The Ancient Claymore...
Rating: M for gore, blood, language, and death
Author: Soul Teller
A/N: Here's the first part of Naruto's past. I'm not going to explain the whole thing, just parts of it at random chapters. dlight, I won't put a whole lot of effort into telling Naruto's past just enough that you get the gist of what he's dealt with for the past 1000 years. Everybody else thank you for the reviews!
Subchapter 1
Naruto's Past
Part 1
Naruto sat on a rock waiting for his comrades to return. As he stared into the sky his thoughts began to drift.
Flash back
Naruto lay sobbing on the ground, his tears hitting the floor. "Grr... You're next you little brat... just wait I'll take my time!" It was a yoma it had just finished devouring his mother.
"Mommy!" He sobbed her red hair was even redder due to her blood soaking in it.
"Ha ha! 'Mommy' is that all you can say brat then farewell!" The monster lunged it's mouth opened wide then it stopped mid lunge to look at the sword protruding from his stomach.
"The only one saying 'farewell' is you!" A voice said the voice was cool, calm. The yoma turned it's head.
"You! How did...!!" It cried then it was sliced in half it's body falling to the ground as purple blood poured forth from it's sliced body.
"Are you all right?" The voice said Naruto still sniffling looked up. A tall man with silver eye's and silver hair stood where the yoma had been, large white shoulder plates gleamed in the night light, and his silver cloak flapped softly in the night air. He stared down at Naruto who hiccuped then nodded. "Good..." Was all the man said and he turned and left. Naruto, stood up, then he looked at the yoma's bleeding corpse then he looked at his mother's dead body. He looked at open door then he ran out.
"Wait!" He cried to the man, the man stopped and turned his head slightly. "um... Uh... H-How... How do I become strong like you?" He said nervously. The man blinked then he turned his head forward.
"Come with me..." Was all the man said. Naruto looked at the man then he looked back at his house villagers were gathering near his house murmuring Naruto then looked at the man and ran after him. When Naruto caught up with the man, he stared at him then looked down at his feet.
"My name's Naruto..." He said, the man didn't speak for a while then.
"Itachi..." was all he said and he continued walking.
Naruto stood next to Itachi, staring up at the man whose forehead was a mess of pulsing veins, and had his eye's closed. "You want this boy to become a Claymore? Why should he be?" the man quested.
"He may be young but he has no family, and he has the drive he will become powerful if you take him. He will be stronger even the me." Itachi said simply. The man didn't say anything then.
"You, boy... come here..." The man said turning his head to Naruto. Naruto blinked then stepped forward. "Come closer." The man said Naruto took another step forward. The man smiled, "Closer..." Naruto took one final step toward the man so he was mere inches away from the mans face. The man lowered his head then he opened his eye's. Naruto's first instinct was to look away but he didn't. He stared into the blood red slitted pupils staring at him. Naruto gulped audibly as he stared into the red slits then the eye's closed hiding their dreadful package from view. "Very well... Your request is noted... Rubel?" The man turned his head to the right and a man stepped forward from the shadows. The man wore all black, black suit, black shoes, black bowler hat, and black glasses.
"Yes, Rimuto?" Rubel quested.
"Take the boy to be processed... he will be under your care, understood?" Rubel gave a bow.
"Understood." Rubel said, then he turned his head to Naruto. "Come with me, as you know my name Rubel, and your name would be?" Naruto looked at Itachi who gave a nod, then he looked back at Rubel.
"My name is Naruto." He said nervously and he walked to Rubel who laid his hand on Naruto's shoulder and led him away from all prying eye's.
Naruto sat huddled in a corner his clothes now replaced with a tight fitting type of cloth. However it was the boy's sobs and whimpers that explained why he was where he was. The door opened and a boy walked wearing the same clothes as Naruto.
"They just did you then eh?" Naruto looked at the boy with the silver hair that spiked upwards. Naruto's own hair had a unique tint of gold silver. "Wow! Awesome hair!" The boy walked over to Naruto and crouched next to him. Naruto looked up with his own silver eyes into the boys silver eye's, the boy's eye's were slightly darker than his own. "The name's Kiba! And you are?" Naruto gave a sniff.
"N-Naruto."
Naruto's eye's snapped open as he heard the giant hoof beats. He sat up straighter and looked to his right to see a giant horselike creature galloping toward him. He looked forward to see a giant cat-like creature hopping from stone to stone. Then he looked to his left to see a giant woman made of black rope-like tendrils coming toward him. He stood up stretched then watched as all three beings slide to a halt in front of him throwing up a giant cloud of dust. He narrowed his eye's and a snarl came from his throat. As the dust cleared a man with long silver hair walked forward, A woman with long brown hair walked forward and finally a girl with black hair walked forward. All three were wearing cloaks. Naruto looked at the three. "Well you guys took your time... now who remembered to bring dinner?" Naruto said smirking. The man didn't say anything but his eye's flicked to the other two, who also were silent. "Nobody? It's all right I'll excuse you guys this time now... let's get down to business..." Naruto said clapping his hands together. "Naruto Former Rank #1," Naruto said.
"Isley, Former Rank #1." The man said.
"Lucelia Former Rank #1" The woman said.
"Riful Former Rank #1" The girl said.
"Now that the introductions have been made we go to the first parts of business... Starting with you Isley. I've been hearing rumor that you are amassing quite the force of the Awakened kind is that correct?" Isley blinked, his face utterly blank.
"Indeed I do amass an army of Awakened Beings." Naruto stared at him.
"May I ask why?" Naruto quested, Isley didn't say anything then he turned his head to Lucelia.
"I wish to gain her territory if that is too much to ask." Naruto closed his eye's and sighed.
"Isley, Isley ever the ambitious one... Yes it is too much to ask to gain her territory. There's a very good reason why I gave Each of you your turfs." Naruto opened his eye's and they were a slitted gold. He held up a hand which the fingernails had extended into claws. "Will I have to kill the girl you now travel with to make you stop this foolish campaign." Isley seemed taken aback at this comment to which Naruto chuckled. "Oh ho hooo yes... I know of the girl you travel with and I also know that you plan to use her to try and turn against me... But I'm going to tell you to desist in such folly and to kill the girl." Naruto snarled. It was then that Isley gave a laugh.
"Me kill the girl!? Do you think that if I could then I would've done it already? She's far too powerful for me! And soon enough she'll become far too powerful for even you!" Isley shouted.
"Her more powerful than me? You forget what I can do so easily it would be like swatting a fly?" Naruto said his voice now a low growl. His muscles began to bulge and contort.
"Hey Fucking fox! Keep it together huh? We don't want you to go showing off again!" Said a high pitch voice.
"Yeah! We don't need you to go blowing up something else just because of a punk like Isley." Said a low growling voice. Naruto closed his eye's and the bulging in his muscles stopped. He opened his eye's to see Inuyasha and Hiruma standing in front of him both of them scowling at him.
"Yeah you guy's are right... however I need someone to keep an eye on the girl." said narrowing his eye's.
"That's all ready being done by the fucking shadow." Hiruma cackled.
"Oswald huh? And what of Gwendolyn?" Naruto quested turning his head to Inuyasha.
"She's seeing to Rifuls man." Inuyasha replied.
"Hmmm... Speaking of Riful..." Naruto turned his head to Riful who was staring up into the sky her arms folded back and looking for all the world like an innocent little girl. However Naruto knew otherwise Riful was smart... almost smarter than him and that made her dangerous. But she was nowhere near as smart as Shikamaru. "I've heard that you've taken an interest to the Claymores... so much interest that you are capturing them and... if my information is right... torturing them! Now what do you have to say about that?" Naruto said rather dramatically. Riful gave a 'ho hum' then she turned her head to Naruto.
"Yes your information is correct." she said simply.
"Okay... Why are you torturing them?" he quested.
"So that they can awaken." Naruto blinked at this then he slapped his hand to his head covering his eye's.
"Please tell me that isn't the only reason why..." he moaned.
"Unfortunately that's the only reason why." Riful said, to which Naruto sighed. He rubbed his temple then he turned his eye's to Inuyasha.
"As much as I hate to say it, it's an effective means to force them to awaken." Inuyasha said plainly. Naruto turned his eye's to Hiruma.
"Hey if you want an army why not make one from the enemy?" He said, Naruto sighed.
"Fine go ahead and keep up with your methods... Though how long I approve of this might not be anytime soon." It was then he caught Lucelia looking at him. "What is it?"
"Excuse me sir, but aren't you traveling with a human and a Claymore?" Naruto sighed, then he closed one eye rubbing the back of his head.
"Yeah... I am... why? What's it to you?" Naruto said, Lucelia just smiled lightly.
"I'm just wondering why you the most powerful being on this island is traveling with a human and a Claymore while they go killing yoma and us?" Naruto blinked a few times then he shrugged.
"Simple... I'm going to become a Claymore again while traveling with them." This brought shock and surprise to the faces of the Abyssal Beings.
"You're going to reclaim your title? That's impossible!" Isley stated. "The Organization want's nothing to do with us ever again except to hunt us down and kill us."
"Well then you must be going to the wrong people to talk to them. Rimuto has taken interest in taking me and the other's back as a specialized squad." Isley stared coolly at Naruto then said.
"You talked with Rimuto?" Naruto shook his head.
"Nah gave him a message I can't stand being around that guy." Naruto said shuttering slightly.
"None of can stand him fucking fox... Well except for that guy and he's dead if memory serves me right." Hiruma said. Naruto seemed to mellow out at this.
"Yeah... anyways... I'll bring us to the reason why we are here. But I wish for all of you to gather as many Yoma, and Awakened as possible and launch an attack on the Organization." They all stared at him.
"Are you mad? Launch an attack!? Especially if you rejoin their ranks! It'll be a slaughter!" Isley shouted, Naruto held up a finger.
"No! Once you begin you're push against the Organization I'll return to destroy them. But only once you have all the beings you possibly could have." Naruto turned to Isley. "I know you are already amassing a force to get rid of Lucelia but please turn it to getting rid of the Organization!" Isley chuckled.
"I'm sorry but I cannot do that... She begs to return to the land that she loves and even if you kill me Rigaldo has orders to take the land in south. I intend to get the land in the south by whatever means possible. So if you'll excuse me... I'll be going..." And with that Isley vanished in cloud of dust. Naruto looked at where Isley once stood then he sighed and turned to Lucelia.
"Should I send some of my troops to help you?" She just smiled.
"No I think we can handle him..." she said, Hiruma scoffed.
"Don't underestimate him... the fucking horsey is a strong bastard." he said, Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"But apparently this girl is much stronger than him?" Hiruma gave a nod.
"She's about as strong as One-tail but that's about it..." He said.
"Pretty strong to match Gaara..." Hiruma looked at Naruto.
"I meant you... Gaara's dead..." Naruto looked surprised.
"He's dead? Who killed him!?" he quested, surprisingly it was Riful who answered.
"He was killed by a squad of Claymore's... they have begun hunting Awakened Beings actively." Naruto seemed at a lost for this he closed his eye's inhaled deeply, then he exhaled.
"A necessary sacrifice. My plan cannot go astride... Not even for an instant." Naruto said opening his eye's.
"You say that but you itch to go and avenge him..." Riful said.
"Yeah I do but I won't, I'm trying to save the humans and I won't do that by going crazy." Naruto said. "Now leave me..." Riful gave a snort while Lucelia gave a bow. Then they both vanished into nowhere. Hiruma and Inuyasha looked at each other then they both gave a nod. They pulled held their arms out sending their cloaks flapping open to reveal a Claymore in their hand. Naruto looked at them then he gave a roar and lunged at the two.
Raki sighed and looked around. "Naruto! Naruto!" Clare was watching Raki continue his search. She gave a sigh then she sat up as she heard a roar. Raki hearing the roar as well went to grab the sword he was given to from Galk and drew it. There was more roaring then silence, Raki looked around the tree's hesitantly then he heard a yip. "Naruto?" He turned to see a fox with a bright golden tail running toward him. "Naruto! There you are!" Clare sighed and slid her sword back into it's sheath, Raki dropped his sword and hugged the fox. It was then that Clare saw the strangest thing. A cut on the fox's back was slowly closing and fur was growing over the wound. She blinked and suddenly she was staring at fur.
"Um... Raki." The boy looked up to her from hugging his fox unaware of what she just saw.
"Hm? What's up Clare?" he quested she was about to mention the wound but then she just shook her head.
"Never mind." Raki stared at her then he shrugged and chuckled as the fox licked his face.
Inuyasha was panting as he stared at his arm which lay in front of him large gashes marking it. Hiruma however was more or less spotless save the various opening's in his clothes. "Shit... I keep forgetting how ruthless he is when he losses control." Inuyasha snarled. Hiruma just cackled.
"That's your fault and it's too bad your an offensive." Inuyasha growled then he grabbed his arm and vanished.
This came faster cause I devoted my whole effort to this now please Review. Next chapter is the beginning of the Slayers Arc. All right!