Deal of the century
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Naruto was in a deep comatose from the severe loss of energy. He was conscious enough to hear two Shinobi talking near him.
"He's still not waking up." One said, clearly male
"Well shock him again." Another said, defiantly female
"I already shocked him 9 times, it isn't working." The male said
"Well hit him with full power." The female replied
"Are you mad woman? That will kill him!" The male exclaimed
"That would save the need for a trial then, now wouldn't it?" The female replied
A intense pain like getting shocked by a electric generator coursed through Narutos body, and woke up violently. He was screaming at the top of his lungs from the pain. When he stopped screaming, Naruto noticed he was in a completely different building, but what kind he could not tell.
"Good to see you are awake. For a second there we thought you were dead." the female shinobi said
"I thought you wanted him dead?" The male asked
"Shut up. Come on kid, your trial can't start without you." The female said and they picked Naruto up by his shoulders
They dragged him through a pair of massive doors, and bright lights hit Naruto and he winced away from it. When his eyes adjusted, the environment he was in was very different from when he last remembered. It was a massive court room, capable of fitting hundreds or even a thousand people, and the jury stand was also quite large, fitting possibly double what normal juries were. He tried to move his hands, but he found them bound behind him, and his hands bagged to prevent him from grabbing anything. He was put down at the end of the row, where there was a podium for him, and stared up at not a judge, but a mass gathering of all the Daymio's. Every countries Daymio, be they the most powerful or weakest where there, and all had hated looks on there faces, especially the fire daymio.
"Naruto Namikaze, son of the deceased Minato Namikaze; you are put on trial for the destruction of Konohagakure, 97% of its inhabitants, including most of the prestigious clans there, the only surviving of with is the fully intact Hyuga clan. You also are on trial for the use of Kinjutsu and possession of a dark artifact." The Iron Daymio said
"Okay, this is a complete misunderstanding. For one thing, I have no idea how Kinjutsu works, or even most not banned jutsu's for that matter. Second, I was trying to stop the lunatics that were trying to bring into our world a greater demon that would rape untold destruction on our world. Third, I had to banish that bastard into this amulet, and if it got into the wrong hands, who knows what could happen. Finally, my dads dead?" Naruto ranted out, and nearly collapsed from lack of breath at the end
"Your father died a hero, saving the survivors for the monstrosity that you unleashed." the fire daymio replied
That hit Naruto like a ton of bricks. His heart sank, and forced himself not to burst into tears. The father he barely knew, the person he looked up too, was dead. He wished he could grab the amulet, and smash it into peaces. That damn demon got the last laugh after all.
"Do you have anything to say before we bring in evidence?" The Iron Daymio asked
"I have something to say." A booming, yet gentle voice said from the heavens
"Who is this?" The wind Daymio asked
"Where are my manners? I am the Oriental Dragon, and you have on trial my... protege." The voice replied
"How do we not know this is some sort of genjustu?" The fire daymio asked
"You want proof?" The dragon asked
"YES!" All of the Daymio's replied
"Very well." The dragon sighed, and a blinding light filled the room
When the light went way, a human, not a dragon stood before them. He had the body of a shinobi, with his hair a patchwork of colors like his scales, and his eyes were like that as well. His pupils were slits, and wore magnificent robes that covered even his hands and feet.
"Now tell me, what is going to be his punishment?" He asked the Daymio's
"Death." The fire daymio replied
"Perhaps we could make a deal?" The dragon asked
"There is no deals when it comes to a case, especially one of this magnitude!" the earth Daymio roared
The dragon calmed them by letting out a monstrous roar, shaking the entire building to its foundation, and had all the countries leaders scared for there lives.
"I hate to have to use force, but you have not heard the terms. I even have a physical document for you to sign to ratify it." The oriental dragon said as he pulled out a large scroll
"Very well, what are the terms?" The lightning Daymio asked
"Your world has come under great threat recently. My brother Kinsazy ka Vinkanzator, has opened a portal to the underworld, and its contents are pouring out into the world. In the elemental countries current state, they will not be able to survive separate, they need to be together." The dragon in human form replied
"That is treachery! No one could ever do that, there loyalty to there nation is too great to try such a thing." The sound Daymio yelled
"Someone could, if they have little loyalty to anyone." The dragon replied, referring to Naruto
"What are you offering?" The Iron Daymio asked
"The deal of the century my friend. If Naruto can gain the officials, the army, the support of the people, and a way to create heirs in three years, he will become the ruler of all your realms as one. If he fails, you can add government coup and treachery to the charges." He replied
The Daymio's looked over the document in detail, making sure there was no loophole that the deity could use against them, or if they could use it against him. It was the ultimate risk, the possibility of losing there status they worked for to someone believed to have destroyed the most powerful hidden village, but it would give them even more reason to executed him. They then all began signing it, and after a half an hour, they handed it back.
"Pleasure doing business with you." The dragon replied
He grabbed Naruto by his bindings and then dragged him out. Afterwards he removed the bindings.
"Something tells me you made my problems even worse than fixing them." Naruto said
"Its obvious Draco didn't teach you well." his master replied
"He left me, I swear he was on that same chair on a Hawaii beach for 12 years." Naruto replied
"Well he did give you something then." The deity said
"And whats that?" Naruto asked
"The ability to solve problems yourself, without the help of others." The dragon replied
"A lot of good that's done me so far." Naruto said
"With the threat of death over a mans head, he is then able to do greater things than without that threat." The dragon replied, and vanished
Naruto stood there, now having no idea what to do. He has a extremely large order on his hands, so where to begin? He reached into his pocket to get the amulet.
"You have an army, and you almost used it. I hope you will not mind if I purify it and use it." Naruto said to himself
At the old mansion
Once he got there, he put the amulet down and then sat on the ground. Naruto then started to meditate, and encountered a bright light in his mind; The light quickly consumed Naruto's thoughts.
In his mind-scape
"So this is what its like to contact a deity. Well this sucks." Naruto said
"What did you expect, a margarita bar?" The oriental dragon replied, still in his human form
"Well, more than just a white expanse of nothing." Naruto complained
"Do you have something, cause I'm already in hot water because of interfering with your trial and the fox all those years ago." the dragon replied
"How good are you at purifying dark energy?" Naruto asked
"I'm the best there is at it, why?" The dragon replied, and Naruto showed him the amulet, "Your kidding, you want me to purify his army."
"Yes, you said men with the threat of death over there heads will do anything, and this is anything." Naruto replied
"I'm never going to live this down. Very well." The dragon sighed
"Thank you, you will not be sorry." Naruto replied, and left his mind-scape
Real world
Naruto held the amulet up, and the dark energy's flowed from the amulet to the rock door. It opened, out came the massive fire gargoyle, and its injured rider. He steadied his blood rifle, and prepared to fire, but a portal opened above them. A white light surrounded them, and blinded them. When they next knew it, there world seemed different. The fire gargoyle for one had eyes, and the orb was gone. It remained the same size, and its weapon stayed the same. The rider was more profoundly affected. He was healed, and still had his blood rifle, but his armor was completely different. Instead of a full helmet, he now wore a roman Galea helmet, much like Naruto's, only it was steel. His armor was a solid chest plate, and its back at both the sides and the shoulders were held together by steel strips riveted together. His arm's were covered similarly with the strips, till his forearm where he had steel gauntlets, and custom metal hand armor. His leg armor was similarly put together, and ended in steel shin boots, a mix between a greave and cleets. He climbed down from the beast, and walked up to Naruto, and could finally look him in the eyes.
"Your the one that freed us?" He asked
"Not me, the Oriental Dragon, I'm just his champion." Naruto replied
"Then we are in your debt." He said sternly, and both him and the garyole bowed
"Stand up you two, I got to get the rest of your comrades of of there to purify them." Naruto commanded
"Allow me, my lord." The soldier said, and pulle out a horn, then blew into it.
A thunderous call came out of it, and the sound of thousands of footsteps all in tune was heard. As the army marched out, they were purified, and Naruto found that it was well equipped, with several different kinds of troops. There were spearmen, with 7 foot spears, and a 2 foot spearpoint, and wore a leather version of the steel armor. Next came out some Arbalist's or crossbow men. They wore simple steel helmets, chainmail shirts with sleeves and upper leg coverings, plus combat boots. Behind them were the archers, who wore similar equipment. There bow's were of recurve style, only made of wood, horn, and steel. Behind them were the heavy infantry, which wore the same armor as the first soldier Naruto purified. They had wood with steel edging kite shaped shields, and at the center was a metal boss. Behind them, there was a small contingent of blood rifle men, and finally a battalion of fire gargoyles of varying sizes. This pattern continued till a total of 115,000 soldiers and 55,000 fire gargoyles were assembled.
"Holy crap." Naruto said amazed
"We serve you, champion of the Orient. We thank you for freeing us from the dark influences of the Greater Demon of Destruction." They all said in unison
"Your welcome." Naruto said nervously
"What are our orders?" The army asked
"Before I can give orders, I first must tell you about our current situation." Naruto said, who's confidence was now almost reduced to Hinata's level
"Because of a miss understanding, I now have the threat of excecution over my head. If I can't forge all the elemental countries together in 3 years, I will be killed. You are the first step in that, and me possibly living beyond fifteen. First step, we make this old mansion into our base of operations. Lets get working people, chop chop!"
The huge amount of soldiers instantly after that got to work fixing up the place, and expanding it. A small smile and a small part of him lightened up. He maybe did have a chance after all.
MHG: With a army and a base of operations, Naruto's on the right track, but lets see how long it will stay that way. Next time, Naruto has to find his old friends, and make new ones. It is the start of a new arc I called "Finding one self" arc. Don't ask why, I just think its semi cool. Have a nice day, and see you all later.