LEGEND OF THE TRUE SAGE
Hey friends I have decided to start a new story this time a cross over story between high school dxd and Naruto. But I am not abandoning my protector of pride story it's simply a side project an idea that won't leave me alone.
Disclaimer: I own shit neither high school dxd nor Naruto.
summary: in the world where gods and devils walk the earth; where skies are dyed red by the flames of dragons; this is the story of a boy brought back to life after three thousand years to once more be given a chance at the redemption.
THE LORD OF THE FALLEN SERAPH
I am Azazel; you guessed it right the fallen angel dude. You know I always was not a fallen angel. There was a time when my wings were as white as snow but those days are long gone and to be truthful I do miss those days. I was born from the creator's curiosity, that's what I represented his endless thirst for knowledge thirst to create and learn. As one of the very first of my kind I was strong and like all of them I inherited the battle prowess and lust for it. The early days were peaceful as I remember them. When all I cared for was watching the humans interact with each other and learn as much as I can. But as an angle I could not perceive their emotions and that left me frustrated.
Then I found that land; the land cursed by the gods themselves. The humans there lived under the constant warfare; peace was an alien concept to them. Surprisingly enough they still loved, they still smiled and that piqued my interest. How a species so fragile can burn with so much life energy. Watching over them changed me before I could know it, I was no longer an angle I was able to feel their emotions and I liked it. Slowly there was more like me us who could learn their ways who wanted to feel the joy and passion like the mortals. The creator and my brethren despised us, they deemed us unworthy and we were banished that was two thousand years ago. That was when Grigori was born, the fallen angels we named our selves. In a way it was liberating the chains of the angel race no longer bound us and we were free to interact with mortals.
Now before me stood the last remnant of that age, of the people who unknowingly gave birth to the fallen angels. The power in his veins was filling my consciousness with battle lust and I longed to test my mettle against him.
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Naruto was disoriented for a moment when was transferred suddenly, it was lot like the flying thunder god jutsu only that this used something different than chakra. He fixed his eyes on the figure floating ahead; his twelve pitch black wings spread blocking light. Naruto didn't need to tap in Kurama's chakra to know the battle lust this man was pouring off and his elongated canines bared in a smirk.
"Welcome to the training field of the Grigori; here we can let loose without a thought for the surroundings" Azazel spoke his hand clutching a spear formed of condensed light. "If you want to know the truth or want my help you will have to prove worthy; can you do that Lord of the Yokai." He spoke his eyes fixed on the man on the ground. The man smirked and at the same instant Azazel felt a rapidly approaching source of power. He side stepped to dodge a big ball of spiraling energy held in the hand of an identical looking copy of the man. Without missing a beat he drove the spear straight through his back and the body just disappeared in smoke.
"Shadow-clones; they always were your favorite technique" Azazel commented dryly, forming another spear in his hand and throwing it at Naruto. "Yes but doesn't mean that was all I could do" Naruto replied back vanishing form his place in burst of speed dodging the spear effortlessly. Azazel was shocked as found the man right before him in the air wrapped in a golden shroud of flames; patterns of seal running all over his body. 'Oh fuck' he thought as the shinobi swung his fist at him with all the power of a rampaging rhino.
The hit threw Azazel through the air until he managed to gain control of his flight. There was already a bruise marring his handsome face. "You are good but I am better" he taunted raising his hand and concentrating his aura around the palm. Naruto tensed as bolts of light spears flew at him in rapid speeds. He pushed his Kurama's chakra induced speed to the maximum as he dodged them left and right. Slowly closing the distance but this was easier said than done as soon enough Azazel added his another palm to the game and the number of the light arrows multiplied.
"You have run enough this time show this winged freak what a host of the tailed beast can do" Kurama's voice echoed in Naruto's mind, the ancient beast burning with battle lust infecting him as well. 'As you wish partner' Naruto thought back; the chakra shroud around him bubbled as countless arms formed of pure chakra shot out. He concentrated hard on his chakra as the chakra arms formed rasengans.
Azazel was surprised as his onslaught of light arrows was met head on with those spiraling sphere of chakra. He concentrated harder and the speed of formation of arrows increased but even then it was a deadlock, the boy was better than he had expected. In the hindsight it was his mistake he had seen the boy fight before and he should have known that he didn't give up no matter what the odds were.
'if this continues then I would need to use my balance breaker' Azazel thought but at once corrected himself as he saw the barrier around the field breaking from the outpouring of the power. He was not fighting for life and death no matter what his instincts told him. He clenched his palms in a fist stopping the arrows but that proved to be a mistake as a lone chakra hand with the sphere approached him. Azazel did the only thing he could think of, he wrapped his wings around him in a protective cocoon.
Naruto saw the arrows stop but he was too late to stop the chakra arm from shoving the rasengan to Azazel's body. However he need not worry as the rasengan failed to penetrate the winged defense and he let the attack fizzle out. "I hope you have seen enough" Naruto yelled still wrapped in the tailed beast chakra shroud.
"Oh yeah I have seen more than enough" Azazel spoke gliding down, his wings smoking from blocking the powerful attack. "Then you owe me some answers" Naruto spoke still not letting his guard down. Azazel cursed inside as he noticed the change in attitude of the ninja, his stupid battle lust had almost managed to alienate the one he need on his side. "I am sorry but truly I held no ill intention toward you" he spoke drawing back his wings inside his back.
Naruto locked his eyes to the black haired fallen angel, "I know that already, in this form I can feel your emotions and you were burning with pure battle urge. Just like now you are full of guilt". He had no grudge for the fight in fact he was proud to hold his own against one of the strongest supernatural existences. The only reason he was pissed because the man had tried to hide secrets from him. Born and brought up in the veil of secrecy very few men understood the importance of secrets better than him. And he hated when someone kept secrets from him, secrets that could very well claim his life.
"Naruto as long as you live as a human the grim reapers will keep hunting you and there is no way to stop it. The only alternative is to give up on your humanity; I didn't want to tell you this because I didn't want to appear as I am doing it only to manipulate you, I wanted you to discover it yourself." Azazel spoke "to be truthful I am tired of the wars between angels, fallen angels and devils. I am tired of watching my comrades fade into nothing. Unlike you we don't get a burial or a grave we scatter in thousand little particle and fade away so I proposed peace and for the first time in all of creation it appeared that true peace will occur." The words reminded Naruto of the time when he stood side by side with the shinobi of all the ninja villages fighting to protect the freedom of the people. Once before he had faced overwhelming odds and then he had prevailed even at the cost of countless sacrifices.
"Was it worth it?" he asked. Azazel didn't really get the question but he knew more question was about to follow. "I was not there for the aftermath of the great devastation, I don't even remember if we won or lose. So I want to know if there was anything good coming out of it, did we really succeed." Naruto spoke he was tired, he was going to get involved in a war that reminded him of his past. "Why does it matter?" Azazel asked truly confused, even after watching the mortals for over three millenniums he was surprised at the working of their brains. Even Vali still surprised him and he brought him up from two year old.
"The war tore apart the continent, you had won but not without a price; there were no elemental countries no hidden villages any more. The life that you knew was gone with the war, the remaining shinobis decided to give up on the violence. So in a way you won but the era is not as gone as you expect there are still links and you need to discover them yourself. But as a being over four thousand years I have learned a valuable lesson, don't look back on your decisions. The only thing you can do is look forward." Azazel spoke
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I felt like a fucking hypocrite telling the kid to keep looking forward when even now I would think of the regrets I have. I had learned one thing that Naruto despite all of his pretenses and harsh past still retained a bit of his innocence and passion that made him so unpredictable and dangerous. Here was someone I needed desperately on the Gremory team; with the red heavenly dragon they will be going through countless strong battles and I seriously hoped that having Naruto as a support will help Ise grow to his full potential.
And in a way I knew Naruto's greatest desire; in his entire life he wanted only one wanted one thing a family. I believed that Rias and her servants can truly fill up the void and more than ever he needed it.
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"Trust me kid you are not the only one who has bloody past" Azazel spoke letting out a sigh. "The girl you saw when you first woke up is Rias Gremory. Her team is full of people with past like you and still they are like a family. I am not telling you to decide anything in the end its all your decision."
Naruto heard the words but truly they were meaningless, he had stopped taking words on face value. The only question that remained what was he supposed to do; he knew almost next to nothing of this world and already had a bounty on his head. 'Kurama what do you suggest?' Naruto thought he was lost, even in his tenure as shinobi he never faced situation like this. 'What do you have to lose? Try them I can sense no ill intention from this fallen angel and may be in that place you will have what you searched all your life. The void in your mind will be finally filled.' Kurama's voice replied back.
'But giving up on my humanity? Will that not be a greater price than what I am willing to pay?' Naruto thought he could read through the lines and he knew exactly what Azazel wanted from him. "Boy you have not been human for your entire life. You always were something different. Marked by the fates remember the grand old geezer of a toad. You have not fulfilled your destiny yet the fight is still going on" Kurama's words were true still it hurt, in a way it was the thing Obito spoke of. The identity that he had built over years had just been taken from him in one moment and that hurt more than he wanted.
He took a deep breath recalling the words his godfather had taught him during his travels. He used to say that when life placed you in a situation where you don't know what to do just follow your heart; even if it went against you have ever learned. Naruto had always believed those words and once more he decided to trust his late mentor. "Azazel I want to know them and I want them to know me. Then I will decide if I want to join you or not but there is one thing I will need." Naruto took a deep breath, "you will have to be completely honest with me. I have lived a life of secrecy and this time I want no more of it."
Azazel always knew Naruto would ask for this and he had no reason to deny his request. "I will so long as it is something that will concern you or those you come to think as your family I will share everything with you." Naruto nodded before holding his fist high. Azazel smirked it was a strange gesture that the original hachibi host had designed to share the feelings; the weird part was years later the gesture was famous amongst the youth. He bumped his fist with the host of first Kyuubi, the rightful lord of yokai.
Author's note: ok so here is the second chapter, the story will continue from the sixth light novel. As the pairing so far you have voted for koneko and akeno. Well I can work with both of them but think about others. The clues I left in last chapter would make two characters the closest for the position. The two cat sisters; have you guys wondered about kuroka as naruto's partner. While I will go for the one with highest vote I want you guys to think more on that matter. And by the way I can do with a beta any one interested please pm me.