AN: Three months? How have I missed updating this fic for almost three months! Forgive my fouls, my fans! Forgive meeeee!
Summary: During his stay on a hidden continent to the rest of the world as a part of his preparation to take the throne, the All-Father-in-training falls for a red-headed beauty with a feisty temper. A few months later, she is preparing to give birth when Loki sends a beast with nine-tails after them. Thor, utilizing his disguise as a random shinobi named, Namikaze Minato, sacrifices his own son and his physical form in this realm (again) to seal the demon within his son. Twelve years pass, and the son of the God of Thunder and King of Asgard, does something to unleash his hidden potential, and now he will have to prove why he is...
SON OF THOR
7: Preliminaries and Deities
Naruto woke up and held his head, his eyes shutting with a wince as he touched his aching head.
Ugh, throbbing in pain, he thought with a small smile, still on Midgard, then. Dear Odin...what happened?
"And so the young man finally awakens," an amused voice said from the right. Naruto's eyes widened and a hammer flew to his hand as he hopped from his bed. He turned to the right to see a man with a bandaged face, leaving one eye visible, and missing his right arm. The young Asgardian narrowed his untrusting eyes on the stern man attempting a friendly face.
"And what dost thou want with me?" Naruto asked with narrowed eyes, "Thine name would be nice as well."
"Shimura Danzo," the war hawk his mother had warned him about introduced himself, "You had given many of us a scare, Uzumaki."
"Thor'sson," Naruto corrected through gritted teeth, "Naruto Thor'sson."
"An odd name," Danzo noted, narrowing his eye at the blonde, "But my reasons for being here are not to be arguing over your name, boy."
"Forgive my lack of enthusiasm then," The blonde sarcastically replied as he slightly dropped his guard and rolled his neck, "What can I do for you, Danzo-san?"
"That's 'Danzo-sama' to you, boy," Danzo gritted out, his eye remaining narrowed while his face remained the same, "And I came with a proposition for you."
"Whatever it is, I say no," the blonde said rolling his shoulders. He blinked when he found himself surrounded by ANBU operatives he had never seen before, all pointing tanto at his neck. A strange symbol at their masks' foreheads reading Ni earned his attention and Naruto swallowed slightly. So these are Root ANBU, eh? Father, if you're listening, grant me a miracle, Naruto silently prayed.
"You haven't heard my offer, Naruto," Danzo said, "Hear me out, first."
"Hear my warning, foolish man," the blonde growled, making the old man tense slightly, "I will never work with you or your foolish councilmen that you have under your thumb. I am no one's slave or servant. I only remain on Midgard because of my Father's will. Speak quickly, and caution best be amongst your words."
Danzo remained silent as they held a glare before he sighed and turned to the door, "A shame. I would have really liked to do business with you, Uzumaki. Root, with me. We have things to do."
The bandaged man left the blonde alone and Naruto scowled before lowering his guard. He thrust his hand to the left and destroyed a wall with a small tornado that came from his palm, consequently sending the man poised to execute him down four stories. The young God walked to the hole in the wall and looked over the forest he emerged from, half dead after fighting a demon.
"The Teme and Banshee are out there," he mumbled before shaking his head, "I wish them luck...they'll need it."
"Ku-ku-ku," chuckled out the Kusa woman standing before a battered and beaten Sasuke, "What happened to Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun? He's supposed to be with you, is he not?"
"T-that...That baka? Who needs him?" Sasuke growled out as he pushed himself onto his feet and fought the pain back. His eyes were swirling red and both had two tomoes in them, the small comma-like orbs orbiting the center coal-colored pupil.
The Kusa kunoichi had attacked him as soon as he was fifty feet from where he ditched the dobe and the Kumo team. The Uchiha heir had tried a great portion of his personal jutsu, even trying to perform a jutsu he copied off the dobe of that Kumo team, but even that didn't do anything good for him. The only time he caught a break was when Sakura ran in, attempting to save her precious Sasuke-kun by releasing a shrill shriek as she tried to impale a kunai in the Kusa kunoichi's back. A futile attempt, but it granted Sasuke a minute to try and defeat the kunoichi with a solid wire-Katon combination.
"Ku-ku-ku," the woman chuckled out again, making the raven haired boy shiver in disgust as though his body had been touched inappropriately by her, "My, my, my Sasuke-kun...Shame on you. Dishonoring your village's Nindo...where is the brotherhood often shown by Konoha shinobi for one another? Where's the honor in teamwork? Where's the limitless loyalty to your fellow shinobi? The mercy...oh, I should scratch that one. Uchiha Itachi was a merciless being...or was he?"
The mentioning of his psychotic elder brother made Sasuke leap forward without a second thought, ignoring the fact he had been being smacked around this small clearing for the past twenty minutes. The young Uchiha prodigy pulled three shuriken out and tossed them at his opponent. The woman chuckled and easily dodged them all. With a smirk on her face, she shook her head.
"Shame on you Sasuke-kun," she chided while looking at the smirking teen, "Trying such a basic method...no wonder you're so weak..."
Sasuke growled at the thought and he pulled his clenched left hand back. Ninja wire tightened around the woman and she blinked before laughing.
"Well...this is a surprise!" she laughed out before looking at the smirking teen. Her eyes widened as he moved the wire to his mouth and began running through hand seals. He continued this for a moment before finalizing on the Dragon seal.
"Katon: Sutorimu o Nenshou no Jutsu (Fire Release: Burning Streams Technique)!" Sasuke's voice rang out before three streams of fire flowed from his mouth along the ninja wire into the face and body of the Kusa Kunoichi. She screamed in agony for a good seven minutes before Sasuke dropped the technique. His eyes returning to normal due to the lack of chakra in his system caused him to miss the smirk that appeared on the charred face of the Kusa kunoichi. The woman, much to Sasuke's shock, chuckled again and slowly got to her feet before reaching up to her left eye with her left hand.
"Very good, Sasuke-kun, very good," She chuckled out as she tore her face away, making Sasuke's eyes widen to the size of dinner plates as he saw pale white skin and a yellow eye stare at him when she finished pealing the charred skin away. The woman smirked evilly and quickly ran through hand seals just as Sakura slowly got to her feet. Her neck extended and she sunk her teeth into the back of Sasuke's neck, making him cry out in pain and earn the pinkette's undying attention.
"SASUKE-KUN! WHAT HAPPENED?" She shrieked, rushing to his side and kneeling next to him as he passed out on his face. Her obsession's fainting allowed the Kusa to slip away unnoticed with a quiet chuckle filled with unlimited evil intent. The young pink haired kunoichi was not aware of the four figures watching them, a diabolic thought in their minds.
Back in the center tower, Naruto paused in his vertical pushups and closed his eyes. He took a deep breath before frowning as his blue eyes shot open once again.
Father...by Odin's Beard, please tell me that was Uncle Loki causing trouble away from my home, the blonde thought pleadingly. No answer came to him, much like before, and he frowned even more. The blonde demigod pushed up once again and landed on his feet, looking out the giant hole in his wall towards the woods.
"By the Gods..." Naruto mumbled as a shiver went down his back, "What was that unholy power surge?"
"You felt it too?" a feminine voice asked from his door. A hammer smacked into his hand and Naruto turned to face the intruder only to see the pale blonde kunoichi named Yugito staring at him. Naruto kept his hammer in a defensive stance before he relaxed. He smiled at the girl before bowing.
"Thank you, container of the demon cat," the blonde spoke formally, his mother's lessons reminding him of how to address a potential ally. Yugito blinked and blushed slightly at his bow.
Before she could ask him to stop bowing, he righted himself and holstered his hammer. He went to his bedside table and grabbed a kunai, holding his hammer up and looking into his reflection before lifting the kunai to his face. Yugito, witnessing this, jumped at the blonde and tackled him to the bed. She smacked the kunai away and grabbed his neck.
"What are you thinking?" Yugito asked him while holding his neck in a slightly loose grip.
Naruto, very confused, slowly replied, "I was...going to shave?"
Yugito blinked a few times before looking at the growing fuzz along the blonde's jaw. Her face heated slightly when she realized she was lying atop a half-naked teen that she was strongly attracted to. With a quiet mewl, Yugito shunshined over to the opposite side of the room. Naruto blinked in the same confusion before sighing and sitting up.
"Today is going so well," he muttered.
Thankfully for Naruto, he managed to get dressed while Yugito left to deal with her own 'problem'. Something that made her teammates concerned when she didn't acknowledge them and locked herself in her room. Karui, believing the blonde genin had something to do with Yugito's unnatural quiet and flushed mood.
Naruto spun his hammer lazily as he walked around the tower, idly exploring as he awaited the return of his 'team'. As soon as these exams were finished, he was going to request a transfer. Team Ten's sensei had seemed nice at first glance, or even Hinata's team sensei...The more teenage portion of his mind grinned and cackled with ecstasy at the thought of being on the team of a beauty like Yuuhi Kurenai.
Naruto shook his head, shaming himself for thinking such ways. A smile tugged at his lips as he thought, Not only would it never work, Kaasan would kill Kurenai-san if she ever discovered a relationship!
The thought of having an overprotective mother made Naruto smile. He missed his parents greatly since his time from Asgard, but up til now, he hadn't really thought of them.
Before he could ponder the possibility of returning to Asgard, a familiar and angry voice cried out, "HEY! HAMMER-HEAD!"
Naruto stopped spinning Hi-Ishi and caught the axe-hammer in his hand, looking behind him to see the dark skinned girl named Karui storming up towards him. Arching a brow in interest, he smiled slightly at her approach. Along with Yugito, Naruto had talked with both of the other two Kumo genin he was 'rescued' by. Karui was easily angered, usually by her conspiracy-theorist teammate Omoi, but easy enough to get along with. She reminded him of his mother occasionally.
"Hello Karui-chan, how are you-?" his question was interrupted as a fist suddenly connected with his jaw, making the blonde stumble backwards before falling to the ground. With a dazed groan, Naruto rubbed his mouth as he sat up and eyed the now obviously hostile girl with caution.
"Don't give me that look!" Karui growled, her anger reaching a new limit as she glared at the boy who she believed to have upset her friend, "You hurt Yugito! I don't know how, I don't know when, but I wanna know why!"
Naruto blinked before rubbing his jaw as he started to stand. Once on his feet, he holstered Hi-Ishi, and then looked at the irritated redhead. With confusion and concern in his voice, he asked, "What happened to Yugito-chan?"
"Oh, so it's Yugito-chan now that her friend has come to kick your ass, eh?" Karui asked, further confusing the young demigod, "Well, guess what, lover boy, I ain't falling for it!"
"Falling for-By the Gods, girl, watch it!" his original statement was interrupted as he dodged a lightning encased punch to the head. The young Asgardian scowled and rolled backwards, stopping in a crouch as his hand instinctively went to his hammer. Naruto froze as he grasped his hammer's handle, a memory crossing his mind, Temari-chan's brother was nearly killed by a light toss of Hi-Ishi. I can't use my hammer against another mortal.
"Hold still, pretty boy!" Karui snarled, rushing towards him with an electrified arm, "Rariatto (Lariat)!"
Naruto grunted in annoyance as he brought his arms up in a cross over his face to defend himself. Karui's attack packed more of a punch than he would have liked to admit, but he gave the girl her credit where it was due. She was good at channeling lightning...but he would always be better.
"Nng, not bad, Karui-chan," Naruto grit out as he remained in the same position he took the attack with. Karui blinked in confusion, which changed to awe, which further fueled her rage as she glared at the blonde slightly struggling against her sensei's prized attack. Her chakra reserves were nearly empty by using that attack, and her breathing had become heavy as she slowly ended the attack. The fact he was only struggling with sheer muscle against one of her strongest attacks infuriated her to no end.
His next sentence made her even more angry.
"Too bad you'll never meet my level of control," Naruto calmly stated, as if he was sure she'd never match his strength. Much to her ire, which was nearly at its limit as she began to lose the struggle against the blonde, he began absorbing her lightning chakra and turned his hands around, gripping her arm, before pushing her back. Karui dug her feet into the ground as Naruto started to easily shove her in the opposite direction, her efforts to stop him slowly falling.
Building up speed, Naruto growled under his breath as he pushed the young kunoichi back before he spoke again, "Why did you attack me?"
"You, erg, hurt Yugito!" Karui growled back from her place struggling against his strength.
"I did no such thing!" the blonde growled, his eyes locking with the honey-brown ones belonging to Karui, "You attacked without proof, aimed to kill, if this had been a real fight friend, I'd have dispatched you as quickly as I could have!"
"L-Liar!"
"So be it!" Naruto cried as he drove his left heel into the ground, stopping their movements as he spun them to the right. Karui cried out in pain when her back collided with the wall, cracking along the wall signaling the force she was slammed into it with, before she clenched her teeth as a hand wrapped around her neck.
"I would never harm any of you without reason," Naruto growled into Karui's ear, making her face heat up from his intense whisper, "Don't do this again, Karui-chan. I'd hate to send you off to Valhalla before your time."
That said, the blonde demigod released an aroused and defeated Kumo kunoichi, causing her to sink to the ground as she watched him storm away. Her mind was spinning in confusion and her heart was pounding rapidly in her chest. Her eyes narrowed and with a clenched fist, Karui thought, I'd like to see you try, asshole! Next time we fight, lightning or not, I'm gonna kick your ass!
Four days had come and gone and Naruto hadn't another interesting meeting with the Kumo kunoichi. Yugito had apologized to him for Karui's attack, which he waved off, before he asked if she was ok, which sent the girl into a stuttering mess before Omoi came to talk to him. His 'team' arrived the third day, looking worse for the wear, and the three of them had a small silent agreement that today would be the last day they ever worked together. Naruto didn't come at ease when Sasuke demanded a fight later on, but neither did he back down from the challenge.
Now they stood in lines of three with their teammates. The silver haired teen known as Kabuto rose his hand when they were asked to resign. He was also surprised by Yugito's raised hand before he remembered her being a chunin already. He stared ahead with a slight distain as the Hokage stepped forward, drawling off into an explanation as to how the chunin exams were biannual, as well as a type of replacement for war. He noticed a small argument between his 'teammates' when Sasuke didn't back out, but he ignored them, deciding it was Sakura being the fan-girl she was.
Naruto nearly nodded off when the next proctor, a sickly looking Tokubetsu Jonin stepped forward. He noted the large katana on his back and blinked before smiling. Kaasan would be pleased to see if you've mastered your sword, Hayate-san. Father...if you can hear me, have Valkyrie watch for Hayate-san...He would make a good Asgardian.
"The main problem is we have too many potential chunin," Hayate's words snapped Naruto from his small prayers as he stopped to cough, "Pardon. We're going to have a preliminary round before going onto the last round. Seeing as we have 22 contestants, we'll have eleven one-on-one matches, which will be determined by the screen behind me. First contestants are...Uchiha Sasuke and Dosu. Will everyone else please vacate the arena floor save for them?"
Naruto decided against standing with his fellow Konoha nin and instead stood near the Kumo shinobi and their sensei, an odd man with several katana sticking out around him. He and the stranger held a glare before the man suddenly cried out, "YO! My students' said a lot about you, said you had some lightning skills or two. Hope ya are impressed by my raps kid, cuz the last one to hear this intro was a squid! Beware my sword attacks fool, because I've got more skills than you! Breaking off from my main point, let me introduce myself my friendly gee. I'm higher than the sky and I sting like a bee, I'm the super powerful Killa BEE! WHEE!"
"...Pleasure..." Naruto hesitantly returned before smiling, "Naruto Thor'sson."
"Ignore him, Naruto-sama," Omoi said with a dismissive wave, making his sensei deflate into a scowl, "Kirabi-sensei uses rhymes to deal with his problems."
"Omoi you baka stop calling him that!" Karui growled, glaring holes into the side of Naruto's head. The blonde shook his head and rubbed his temples before turning to the fight. Sasuke was grabbing the back of his neck, making Naruto frown in concern as he felt a dark pull from the area.
"Dammit!" Sasuke cried out as he leapt backwards to avoid the sonic punch sent his way.
"Hold still you jackass!" Dosu snarled, "I still owe you for that cheap shot back in the woods!"
"Hn. Like you could touch me!" Sasuke exclaimed with a sneer. He grunted in pain as he grabbed the back of his neck. The damn mark from that kunoichi in the forest was acting up again.
"Hold still! Oto-ken (Sound Fist)!" the bandaged teen cried out as he threw a right punch towards Sasuke's head. Sasuke grunted as he dodged and leaned back to drive his right foot into the Otogakure shinobi's jaw. Dosu grunted as he was sent flying into the sky. Sasuke leapt up after him driving his knee into the teen's gut, keeping him suspended in the air.
Naruto narrowed his eyes and glanced at Omoi, who visibly shuddered at the memory of being sent flying into the sky by a hammer to the gut. The blonde growled in realization that Sasuke had mimicked his flight strike he had improvised against the Kumo nin. He glanced over at his teammate and sensei, the latter gazing intently at Sasuke, a glisten of concern in his eye, before watching the Uchiha prodigy spin around and slam his leg onto Dosu's back.
The Oto went spiraling to the ground, quickly followed by Sasuke, who then drove his fist into Dosu's stomach just as he landed on the ground. Sasuke cried out the name of his technique with pride in his voice, "Shi Shi Rendan (Lion's Barrage)!"
"Shosha, Uchiha Sasuke," Hayate said, raising his left hand. Sasuke dropped to his knees and grabbed his neck. A spiral of leaves later, Kakashi appeared at his side, his hand on Sasuke's shoulder. The silver haired man nodded towards the Hokage before he vanished once again in a shunshin. Naruto shook his head in disapproval of the blatant secrecy his sensei was showing, knowing he should have been informed of Sasuke's injury. Friend or not, Sasuke was a powerful ally and his teammate.
"Next contestants..." Hayate started before he broke into a cough. The remaining contestants looked at the screen on the wall with several mixed emotions. The blonde demigod's eyes narrowed at the screen as the many names shot over the screen in blurs.
When the two names popped up, eyes widened on the Konohagakure side while people blinked on the Guests side of the arena from pure shock. Naruto smirked and shook his head in amusement before glancing back at the screen. A single thought came to mind as he looked at the sky; Is this a test Father?
Naruto Thor'sson
VS
Nii Yugito
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