Naruto felt… Just a bit tired actually. Considering the last thing he could remember was being burned alive by a two story tall dragon, he was probably lucky to be alive at all. 'I should probably get up…' he thought mournfully, whatever the hell was sleeping on was heavenly. It like cuddling with a cloud, as he was wrapped in a blanket of sunlight. Warm and welcoming arms wrapped around him, another coming through his hair slowly in a comforting motion…
His eyes snapped open as he found himself lying in the arms of a certain pink haired girl. He practically flew out of the girls arms as he stood a ready pose his face red with embarrassment. His mind not even registering the fact he was literally standing in a pure white space.
The pink haired girl just blinked as she found her arms suddenly empty, only to look up and giggle as she saw his red face. "Wh-who are you?" he asked shoving down his embarrassment. The girls giggle turned into a full blown laugh, completely un-phased by the fact she had just been letting a boy she didn't even know use her boobs as pillows.
However it seemed she decided to give the flustered boy a bit of mercy. "I am Pandora, the all knowing woman… or at least that's my title." she finished with a cheerful smile, "and you are my son!" Naruto blanched as he stared at the girl, "I Pretty sure you aren't my mother…" the girl just rolled her eyes "You have killed a god therefore your my child." Pandora stated petulantly, as she pouted in a very adorable fashion.
Naruto could immediately see the parallels between Ayame Ichiraku, Shizuka, and this Pandora. The main similarity being he couldn't say no any of them. He felt any resolve crumble before the girls cuteness. His mouth opened against his own will as he slammed his jaw shut, only for his last act of defiance to turn to dust as he saw the tears at the edge of the pinketts eyes.
"Ugh damn my weak will… Okay M-Mom." he said practically choking on the word. The last time he had called anyone mom was sometime before the accident when he was four. But the effort was worth it as the girl's tears disappeared as she shot to her feet. An ecstatic smile on her face as she practically tackled the blond. "Finally one of my children Recognizes me!" she cried out joyfully, as she proceeded to crush the blond in a hug.
The blond in question, simply sighed having expected this reaction to some extent. Opting to just return the petite girls hug (It was rather nice). Now that he thought about it hadn't he seen her somewhere before? "Wait weren't you the girl at the airport." The Pinkette nodded into his chest, her hair flailing wildly as she did so. He waited a few more seconds in silence hoping she would elaborate further, only to realize she wouldn't be doing that anytime soon.
Finally he took a bit of time to look at his surroundings, only to find that he had been standing in an endless white void… 'How the hell did I miss that?' a sweat-drop going down his face as his eyebrow twitched. "Um Mom, where are we?" he asked. The girl pulled away from their embrace as she chose to sit on the ground instead. "We are currently in the boundary between life and immortality." His surrogate mother stated as she patted the ground beside her. Beckoning him to sit with her. Sighing in exasperation He chose the path of least resistance, sitting next to his new mom. 'This is gonna take some getting used to…' he thought only to be interrupted as Pandora continued. "You however would probably know it better as the place right before the after life." The blonde blinked rapidly, "Huh so I guess I did die…" Pandora smiled cheerfully "Yep" she said brightly before her face turned slightly more serious. "Thank you for getting rid of that troublesome, impossibility as well." Now that he thought about he did agree to fix her problem for her. "Well I said I would, and Naruto Kusanagi doesn't break his word." The Petite goddess giggled into her hand. "So…" The maelstrom paused "What does this mean for me?" he asked somewhat lost.
"You have killed a god and therefore become an illegitimate child of which and a fool." She said happily, a graceful smile on her face. The blond however was only more confused, "Yes you've said that before, but what do you mean I've killed a god?" The pink haired girl blinked before her face took on an "o" formation. "I didn't think you'd forgotten that much…" the girl said sadly. Truth was Naruto couldn't remember the anything at all of the day he'd been having before he woke up in the pile of rubble. Sure their was brief flashes, of the vobine or whatever his name was, and some scattered conversations but that was it.
He must have been able to remember it before when he was killing the dragon, after all he'd called the dragon a heretic god, but that dragon couldn't have been a real god could it? The Young goddess sighed, as she looked towards the blond. "The dragon you killed was a subspecies of what human call heretic gods." She stated with some of her previous cheer. "Is a Subspecies because, it wasn't a heretic god yet it was at the same time." Pandora paused as if to think about the best way to explain it.
"A God, is a conglomeration of human belief, or a mishmash of different stories. For example the god of victory, Verethragna, has some aspects of Hercules legend inheriting his immense strength. But at the same time Verethragna is a different god than Hercules... never mind I'm probably just confusing you." the goddess sighed "Basically through some quirk in the ley lines, and a never before seen arrangement of stars, a variant was summoned. Which was the actual goal My other son had in mind when he summoned the God, or dragon as you call it… However he bit off more than he could chew as you mortals say. As instead of summoning a somewhat stable heretic deity, he called a completely unstable existence that the very world was denying harshly. The Serpentine god was the embodiment of an act or, a concept." The girl nodded along with her own explanation.
"The god in question embodied two concepts, or if four if you look at it another way. The Insane beast represented the Undying hero, and the Unkillable Serpent. Or in more frank terms, the hero who slays the dragon, and the dragon who kills the hero. The being obviously favored its dragon form, however that was not by choice. You see the world was, literally doing it's best to erase the being, consequently driving it insane-like most Heretic God, and further offsetting it's already fragile existence." a contemplative look on her face as she continued. "The deity would have actually died whether you killed it or not, as it would have only been able to hold its existence together for about an hour an half, so it would have only been in existence for another thirty or so minutes, if you hadn't killed it." A cheerful smile reformed on her face, eye's glowing emerald as she gave him a thumbs up. "Congratulations on saving the shrine from incineration by the way."
"W-what do you mean incineration!" Naruto yelled at the tiny goddess. "Well once the dragon ran out of time, the mass amount of energy that made up it's being would have destabilized, before being released in a massive, and very colorful explosion." Pandora announced in a manner not unfamiliar to that of a person talking about the weather. He could feel his eye twitch at the amount of things wrong with that one sentence. But he took a deep breath, calming himself down as he asked another question.
"So what happens to me?" he asked resigned that he would never be able to associate the word normal with his life.
The goddess blinked, "You go back." she said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "But I thought you said I died…" What, was she going to shove him in his corpse or something? Well, he had killed a god so that was probably fair.
"You did." The goddess didn't seem to get his point, as she suddenly sat up right. "Oh looks like times up…" She seemed sad as she said this, her eyes losing a bit of their cheerful sparkle. "But before then I must give you your gift! Yes you did as I asked after all." The holder of certain very dangerous box nodded to herself. Her hand reached out as she suddenly put her hands onto his chest right above his heart. He winced as burning sensation broke over his chest, jumping away from the true deity as fast as he could.
The goddess didn't seem to be phased as the boy jumped away from her grasp. "I'd explain further, but you probably won't remember anyways…" The girl sighed as she gave him a wave. For a split second he wondered why she was waving only for his question to be answered as the world turned black.
Five people scattered across the globe suddenly looked up to the sky as if sensing something.
One was calculative as he was jolted awake, shuffling the rubble off his tattered trench coat as he stared at the night sky. A sense of disappointment echoing through his head as he sensed his prey fade away no doubt killed by this new factor.
A second paused in the middle of a kata, sweat only just dripping down her brow after the thousandth repetition. Before the new development was ignored like a particularly annoying fly, in favor of continuing her warm up.
The third Looked up from the ground her walk disturbed by the momentary brightening of a certain star cluster. Only for her focus to be brought back down to earth as something drew her attention in, walking forward she took a peek at a small silver ball floating in mid air. Only for it to rip open sucking her into the unknown.
The fourth didn't stop his stride, as he glanced at the sky. Before disappearing in a flash, a single lightning bolt shooting off in the distance. Thoughts full of ways this new player could be used, or disposed of.
The fifth stilled as she was about to take a swig of alcohol she had… acquired through less than legal means. Thoughts being dragged back to her own ascension… before she let out a dry chuckle. "Took him long enough." she complained before taking another swig of her whiskey.
Authorities:
[Amour of the Slayer]
[Active/Passive]
Description: The amour in its unrefined state, silver armor that appears to made out of some type animal scale, with a thorny crown that appears to have been hewn from some sort of animal bone. The crown has also shown the ability to transform into a helmet of some sort.
In its refined state the armor takes the form of a emerald green jacket, that upon closer inspection seems to have been made from dragon skin. The crown follows the trend, turning into a round flat top hat with a small rim made from the same emerald material.
Effects: The armor is extremely durable if not unbreakable, while also bringing the user's strength into the godly category, along with their magical capacity. This boost can be increased(Doubled by each god named) by announcing the gods slayed by those nearby. Both forms grant the user a spear made from dragon bones. The armour in it's refined state can be gvine to others
Cons: If damaged the armor can take up to a week to repair itself, unless magic is used to increase the repair rate. The armor is extremely heavy even in its refined state, and can cause extensive damage to a normal persons body when in use.
[Ever living Hero/Unkillable Beast]
[Active]
Description: Changes Naruto's skin to that of an Unkillable Dragon, while strengthening any clothes on his body to that of an ever living hero's armour.
Effects: Turns Naruto's skin into a state similar to that of a dragons, along with turning any clothes on his body rigid, and steel-like to the touch.
Cons: May only be used once a day. Any clothes used with this authority will be unusually fragile for a time, and Naruto's skin will be increasingly sore, and tender the longer the authority is in use.
[Elemental Serpents]
[Active]
Description: Allows Naruto to take the form of one (out of six) serpent(s). Each serpent representing one of the six elements, (Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Electricity, And Spirit) Of which he can also summon separately as divine beasts.
Effects: Naruto gains control of the represented element when in serpent form. By selecting a serpent without summoning it he is granted control over that specific element. He is able to take the form of a serpent.
Cons: The Authority requires a one minute resting period between switching forms, Ignoring this has severe consequences.(The Authority will be sealed for one week, and his body is forced to deal with a rebound) If the ability is overused it will result in damage specific to the form or power over used. (I.E. over using fire would cause burns to surface, while earth would snap bones) Should A serpent be dispersed or killed by an outside force, it could take up to three months before it's form could be used or summoned.
[Dragon's hoard]
[Active]
Description: Allows Naruto to pull small trinkets like gold, or platinum coins out of thin air, Along with Claiming an area as a hoard.
Effect: Naruto can pull small amount of precious material into existence, as long as they are not bigger than the size of his head… However upon Claiming an area as his "den" a hoard will begin forming within the area marked. The longer the hoard exists the larger and more varied the precious items summoned will be. The user can sense if anything has been stolen from the hoard, and can teleport to any hoard that has been made.
Cons: Claiming an area can take up to an hour. Extended use causes the user to be attracted to "Shiny" things. Naruto is extremely territorial of anything in the hoard and should anything be stolen from the hoard the consequences would be… dire.
[Slayers Claim]
[Passive]
Description: Allows Naruto to claim his share of the kill.
Effects: Grants the ability to usurp authorities from divine beasts, and subordinate gods.
Cons: The Divine beast or subordinate god must give Naruto a challenge. The authority like all authorities gained from divine beasts, will be weaker than one taken from a god. It may only be used once per Month.
[Dragon Killing Arms]
[Active]
Description: Allows Naruto to summon a version of any weapon that has ever killed a dragon.
Effects: Any weapon that has been used to kill a dragon can be summoned.
Cons: Any weapon that is broken cannot be summoned again until Naruto has killed a Dragon or Serpent. Naruto can only summon one weapon per use. The authority can not be used again until the current weapon has been dismissed or broken. Requires Naruto to sacrifice a small amount of blood.