name for swordsman like Sera and Naruto and Naruto only knows shadow clone jutsu.