Fable's Lost Hero

by jCOOLn

Naruto is sad that he never knew his mother and wishes to make her proud by one day becoming a great hero like her. One day his father gives him a statue of a White Balverine and tells him of how his mother was attacked by a group of balverines (unknowingly infecting her with a small portion of their power) and found it. Later Naruto uses it and becomes White Balverine Hero. Harem

2. Chapter 2

(Fable's Lost Hero Chapter 2)

"He doesn't look like much to me Maze" spoke an old voice though to whom it belonged to Naruto did not know. He was lying in a soft bed with warm blankets on him that he knew his father wouldn't have been able to afford.

"Trust me the boy has potential in spades. He killed a bandit all on his own without weapons" spoke the voice that Naruto figured had to be this Maze character since he was sure he and these other two were the only ones in the room.

"If the boy did kill a bandit bare handed then he must have potential though whether he will use if for good or evil we cannot be certain. His heart will undoubtedly be filled with revenge after the murder of his family" spoke the old voice and for some reason Naruto knew he was looking at him though if he knew he was awake he wasn't sure.

"I am sure he will become powerful though what he will do with this power I cannot say. I do have hope for the future though as you have taught me" spoke maze as he looked at the Guildsmaster with a stern look.

"Yes I did teach you that but I also taught you caution. I mean look at the boy. What is he? I have never seen a creature like this before" spoke the Guildsmaster as he looked at Naruto's white hair and pointed ears. He had never seen such a creature. He looked almost human and yet he didn't as well.

"I don't know. It is possibly a mutation caused by an overflow of magic. When I found him the bandit he had killed looked like he had been destroyed. There were more bits and pieces than anything else and the blood painted the entire cliff face. It is possible his magic has caused these changes" spoke Maze as he looked down at the boy with curiosity. He wanted to know what had happened same as the Guildsmaster and what their effects would be but he had plans and not a lot of time so his curiosity would have to be put aside for now.

"Hmm it is possible. We still don't know the effects of prolonged use of magic throughout generations. It has been proven that children of those who practiced the art of Will have been known to be much more capable than those who were born to normal parents. Maybe this has something to do with it. Anyways tomorrow we will begin his training and hopefully he will have what it takes to become a Hero" spoke the Guildsmaster as he and Maze left the room.

Naruto opened his eyes and looked around the room that he had been placed it. It was nice, must have been made out of some kind of stone, with nice wood furniture and book cases on the sides of walls full of books with odd names. There was a common symbol though. It looked like an S that had been made really fancy with two gems in it one at each end. The floor was nice as well as the stone had been cut into a beautiful design much like the wood had been done. Naruto knew instantly that this place must have had some serious money to be able to afford this place.

'I will avenge you dad, sister, mother" thought Naruto as he laid back down and closed his eyes though the nightmares that haunted him were far worse and didn't help me feel any better either mentally or physically.

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"Get out of bed lazy bone" came a voice from beside Naruto's bed. Naruto opened his eyes but a bit and looked over at the one who had insulted him. He was surprised to see a dark skinned girl whose hair was done up in a tight braid with strange clothes on though he had to admit they were nicer than his.

"Who are you" asked Naruto as he got up out of his comfortable bed and stretched a bit. The girl looked surprised and took a step back but then calmed down and nodded her head to Naruto, a gesture he returned.

"My name is Whisper, an apprentice here, and your roommate. The Guildsmaster has sent me to come get you so that he may explain a few things to you" spoke Whisper as she watched Naruto get up and stretch a bit. He was eye level with her though he was a couple years younger than her. They made an odd pair if looked at side by side. Where she had dark skin and bark eyes Naruto's skin was fair, his hair white, and his eyes a light grey color. They were like polar opposites and yet they didn't seem to notice.

"Who is this Guildsmaster and where am I. All I remember is hearing a conversation between whoever that is and a man named Maze. He wouldn't happen to be a relative of yours" spoke Naruto as he followed Whisper out of the room. Just like their room the hallways were made of finely cut stone and intricate patterns.

"The Guildsmaster is the head of the Hero's Guild. He teaches young apprentices like us how to be Hero's. It doesn't matter what your intentions are be them good or bad that is your decision the guild will train you regardless so long as you have the skill though if you become some super villain requests will show up asking other hero's to kill or stop you. Maze on the other hand is an older Hero and is very powerful and very well known. I am not related to him, but I am related to Thor, the arena champion, as he is my brother" spoke Whisper as she and Naruto walked down a flight of stairs and entered a large room with a giant map in the center.

"It looks like the Guildmaster got tired of waiting for you and went out to the training ground ahead of you. If you cross the bridge and go up the road a bit you will see a dirt circle with a small man with a bald head standing in front of it. That is the Guildsmaster so you had better show him respect" spoke Whisper as she walked away to go do god knows what.

'What a jerk, leaving me here just because I slept in a bit because I had a hard night full of nightmares' thought Naruto as he walked through the Guild trying to make it to the Guildsmaster. As he walked through the Guild he came upon a mess hall slash bar. He raised an eyebrow at that but just ignored it unlike the way people were looking at him with shock and confusion.

After Naruto was able to get away from all of the annoying stares and whispers he was outside looking around. The place was as beautiful outside as it was inside. There were trees lined up in specific patterns and bridges making it possible to cross the river with ease that had dozens of patterns on it. One pattern that Naruto saw that really interested him was a red swirl at the beginning of the bridge that he really liked. After that Naruto continued walking until he saw a little bold guy with a crappy suit on.

"Ah I see you are finally awake" spoke the Guildsmaster as he looked at Naruto with a small kind smile.

"Yea Whisper guided me well" spoke Naruto as he looked around the arena. In the center was a scarecrow with targets drawn on it over vital areas. Naruto understood what it was for instantly.

"Alright lad get in there and show me what you can do" spoke the Guildsmaster as he looked over at Naruto and opened the gate to let him in. Naruto nodded his head and walked into the arena. If they could make him strong enough to avenge his family then he was willing to play along.

"Alright I want you to hit the target and let me see what happens" spoke the Guildsmaster as he watched Naruto take up a loose fighting stance. He was surprised when the boy decimated the scarecrow in just a couple short punches.

"Well I am impressed. You're a lot better than I thought you would be. As you can see there is a green orb sitting where that dummy used to be. This is an experience orb. I want you to stretch out your feeling and try and lock onto it. When you do pull it towards you and then we will continue" spoke the Guildsmaster as he watched Naruto close his eyes and concentrate.

Naruto did as he was told kind of feeling silly but he knew that all of the Heros of legend came from here and that they were capable of doing things other humans could only dream of so he did as he was told. At first he didn't feel anything but then it felt like his mind vibrated and then opened up. When it did he could feel everything around him not only the orb but the people and other living things as well. It was so amazing but he focused on the orb first and tried to pull it towards him. To his shock it did as he wanted and he could feel it becoming a part of him.

"Very good. it usually takes new apprentices hours to learn how to do that. It seems Maze was right about you. Ok now we will move on to weapons training. Here you can use this" spoke the Guildsmaster as he handed Naruto a large stick.

"You're kidding right" asked Naruto as he looked at the stick like it was a joke.

"You need to start somewhere and I don't think giving a child a sword would be my brightest decision" spoke the Guildsmaster in a jokey voice that said others had complained about the same thing.

"Fine" spoke Naruto as he took the stick and beat the crap out of another dummy until it was nothing but straw. After he did this he absorbed the experience orb just like last time.

"Good you're getting the hand of this quickly no" but that was all he got out before the Guild alarm started to go off. "It looks like today is your lucky day. Go into the Guild woods and deal with whatever it is that is causing problems. Don't worry there is never anything difficult to deal with this close to the guild" spoke the Guildmaster as he started walking towards the entrance to the Guilds woods.

Naruto walked into the woods and followed a dirt trail towards the feeling he got from the senses he activated ealier. He could just tell where his enemy was and now he was going to confront them. When he got there he made an annoyed sound with his throat.

"Really? Beetles? Is that the best you can do" asked Naruto as he watched one of the beetles fly up and then charge him. Naruto didn't even bat an eye lash as he smashed the beetle in the face with his stick and turned him into a pile of bug pieces.

"That's one" spoke Naruto as he went on to kill beetle after beetle. He noticed that the experience points he was getting from them was multiplying but when he would stop killing them the experience points he would earn would go down as well.

"That's weird" spoke Naruto as he finished off the last of the beetles and left the guilds woods. When he came out he looked at the Guildsmaster funny before asking the question that had been on his mind.

"Ah that is called the combat multiplier. Basically the more times you hit something without getting hit yourself the more experience you will gather in a single battle as opposed to when you get beaten around yourself" spoke the Guildsmaster right before he stuck out his hand. "Now are you're ready to truly begin your training" spoke the Guildsmaster.

Naruto looked at his hand and realized that he was about to enter an entirely new chapter in his life and it hurt his heart knowing that none of his family would be here to see him do it. They would never see his ups and downs but he swallowed his anguish and grabbed the Guildmaster's hand. Even if he was alone physically he would never be alone in spirit. He would make them proud and honor their memories by becoming the greatest hero to ever live.

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For years Naruto honed both his mind and body. He learned things he never thought of and trained until he couldn't walk. He wanted to be the best and he was willing to work for it, but every time he learned something there was always more to learn. No matter what he read there was always more to read, and no matter what he trained in there was always more to train.

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"I can see that you didn't heed my advice and go to bed early last night or else you wouldn't still be in bed lazy bones" shouted Whisper as she knocked Naruto out of his bed in a not so nice manner.

"And I see you didn't take my advice on how to wake someone who is sleeping peacefully up. For eight years you have woken me up the same way no matter what I do or say" spoke Naruto as he stood up and stretched him muscles that had developed nicely under the Guilds training.

"And you haven't learned that sleeping in is a bad thing, now get dressed and let's head over to the arena" spoke Whisper as she left Naruto in their room. Naruto just shook his head and threw on some dark leather pants and a grey cloth shirt. His boots were a tight leather that was hardened slightly to give it shape and had cotton inserts to make it more comfortable. He had two wristbands on his left hand one made of silk and another made off leather. All in all Naruto thought he looked rather good.

He had changed physically as well. His muscles were still nicely defined and now they were a bit larger. He had gotten a fair deal taller as well standing four inches over Whisper who was fairly tall for her age. His eyes were still that metal grey color with the slit pupils but now they were fuller and gave a much wiser look. His hair had gotten longer as well reaching down to his mid back and kept in a loose pony tail around the center to keep out of his eyes during combat.

Naruto stretched a bit more before he got up and ran off towards the guild arena. He had gotten used to people looking at him oddly though the looks had pretty much stopped the occasional guest that would see him when they came here or when he had to run errands to Bowerstone would still remind him of how different he was compared to the rest of the world. When Naruto got to the guild arena he saw the Guildsmaster smiling and waving at him.

"You can put that old stick away" spoke the Guildsmaster as he watched Naruto snap the stick in half and throw them into some bushes on the other side of the field. "You ok" joked the Guildsmaster as he handed Naruto an iron sword. "You will be using real weapons from now on."

The iron sword was long with a small guard that came out on both sides and a strange handle. It was much better than that crappy stick the Guildsmaster had been forcing him to use though it still was a piece of crap compared to just about any other weapon out there.

"Now get in there and show me what you two have learned" spoke the Guildsmaster as he opened up the fence and let Naruto into the arena. Standing there in the center was Whisper holding her thin spear with a smirk on her face.

"So you knew" spoke Naruto as he held his sword in one hand.

"Of course" spoke Whisper as she prepared her weapon for defense of offense which ever she chose.

"Alright you two you will not be aiming to kill simply to defeat. We already have enough dead Hero's" spoke the Guildsmaster from the side lines.

"You ready farm boy" asked Whisper as she charged him with her spear.

"Bring it on little girl" spoke Naruto as he parried her attack and went on the offensive immediately.

Their battle was quick land and was a textbook style. Whisper made use of a very flexibly fighting style along with the long range reach of her spear, but she was neither as fast nor as strong as Naruto was and even her senses were inferior to his own.

Naruto quickly blocked one of her strikes and went on the offensive knocking whisper around to a point where it looked like her arms would shake off due to the force caused by his swings. She couldn't go on the offensive for fear of his speed and she couldn't stay on the defensive due to his strength. This was partially the reason she developed her style in the first place to counteract Naruto's natural gifts.

"That is enough" spoke the Guildsmaster as he saw Naruto about to use a flourish that would have easily broken though Whisper's guard but the chance he would harm her was far too great. "Now Naruto it is time I teach you how to use a bow" spoke the Guildsmaster as he handed Naruto a cheap bow and walked over to the archery range.

He explained to Naruto how to use a bow and arrow along with the point system in which the archery range was based on. Naruto knew this already as he often times watched older kids who were getting closer to graduating doing the same thing and often imitated them when he thought no one was watching him.

"All right and begin" spoke the Guildsmaster as he watched Naruto pull back the bow and unleash a flurry of arrows at the targets that were surprisingly accurate. He didn't hit all of the targets but he did hit a lot and that gathered him lots of points.

"Well done Naruto I must say you skill with a bow is superb" spoke the Guildsmaster as he walked towards a small island on a small lake that was right behind the Guild. On the small island was three dummies with the same markings as all of the other dummies have had.

"Now I am going to teach you the ways of Will. This is what is referred to as magic by the common people and it gives us a distinctive advantage when dealing with threats" spoke the Guildsmaster as he looked at Naruto. "Now I want you to look deep inside of you like you did when you learned to pull the experience orbs to you but this time I want you to look into your stomach where all power comes from. When you grasp that power channel it though your body, through your fingertips, and then out towards the targets."

Naruto nodded his head having done this before. Seriously who did the Guildsmaster take him for he was training and studying day and night so knowing where magic came from was kind of a need to know thing. Naruto actually had learned to harness the power earlier but never told anyone as he wanted to have an edge over every possible enemy he may ever have, so now Naruto reached into where his power lied, metaphorically speaking of course, and then channeled it though his body using his veins as a type of magical highway and then out of his fingers creating a powerful arc of electricity.

"That is amazing Naruto. You got it on your first try that is impressive" spoke the Guildsmaster as he walked up to Naruto. "Are you ready to move on with your training or do you wish to play around here for a bit longer?"

"I think I will mess around for a bit longer. Roger told me there was a compition that happened in a bit and I want to see what he is talking about" spoke Naruto.

"Ah you are referring to the test of skill. He was talking about retaking the tests but if you obtain a high enough skill you will receive a great prize" spoke the Guildsmaster as he walked away. "When you are ready to move on with your training come and find me in the main room."

Naruto nodded his head and walked back over to where he had taken his test with his sword. there was another man there, an instructor, who looked like he was waiting for something. When he saw Naruto he smiled like he had been expecting him.

"Ah Naruto are you here to take the special test?" Naruto nodded his head. "Great now if you wish to be graded then you will have a chance of winning a spectacular prize. Do you wish to be tested?" Naruto nodded his head again. "Alright step inside and get ready. I am not going to hold back on you" spoke the man.

Naruto did as he said and got entered the arena hell bent on winning whatever prize it was he could possibly win. The instructor pulled out his sword and got read as did Naruto. After a few seconds of staring at one another they charged forward swords clashing and breathes heaving. They exchanged quick secessions of blows all of which could have been viewed as lethal but Naruto wasn't backing down so he stepped forward determined to put the pressure on the man. The man faltered a bit and that was all Naruto needed. Naruto spun around in a quick spin and slashed his sword at the man. He tried to block but the power and speed behind the blow was too great which caused the sword to go flying and the instructor to fall on his ass. Naruto held his sword at the man's throat smiling at his victory.

"Bloody Hell that was amazing. I can't believe you actually beet me. This is a cause for celebration" spoke the man as he stood up. He reached behind him and pulled out a giant iron katana and handed it to Naruto. "Congratulations on your score A plus" clapped the man as he walked off to get his sword.

Naruto examined the sword and had to admit it was better than his iron longsword so he put that away and equipped the iron katana to his back before walking away to the archery range.

"Ah Naruto I see you have the iron katana which must mean you got the high score at the test of Strength but this is a test of Skill with the bow so let's see what you've got" spoke the man as he set a clock up and then pointed at Naruto when he was ready saying "GO!"

Naruto instantly pulled out his crappy bow and unleashed far more practiced shots only aiming for the dummies that were worth the most points. He had a lot of difficulty with the other dummies getting in his way as well as the other protrusions that were set up the keep him from hitting it. At the end Naruto had gotten five hundred and twenty five points.

"That was amazing! I haven't ever seen anyone get that many points and I have been working here for a long time" spoke the instructor as he handed Naruto a Yew Crossbow which Naruto happily accepted and then equipped after un-equipping his bow and arrow.

"Now all I have to do is take the test of Will and I will be able to move on" spoke Naruto as he started walking down towards the last man he would need to speak with before he could finally move on with his life.

When the man saw him coming he smiled seeing Naruto had both of the prizes for the other two competitions. Naruto waved to him and he returned the gesture.

"Well color me impressed. You got the high score in both the test of Skill and Strength now let's see if you can get the high score in the test of Will as well" spoke the man as he set up the dummies so Naruto could unleash his magic upon them.

Naruto reached out and watched at the white lighting leapt from his fingertips and out towards the dummies. He could feel the course of the magic and lightning and willed it to divide into three arcs. It wasn't as powerful but the point of the test was to see how many times he could hit the targets with his magic not how many times he could destroy them. By the end of it all Naruto had received fifty two points the highest in Guild history for his age group.

"Wow I am all a tingle for that performance. You have defiantly earned this prize" spoke the man as he gave Naruto a funny blue vial. At first he thought it was a bottle of will potion but then he saw it was different. "Ah you noticed did you? That my friend isn't something you can buy in a store like you little weapons but something that either a powerful alchemist has to make or you have to be extremely luck and find. It is call the Will Master's Elixir. It raises the base level of your magical reserves by a certain potion giving you more magic to use for the rest of your life" spoke the man with a big grin knowing that his prize was far more valuable than either of the others prizes were.

"Thanks" spoke Naruto as he quickly chugged the potion down. Instantly he could feel the power within him expanding giving him even more to use in the future. "Wow that was a trip" spoke Naruto as he stood up and looked around. He saw that his instructor had left which annoyed him slightly.

"What's with all this ruckus" came a deep voice from behind Naruto. When Naruto turned around he saw a giant face that was moving right behind him though he hadn't ever noticed it before.

"What the hell are you" asked Naruto as he fell on his ass looking up at the giant face.

"I am a Demon Door, and if you can answer my riddle I will allow you access to the treasures I hold within" spoke the door. Naruto had no idea what he was talking about but whatever he was hiding had to be valuable.

"Ok shoot" spoke Naruto.

"Your path is dark. Only a light will reveal it. And you are not bright enough." The demon door said no more and went quite.

Naruto thought on what the door had said and couldn't come to a conclusion so he went for a walk. As he was walking Whisper walked up to him with that mischievous look in her eyes.

"Hey farm boy you wana go hand out in the Guild forest" asked Whisper as she put a hand on her hip.

"Yea sure" spoke Naruto not wanting to tell Whisper about what he had just seen as he didn't want her to beat him to whatever the prize could be.

They walked into the guild woods and deeper than they usually had gone before until they came upon a small pond where they stopped to take a drink of the water. Whisper went to say something but then they heard talking and looked up only to see a group of bandits.

"Oh my god what are bandits doing so close to the Guild" asked Whisper as she watched them from up in a tree.

"I don't know, but there dead" spoke Naruto as he pulled out his new crossbow and lined up his targets. Before Whisper could stop him he shot off an arrow that pierced the farthest bandits head killing him instantly.

"What the Bloody Hell was that" shouted one of the bandits.

"Sir over there! Looks like we have two small Hero wanabees" spoke another of the bandits.

"Let's get them" shouted the last bandit as they all ran towards them but had to cross the water first so they just dove in and started swimming towards them.

"Great now they are chasing us. What is your plan now genius" demanded Whisper as she was getting ready to run.

"This" spoke Naruto as he reached his hand out. Instantly lighting leapt from his finger and into the water electrocuting the bandits till their bodies locked up and they drowned as they sand to the bottom of the lake. After that Naruto absorbed all of the experience from that little encounter.

"Let's head back to the guild. There could be more of them" spoke Whisper as she tried to hold her lunch in as she watched the pond turn a dull red color from the bandit's blood.

"Alright" spoke Naruto as he walked away feeling nothing from killing the bandits.

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"Ah I see that you are back. Are you ready to further your training to its final level and become a true hero of the guild" asked the Guildsmaster as he stuck out his hand for Naruto to take.

Naruto looked at the hand feeling a sense of Deja'vu, but he put that in the back of his mind as he thought about all he had learned so far and how much he would learn in the future. With a smile on his face Naruto took the Guildmaster's hand and happily walked forward into a brighter destiny.