New Chapter! My muse made me rewrite this chap three times from scratch till I finally satisfied her.
Pairings: A lot of you are completely opposed to FemGaara. I really don't want to lose readers do to this.But if you're that desperate not to have her I will drop her if, and only if, I get more votes against her than those who have vote for her. To me this seems perfectly reasonable.
I don't know if it makes a difference but I'm pretty sure I can make a FemGarra believable, at least give it a try before deciding to stop reading my story.
Temari- 3 (still last)
Tayuya- 14 (fending of Hana with a flute to keep 2nd)
Anko- 7 (trying to catch up)
For FemGaara- 17 (I have gotten a few names, but I thinking of leaving it Gaara as to avoid confusion)
Against FemGarra- 4
Hana- 12 (she is growling at Tayuya for passing her up)
That's how pairings are looking. This is also the last chapter to vote, so make it count.
Milk Sake and Dango- No apologies necessary, I'm just glad your giving my fic a chance. And I find your opinions very interesting. Feel free to pm or leave questions in a review.
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pax-draconix – your answer is in this chap.
On to chapter 6.
Burning Battle of Devils
The darkness of night was driven away by the sun's light. As the orb rose it bathed the forest and waters of Wave in an orange glow. If one were to keep looking carefully they would see the forest seemingly set aflame while the waters ran with blood, but only for a moment. It happened so fast one would wonder if they had imagined it.
The man in red watched the phenomenon calmly from the top of a tree. He knew this was a sign foreshadowing the events soon to come. The events were a test. Would the boy pass though? Dante jumped from his perch. He plummeted to the ground, but right before his feet touched he fazed out in a blur of red.
Devils Don't Cry…
The mysterious assassin waited in the shadows. She had changed from her traditional dogi into something more comfortable, a baggy white short shirt that left her stomach uncovered along with showing off some cleavage, a black short skirt, and high combat boots. She only wore the dogi when meeting some one officially. It was so she could be taken seriously and avoid lust filled gazes. Her weapons would discourage most, but there were always the persistent ones that she usually had to teach a lesson or five.
She was ready to take out the demon. Her weapon pouches were full and her spear, Kalina Ann, was strapped securely to her back without being to tight to where it would interfere with her draw. All that was needed was her opponent, but the boy sure was taking his sweet time. 'What is he doing? And who are those two?'
Two men with katana at their waists quietly walked up to the door and prepared to break in. 'What are they doing, don't they know the boy is mine to kill?'
Devils Don't Cry...
"Come on Trish, Kakashi-sensei and the others already left a few minutes ago. What's taking you?" Not getting a reply Naruto turned around and let out a exasperated sigh. First she starts acting weird and now its taking her forever to get dressed.
He finally heard the door slide open behind him. "About time. What the hell took you so-" Naruto was barely able to keep his jaw from hitting the floor when he turned to see Trish. Her cheongsam was gone but in its place were a shirt that zipped in the front that barely kept her assets restrained, wristbands, tight pants, and high heeled boots all in black.
Naruto wondered if she was really his guardian or just a succubus in disguise. Judging by the sly smile she was giving him he was leaning towards succubus. He quickly looked away to hide his blush.
She came up behind him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I'm glad you like my new attire young Master."
"Lets just go already." Trish released him as they both made their way out. Naruto absently gave a lazy wave good bye to Inari and his mother.
Naruto walked up to the door and with a mighty kick the door shot open. The door ended up surprising the two out side. The one in the jacket was lucky, he was not standing directly infront of the door. His tattooed partner however was greeted with the door slamming into his face. He stood their a moment before crumbling into a heap while bleeding from a broken nose.
Both Trish and Naruto just stared at the man on the ground for a moment, the other samurai stikk to stunned to move. The silence was broken by Naruto. "Trish, if you wouldn't mind."
The other samurai's brain seemed to reboot when he saw the woman attack him. He drew his sword, but before it was completely out Trish's foot to collide with the hilt sending it back into its sheath. The woman then punched the guy in the face, breaking his jaw by the sound of it. He fell to the ground near his partner.
"Hey Inari, bring us some rope!" Naruto shouted into the house. The one with the tattoos groaned but was silenced when Trish kicked him squarely between the legs. Grabbing the one with a jacket by a leg Naruto proceeded to drag him away from the house. "I guess this means they finally decided to attack."
Devils Don't Cry...
The two were soon finished tying the men to a tree branch, where they dangled helplessly. Naruto leaned his head slightly to the side allowing a kunai to fly by harmlessly. He turned to the girl that could give Trish a challenge in the succubus department.
"That's insulting you know? One kunai, I could dodge that in my sleep." Naruto didn't get an answer but saw the tensing of her muscles. He turned to Trish, "Go ahead and help out, I'll follow shortly."
She jumped away leaving the two staring at each other. The girl charged taking the spear from her back. She sent out thrust after thrust but Naruto just dodged out of all the attacks.
"Not bad, I like a fast woman." Naruto commented while dancing around her slashes and thrusts. She tried to make the attacks random but he still managed to evade them. All while giving her comments about her fighting.
"Keep your roots strong "
"Flow with your attacks, stop forcing them."
"Use your whole body to execute the attack."
Twisting around one thrust he stepped inside her guard. She was frozen by the display of skill. Naruto looked at her for a moment before plucking the sunglasses off her face and pocketing them. This revealed her different colored eyes, the right blue while the left red.
"I could have killed you by now… you know that right?"
The assassin recovered from her shock and jumped back sending out a wave of shuriken at Naruto. Drawing Yamato, he deflected all the weapons with a shockwave of power. The weapons clattered to the ground as Naruto just stood there waiting for her next move.
The assassin held her spear in a ready stance, blade pointed toward Naruto. It began to glow, Naruto could feel the chakra that was being charged into the spear.
"Hysteric!" The girl shouted unleashing a barrage of chakra blasts from her spear head. The blasts spread out before they all converged on Naruto. The ground exploded sending dust and debris everywhere. As it cleared she saw the craters her attack had wrought but she saw no body. Not even something signifying the body was destroyed like dust, gas, or some kind of liquid.
She heard someone whistle. She spun around to see Naruto clapping at the power of her attack. "Cool, that is definitely my kind of spear."
She charged again with a thrust but Naruto merely jumped over it before stomping down effectively lodging her blade into the ground. She retreated while sending kunai in her wake, each loaded with explosive notes.She went to get her spear back but was halted by the cold steel blade resting near her neck. To her side was the demon without a scratch on him.
"Well that was fun babe but I got places to be and people to kill, you know demon stuff." Naruto said.
"So, that's it, your just going to murder me now." The assassin said in an emotionless tone. Naruto was quiet. The girl felt the blade move away from her neck then heard the blade slide back into its sheath.
"Why do you sheath your sword? Finish this! I am a descendent from a line of priestesses who have died fighting your kind. I refuse pity, especially from a demon!" She turn to see him looking at her with a bored expression.
"Like I give a damn. I'm not gonna kill you but you are going to tell me who you are and why you attacked me." Naruto said.
"Call me what you want but know that I will kill you." She said eyeing her spear.
"Whatever, Lady. You can barely keep up with me, so how 'bout you just stay outta my way." Naruto turned his back on her and walked away.
Lady felt uncontrolled rage well up inside her. The boy just dismissed her completely, he didn't even think of her as a threat. She pulled out a kunai and charged. Naruto had turned around at the sound of her footsteps, but merely stood there. All her training was thrown away as rage clouded her mind. She tackled the boy to the ground.
She ended up straddling him holding the kunai to his neck. Her hands were shaking as he looked up at her with piercing blue eyes. He didn't say anything, he didn't have to, she saw he hidden power in his eyes.
"Well?" The boy asked. His voice held no emotion... no fear, no anger, nothing.
"Why won't you fight back, demon. You all fight back! You all kill! So why don't you?!" She reared back for the killing blow and stabbed…the ground right next to his head. Naruto didn't even flinch.
"You think just because I'm half devil that I'm evil. Let me ask you this then. If one human is evil then are they all? You judge without even knowing." He said seriously, but the seriousness disappeared with his next comment. "Now as much as I like my position, I need to help my team. Maybe another time though"
Lady quickly got off him. "Keep dreaming." She said as she went to retrieve her spear. The burning blush on face betrayed her.
"You following me or something? Of course I don't blame you if you are." Naruto asked as she walked back to him.
"Don't flatter yourself. I'm merely going to kill Gato for lying to me." Lady said finally managing to get ride of her blush.
"Sure…just don't slow me down." With that Naruto made for the bridge with Lady right behind him.
Devils Don't Cry…
When the incomplete team seven along with Tazuna made it to the bridge the sight that greeted them was horrible. The brave men who chose to stay with the construction were lying on the ground lifelessly.
Tazuna ran over to a man that was still clinging to conciousness. "What happened?" He asked while propping the man up.
"Monsters…" That was all the man could get out before death claimed him.
Kakashi was on instant alert, already noticing the thick mist that was rolling in from nowhere. 'I was afraid of this. Hopefully my students are ready.'
Zabuza's voice drifted from all around them. "Its been a while Copy Ninja. I see your brats are still trembling with fear…"
They were instantly surrounded, Zabuza clones all around them. Before any of them could move, Sasuke said. "I'm just eager for a rematch."
"Go on Sasuke." At Kakashi's command Sasuke cut down each Zabuza with two kunai in a blur of motion. They all liquefied making a ring of water around the group.
"Seems your brats have gotten a bit stronger." Zabuza stood on the far side of the bridge blocking the escape, along with the Demon Brothers and his masked partner. "Haku, show the boy real speed."
As the one known as Haku traded blows with Sasuke, Kakashi analyzed the situation. 'This is not good we're outnumbered. Where are you Naruto?'
Kakashi mind went back to the battle as he saw Haku create a jutsu with one handed seals. Haku's kekkei genkai was revealed as hundreds of frozen needed rained down upon the two. Both managed to dodged just in time. Sasuke sent out a few kunai only for them to be blocked by the demon brother's gauntlets as they covered the masked one's retreat.
"Enough. Take them out." The four charged but were forced back by a blast of red lightning.
"Its seems I can be of assistance." Trish walked out of the mist, her body still crackling with red lightning.
Trish's control of the lightning element was spectacular. Even Kakashi didn't have that kind of power when wielding it. There was someone missing though.
"Where is Naruto?" Kakashi asked her as she neared them. At her glance he tensed, she still had a darkness about her.
"Master will join us shortly."
"Well Kakashi it seems the odds have evened up a bit. Haku get the boy, Meizu, Gouzu, the woman, the monkey is mine." Hearing Zabuza's plans Sasuke charged the masked one. As his attacks were dodged he was so angry he didn't realize the temperature dropping at an alarming rate until it was too late.
With blinding speed, a series of handseals was done in mere seconds. Mirrors of ice rose from the damp bridge. They all formed a dome around the young Uchiha. That's when the slaughter began…
Trish's battle was a joke. Quite frankly she was wondering how the hell they got the title of chunin. Their teamwork, while admirable, was no where near invincible. A fighting them one on one was so pathetic it wasn't even funny. Speed, power, tactics… none of it was there. They relied too much on the gauntlets, hoping for an easy kill due to the potent poison. That allowed them to be sloppy, swinging wildly aiming for a lucky hit.
This was annoying Trish ended it very quickly. In fact if you want to put it mildly she walked all over them, but if you to the brutal truth you'd say "She Fucking owned them!"
She was rather disappointed. So much so she didn't notice they weren't dead just yet. They made a suicide attack, basically throwing themselves at her. The first was fried mercilessly by a blast of concentrated red lightning, his gauntlet only serving as a lightning rod. The other however was able to use his brother's corpse as a shield and defend from the electricity.
His hopes were dashed when a large spear blade stabbed into him. The blade had hit him in the back and tore through the front of his chest and his heart, sending out blood barely missing Trish. The blade was attached to a chain that led to a shaft held by the blue haired woman who had attacked Naruto. The blade still lodged deep in the man's chest was reeled in, the woman absently whipped the chain as to dislodge it from the man. His corpse was sent flying over the edge of the bridge while the chain was retracted into the shaft of the spear.
"I didn't need your help. He was no match for me, even with surprise on his side." Trish obviously didn't take kindly to interference, that and the fact that this girl had previously attacked her master would have her rather angry. Speaking of the Master.
"Where is the Master? I know you do not have the power to defeat him." Trish tensed in preparation to force the information out of her if necessary.
"Devil Boy is fine, said something about helping out the bastard." Lady frozen and met the gaze of Trish. "You feel that?" Lady asked.
"Yes priestess, I feel it. Its getting closer."
Devils Don't Cry...
Sasuke barely managed to keep standing. He was cut up, bleeding, and had numerous needles sticking out of him. After the masked accomplice had unleash this kekkei genkai ability he was slow being turned into a pincushion.
He had managed to unlock his sharingan eyes with two tomoe in the left and one in the right. But it still wasn't enough, even if he could see the attack coming his body couldn't move quick enough to avoid it. It was hopeless.
"Well you look like a mess."
Sasuke looked to see Naruto? His mouth moved faster than his mind. "What the hells wrong with you! You could have helped from outside! Now your just trap-!"
"Shut up." The silent command stopped Sasuke's rant cold. "Just watch and learn."
"You seem confident, but I won't let either of you escape alive." 'I sorry Naruto, maybe if it was different we could have been friends.'
"Well, I'm waiting. Give it everything you got." Sasuke looked at Naruto. 'He's insane. Does he know what this guy can do?'
"Very well." 'For Zabuza.'
Thousands of needles rained down upon them from every direction. Only for the two to be replaced by a log. Haku then noticed the glowing blue blades that were stabbed into all her mirrors. 'What-'
BOOM!
Each and every blade exploded. Coompletely obliterating Haku's ice mirrors. Naruto watched with Sasuke who was still a bit shaken from the close call. "You owe me one Uchiha. You have no idea how difficult that was to pull off." 'With all the work it takes to make those bastards explode, I'm just fine with the blades themselves. I don't think I'm ever gonna do that again.' Naruto discovered he was talking to no one as the Uchiha had passed out from chakra exhaustion.
Naruto had it all planned from the beginning, He left a log in range for a substitution. He planted blades in most of the mirrors. And he had managed to hold and detonate his summon swords. All in one master move.
Naruto walked up to the enemy that was struggling to his feet after managing to escape the explosion. Naruto shock was obvious when the mask he wore crumbled revealing a familiar girl's angelic face.
"Haku?"
"I am sorry Naruto. I am Zabuza's tool." As she said this tears leaked from her eyes.
"Why? Why follow him?" He said looking away.
"He cared, just like you did, isn't that enough?" Haku felt lightning charkra being gathered. "Naruto I just have one favor to ask of you." She said walking up to him.
"What- mmpphh" Their lips locked in a passionate kiss. Haku's arms wrapped around Naruto's neck while his arms encircled her waist pulling her closer. Haku just wanted to be with him forever but she couldn't.
"Maybe if we had met under different circumstances we could have been more…" She shot off in Zabuza's direction leaving Naruto speechless.
Kakashi charged with his signature jutsu, Raikiri. He had trapped Zabuza with his nin-dogs now all he had to do is deliver the finishing blow. At the last moment a figure jumped in the way, but it was too late to stop his attack.
With a sickening sound, his attack blasted through the figure's chest killing her instantly. Zabuza stood frozen. Kakashi gently pulled his arm free out of respect and laid her on the ground.
A cheerful clap was heard from the end of the bridge. As the mist cleared, no longer being sustained, the small form of Gato was seen. Everyone turned to see the short man with a look of bliss on his face. Even stranger that he was alone.
"GATO! You double crossing bastard!" Zabuza ran at the man with his monstrous zanbato dragging behind him. The head chopping cleaver left a trail of sparks as it cut along the ground. He jumped in the air and slammed his sword down but was repelled by a blast of fire. He was blown back and rolled to a stop still smoking.
Gato's laughter turned dark along with his voice. "Fool the pitiful one known as Gato is no more. I am Berial and I will rule this world, starting with that village."
"He is possessed." Lady said walking up with lightning crackling around her.
Naruto managed to drag Sasuke's limp body near Kakashi where his dropped the Uchiha. "Possessed by what?"
Trish spoke up. "He has been taken over by Berial, Conqueror of Fire Hell. He needs to be destroyed before the demon can manifest." As she spoke she had been gathering enormous amounts of lightning. Holding her hands together above her head a ball of red lightning formed. With a thrust in Gato's, or Berial's, direction a beam of red electricity shot out. It blasted toward Berial, scorching the part of the bridge it passed over.
It hit Berial with tremendous force, sending him off the bridge. Everyone besides Zabuza and Sasuke rushed over to the edge to see what would happen.
As Berial fell he was engulfed in flames. Before he could hit, however, he righted himself to where he landed on his feet. He hit the water but did not sink. He calmly started walking toward the town as his body burned and slowly mutated.
Naruto turned to Trish. "How can he walk on water, he's a fire demon isn't he?"
"Yes Master, he is, but he is intelligent enough to use chakra for basic uses." She collapsed into Naruto's arms. "Seems that my powers and control are rather rusty."
Naruto gently laid Trish down then got up and looked at Tazuna. "Where is he headed?"
"The only way for him to get to Wave is to pass through the abandon section of town. Its further down you can see it from the end of the bridge." The old man was about to have a panic attack.
"I'm going to intercept him. If I can, I'll kill him if not you guys need to warn the town." Naruto was stopped by Kakashi.
"Just what do you plan to do Naruto? Fighting that thing without backup is suicide. That is a high level demon, he has at least half the power of the one-tailed demon"
"I'm not going to sit here and do nothing! If I can't kill it I can at least buy some time maybe weaken it enough for Lady and Trish to take it down." Naruto was already running. Glacing at Haku's body he thought. 'I'll be back and I'll giveyou a proper burial.'
Kakashi sighed while covering his Sharingan. 'That kid makes me feel old.' "Lady get Trish, Sakura get Sasuke, Tazuna help me with Zabuza." Tazuna's cast a nervous glace at Zabuza. "Move we got to warn those people now!"
Devils Don't Cry…
Naruto made it to the middle of abandon city area. 'Now where is that-holy shit.'
What was once a man was now a cross between a centaur and a lion. A centaur body with scaly flaming skin, two wings protruding from his humanoid back, and a lion face with flaming bull horns. He was also sporting a weapon now, a huge flaming bastard sword. Oh, and the fact that he was now towering above buildings was a little bit impressive as well.
Naruto stood calmly in the middle of all the deserted buildings as Berial made a colossal leap from the water landing on the shore infront of him. The demon exploded with raw power sending fire everywhere. Most of the building were now burning.
Berial stomped by ignoring Naruto. Too bad Naruto wasn't one to be brushed off so easiliy. Drawing Yamato, Naruto did a 360 spin sending out a small but strong shockwave that put out the all flames around him. Berial turned around.
"How curious…" The centaur said looking at Naruto strangly.
"Fire is bad for the complexion. My duck haired teammate is kinda pale. I'm pretty sure he burns easy. I'm just being considerate." If sarcasm was a weapon Berial would be dead by now.
"When I came in this world 2000 years ago their was no such human as the likes of you." The Large creature growled out.
"Wanna make it another 2000?"
"Silence!" Berial's flaming bastard sword swept through the air where Naruto was. Naruto merely jumped over. Using his glowing ethereal arm he pulled himself toward Berial using a building and slashed at the demon's face.
Berial stumbled back roaring at Naruto he said. "Futile pest your shall suffer the wrath of Berial. I the conqeror of the Fire Hell!"
"Wow, your ego is bigger than you are. The only thing that is going to happen is me kick your flaming ass back to that fire hell you came from."Naruto said jumping for another attack.
Berial met his attack head on. Taking his sword in both hands he spun as his legs lifted him into the air with a might jump. The blade of flame slammed into Yamato sending Naruto crashing through a building.
'Who are you…'
'What?' Ignoring the voice Naruto Streaked over to Berial slashing at the demon's legs. He tried to grab him but he was nearly stomped on. Jumping he tried to grapple the demon's head but was only swatted away.
"Fool! My flames protect me from any form of magic you wish to use."
Naruto was able to rebound back off a building and hit Berial in the face with a Calibur. The boy then unleashed a flurry of slashes. With a grunt Berials flames extinguished.
Naruto's Devil brigger glowed forming the larger counterpart. He grasped Berial's head and slowly dragged the demon into the air with him. When Naruto was high enough he released his hold over whatever was keeping him afloat and used all his strength along with gravity's aid too plant Berial's face into the ground. The ground cracked underneath the force.
"I'm not through with you yet." Naruto's devil bringer had not yet receded. An uppercut sent Berial back into the air but when he came down Narutto's Devil bringer slammed into his face sent the demon flying across the abandoned town.
"Ha, who's on fire now!?" What happen next was to quick for Naruto to follow. First Berial was struggling off the ground, then an explosion and something hit him. Ramming, shredding, and burning him all at once.
There was no direction, no up or down, just pain. He barely realized he had finally come to a stop, by crashing into a building. He looked up to see Berial infront of him. His flames were now larger and more of a purplish color.
Naruto saw Berial prepare the final blow. The sword can down before freezing in mid air. The world faded around him. The faint echo of dripping water was all around him.
"Who are you…" The voice asked.
"What do you mean who am I?"
"You stuggle with yourself. You don't accept what you are because it gives pain. But you need the power it gives. Who are you truly… Vergil, Dante, Sparda, Nelo Angelo?'
"I don't know!"
Two figures materialized infront of him. One was an ordinary man in blue clothes. 'Vergil.' The other however, was a huge demon dressed in full armor with a sheath on his right arm. They spoke in union.
"You must find yourself or you will die. Who are you truly?" They then switched to talking in turns.
"The angel who soars above…"Vergil said.
"Or the fallen who is deprived…" The armored demon finished.
"You must grasp your destiny and choose! We keep calling. Will you listen or run?" They asked in union. They started talking in turns again..
"Take off the mask!" The demon shouted.
"Forget everyone's sneering…" Vergil said in a calm voice.
"Take off the cloak!"
"Forget their mockery…"
"Take off the shadow of the namelessness!"
"And most of all forget their whispers."
"WHO ARE YOU TRULY!?" They both shouted at him as one again and then were quiet.
Naruto looked down, silver hair covering his eyes. "I am both… and yet at the same time I am neither."
The spirts were quiet and neither moved. Vergil then walked up to Naruto. "You are the angel." He said disappearing.
Next the demon walked up. "But also the fallen." He too disappeared.
"And yet at the same time neither." Their voices said together.
Naruto was once again in his battle with Berial. The huge demon was moving in slow motion. He could feel his strength come back stronger than before. His power exploded around him pushing Berial back.
"Stand up…" He pulled himself out the remains of the building.
"Grasp your sword…" He saw Yamato across the clearing. Holding out his devil bringer, the sword trembled before heeding its master's call and flying into the devil bringer's open hand.
Naruto could feel the new power flooding into him. When Yamato touched the devil bringer it triggered something. The devil bringer's armor closed around the blue skin while going from a reddish color to a dark blue. The armor also climbed onto his body completely covering him. Naruto heard a scream before he realized it was he who was screaming.
"Scream as you charge… Scream who you are…"
"I am Uzumaki Naruto!"
Berial watched in awe as Naruto walked out of the destruction. His devil bringer had replaced its red armor and light blue glowing skin with dark blue almost black armor that was not nearly as bulky, looking instead it was more formfitting. This armor covered Naruto's entire body.
The his glowing red eyes could be seen through the visor like construction covering his face. His silver hair seemed a little wilder. He now wielded Yamato with his right arm and had a sheath on the left side of his waist. All this was now part of him the sheath, the armor, and even his sword.
That was only the beginning. Along with his more demonic appearance he now had an large armored spirit hovering behind him from the waist up. The spirit was very similar having a sheath on its left arm and similar looking armor even if his was bulkier looking. It was almost transparent and glowed a light blue similar to the devil bringer skin. He was also wielding Yamato in his right hand.
Naruto spoke as he walked out of the crater created by his power. His voice echoed as if spoken by two people at the same time. "If I become a demon so be it… I will endure the exile…I will do whatever it takes to protect what I love."
Naruto attacked. Sending out a focused Judgement cut, his Spirit mirrored him sending out its own arc of blue energy. The attacks combined to form a massive X. "Maximum Bet!" Naruto dubbed it.
Berial blocked the attack with his sword but the blade broke under the powerful new technique. Before Berial's shock wore off Naruto was on him. Naruto bowed grabbing Yamato in its sheath at his hip, while the spirit grabbed his on his arm. The barrage of slashes were fast and powerful, knocking Berial back out of his enhanced and regular flamed state. "Showdown!"
Naruto jumped into the air. His spirit uppercut Berial high in the air with him. They then delivered a series of slashes and pull him down slamming him into the ground. Berial couldn't defend from the furious assault.
"Time to finish this." Naruto threw the beast into the air. Berial was met with thousands of fists striking him when he came back down. Blow after blow rained down before the final right hook blasted him across the battlefield. Naruto stood still the only thing proving he was still alive was his raspy echoed breathing. He power then fled him leaving him in his original state.
"Your arm... Your not human!" He said struggling to lift himself.
"Don't ask. The damn thing still drives me crazy, though." Naruto said taking a good look at his arm. 'What the hell happened to me?"
"You are just like 'he' was."
"And 'he' would be?"
"Sparda..." Berial's body couldn't hold any longer and burst into flames leaving behind a flaming dead Gato. Naruto stood there looking over the destroyed town that had been their battlefield. He surprised himself by laughing.
"So I'm like that Sparda guy, thats fine with me."
Recovering from his laughing fit he walked over to Gato. The man was clutching something to his chest. Prying it away from him he examined it. It was a red crystal sphere that burned brightly. It was decorated with a skull jawbone to make it look more exotic. He could barely make out the words 'Evil Legacy' engraved in the bottom.
His devil bringer glowed as it seemingly absorbed the crystal. His devil bringer then exploded sending out flames everywhere. When he looked he saw two gauntlets on his hands and noticed Yamato was gone. The word 'Ifrit' shot through his head.
"Ifrit huh, I'll see what you can do later. For now better get back to the others." The gauntlets went up in flames and Yamato returned to his side. Naruto walked back to town trying to figure out how he would explain what happened. As he walked away it started to snow. The snow then tuned to rain that put out the fire. 'So you saw the whole thing? Thanks for the back up.' The rain hid the tears that fell.
Dante clamly watched the child walk away. "Not bad, kid." Walking over to Gato's charred body, he examined it. "Looks like the artifacts are beginning to awaken. This is gonna be fun." He phased out in a blur of red.
End Chapter 6.
Well, how is it hate, like, love? Review and tell me what you think!
I changed Trish to her DMC4 attire while putting Lady in her clothes from 3. It is mostly to help visualize them. Naruto has gained Ifrit as well as his devil trigger form. Oh, and I refered to Haku as a male as to keep the allusion of mystery. Naruto and Sasuke automatically assumed her to be male in the battle. But make no mistake she is female. So sorry if some of you got confused by it.
I will state this now 'Devil Trigger is not controlled', it will occur randomly for a while. I'll will also be putting links to pics in my profile page that will help visualize what Naruto looks like along with devil arms and anything else you may have trouble visualizing. (feel free to ask for a link to a pic if your curious)
Vergil and Nelo Angelo's talk with Naruto was inspired by a poem on Lithius's page, I couldn't resist it fit so well here.
Naruto's New Attacks:
Maximum Bet- Naruto and his spirit each send out a powerful shockwave with a sword stroke. when in Devil Trigger only
Showdown- Naruto and his spirit unleash a barrage of fast and powerful slashes against the opponent. when in DT only