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's 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.
Rise of unholy lightning
Akeno took a deep breath, the match was about to begin, she above all understood the meaning this particular match held. Not only for Rias her friend but also for Rias her master the younger sister of Lucifer but above all she knew the meaning this match had for her. As she put on the special silver bracelets from Azazel, she knew there was no going back. A part of her mind still wanted to keep away from the power.
Why did it have to be so complicated, she groaned feeling irritated. Still she couldn't openly show her irritation as the senior member she had responsibility. Rias's call soon came as the team gathered to wait for the arrival of their transport. However Naruto was conveniently missing, Akeno didn't really expect him to be there, what happened last night changed many things and she knew the boy was conflicted.
For a moment she wondered how did she feel about it surprisingly she was not the least bit sorry.
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Naruto watched them leave on the head of the gigantic dragon Ise had asked to come, he wanted to go with them help his two charges, both of them had potential to go beyond ordinary if only they could harness that potential. Naruto wondered if he himself had attained what could truly be attained. Fate always seemed to have fun setting him against powers beyond his own.
However he tensed as he sensed the chakra behind him, whoever it was, it was using sage chakra. And Naruto noted off handedly that the control was much better than what Koneko now had, but even then he could taste the individual chakra of the person and that was enough for him to understand who she was.
It was a brief moment but he remembered the flavor of this chakra, a blend of Matatabi and Yugito. "So what are you waiting for Kuroka? Ten minutes have passed and you stood there watching, what is it that you seek?" He kept his tone neutral as if discussing weather.
"I may be here to fight you" the figure finally came to light, to any one watching she would seem human, until one would notice the two small cat ears poking out of her hair. Naruto however knew it would be there but he was surprised that the tail that accompanied the change wasn't there, he always saw Koneko with both tail and ears and imagined that was the sage transformation.
Kuroka pouted a bit at being ignored, "you know that I really could attack you" she spoke in a petulant manner.
There was something in the manner of her speaking, something so familiar and close to his heart that it caused pain and brought smile to his lips at the same time. It felt only yesterday when Konohamaru would pester him with some stupid reason. 'It seems as if nothing has changed even when everything is different'.
"But, you are not, I could sense your intent if you had" Naruto spoke keeping his tone level. He felt funny teasing others like this, not too long ago the third hokage would treat him like this.
Kuroka was feeling irritated by the behavior of the mortal, she knew by all means she was an effective fighter, already the hunter squads feared her. However the man showed no care what so ever. Her shock only increased when suddenly the man vanished, his entire trace was lost no transportation magic that she knew could do it. 'Intriguing perhaps I shall stick on after all'.
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Akeno took a deep breath, marching on the right side of Rias she once more couldn't help but think what would happen if she failed today. 'Naruto was right, power is not good or bad, power is just power. He tamed the great beast of destruction, a being who condemned his whole life, maybe I can do so too.' Her mind resolved.
The arena for the rating game was familiar to all of them, after school they spent hours in it. But so did the Sitri team, that leveled playing field with both teams having equal number of fighters. However her mood darkened immediately as the new rule was announced. It affected all the stronger members of the team, Ise, Xenovia, and herself included. Rias also seemed a bit tensed, it was only in sheer power that they had the odds in their favor but this rule tipped balances the other way.
Naruto appeared in a flash in the VIP box, he had already given a dagger holding the flying thunder god seal to the fallen angel governor. He felt relieved to see the seal working properly, time space jutsu was a complex matter at the best of times and he couldn't really understand all the tiny details any way. As he took his place beside Azazel the match began.
At first it seemed quite random to him, but a few moment later the tactics became apparent. This was again one of his weaknesses, he could think a hundred way to fight some one on the fly but he couldn't plan a full scale battle. He realized how much he depended on others for such instructions, be it Kakashi or Shikamaru. He always had some one who could point him in the right direction. However here he recognized the value of some one like them would be much greater than it was back in his time.
He watched as Rias divided her team in two sending them in, it was a sound strategy but for one thing she had expected her opponent to think in a set way. Naruto could see that the Sitri heiress expected such move. She wasn't aiming to strengthen her team, rather weaken the opposition. Still if she had some ulterior motive when she raced to the roof Naruto couldn't say, with Koneko's senjutsu she would find her in an instant.
However his mind soon stopped wondering about such stuff for the fight had started. In the multiple screens before him, he could see fighting in both places. On one hand it was clash of dragons and else where the swordmasters duked it out. Naruto was no stranger to high speed battles and fought enemies who mastered the way of swords but never before had he witnessed such skill. For in Kiba the sword and he were almost one, he didn't use any fancy movement, using the least amount of movement to evade any attack.
He knew that the boy was quick but this was more than what he expected, the way his sword moved told him that it wasn't just speed but reflexes as well that sped up. On the other hand Xenovia while packing a lot of punch lacked the easy grace that allowed the gaps in her movements. Gaps which would be lethal when facing experienced enemies.
A quick noise alerted him to the other fight in the mall. Koneko had already went in Nekomata transformation and her body was poised to strike at any moment. However Ise was in trouble just taking the attacks of the other boy head on. It was a testament to his training that could take such punishment and not crumble. However it seemed odd to Naruto, the way he had been hearing about Ise suggested the boy was something special, a hard working but foolish boy with a heart full of love.
'Like you once were, before the war' Kurama spoke. Naruto sighed but didn't reply, his innocence had burned to ash in flames of war. Longing for those days won't get them back. He saw as Koneko destroyed her opponent, her body still needed time adjust to the strength bonus from the natural chakra. As she announced her will to become the hell cat to help her team, the last shinobi felt a smile play in his lips.
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In the battle zone however things were not going too smoothly, Ise still had fifteen seconds left before the balance breaker could be utilized but Sagi was gaining ground, he conjured a sphere of destructive magic in his palm. While it wasn't large enough by scales of other magic users, it was however remarkable for someone like him.
'Look closer partner' the voice of the red welsh dragon echoed in his consciousness, Ise knew better than question the judgment of a thousands of year old entity with serious anger management issues. Soon he found what Ddraig meant a cord was connected directly to Sagi's heart feeding the magic sphere.
"So you have finally noticed" Sagi said his face flushed in sweat the exertion of holding the sphere, " I traded my life to power the magic, You understand Ise what it means to have our dreams laughed at. I who hold only a fragment of the great vritra was nothing but a hindrance for my master. I will erase that, I will defeat you and create the path for my master to win. For her dreams my death is a small price to pay"
The words resonated within Ise, he never knew how his friend felt, but if betting ones life was the rule, then he was ready. As the orb of certain death floated in towards him, Ise thrusted his left hand out, a white gauntlet shining there. 'Divide' a disembodied voice announced before the magic orb was halved before hitting Ise. The pain was still excruciating but for the sake of Rias Gremory Ise could bear it.
In the stands Naruto was impressed, skilled or not the two pawn had something much more important, the raw passion that burned within was the most precious weapon a fighter could have. Memories flashed in his mind, a deep pain rose from within his mind.
Raindrops splattered on the broken land, beneath the red glow of the cursed moon three figure stood. On one side was the legendary shinobi who had single handedly brought the shinobi world to its knee, Madara Uchiha wielding the power of god of shinobi and on the other side wounded and battered stood the last defenders of the entire shinobi world.
Naruto ignored the numerous injuries in his body, they would heal but he was running out of steam, the combined power of the nine tailed beasts in sync with the power of his sage mode had got him to the point but even so the fight would cost him his very life. He could feel it in his soul and one look to his right told him Sasuke knew it too.
Sasuke was bleeding profusely his stomach still leaking blood from the sword wound Madara had given. His vision was blurring the strain of rinnengan tearing his body from within but still he had to fight on. Death would be acceptable than to slavery.
"Sasuke Uchiha, with the rinnengan and Naruto Uzumaki the ultimate jinchuriki, you two may have the powers of Asura and Indra but I have both of your powers. I will bring forth the new age of shinobi, my infinite tyskuomy will be complete soon" Madara yelled, gathering a large amount of chakra in his palms, the power was staggering but Naruto held on, with a single thought a whole battalion of clones appeared.
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"Are you all right?" The voice and the shove on his shoulders brought Naruto back to present, the new Leviathan was looking at him with a mixture of childish curiosity and worry. He relaxed forcefully pushing back the urge to attack, immersed in another fragment of his memory he was losing his grip present.
"Yes I am now,thank you my lady" he rasped out, the mannerisms of this time was quite different from his own, and the few books he had managed to learn during this short time suggested this would be a correct response.
The devil however was anything but predictable, she shook her mane of hair and poked out her tongue. "Call me Levi-tan, whisker Chan" she was like the innocence of a child given form and for a moment Naruto felt his mood lighten.
His brief trip down the memory lane had caused him to miss quite a few minute of the game. The advantage was very much in favor of the Sitri house. Kiba was alone and outnumbered facing three at once. However the dynamics of the other fight had changed, the red armor of the heavenly dragon had arrived, and with it Ise had gained momentum, however it was the resilience of the other boy that touched Naruto. Battered and bloody he still came forward his knuckles bloodied from futilely hitting the armor, again and again a punch from Ise will knock him down but he will rise again.
Naruto was touched, he had given up on the lessons of his past, but the will of one devil proved him wrong. Is this not how he himself stood against the rampage of the angry shukaku, how he defied a man with god like powers. This was the reason the third hokage, pervy sage, Asuma sensei, Kakashi sensei stood alone against powers so great and terrible.
'The will of fire of your ancestors burns brightly still' the voice of Kurama echoed in his mind. Naruto had to agree with his partner and he smiled it gave him a feeling of home. He was disappointed when finally the boy fell. On the other side also something strange occurred, Kiba pushed his sword in to ground and thousands of sword bloomed from the ground, this was something Naruto had never seen before. The attack Kiba called sword birth was truly a fitting name for the technique, the swords pierced the two girls even before they had chance to be shocked.
For first ttime Naruto saw the true power in the knight, like Kakashi he lacked the raw power but just like him he was much more dangerous for it. The rating games showed him much and taught him about those he now lived with. There was depth in them he failed to see and plus the game was exciting, reminder of the chunin exams of konoha.
He was hooked in to the game as it reached near climax. As the Sitri heiress explained her plans to weaken Rias by taking down the red heavenly dragon, Naruto whistled. The plan was fucking awesome just like something Shikamaru would think of, use of misdirection to the absolute. However he was stunned when Ise revealed his trump Z, Naruto wasn't a prude when it came to crazy techniques, he had used a ten thousand years of death on crazed Shukaku for crying out loud. However to develop a technique that communicated with breasts it seemed too vile even to him, still it worked.
Koneko was surprised to hear the trick pulled to stop her senjutsu, it was flattering to think that even someone like Kaichu would take measures to stop her. It felt gratifying to be recognized such, and she was fine the power unable to corrupt her like her sister. She concentrated even more and the world responded and the trickery pulled to fool her senses faded. Right before her eyes Ise senpai sank to his knees. Eyes watered without her wanting it. She disliked the perverseness of the boy but at the same time she found her nature endearing and she knew just how much pain he could endure for sake of those he loved.
Asia couldn't bear it any more, she gathered the aura around her letting it flow. In the aura she poured her love, her faith and the green aura poured out of her like flood. It touched every one around her. For a heart beat it seemed she might save Ise but then suddenly the opponent bishop stepped inside her aura, 'reverse' she whispered.
Akeno was furious as the reverse sacred gear took out Asia, Ise disappeared as well. Their side was spent, Kiba was tired, Ise and Xenovia taken out but that didn't matter, her rage burned bright now. Black raven wings spread out from her back, from the faith in their lord her father merged light with thunder to create holy lightning. She was a devil and thus bereft of the faith but her rage, her hate opened the door for her and the blood sang free.
Naruto couldn't take his eyes off, Akeno was glowing with power and her already exceptional beauty glowed with the ethereal glow. At that moment she looked like a goddess of war, intent on her wrath and by god he had never seen anything sexier. He had tried convince her to accept her as it was and looking her like this only made him satisfied with the effort. In the battle field Akeno smiled a smile that was equally cruel and seductive and a spear of lightning ran at the opposing bishop. She cried out for her reverse ability but it failed the sheer power of the attack nullified her ability. And instantly she was out of the fight. Akeno fixed her stare now on the queen of student council, Shinra Tsunami held her naginata in defensive guard, if she felt fear her body didn't show it.
"Akeno Senpai let me handle it I owe Xenovia that much" Kiba's voice was still soft but the sheer intent behind it was clear enough, the opponent hoped that taking out Ise would snap the gremory team's will to fight but the plan backfired. The grief turned in to rage and now they were out for revenge. Kiba dashed at the opponent queen the holy demonic sword appeared at his side, he cut at her pulling the momentum to use a diagonal slash but the naginata blocked the blade but Kiba did not pause for a second, he pivoted putting his weight on the left foot and came in from another angle but this time a magical shield appeared in unprotected side, it blocked the momentum before fizzling out. So she had already created shield charms over places she couldn't block easily.
Kiba had barely time to think when Shinra senpai brought out the bottle of phoenix tear and threw it at him, Kiba knew exactly what she meant to do and with a moment's focus he changed the blade, the watery sword mixed with tears and even as she called out reverse it failed to deal damage. But the attack had been a feint, she stabbed with her naginata but Kiba expected it he instantly created another sword on his other hand pushing the naginata down even as he threw his body out of the line, the tip of the naginata cut a line along his side but he had the other sword swinging for a severing slash on her body. Desperate she summoned the mirror alice, her trump card but Kiba was ready, he let the sword hit the fragile mirror but as weakly as possible, all the while he began the chant to summon the mighty holy sword durandal. Xenovia and he trained for days to be able to do just this. It was his way of fulfilling his partner's debt.
Rias ran to the roof, flanked by her queen and rook, she was barely there when the disembodied voice of Grayfia rang,"sitri group's queen retires". She smirked the last of sitri group down, this battle was her for taking. She could play safe but her rage at losing Ise to Sona's trick made her reckless, she wanted face her friend in battle to make her taste her own medicine.
"President, you don't have to do tthis, we can take her together." Kiba's voice screamed in her ear, the knight was on his way. Still she wanted it this way, Sona Sitri smiled as her last prediction became fulfilled. She concentrated and every water line in the building exploded raising a huge curtain of water behind her. Rias smirked and in front of her innumerable small orbs of power appeared. Every single one of them lethal, as she shot them like bullets from a heavy machine gun, in reply the water took the shape of a wall. Every single part the bullets touched the wall evaporated then it simply reformed.
"Well that was interesting" Naruto said as he watched the infinite wall of water vs power of destruction stalemate continue for a while. It was like fighting against Gaara's sand, but this wasn't an ocean, as powerful as Sona Sitri was at least one shot would eventually get through. As if following his line of thought the two kings paused for a moment before unleashing their attacks at once. All the water rushed at Rias forming different shapes without wasting a moment, wolves, birds and even dragons rushed to intercept the orbs of destruction.
Naruto left the stadium before the results were even out, his body flicker took him to the door of the infirmary. As much as he wanted to congratulate Akeno, there was one person no two persons he needed to talk to. however the infirmary was almost a full blown hospital sized and searching for two particular patients seemed like searching for a needle in the hay stack. He closed his eyes and tapped in to the powers of the nature. Once connected to the life lines of the nature he could sense every one and finding someone this close was easier than he expected.
However what he didn't expect was the amount of damage they had sustained. Now he uunderstood when the boys talked about using life energy they meant it literally. Sagi had all but severed his life lines, it was like when Guy sensei used the eight gates. He was just like this dying from the tear in the chakra pathways. Sagi may not have chakra normally but he just busted the main chakra pathway of his heart, sighing Naruto put his hand on the wounded boy's chest and started slowly sending in his sage chakra. It was going to be a long night.
Author's note: hey guys missed m?Sorry for being so late but just couldn't put down the demon cycle books by peter v brett anyone who loves fantasy should read them. They are awesome