Hello Everyone! I hope you all are well and kicking.
Sorry for the late update but I was seriously ill and just discharged from the hospital a week ago. I had no access to internet there nor I could write anything in the condition I was in.
Thank you all for your feedbacks in the last chapter. Here is the 3rd chapter of Rikudō Chronicles.I lost the last one and forget what I had in mind for that one. That's why it took so long to update the story as I had to write it completely from the start.Hope you all like it.
Warning: Bad Grammer.
Chapter 3: Revelation and Rescue
In a dimly lit room deep within the heavily armed castle of Dol'Guldor, a single man with black and crimson aura around him could be seen sitting in a large throne with his eyes closed. The powerful and famed bloodline of Bael Clan, The 'Power of Destruction', flowing around him. If anyone from the Bael clan could see him now, they would be amazed at how easily he seemed to control their bloodline with little to no effort on his part.
This man was none other then Zane Bael, first son and true heir to the House of Bael.
Zane Bael was a tall man with pitch black hair that reached middle of his back, deep red eyes that seemed to glow with power and a thick moustache. His body packed some serious muscles, giving him a bulky appearance. The Bael was clad in black and silver armour with a long brown cloak with Bael clan crest on it.
"So..." Red eyes snapped open, a single finger pointed towards the three devils in front of him who shuddered. "...Sirzechs Gremory won another city. He is proving to be more and more of a nuisance with each passing day."
"Yes Lord Bael." One of them stepped up and crouch down on one leg before him. "We were unable to counter the attack from Sirzechs Gremory's battalion. It was like they knew exactly where our troops were stationed around the city." He said with his head held down.
The other two nodded their heads in their Captain's statement.
"I see." Zane muttered, once again closing his eyes. "You have fought and performed remarkably in various battles until now, Kazuma. I think you deserve a reward for that." He smiled gently at the black haired devil.
"Thank you for the praise Lord Bael. To be acknowled-" He didn't even get to finish his sentence as a circular crimson barrier engulfed his form before it flashed red and erased him from existence.
The other two devils looked at the 'Super Devil' with fear in their eyes. Narrowed red orbs glared at the spot where stood the unfortunate devil, just a second ago, almost disdainfully. They didn't even sensed him building up his energy for the attack. It all happened in just a blink of an eye for them. One moment their Captain was kneeling before the ancient devil and the next he was vaporized out of existence.
"Now what to do with you two?" His eyes turned towards the remaining devils and with a snap of his fingers, both found themselves in a similar crimson barrier.
"P-please forgive us, Lord Bael!"
"W-we will never disappoint you again!"
Both devils cried out as they begged him to spare their lives.
"Hn." The Bael scoffed. "I hate weaklings like you. Now begone." And just like that they were erased from existence as well.
"Lord Bael." The raven haired man stared blankly at the grey haired man and his only student kneeling before him.
"What is it, Clarke?" He questioned with a grunt as he masked his aura.
"Lucifage-san is here to see you." He spoke calmly. "She brought a message from Lord Rivan." He informed his teacher.
"I see. Bring her to me." The black haired man stated before closing his eyes once again.
'What that brat wants now?' Thought the 'Super Devil'. He never liked the son of Rizevim Lucifer. The boy was too weak in his opinion to one day rule all the devils.
He scoffed slightly on the mere thought of that brat ordering him around. Like that would ever happen. Maybe he should scare him a little when they meet the next time and show him his true place, which was beneath him. He was brought out of his musings when the large doors of the throne room opened once again and Clarke entered inside with a silver haired beauty following after him.
"Greetings Lord Bael." Grayfia greeted him with a bow.
"Greetings Lucifage-san. You are here to deliver a message, correct?" He asked, looking in her pools of silver.
"Yes Lord Bael. Also Rivan-sama will be here to meet Lady Venelana later today. I am to stay here until he arrives as per his orders." She replied in her montone voice, like usual.
Zane nodded his head. As much as he disliked the brat he could not deny that there were still some uses he got.
One of them was being his pawn to gain more power and influence in the underworld.
It was no secret that Rivan had a huge crush on his granddaughter and desire her greatly. So he just used it in his favor and promised Venelana to him. Both of them were just tools for him to gain more power and influence in the underworld.
"I see. Anything else?" He questioned.
She nodded and reached into her robes before taking out a small scroll and presenting it to him. "This scroll is from Lord Lucifer. He said that you would know what to do with it." She commented as he took the scroll from her hands.
"Indeed." He replied. "Now if that's all you can leave." His eyes turned towards the only other man in the room. "Clarke please take Lucifage-san to Venelana's room."
The grey haired man nodded his head as he gave him a bow and turned towards Grayfia. "Please follow me, Lucifage-san." He spoke before leading her out of the room, leaving the Bael to his thoughts once again.
With Venelana
The flaxen haired woman was not in a good mood as she vehemently tried to summon her 'Power of Destruction', only to fail, just like she had many times since she was brought here. She raised her arms and scowled at the sealing bands around her wrists. They were special type of bands, made from a special and rare stone that was repulsive to any type of magical energy and powered up by some rune magic to make sure the person wearing them could not call upon their magic.
After trying again to overpower the bands for some time, her shoulders dropped in defeat as a soft sigh escaped her lips. She knew there were very low chances of higher-ups inside the New Maou Faction sending anyone to rescue her. After all, no one would want to send their men to their obvious deaths. They would be butchered by her Grandfather, Zane Bael, that is if they somehow managed to get past the 'Devil of Lightning', Clarke.
She was just glad and relieved that Layla was safe. She wouldn't be able to forgive herself if she dragged her friend into this mess. Thankfully, Zane had no interest in Layla or she doubts he would have left her alive when he captured her.
"Lady Venelana." She turned her head to find Clarke along with Grayfia standing in the doorway. "Lucif-"
"What is she doing here, Clarke?" The Bael devil interrupted him a cold look on her face.
Clarke sighed as his shoulders slumped in defeat. He could already feel a headache on its way.
Venelana hates anything even remotely related to Rivan and the silverette besides him hails from a family that serves under the Lucifer House. Seeing her react that way was not surprising but he would have preferred if there was someone else playing the mediator between the two. He really didn't want to do that.
Coughing slightly to catch her attention, he replied. "She is to stay here until Lord Rivan arrives to meet you later today and she also has Lord Zane's permission."
Venelana scowled. "I don't want anyone to babysit me. You can leave now Lucifage-san." She ordered but Grayfia refused to move from her position.
Clarke sighed once again as he turned to leave. "I'm going now. I believe you two can sort things out here without any need of violence." He stated before leaving the room.
Xox
"Are you really ok?"
"Yes."
Layla frowned slightly as she continued to follow her fellow blond through the dense forest surrounding the castle. Naruto was unusually quite and his eyes were missing their usual warmth and mischievous glint inside them. He had not offered more than a few words since last night and while she did not like his blabbering, she would have prefer it instead of this. She did not know what caused this sudden mood change but she wanted to find out.
In the past week she had come to learn a lot about him. He was kind, warm, playful, compassionate and never refuse to help anyone in need. Unfortunately, his hobby was not something she could say she liked much, especially when she was the target of it. She scowled slightly at the memory of her hair dyed pink.
He loved pranking people and enjoys a good prank every now and then.
She once again stared at his back, her golden eyes looking at him with a little bit of concern in them. There was something troubling him but she could not say what and he would not talk about it. It must be something serious if it was effecting him this much. Still it was not her place to pry. She would help him if needed as its the least she could do to repay him for all his help.
But that will come after they rescue her friend. So shaking these thoughts away she continued to follow him, unaware that he was having a inner debate with the tailed beasts he came to call his friends.
Naruto was standing in the middle of all the tailed beasts and was gazing at his first tenant, Kurama, with a serious look on his face. Everyone else was silent, even the slightly insane and bloodthirsty spirit of sand, Shukaku.
The staring contest continued for some more time before Kurama sighed in defeat and spoke.
"Alright brat. What you want to know?" He asked, even though he already knows what was going on inside his friend's mind.
"You know what I want to know, Kurama." Naruto replied calmly, looking at him for answers.
Kurama sighed once again. He had hoped that Naruto would never ask about this but it seems the cat was out of the bag.
Locking his eyes with the teen, he replied. "Two things are needed to dispell/stop the infinite Tsukuyomi. One is Rinnegan and the second is the chakra of all nine tailed beasts." Naruto's eyes widened at the last part.
So even if Sasuke had the Rinnegan, he won't be able to dispel the powerful Genjutsu. He needed him as he had the chakra of all nine beasts inside him. It could still work if at least the tailed beasts were back home but they jumped into the portal after him.
"Then that means..." He trailed off, not having the courage to complete the sentence.
"Yes. Sasuke Uchiha cannot undo the illusion on his own." Kurama said with a grunt.
Naruto looked down as his shoulders slumped in defeat. All this time he was thinking that his friends were free and enjoying the hard won peace back home. But in reality they were still caught in the cursed Genjutsu that Madara had casted.
"Why..." He all but whispered, making everyone look at him. Even the ever lazy Isobu opened his lone eye. "Why didn't anyone told me about this?!" He shouted angrily.
"And what could have you done?" Kurama snarled. "Nothing! You could not have done anything to change that. We don't have the ability to jump dimensions the last time I checked." The blond looked ready to start a fight but Kokuo interjected.
"Calm down you two. You are not little children." She admonished. "Secondly; we all agree with Kurama here. You would've thrown your life away if we told you that, Naruto-kun." She added softly.
"You should have told me sooner. I could try to devise a seal t-" Matatabi cut him off.
"We were planning to tell you this once we thought you are at least proficient in the Fuinjutsū."
'And why is that?' He asked curiosly.
"As you know Fuinjutsū is very useful yet dangerous art. One little mistake could be fatal and on top of that Space-time seals are even more dangerous to practice let alone master. We would have informed you once you attain some mastery over the art but that nightmare last night only sped things up." Gyukki responded this time.
"We were just worried that you may hurt yourself if you try to tamper with things you had no knowledge about, Naruto-kun." Saiken said in a somber tone, feeling bad that she had to hide this from him.
Naruto's eyes softened as he patted one of her tails.
'I need some time to think about all this.' He said and vanished from his mindscape.
When he left, Son turned to face Kurama, who had his eyes closed and head resting on his arms.
"When are you going to tell him about the other thing?" Son Goku asked curiosly but only got silence in return.
Kurama frowned inwardly. As much as it pains him to say this. This world was far better for someone like Naruto now. If he ever find a way back home, he will be left all alone in the long run and only feel pain in the end.
Xox
"Do you need anything else for lunch, my lady?" A maid asked after placing the food on the table.
Venelana sighed before shaking her head. "No. I think it will be enough." She replied.
The maid nodded her head and gave her a bow. "I will be back to collect the dishes shortly. Enjoy your lunch." She said and turned to leave when Grayfia struck her neck, instantly knocking her out.
The two guards stationed at the door instantly move to apprehend the silverette.
"What do you think you are doing?!" One of them yelled, drawing his sword with the second following after him.
Both raised their swords to strike but found themselves freeze in a block of ice.
Venelana who was watching all this finally spoke. "Explain your actions, Lucifage-san." She demanded calmly.
Grayfia turned towards her and replied. "I don't have time to explain. Please come with me." She said but Venelana shook her head.
"I am not going anywhere with you." She refused.
"Please trust me Venelana-san. I am here to help you." Grayfia stated but had no effect on the Bael devil.
"Do you take me for a fool?" The flexen haired woman asked before continuing. "I will never trust anyone related to Lucifer and certainly not his lapdog?" She scoffed at the end causing Grayfia to sigh.
"I know but please trust me. I only came here to help you escape the castle." She repeated once again.
"And what will you get out of it?" Venelana asked curiosly, still not believing her.
"Trust of the rebellion." She responded in a heartbeat prompting Venelana to raise a brow. "I can see another war will be the end of our race and that is not something I want to see if I can help it. I have helped the rebellion once already but I know it won't be enough so I chose to help you and gain their trust." She responded in her ever monotonous voice.
Venelana observed her face for a second, searching for any lies but found none. The Lucifage asked for her permission to examine the sealing bands on her wrist which she gave after a moment as the silver haired woman proceeded to take a closer look on them.
After observing the bands for a couple of minutes she spoke. "The runes used in the array are very complex and could be lethal if we tampered with them. I propose that we left them alone for now and let someone with extensive knowledge in the art take a look at them once we escape from the castle." Venelana nodded her head in agreement. Runes and sealing magic was a very complex art in which a small mistake could end your life.
"Lucifage-san, what did you mean by you helped rebellion once already?" She wanted to know this.
Grayfia opened her mouth to reply but another voice beat her to it.
"Oh by leaking the information related to Loyalists forces formation and numbers in and out of the city of Dunedin to my precious great grandson." Both set of eyes widened recognizing the voice.
"Isn't that right, Grayfia Lucifage?" Asked one Zane Bael standing in the doorway along with Clarke.
'How did he find out about that?' Were the thoughts running through the silverette's head. She had made sure not to leave any clues behind.
"I can see you are grinding your brain to find just how in the world I came to know that." Zane stopped here and took out the scroll from earlier, that she had given him.
'The scroll...' She should have known. She should have checked the scroll herself but she didn't and that is proving to be a very costly mistake.
Thinking quickly she summoned spears made of ice and shot them at the duo. A blue barrier sprang to life and blocked the spears but on impact a small explosion occurred filling the room with dust and smoke. When it cleared, there was no sign of the two women.
Clarke was going to send some guards to search for them but stopped when Zane begans to laugh hysterically.
"Should I send guards after them, Lord Bael?" He asked, waiting for his orders.
Said devil smirked. "Sending guards after them will only be a mistake. That woman is more then capable of dealing with such weaklings." His eyes moved towards his apprentice.
"You want me to capture them then?"
"Only Venelana." Zane said as his eyes narrowed and glowed red for a second.
Clarke nodded his head, understanding his silent order, and left in a burst of speed.
Xox
"So where were you these past two years? If you don't mind me asking." Layla asked, trying to start a conversation with him.
She would admit that she wasn't good at starting a normal conversation with the people she did not know, outside of buisness that is.
Naruto gave her a sideway glance. She was going out of her way to talk to him since today's morning.
"Training." He responded calmly.
"Where?"
"Familiar Forest."
"With whom?"
"Alone."
Layla was going to ask more but he raised his hand, stopping her before turning to face her fully.
"Look, I know you are worried but don't be. You don't have to go out of your way to make me feel better. I just remembered something from my past and need some time to process my thoughts." He told her softly.
"Can I help in anyway?" She asked.
"I don't think so." His feet came to a halt, hearing an explosion near the wall of the castle.
"It's Venelana! Her signature is weak but she is there." Layla said loudly, having recognized one of the many signatures there.
"Let's get going!"
Xox
"Please come with me, Venelana-sama. I don't want to use force against you." The grey haired man stated while turning away from the silver haired woman.
Venelana eyed Grayfia who was panting on the ground while clutching the deep stab wound on her stomach, trying vainly to stop anymore blood loss than it already had. The woman was on her last legs as she had already lost a significant amount of her blood and sustain many other small injuries in her fight against Clarke. It was not very hard to see that it was through sheer willpower that she had not passed out yet. She wanted to help her but with her magic out of her reach, she won't be able to even scratch their opponent. She didn't want anyone to die for her anymore. She had enough of that when Zane butchered her subordinates in front of her and she couldn't do anything but watch helplessly.
"Alright Clarke. I will come with you." She spoke after a moment, prompting him to release a sigh of relief. "But you will let her go after getting someone to heal her." She added causing him to frown.
"I cannot do that. Lord Bael has ordered me to kill her for betraying the Loyalists. I cannot defy him."
"Then forget about me coming back with you."
"Then I am afraid you leave me no other option but to use force against you." He vanished and appeared behind her in a burst of speed.
He attempted to knock her out but she sensed him and blocked his hand. Before he could attempt again a foot connected to the side of his face with enough force to send him flying into the forest. His uncontrolled flight destroyed many trees in its path before coming to a halt.
"Looks like we made it in time." Naruto said loudly, eyeing the grey haired man.
It didn't take Venelana long to recognize him, after all not everyone got whisker-like marks on their cheeks but before she could respond to his presence here, she found herself in a tight hug.
"Venelana! I'm glad you are not harmed." Layla said with a relieved smile.
Naruto smiled at the two before he looked at the unconscious silver haired woman lying on the ground. He also noticed the puddle of blood beneath her but before he could do anything to help her out, he was forced to jump to the side to avoid being impaled by the spear of lightning.
"Layla Phenex and whoever you are. You made a big mistake by venturing this far into Lord Bael's territory." Clarke said as he walked out of the dust with a scowl on his face.
Layla broke the hug and turned to look at him with narrowed eyes. She had nothing against him, if anything she held him in high regard because of the certain deeds he did. He was a good man with a sense of morality. She had no doubt he would've joined their side if not for his undying loyalty towards Zane Bael.
"We came here for Venelana and will not leave without her." She said, both staring into each other's eyes.
"I see." Clarke said before releasing a little bit of his killing intent. "Then you will be taken as a prisoner too but first I should deal with that traitor."
A grey magic circle appeared on his side before he started to shoot needles made of lightning towards Grayfia, who was unable to defend herself. The needles on impact cause multiple explosions, filling the area with smoke and dust.
When the area cleared everyone find the silverette inside a golden barrier made by glowing golden chains with spikes. They also noticed Naruto kneeling beside her with his hands on her stomach. Only Layla being an excellent sensor could tell that he was healing her as Grayfia's signature was becoming more and more stable.
Clarke frowned at the unknown blond and shot a small beam of lightning at him this but it did not even cause a scratch on the barrier. Admitting that it was useless to attack him as long as the barrier stands, he turned his attention back to the two women.
"Attacking him is useless for now. So in the meantime, I shall take you down." He said before vanishing in a burst of speed.
Layla quickly jumped back, also pulling Vanelana with her from the back of her dress, just in time to avoid being electrocuted by Clarke's attack. Golden wings made of hot flames burst from her back as two small balls appeared on either side of her body. Sensing her opponent for a brief second on her radar she swiped her hand sending a wave of flames at the location. Clarke appeared on the spot and seeing the attack coming towards him jumped out of the way. However two large fireballs sped towards him forcing him to summon a spear of lightning and deflect them.
'As long as I keep him at distance I would be fine.' She thought.
Venelana knew what her friend was trying to do. Layla specializes in mid-long range combat where she use her flames as both defensive and offensive. Whereas, Clarke specializes in close range combat due to his insane speed and lightning element. So it was only logical to try and keep him from coming too close. Still, she doubts that without her sensing abillities, Layla could fight him this effectively.
'It seems I have no other choice. I need to end this quickly.' Clarke thought in his mind before stopping at a safe distance from his opponent.
Layla was going to chase after him when an oppressive aura filled the area.
Clarke clenched his teeth together as his skin turned slightly red and the white in his eyes changed completely into black. Two black vertical lines appeared under his eyes before he raised his hand and red lightning covered it which he willed into a shape of large sword.
Giving one quick glance to Layla his form flickered out of existence and the next second said devil find the air leaving her lungs before she was sent flying back to the ground. Her body making a large crater on impact.
She groaned as she tried to get herself out of the crater, that kick sure packed some power behind it. However, before she could pull herself out of the crater a foot on her chest forced her back in it.
"Pathetic." Clarke said helding his sword just above her head, ready to end her life.
However, his eyes widened as the chains from before burst from the ground and not only blocked his blade but also tried to attack him, which he avoided by flipping backwards.
His eyes immediately turned towards the unknown blond who was now standing near Layla with Grayfia in his arms. Blue eyes met grey and the devil could swore that he saw his eyes flashed crimson for a second before returning back to normal.
"Layla-chan take her and Venelana-chan out of here. I will stay back and provide you cover." Naruto said seriously, placing Grayfia down.
Layla would have reprimanded him for calling her name with such familiarity but now was not the time for that. Getting up he picked up Grayfia and give him a nod.
"Don't die." She said and moved towards Venelana who spoke.
"We're not leaving. We can hel-"
"Yes we are." Layla interrupted her. "Your magic is sealed at the moment, Lucifage is out cold and I cannot sense him in time to provide any help. We will be nothing but a burden for Naruto-san if we stay here. He cannot fight and protect us at the same time." She finished.
Naruto nodded his head. While he could protect and fight that devil at the same time, thanks to his shadow clones, he was not willing to risk it.
"Don't die, Naruto/Naruto-san." Venelana and Layla said at the same time, the later repeating her words, before glancing at each other and leaving the area.
Naruto sweat dropped at this. Really? That was the only thing they had to say?
"If you are done shall we start, boy?" Clarke mocked making his eye twitch at the 'boy' part.
Naruto settled into his stance. "Why didn't you try to stop them?" The blond asked curiosly.
"I can catch them easily after finishing with you." He responded before firing multiple bullet-shaped projectiles at him.
Naruto dodged them easily but that didn't worried Clarke. They were meant to be distractions. The shinobi performed a back flip to avoid the hand that came out of the smoke and tried to grab his head. As soon as his feet landed on the ground he ducked to avoid being cut in two by Clarke's blade. The devil then attempted to kick him in the face, which he blocked but Clarke smirked.
"Byakurai."
A beam of lightning shot off from the foot connected with Naruto's arm, blasting him away.
The blond winced before flipping in the air to land on a tree and used it to propell himself towards his opponent who met him halfway. The wind chakra enhanced kunai held the devil's sword back. The two struggled for dominance for some time before pushing each other back before clashing once again in the middle.
The two soon engaged in a fierce combat, becoming nothing but blurs to the untrained eye.
Even though Naruto was faring well and managing to hold his own against him. It was clear that the grey haired man held the upper hand in battle. He was fast and held more strength than the blond in his strikes. He was pushing him on the back foot with each passing second.
Finally Clarke saw an opening in his stance and made full use of it by kicking him in the face sending him flying into the air with one powerful condensed beam of lightning after him.
The beam hit the blond dead center in his chest and cause a large explosion in the sky.
Clarke looked at the large explosion with a blank look on his face and feel the wind produced by the shockwaves of his brush against his face.
Just when he decided to take off and left the area to search for others he heard a voice behind him, shocking him slightly.
"Wind Style: Dissipating Sharp Wind."
He didn't have to wait long before he was slammed into the nearby boulder by the powerful gust of wind. It was powerful enough to give him cuts on his back and rip his clothes in the process.
He frowned seeing Naruto walk out from behind a tree, wiping the blood leaking from his mouth with a smirk on his face.
"Did you really think that childish beam of yours would be enough to kill me?"
Naruto was trying to mock the devil but only got a scoff in return.
"You don't even know how to anger your opponents. You really are a brat." Clarke said.
Naruto ignored him however as his body became completely still. He would not underestimate him the second time. The beam from earlier could have injured him greatly if he hadn't substituted himself with a log on the last second. Clarke was going to attack him but stopped seeing orange pigmentation around his eyes and his eyes turned from blue to yellow with toad-like irides.
'Sennin Mōdo.' Naruto thought in his mind.
The thing that troubled Clarke the most was that he seemed to have disappeared from his senses. Whereas he could sense his faint spiritual energy before, now it was like as if he was not even present there despite being standing right in front of him. He had never seen a technique like this before.
He was forced to came out of his thoughts when the blond leapt towards him, the ground cracking underneath his feet from the force behind the take off.
'He's faster than before.' He noted while moving his head back to avoid the punch aimed at his face.
Crunch!
His eyes widened in surprise as invisible force slammed into the side of his face with enough force to crack his cheek bones. He had never been punched this hard before.
Naruto looked on with a satisfied smirk as Clarke sailed through their small battlefield.
'Time to end this!' He thought and in a burst of speed appeared under the man and kicked him into the air.
Poof
Poof
Poof
Three Clones appeared and continued to kick him high and high into the air before finally the real one appeared above him and delivered a bone crushing heel drop. Clarke was sent rocketing towards the ground.
"Tch..." The devil growled as he pulled himself out of the crater and looked up to find his opponent flying towards him.
"I AM DONE PLAYING WITH YOU." He yelled as his eyes glowed brilliant red.
"Gran Rey Cero!" A red ball of condensed lightning formed near his palms with blue sparks before he fired it towards Naruto at blinding speed in the form of a destructive beam.
Clarke panted as he dropped his true form and fell to his knees. He had poured a big part of his demonic energy into the last attack so it was difficult to maintain his true form. Wincing slightly from the pain in his back he looked up to see the large cloud of smoke caused by his last attack. A small frown appeared on his face. He didn't want to use that much power in the attack but he had deduced the blond was simply on another level after undergoing that little change. He was sure giving him anymore time could have spell disastrous for him.
"I have no time to waste." He muttered and tried to get up on his feet when he find himself unable to move.
He looked down to find his feet covered in some sand , which shouldn't be there in the first place, and the black markings that were spreading on his body. What type of markings were these? No matter what were they? He had no time to ponder on this at the moment. Just when he was going to overpower this strange spell, he heard a voice behind him before he felt something grinding into his back.
"Wind Style: Rasengan!" Naruto shouted pushing the blue sphere of spiralling chakra with small wind blades into his back.
"Ahhhhh!" Clarke finally let out a painful scream. The pain was just unbearable.
Applying some more force into his attack. He let it burst and send the grey haired man flying. The shockwaves produced from the rasengan were enough to level a big chunk of the field, destroying the trees and area ahead him.
Clarke's body hit the ground and he did not made any attempt to move. He could not feel anything in his back. It felt like it was numb. Feeling the blond jumped next to him he opened his eyes to stare at him. His eyes were back to blue.
"You know," Naruto started. "I can sense emotions and you never once inteded to hurt either Venelana or Layla nor you were giving me your all in our fight. I wonder why is that?" He questioned.
Clarke looked at him before releasing a painful chuckle.
"Venelana-sama is one of the only people I could call a friend. Why would I try to harm her? As for your second question; you were not fighting me seriously too." He replied and saw Naruto giving him a nod.
"I see. Do you want me heal you? But you have to promise me that you'll not attack me again."
"Just leave..." Clarke said. " I failed to held my duty above my personal feelings."
"There is nothing wrong with what you did. You choose the wellbeing of your friend over other things." Naruto assured him.
"I failed Lord Bael. Even though I am sure that he will overlook this failure of mine, I simply cannot."
Before Naruto could respond he was bombarded with the highest amount of killing intent since his battle against Uchiha Madara.
"Hahahaha you are right Clarke. I never thought you would betray ME!" Clarke's eyes widened hearing the voice while Naruto tilted his head to find the tall black haired man standing there.
In a blink of an eye the man summoned a crimson spear with black spars and shot it towards him. Naruto jumped away to avoid the spear when the man smirked.
He motioned his hand towards the down Clarke and the blonde's eyes widened as the spear changed its trajectory at the last second, impaling the grey haired man in the chest instead before exploding. The dust picked up and when it settled down Naruto find Clarke's body in a very bad state.
'He's still alive but he won't be for long.' Kurama said.
"You are wrong Clarke. I don't like failure but can make some exceptions on it but I never left those who betray me." Zane grinned madly at him. "And you my dear apprentice did just that... over something as puny as friendship." He finsihed seriously before seeing Naruto on guard.
"Don't worry boy." He smirked. "You don't have to fear me and take dear Venelana with you. I won't stop you. I don't like to hurt those who interest me before I figure them out and I would be lying if I say you don't intrigue me. So you are safe for now." He finished and turned back to Clarke.
Several spears like before appeared around him, all aimed at the grey haired man.
"We will meet again soon and make no mistake," his eyes glowed crimson here. "I will make sure you pay dearly for messing with me." He spoke in his demonic voice before vanishing just as the spears shot off towards Clarke.
The spears caused many small explosion, powerful enough to disintegrate the grey haired man from existence had it not been the golden flame like energy protecting him.
"That devil reeks of evil. He's dangerous." Kurama growled.
'Yeah.' Naruto muttered before he looked down at his previous opponent, a chain wrapped itself around his body before both vanished in a flash of yellow.
~The End~
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