Coming of the dragons
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A swamp, somewhere in Water country, 1.5 years later
Naruto was napping with a large fishing pole and a spear on his right side. He was now 13, soon to be 14, now about 5' 7", and a more mature look to him overall, with larger, bulkier muscles to boot. He suddenly was waken up by a fierce tugging on the line. The small farming town he was helping had a problem with something eating there livestock and goods being shipped out by boat. One witness saw it, and it was a giant crocodile, big enough to eat a whole herd of cattle with one bite. The thrashing on the pole was getting worse and Naruto grabbed it and tried to real it in.
'Come on big guy, how about you join me for dinner.' Naruto thought
A massive influx of water erupted from the murky water, and the giant reptile thrashed with the hook stuck near one of its teeth. It had a thick black hide, with yellow eyes, and a thick triangular head. Its teeth were black, almost stone like, and where jagged with smaller spikes facing backwards. Naruto planted the pole in the knot of the tree he was sleeping by, and grabbed his spear. In pain, the crocodile continued to thrash about back and forth. Its tail hit a tree behind it, snapping it like it was a twig.
"Lets rock croc!" Naruto yelled, and jumped
He got hit by the swinging head, and broke most of his ribs. It didn't make him go flying, as he hung on for dear life, and climbed on. The shaking continued, and Naruto in pain found his balance. Taking great care in aimed, he thrusted, and it pierced the crocs eye. The thrashing increased in power and speed as Naruto was hanging on to the spear, trying to thrust it even deeper into the reptile. One final thrust penetrated the brain, and the giant crocodile fell limped in the water.
"Alright! Now how to get this thing out of here as proof?" Naruto yelled then asked himself
Back at the farming town: 3 hours later
Naruto employed the villagers to help him drag the monster out of the swamp. Instead of barking for them to move, he was ordering them while helping to drag it.
"Here you go, its dead." Naruto said after they were finished dragging it into the town center
"Thank you sir, you have saved us in more ways than one." The village elder replied
"Trust me, I'm going to be healing for a while before I try something like that again." Naruto said, holding his hand on a few of his broken ribs
"We are in your debt. We will support you in any way possible for us." The elder said to him
"If everyone was like you guys, I'd have no problems at all!" Naruto complimented
With that Naruto limped off, with the people thanking him and saying goodbye him as long as he was in there sight. He wouldn't get any down time however, as Draco had a surprise for him.
Back at base: 7 hours later
Naruto winced in pain as he finally made it to a seat back at base. Kuroi, Draco, Deivion, all the legion generals and 5 regional judges that Naruto has recruited were all in a football huddle. They were discussing something that had to do with Naruto.
"I say we should tell him." Kuroi argued
"And have him break the rest of his bones? I think not." Deivion shot back
"Lets take a vote. Who says we tell Naruto about it now raise there left hand." Draco said and most save for Deivion raised there left hand
"Hey big boss, we got a surprise for you!" Kuroi called for Naruto
"Don't call me that." Naruto replied
"Whatever, we have a gift for you." Kuroi said, and helped him walk outside to the back of the base
He came face to face with the largest dragon he'd seen outside of his mind-scape. A European dragon of about 57 feet long, 25 feet at the shoulder, and a thick black shell. Massive claws and talons jutted from both the front and rear limbs. 5 rows of spikes starting as small stubs at the forehead running all the way to be stubs at the end of the tail, and they grew larger till the middle back, the largest 7 feet. He had two mammoth wings and each wing finger bone also extends forward to make a finger. He had triple horns on his snout. The first and biggest was like a mild crescent, forming a spike to act as the front teeth of the mouth, and extended up to be a thick, 5.5 foot blade like horn. The second and third were rhino like in shape, but smaller. On both sides of the back of the head was a pair of massive straight horns, and many smaller curved horns. His teeth were black blade spikes coming out of his gums, jagged with smaller spikes on them like the croc, but smaller, and more in the mouth. Finally, it had blood red slitted eyes, piercing into Naruto with a gaze that amazed him to the core.
"This is Koshitsu Ryu, or the Imperial dragon. Lets just say he's your new partner in battle." Draco said
"Hey big guy, nice to meet you. My name is Naruto." Naruto greeted, and offered his hand
The massive dragon put his claw on Naruto's hand and they shook. It craned its long, robust neck, and looked over his new human partner. He had heard things about Naruto, and wanted to see if he really deserved to be called the Champion of the Oriental Dragon, a title all other dragons hailed too.
"Hey, lets go start training, I always wanted to fly." Naruto said, looking around for a saddle
"Oh hell no!" The entire assembly said, save for Ryu, who literally could not talk in any known fashion
"Whats the point of having me meet him if I can't start training with him?" Naruto asked, leaning on Ryu's leg
"I told you guys it was a bad idea." Deivion said to them
"The amount of forces just going into a dive riding on him would be enough to kill you in this state." Rectangle explained
"Don't worry guys, I got a great royal doctor and nurse pair to take care of things." Draco said
"Who and how did you get them?" Kuroi asked
"It all started 3 days ago..." Draco began
Flashback: 3 days ago, Casino
Draco walked into a larger, multi floor casino. Using his keen eyesight, he tried to find someone in particular. He finally found the person he was looking for. At a poker table and a bottle of sake was Tsunade, with the black robed Shizune near her. She was sweating like mad as she was losing big time on gambling.
"Pay up." The dealer said
"I bet it all." Tsunade replied
"What?" The dealer asked
"How much does she owe?" Draco asked, who hovered over there
"Um... 750 million yen." The dealer said nervously
Draco opened a pocket in his armor, and searched through it. He finally found what he was looking for, a diamond that fit neatly in his hand, making it quite large.
"Will this do?" Draco asked
"More than enough." The dealer replied amazed
Tsunade and Shizune stared at the dragon, not sure of what to say. A dragon just payed off Tsunade's gambling debts, but the question was what did they have to do in return.
"Thank you." Tsunade thanked
"Your welcome, I could use someone of your talent." Draco replied
"If its my luck then I don't understand." Tsunade said skeptical
"I'm talking about your medial talents." Draco corrected
"Really?" Tsunade asked
"I don't think this is a good idea." Shizune whispered in her ear
"You don't trust me?" Draco asked surprised
"Yes, I don't." Shizune sternly replied
"Don't jump the gun Shizune. What do you need me for?" Tsunade asked
"I need both of you to be the official doctors of the new ruler of the shinobi nations." Draco proclaimed
"Really, oh, that's right, some kid got a deal with the daymio's like that."Tsunade said, finally remembering
"All the more reason we should not trust him. If this guy fails, then we would be executed for treason." Shizune warned
"I'm already exiled from Konaha, this kid would allow me to get back in a new Konaha. I'll do it. Its the least you can do for clearing my gambling debts." Tsunade said to Draco
"Splendid, lets get going. Since they don't have chess here, I have no reason to stick around." Draco answered
End Flashback
"Where are they?" Naruto asked
"In the hospital section of the base waiting for you." Draco said plainly
"Here, let us help you sir." Two medics, who wore medium chain-mail armor, save for the leather helmet, boots and bracers were white and had red cross's on them, said as they picked up Naruto
"Wait, put me down, that's an order!" Naruto ordered in panic
"Sorry sir, but when your health is concerned, the chief medical officer outranks you." The one on the left said
"That's lady Tsunade now." The one of the other side of him said
Try as he might, Naruto couldn't get himself out of there iron grips, and they carried him to his own personal medical room. Inside was Tsunade and Shizune, who were both wearing white nurse outfits and white heals. The only difference was Tsunade had a different symbol on hers, instead of a red cross, it was gold with a gold ring around it.
"Put him on the bed, gently. I need to see how bad the damage is." Tsunade ordered
The two put Naruto down, and left. With nimble care, she felt around each individual rib. Naruto groaned in pain, and then she wrote down the results on a clipboard. Then she used her fingers to push each off place piece of the broken ribs into there places.
"Alright, give them a few months, and they'll be good as new. I'll be back to give you some pain killers for the first exposure of healing jutsu." Tsunade said, and left, leaving Shizune to watch Naruto
"So what would happen if I tried to leave?" Naruto asked
"Either lady Tsunade or me would beat you unconsious and bring you back." Shizune replied
'So thats what I'm up against, shouldn't be too hard.' Naruto thought, and the faked to fall asleep
A few minutes later, Tsunade was back. She took Naruto asleep as a golden oppurtunity and started to try and speed up the healing of his ribs. It took about 10 minutes, and the only thing that was done was stop the internal bleeding.
"Alright, lets let him work it out. We'll return at dinner time." Tsunade said, and the two left
The instant they left the room and Naruto knew they were down the hall, then he snuck out. Ryu was sleeping under a tree, till Naruto woke him.
"Alright, lets just go around for a simple fly." Naruto ordered, and the dragon unfurled its massive wings
With great care, the dragon lifted off the ground, and started flying. He was about 500 feet off the ground, and for a strange reason, flying felt great to Naruto. It seemed so natural to him, and he didn't want to go down any time soon. Fate however has a way of shooting down one's plans. Tsunade found out and ordered them a new practice target for the archers.
"Damn, that woman was serious!" Naruto yelled as the Dragon evaded the barrage of arrows with ease
Unfortunately that evading got a broadhead arrow stuck in the right side of his waist. He fell off, and Shizune caught him, and carried him bridal style back. Then they started surgery to get the arrow out.
"I told you not to fly, now its going to take longer. You need rest, not flying lessons." Tsunade warned, and pulled out the arrow, then Shizune sealed the wound
"You are crazy woman." Naruto replied to her
"Listen kid, lets get one thing straight. I want to run a tight ship, and Draco did something very helpful for me. I am going to do this job to the best of my ability, and if you don't get better, it makes me look bad. So say in bed, and get some rest got it?" Tsunade sternly said
"Yes ma'mn." Naruto replied slightly scared
Later that day: night time
Finding trying to see the dragon out in the day was a death sentence, he switch to night operations. Because his room didn't have a window, he had to sneak out through the halls. He then made it out to the training grounds out back, and saw the dragon sleeping under the same tree.
"I'm not here for flying, I'm just here to think." Naruto said, thinking the dragon didn't hear him
Little did he know, the dragon did hear him. It slowly opened its eyes and turned its head towards Naruto.
"Something tells me your not as dumb as you let on. You only seem to act like you obey my every command. Your smarter than that aren't you?" Naruto asked the dragon, and it lifted its head
With that, the dragon seem almost offended. Then he smashed his tail on the ground to make his point.
"Easy, I'm sorry. Look, now we have at least a basic understanding." Naruto tried to make amends, but the dragon was still unamuzed
"Damn it! Where is that brat!? This time I'm going to beat don't go out of the room into that thick skull of his!" Tsunade was heard
"Oh crap, she's found out. Hide me." Naruto said, and the dragon only smirked with a small chuckle
Naruto crawled under its thick tail to avoid getting caught. She stormed past, frantically looking for him. After she left, Naruto ran for room, and in a few minutes, Ryu heard screams of pain from Naruto. He only smiled, and then fell back asleep, knowing Tsunade wouldn't beat him up too badly.
MHG: Sorry for so long, lost the mojo, but 11 should be here sooner, cause I have a idea for that one, this one I sorta had to wing. Have a nice day.