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Chapter 3: Return of Hope
THE VERY NEXT DAY
"So, that's what happened?" Spoke Naruto who was sitting up in bed, having few bandages on his body which Irene nods while she sat on a chair next to his bed.
"Yes, after you were brought here you rested for a few days." Her words caused him to place a hand on his chin as he thought about what he went through.
"Where is that golden box the civilians had with them?" When he asked that, Irene showed confusion by his words.
"There was never any object, they were found just outside of the kingdom, no one had something like that. But the real question is, do you remember what happened?" Her words caused his eyes too narrow as he recalled the golden box appearing out of nowhere and the two massive shadows in the sky.
"I saw—" He stoped when they heard yelling.
"HEY, YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE!"
"STOP HIM!"
While they heard that, entering the room in a hurry was Acnol who was breathing hard just as a few guards entered as well but stop seeing the Queen raised a hand just as Acnol saw Naruto laying in bed just as the blonde smiles while raising his right hand.
"Yo!" Hearing that, the kid immediately runs up to Naruto's side as he was about to say something but nothing comes out as he then bows his head with his fists shaking. Seeing this, Naruto stares at the kid who jolts when a hand was placed on his head.
"Tell me, have you thought about what I said?" When he asked that, he received an answer the moment tears start running down his face as if trying with all his Might to quell the burning rage in his heart.
"Seeing this, makes me happy...tho, I don't think I had any right actually to tell what you should think...so instead, I want you to see both sides of the Dragons and make a choice. Whether they are just monsters, or something more..." Hearing that, Acnol just wipes away the tears as he looks up but not at Naruto.
"Fine...I'll...try." He told the older one who smiles all the while Irene herself could this to be a warming moment yet not realizing, the wheels of fate for that young child had changed the directions that very day. In the end, the kid left to meet with his childhood friend while Naruto got out of bed to follow the Queen to a specific room.
"So where are we going?" He questioned the red-head who just smiles as she looks back at him while they were walking through the hallway.
"A sanctuary." Hearing that, Naruto tilts his head just as they stopped at a large pair of doors she opened up, what he saw caused his eyes too wide. It was w massive room that had dragons roaming around it and conversing with humans in a friendly manner. Seeing this, Naruto couldn't help but smile as well as saw Kasai and Yuki speaking to one of the dragons before Kasai sees him and waves.
"Ah, he's finally back!" When Irene said that, Naruto turns around to look at a specific dragon approaching them.
"So your the one that caused that explosion, even now I am in disbelief by what I felt but I can feel the aura deep within you." The dragon told the injured blonde who stares at him just as the red-head spoke with a smile.
"This is Belserion, he's been with my family for a very long time." She told the Ex-Hokage before looking at the dragon with worry.
"You look troubled, judging by your expression...is something amiss?" She asked the oldest of the dragons there who spoke.
"The Dragons of the West are attacking and devouring the humans. Before long, they will surely descend upon our beloved Ishgar as well. It may well already be too late to stop them." His words caused her to look down sadly.
"The mere idea of Dragons eating humans...it's unthinkable." Hearing that, the Dragon could only agree and more as he spoke.
"If it weren't for the Five God Dragons of the northern continent of Giltena, the idea of devouring humans wouldn't have been that impacted in the west. We must not allow more of their ideology to take root in Ishgar. We've come this far walking alongside humans as allies. Yes, humans as well, have been able to advance this far thanks to the Dragons knowledge and power. If it weren't for those "Twelve", this continent would have been no better than the west." He told the woman who continued to speak while Naruto looked around yet zoned in when he heard "those twelve".
"If the reckless behavior of the western Dragons was to traverse the seas and make its way here fully...would the trusting relationship humans and dragons have worked so hard to build here...become broken and tarnished?" Her questioned was silenced by the Dragons words of determination.
"I shall not allow that to happen. I will not solely the wishes the twelve had for our two species. We will protect all humans!" He swore, gaining a smile from the Queen just as they heard Naruto speak.
"Than count me in." When he said that, the two look at Naruto with surprise to see he was smiling.
"As long as I'm here, I'm not just gonna sit by and watch people die." His words gained a smile from the dragon.
"You may have the power, but their are thousands of us out their and you've only taken down five." Hearing that, he couldn't help but show a confident smile.
"Well, in my world I fought something that could easily wipe out entire armies of Dragons with just an attack. So I can handle it." He told the Dragon while Irene just stares at the man who could've just walked away but instead he's getting involved.
(Yet, even with my help...it was obvious that the war was flowing in our enemies direction. Their sheer numbers combined with the small faction of dragons who opposed the coexistence only furthered their side winning.)
FEW MONTHS LATER, WITHIN THE DRAGNOV KINGDOM'S CAPITAL
Currently standing in front of a sadden Irene were a minor injured Naruto and a battered and bruised Belserion who spoke.
"We will lose..." Those very words had caused Irene to look down sadly with Naruto looking away in anger despite the countless battles won, on all other sides they are being pushed back slowly.
"My desire to protest our human friend's has not wavered, even under these circumstances...no matter how many of my compatriots fall in battle...I shall not budge an inch on this." He told the two of them which Irene asked what she needed to hear.
"Why...why would you go so far for we humans...?" As she asked that, the dragon spoke with slight confusion.
"I told you, did I not? Of the story of how my life was saved long ago by the last of them, how he wanted nothing but coexistence before he too left this world... Irene...until I keep you safe from any and all dangers, I can't even imagine my debt to your family being fully repaid. I swear on this life of mine that..." When he said that, Irene suddenly showed determination.
"Belserion... Naruto...let me join you...and fight as well." Her words caused their eyes to widen in surprise as Naruto spoke first before the dragon.
"Wait, what?" As he said that, Belserion than spoke up.
"What nonsense are you sprouting?! Your enemies are not fellow humans, but dragons! Even if you were to fork a massive battalion of humans, their power would pale in comparison to even a lone dragon! The only human here that's even capable of surpassing a dragon is this man!" Yet even with that said, she didn't back down.
"I've come up with an idea...a secrete art of sorts. Your power...the power of a dragon...could you not attach it to me?" When she asked that, the two older ones were taken aback by her very words.
"Bestow a dragon's power...into a human?!" Belserion asked with great shock.
"A power with which I could fight against the evil dragons...the power of a Dragon Slayer!" When they heard that, their eyes widen all the way.
(After that...she was the first to begin the process.)
THE VERY NEXT DAY, IN THE QUEEN'S CHAMBERS
Currently laying in bed was sick and exhausted Irene who had Naruto standing at her bedside.
"I...don't feel well." Irene said with a weak smile, gaining a laugh from Naruto.
"What did you expect, you gotta get used to it first." After all, your the first one to go through this process." He told the woman who closed her eyes.
"You are right, Naruto...would you be my—" She was cut off just as Naruto blinks in confusion on what she was about to say when their attention was drawn towards the door to see a messenger enter in a hurry.
"I'M SORRY FOR MY INTRUSION QUEEN, BUT A PROBLEM HAS ARISEN!" Hearing that, Naruto's eyes widen just like the Queen's at what he said.
"Belserion and many other dragons have been captured by the enemy dragons. They demand Naruto's presence immediately on the island of Caelum, before the next full moon or they will execute them all." His words caused both of their eyes to widen before Naruto starts running towards the door but stops to turn towards Irene.
"Don't finish what you were about to say, we can continue when I get back." With those very words, he hurried out of the room with a serious expression while Irene just laid in bed with her eyes closing.
"Please...be careful." She thought to herself all the while the man she had fallen for heads towards his next battle...yet, the results was something no one expected.
ONE DAY LATER ON CAELUM ISLAND, NIGHT TIME
(So...this is how I ended up like this...)
As those thoughts passed through his mind, Naruto was laying on the ground beaten and in a crater surrounded by destruction while glaring at the many dragons that laid on the ground near him, having been killed off one by one, except for Belserion who laid behind him, unable to do anything due too the injuries he had sustained. Currently, the human and dragon found themselves surrounded by countless dragons, all the while standing at the top of what could be seen as a pillar of earth was a man...that man had shoulder-length hair, two long horns, and a facial tattoo over his right eye. He dons a dark cowl over a long shirt. His accessories include a necklace with three circular ornaments.
"So, your the one from the reports...to think, a human could rise to such a level. Fighting you by myself would prove unwise indeed, but by bringing all of them here...you're no longer a threat." After he spoke, his attention was drawn towards a dragon with crystals on it.
"Water God Dragon Mercuphobia, shall I take care of the trash for you?" He asked the Dragon who simply glances at him.
"Yes Animus, I rather not waste my time as I would like to return ho—...hmmmm." He had stopped to blink in surprise, what he saw was Naruto trying to get up but ends up falling again, gaining laughs from many of the dragons that surrounded him. It was than that Animus spoke up.
"Ahahahah, nothing will change at all human! There is but you, a single human with such power against all of us, one versus an army! Even if by a miracle you were to somehow each make a dent in our numbers here, there are still hundreds of us, no thousands that won't stop until we devour all humankind. Do you think, humankind can even hope to match that of dra—" Animus stops as his eyes widen just as Mercuphobia's barrow at what he was seeing, this caused every dragon to stop laughing as they watch the man starting to stand up, regardless of how wobbly he was, how bloodied he was, and how beaten he was. All the things he's been through, not just back in the Shinobi World but also this new world, the civilians he met, the old and the very young. His thoughts converging on the one thought of Acnol and him sitting next to each other while having a campfire.
"T-This...is nothing...compared to what I went through. In my life, I've learned many things that you dragons will have no hope of ever understanding for how you are now. You see, it's true humans of this world are nothing but weaklings compared to your kind. Yet, even with the short lives we have, we come together both strong and weak and rise even higher than where we were. That's something—" As Naruto said it, he thought about Hinata, Boruto, and Himawari. As all those memories of his family came rushing through his head and his life, he showed absolute determination from everything he's gained from life with flowing tears falling from his eyes from everything he's lost in life.
SAINT SEIYA OMEGA OST: LIKE PEGASUS
"—YOU CAN NEVER SURPASS US IN!" As Naruto screamed those words, his very body was consumed by a massive flame like golden aura that took the shape of a pillar. This very scene caused all the Dragons to freeze as that aura wasn't chakra, nor was it regular magic but something greater, something so bright, so untainted, and so holy that caused Mercuphobia to stare in complete and utter shock.
"It can't be...this magic, I remember it...this feeling is just like back then...no, thats utterly impossible?!" As he spoke this words, Animus could see no Dragon dared to attack as their senses were being overwhelmed except for the God Dragon who spoke to himself and everyone, as if speaking out loud what was on his mind as to make sure what he remembered was true.
"Almost all humans, dragons, and sentient life are born with the Five Senses...yet, above that there is something known as the Sixth Sense, it allows the individual to feel their own magic and that of others. But this isn't that...not to mention he must have magic yet he doe—" Mercuphobia stops cold as he immediately looks up to see high in the sky a golden box that was opening up, being the main cause for the pillar of light.
"Impossible." As he spoke it, he was beyond disbelief at knowing what exactly that box implied as he watched it reveal a golden statue that took the shape of a golden nine-tailed fox just before it exploded with its parts heading directly for Naruto as blinding meteors that caused all the dragons to look away from the sheer light while Mercuphobia had an arm in front of his very eyes at what he was trying to see and that was the pieces of the statue attaching to Naruto's very body, forming golden armor.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" Animus roared as he starts powering up his breath attack until he was hit by a feeling of death that froze the dragon like the others all the while Mercuphobia took a step back.
"That's, the legendary armor...of the Saints but...that color, that means...but...he doesn't have magic nor has he attained—wait, for this to be possible he must need the sixth sense yet he—does he actually have it without having magic?! That can't be, in the end, all those who wear the golden armor must have—" Mercuphobia couldn't finish as beads of sweat fell from his face at the sight of rainbow shockwaves being unleashed. Seeing this, he recalled the words of a human who once beat him
(Above the Sixth Sense, is the Seventh one...it is when the individual can harness the very Cosmos...the origin of Magic itself...the One Magic...)
As he remembered those words, it became very clear that Naruto has already gained the Seven Sense and it was only confirmed by the sight of the light converging on one point, and that point absorbed the golden light until there was a single individual standing at its center, releasing a golden aura. What they all saw, was a battered and beaten Naruto wearing golden armor with nine golden fox tails with his helmet resembling a fox's skull with eyes that could strike fear all the while behind him appeared a constellation, the constellation of Vulpecula just like the very stars that brighten in the sky.
"I-Impossible..." Animus said as all the dragons just stared at Naruto who looks at himself, seeing what he was wearing yet he wasn't shocked but surprised that turns to seriousness before he turns towards the leader, the God Dragon who just stares at the human while Animus begins freaking out.
"The aura, that's the Cosmos, the constellation of Vulpecula! But that's can't be possible, it's not a Zodiac—unless... ARE YOU TELLING ME HE CAUSED THE CONSTELLATION OF VULPECULA TOO EVOLVE INTO A ZODIAC CONSTELLATION, HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!" Animus demands with anger while Belserion just watches as his vision begins to fade.
"I see...so...this world does still need "them"...than, I leave Irene in your hands... Vulpecula Naruto." As he thought this final thought, he consciousness fades away while Naruto's entered a stance while bringing back his right hand just as the Nine-Tailed Fox appears behind him with a roar.
[Newly Made Fourteenth Zodiac Constellation... Gold Saint, Vulpecula Naruto]
From Naruto's right hand appears a crimson orb that creates nine large fox-tail like blades that points around the central core.
"VULPECULA: RASENSHURIKEN!" As he screamed that, he suddenly turned directions as he throws it full force, sending it speeding at Mach speed in one direction before abruptly turning towards many dragons who couldn't get out of the way as they were brutal slashed through, many in half as it makes its way towards Mercuphobia who turns fast just as Animus gets out of the way and raises both of his arms, stopping the attack yet that was when Mercuphobia felt it and ducks just as it expanded into a massive saw in an instant, slashing every dragon that was in range in half, vaporizing anything caught in the attack.
"IMPOSSIBLE, HE CAN'T ACTUALLY HAVE UTILIZED THE COSMOS THIS QUICKLY, WHERE DID HE LEARN THIS?!" Mercuphobia thought, knowing he's at a disadvantage and needs to retreat but that was when he saw the massive spinning saw decrease, due to that technique he couldn't hear anything else but that as well as see form its light and finally, his smell was off because of all the blood. Because of all that, he did see Naruto already above him with his right hand drama back to revel a light-green that was causing a massive whirlwind.
"VULPECULA: RASENGAN!" Naruto screamed as he slams it into his foes chest, sending him spinning full force while consumed by a sphere at the earth before the sphere abruptly expands as it spun, only stopping once it ran out of power to reveal Mercuphobia who's entire body was badly hurt as he was all torn up, due to his guard being down he was hit full on with that attack. Watching as Naruto lands in front of him with a serious expression on his face as he spoke.
OST END
"You give a message back to the other God Dragons, and tell them "This is your one and only warning, the Gold Saint Vulpecula Naruto, will not allow this war to continue." As he spoke those words, he was surprised that he knew what this armor meant despite not knowing what it was before putting it on. While he wondered, his words had hit Mercuphobia hard which he swallows and stood straight.
"I see, so that's why you spared me. So, as an act of kindness for what you did for me despite what I did, I will no longer get involved with Ishgar or the other continents...as well as I will no longer touch any humans I come across...you have my word." With those words, he walks past Naruto with a limp and without even turning he transformed and flew away which Naruto just turns around to watch where he flew off too. Slowly, Naruto turns to look at the Dragon Belserion who was no longer breathing, causing him to make a fist in anger.
"I'm sorry Irene..." As he apologized, he had no idea his involvement had utterly changed the foundations of this very war but instead caused a new war to take its place, it brought about "The First Holy War" the Battle of Humans, Dragons, Saints, Demons, and God's.
FLASHBACK/DREAM END
SAINT SEIYA LOST CANVAS ENDING-HANA NO KUSARI
Slowly a pair of ocean-blue eyes opens up to find them staring at the ceiling of a bedroom which he slowly got out of bed without a word being said to walk over to a window which he proceeds to open the curtains to let light into the room, revealing himself as the same Naruto 400 years ago. He wasn't really wearing anything except that his left arm was completely bandaged up and that many magic seals were placed on it while his right hand appeared to be different despite being bandaged up, his hand had sharp nails that were left outside of the bandages, appearing to be more beast than human.
"Come back to bed, Naruto...we have an hour left." Hearing that, a pair of arms wrap around him followed by a pair of soft skin pressing against his back which he sighs.
"Sorry, I had a dream of the past...plus, I woke up just as sunrise was happening." As he said it, hugging him was a fully nude Irene who was wrapped in blankets as the two overlooked the Empire, his... Alvarez Empire.
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