Straight from the Dragons scales
I own nothing save for Oc's: Naruto goes to respected owners
With the possible threat of the Akatsuki, Naruto could then begin to focus on collecting even more fame. The good kind however was hard to come by. When Kuroi tried to find Naruto, he found him asleep on the job.
"Wake up!" Kuroi yelled, but Naruto still was asleep
"No no. If you want someone to wake up, you hit them, not yell at them." Deivion said, and wrapped Naruto on the knuckles with the walking portion of the stick
"OWWWW!" Naruto yelled in pain
"Have you gotten any sleep?" Kuroi asked
"How can I sleep with the threat of being excecuted over my head. You guys don't have that problem." Naruto replied
"Maybe you need something to put that fear to rest." Draco said, coming out of the shadows
"How do you do that?" Kuroi asked
"A magician never reveals how he performs his tricks." Draco answered
"Your not a magician, your a dragon!" Kuroi shot back
"I can double as one." Draco replied
"Shut up both of you. Now tell me what I need?" Naruto asked
"Battle equipment, something to make you feel like the supreme commander and let people know your the supreme commander." Draco answered
"Good, cause my old equipments trashed and gone." Naruto said
"Who could make stuff as good as you say?" Kuroi asked
"Your looking at him." Draco replied
"Since when can you build stuff?" Deivion asked
"I can't, but my brethern can." Draco replied
"I'm interested." Naruto chipped in
"Theres on catch. Dragons are brilliant blacksmiths, the greatest of them all, but there services don't come cheap." Draco said
"What would it cost for a sword and a suit of armor?" Naruto asked
"A corrupted dragon soul." Draco replied
"The hell?" Naruto, Kuroi and Deivion said in shock in unison
"How else are you going to fuel a fire?" Draco asked back
"I don't know, maybe coal." Deivion replied
"You mortals use that to make fires? No wonder why your weapons and armor suck. A soul of a corrupted dragon burns hotter and longer than any known fuel or flame. Its nessacary to meld the components together, dragon scales." Draco answered
"Interesting choice of materials." Naruto said
"They are not just any dragon scales. There the scales of the Oriental Dragon himself. They are stronger and lighter than any metal, either mortal or demonic." Draco answered
"How does one get a corrupted dragon soul?" Naruto asked
"You really want to know?" Draco asked
"Yes."
"Follow me." Draco said
Naruto followed the dragon, and then Draco made several hand symbols, saying them in dragon language, then was teleported to a dark corridor.
"Pick a weapon and shield please." Draco said
"So I have to kill it right?" Naruto asked
"You could say that. You'll find out in a minute, just pick a weapon and a shield." Draco said
Naruto found one that he liked. It was a 4 foot sword with a cyan color blue blade and white handle. The shield he chose a shield that looked like it was made out of black dragon scales, and then walked down the corridor towards light. When he walked out, he found he was in the middle of a Gladiatorial Colosseum. The crowd were various dragons. In the box were two dragon announcers.
"Ladies and gentle dragons, this is going to be better than last time, and it better, the last guy sucked. He called himself one of the seven legendary swordsmen of the mist, that was terrible." The one of the right said
"Indeed. Naruto has plenty of experience with a weapon and shield combo. The champion dragon is ready for his next meal, so in order for him not to get hungry and give Naruto a challenge, we tied to a stake Hinata Hyuga." The left one said
"Lets get ready for a death battle!" The right one said and hit a gong behind him with his tail
A metal door under the announcers box opened, and the dragon jumped out. Its wing webbing was tarnished with age, so it could not fly, but was amazingly muscular. It had red scales, with yellow stripes running down its back, and blue shades on the rest of its body. Two long straight horns stuck out of the back of its head. It noticed Hinata and moved towards her, ready to eat. Naruto threw a rock at it to get its attention.
"Hey buddy, you don't want to eat her first, save her for dessert. Come and get me!" Naruto yelled, and using his shield he blocked a incoming fireball from the dragon
The dragon sent a beam of fire at Naruto, and quickly tried blocking with his shield. The fire could not break through, and Naruto slowly started to move closer to Hinata while blocking the continuing beam. He got close to Hinata, and was about to use his sword to cut her loose, but a bit of the fire beam bounced off the edge of the shield, and knocked it out of Naruto's hand. It lodged itself into the wall behind him. Hinata tried to grab a kunai from insider her jacket, but the dragons tied her up so she couldn't.
"Hang on!" Naruto yelled, and threw ninja stars at the ropes while still blocking the beam
He cut enough ropes for Hinata to break free, though she was terrified by the dragon. Naruto concentrated and angled the shield just right so it would fire the beam right back at the head of the dragon, making it roar in rage and stopped the beam.
"Little help Hinata. I could really use it." Naruto said to her
"I-I can't." She replied
"Why not? You do what to get out of here alive right?" Naruto asked
"I-I'm n-n-not good f-for anything." she replied
"Yes you are. For one thing, we can take that thing if we try. For one thing, it can't fly, so its stuck on the ground. Second, one can distract while the other attaks. We have advantages, and we can use them to get out of here alive." Naruto rattled off
"I can't f-fight this thing." Hinata said
"Fine, you hold the shield, and block his attacks while that give me a opening to attack him. I come back and hide behind you with the shield for cover, and process repeat." Naruto said, and handed her the shield
"Please, d-d-don't t-trust me." Hinata replied, and meekly held the shield
The dragon opened his mouth and shot another fire beam at them. Hinata quickly blocked, but the force of it smashed her against Naruto, and sent them into the wall. Naruto cushioned Hinata when they hit.
"See, I knew I could count on you." Naruto said, cuddling up to Hinatas back, who in response blushed
"U-um N-n-naruto..." Hinata tried to say
"Hang on, can you hold back his attacks long enough for me to get the sword?" Naruto asked
"Y-y-yes." Hinata stammered out
Naruto made a break for it, and the dragon was about charge after him when he got hit in the eye with a rock. It didn't do any damage to it, but it turned its head to see Hinata who threw it. He then ran at Hinata, and got her shield stuck in his mouth, with her arm still in the strap behind the shield. Lifting his head 5 feet off the ground, the dragon shook his head back and forth, using the force of this violent shaking to try and rip Hinata's arm off. Naruto got the sword just in time, and threw it like a tomahawk. The spinning blade cut off one of his horns, and Hinata caught it when it bounced in a different direction. She then slashed the dragons face to get it to let go.
"Alright, lets kill this thing!" Naruto yelled and took his sword from Hinata
"H-h-how d-do w-we kill i-it?" Hinata asked, ready to block the next attack
"Get me as close to that thing as possible, then I'll see what I can do." Narutu answered
Hinata didn't need to move, as the dragon thunderously charged towards them. Activating her Byakugan, Hinata timed it just right, and smashed the dragon's head with the shield. It stopped dead in its tracks, and Naruto jumped on the dragon's hurting head. While trying to gain his balance, he accidently stepped on one of the dragons spikes, and it pierced his footwear. Not only that, but pierced the bone of his foot, and he fell off. The dragon then grabbed him in his jaws and was about to swallow Naruto when the sword pierced one of his eyes to distract him.
"A-are y-you a-a-all right?" Hinata asked Naruto, looking at his foot
"Its broken, I swear it is." Naruto replied in pain
Hinata picked up the sword in her other hand, and got into a hyuga fighting stance. The dragon twirled and swung its tail at Hinata. The force of it sent her back a couple dozen yards, and she waited for it to attack again. By this point, the dragon was pissed off to the point of blind rage, and a fire could literally be seen in his eyes.
"W-whats t-t-the m-matter? N-not h-hungry?" Hinata stammered out a threat
The dragon had it. It made a final charge, and leaped at Hinata, ready to crush her under its weight. Hinata jumped at it, and in a complete reversal, she was on top of the dragons head, riding it like Naruto had, only she knew where all the spikes were. Out of character, she stabbed it through the head 28 times, and even though it was dead at about the 7th time. She sweated as she nearly collapsed coming down from the dead body. A purple and black orb appeared out of its carcess, and a dragon swooped in to take it.
"There, I payed." Naruto said to draco, who came down to get him
"Yes, and now they'll get started. Though I'll leave you two for a bit to have a proper goodbye." Draco replied, and flew into the stands
Hinata went over to Naruto, and helped him up so he could somewhat stand. He turned to her, and simaltaniously smiled and laughed.
"W-w-what?" Hinata asked
"You said you were worthless, and look at you now, you killed a dragon. If you were worthless, then how did you do it?" Naruto asked
"U-u-um..." Hinata tried to say, but Naruto put a finger on her lips before she could say more
"Heres how, you gain self confidence. Remember this, sometimes when you seem everything you do has no meaning, it does, just not in a visible way." Naruto said to her, kiss her on the forehead without thinking and left
She fainted on the spot, and was teleported away, with the announcers doing the usual post fight jibberish. Naruto limped his way to several dragons waiting for him, and they teleported to a large forge. There was a massive system of railed carts carrying dragon scales towards the forge, which just had the soul inserted in it. It was lite ablaze by a dragon breathing fire, and a white flame came out of it. They placed a two foot sword hand just out of reach of the fire, and then inserted a single scale in a small slit made in it. It fused it to the handle, then they attached another on it to made it longer. They completed this slow, precise process till they created a 5 foot blade on the handle, totaling a 7 foot katana blade.
"Now that looks nice. I better get working out." Naruto said
"Prepare for sharpening!" A orange dragon yelled, and they brought the blade to a grindstone after dipping it in some water
They brought it to a large grindstone, where a really old chinese dragon was waiting for it. He carefully ground the blade edge to a razor point, then gave it to his bulky assistant, who tested it's sharpness on a rock. The sword cut through the rock like a knife through butter, and finally they needed something to give it true power.
"Naruto, may I please have that amulet?" The old dragon asked
"Um... why?" Naruto asked back sorta creeped out
"A sword is strong when it is sharpened, but a truly powerful sword has a added property to it." The dragon replied
Naruto handed him the amulet, and he then placed it at the point where the blade meets the sword. The amulet changed to a red with black centered orb, and the blade instantly caught itself on fire.
"Naruto, I give you the Imperial sword of Eternal Hellfire. May when you are able to wield this sword, you use it wisely." the dragon said, and quickly crafted a scabbard for it
When it was placed in its scabbard, the flames stopped. Naruto looked across the workshop to see his armor being forged, only it was way too big for him, much like the sword. It started with a chest plate that covered the ribs, then five horizantal bands of flexible scales. His shoulder paludrons overlapped the straps on the shoulders for the chest piece with a large spike, and strips similar to the ones on the waist covered the arms to the gauntlests, and at the end of the fingers were pointed claws. The leg armor was also like that down to the greaves, which also consisted of a boot. All of the armor was made out of a huge array of colored scales, every color and every shade of those colors were present. His helmet was one piece, but he had good visability with a v shape visor, large enough for him to not only see in front, but also use his periferal vision. It also had a crest on it like the legionare officers, only larger and was adorned with dragons spikes.
"Okay, exactly how am I supposed use these? The swords too big and the armors too big too? What was the point of all this?" Naruto asked
"Planning for the future." Draco replied
"I possibly may not have a future!" Naruto shot back
"Well, that is yet to be seen." Draco answered
"Well, I guess I can at least look at them till I'm strong enough and big enough to even hold them!" Naruto yelledo ut the last bit
"Naruto, this is just the beginning for what you'll have to go through, just the beginning." Draco said to Naruto before he teleported with him away
MHG: I thank all my readers for supporting this, next chapter will be a transistion chapter, about 1.5 years after this one. Bare with me, but it should be good. See ya next time.