Well it certainly has been awhile and I don't have an excuse. Well actually I do, but I doubt anyone wants to hear it. So here is the next chapter.
"Fuckhead"-Talking
'Up yours limp noddle'-Thinking
"Oh, get that from your mother"-Demon/Higher being talking
'No from yours last night'-Demon/Higher being thinking
-(# hours later)—Transition
Shit!-Flashbacks
Kickass no Justu-Justu/attack
P.S. The pronouns are meant to be like that!
"How is he?" He heard a man cough out, his voice raspy and sickly. He heard someone else clear his throat.
"Well his body finally stabilized but we have to see if his body will actually accept the DNA."
DNA?
Stabilize?
He tried to open his eyes but found that his body wasn't responding. The first voice from earlier spoke with a hoarse chuckle. An action that he immediately grew to hated.
"He did survive the first three and perfectly may I add! Apply an electric stimulant and see if that can speed up the process." He heard someone walk up and touch his 'prison'. "Soon his body shall be complete."
"Are you sure about the stimulant milord? What if it'll overcharge his heart?"
He tried to move again hoping to figure out what was going on but all he got was a twitch of the finger..
"Oh he'll survive, after all," The voice seemed to be increasing softer as if it wasn't even in the room anymore. "He is an Uzumaki."
-()-
The moonlight pelted one of the many balconies of Cherubimon's castle in its glow. Naruto sat at the edge carefully cleaning his weapon with a cloth. He stopped wiping and grabbed the hilt. He held it up high in the air, watching as it seemingly absorbed the moonlight. It was a double edged broadsword, very rare in the parts where he came from. The blade was an dark obsidian with purple tribal ruin designs. The guard was slightly curved and in the middle was a purple jewel. All in all the sword was very intimidating and Naruto brought back down to finish cleaning it. His ears picked up footsteps as a small figure came into the room.
Ranamon stared at Naruto as he just sat there cleaning his sword. She walked a little closer and cleared her throat hoping to get his attention. He didn't move or stop and Ranamon bristled in anger at being ignored. "Y'all is gonna rot right there not moving and all."
No reply.
She huffed and walk so she was in touching distance. "Did you hear me?" She went to go touch his shoulder but stopped as he slowly turned his head. She repressed a shiver as she gazed into his blank blue eyes.
"What do you want?" His voice was sharp and firm but also quiet as if talking was a rare occasion for him. Ranamon actually shivered before clearing her throat again.
"W-Well Cherubimon wants to see us, all of us. Somethin 'bout a mission." She said and Naruto eyes lingered on her for a few seconds before he turned back to look at the moon. Ranamon suppressed a yell until he slowly stood up. He placed his sword on it's equally black sheath on his back and walked towards the entrance.
Their shoulders bumped lightly and Ranamon jumped back with a yelp as if she was shocked. Naruto, as if not feeling anything, quietly and quickly left the room leaving Ranamon to look at the spot where he was.
"What was that?" She whispered to herself before shaking out of her trance and quickly leaving the room to follow behind her mysterious companion.
She made it to the throne room and took her place by Mercurymon's side but kept on giving side glances at the only non-digimon there. "Good now that we all are here, it's time to give you all your main mission." Piedmon stood at his master's side, an ever present smirk on his face.
"Mission?"" Arbormon asked and Cherubimon chuckled.
"Yes, this world is beginning to weaken as it has no one to rule it. Of course I'm the only capable ruler but it isn't without difficulty." He laid back on his throne and Piedmon faced him with a confused expression.
"With all respect milord, you are clearly one of the strongest Megas in the Digital World. I'm sure no one is that stupid to oppose you." Cherubimon chuckled again.
"Ah yes, but you forgot what group I was apart of. I'm sure those angels wouldn't take too kindly being under my rule." He then focused back the five in front of him. "Your mission is collect fractal codes. With those codes I can steadily increase my power that of higher status than Seraphimon and Ophanimon combine."
"Fractal codes, how the hell we get them?" Grumblemon asked and Cherubimon just grinned.
"By total destruction of course."
-(Seraphimon's Castle)-
"It seems he has started." A male voice said and he stood up from his seat.
"So it seems." His female companion said with a sad sigh. "I guess it's time." The male nodded and gently placed a hand on her shoulders.
"No fear, Ophanimon-chan. I have faith in the remaining spirits." He tried to say cheerfully as he motioned to the remaining five legendary spirits. "We just need to find the chosen souls to bond with each spirit."
"It won't be easy Seraphimon-kun. To contact the chosen ones requires a great deal of power. Power that I don't have right now and from what we sense, Cherubimon is not going to wait any moment longer." She then stood up and picked up the spirit of fire.
"I understand." Seraphimon said softly as he walked next to her. "However I do fear that the longer we wait, the more power Cherubimon will gained in the process." He looked out of his opened windows as he fists clenched.
Ophanimon saw the action and placed a comforting hand on the male digimon's shoulder. "There's more to it than just Cherubimon gaining power, isnt it?"
Seraphimon sighed,"Our former comrade has gained an ally of power that I can't even fathom. Even from here you can sense it's malicious intent. I haven't even felt something so evil since…."
"Lucemon." Ophanimon whispered and Seraphimon chuckled sadly.
"Whoever this power belongs to must be equal to Lucemon and I fear that's not all the power we are feeling." Ophanimon removed her hand in shock and took a step back from the window. "So you see why the chosen ones is an urgent matter! We simply don't have time to wait any longer!" He said almost pleadingly.
"You don't understand Seraphimon-kun, the power I need requires time and patience! If I had all that power at once, we probably wouldn't be worrying about Cherubimon." She said a little louder as frustration was getting to her.
"And of that malicious intent? Do you think waiting would give you the power to defeat whoever that was?" Seraphimon turned to look at her as Ophanimon grew quiet, "If the warriors could stop and seal away Lucemon once, I'm sure they can do it twice to this clone of his!"
Ophanimon shook her head as a frown appeared on her face, "It's true the warriors did in fact defeat Lucemon but at the cost of their own lives! These are nothing but children!"
Seraphimon turned so his back was facing her as he stared out the window. A harsh chuckle escaped his throat. "Oh I believe I can see where you stand on this matter." Ophanimon was taken back by his tone and took a step back. "You are willing to let digital world, our home and the homes of millions of digimons, crumble because of your fear!"
"My fear?!" Ophanimon shot back. "My fear of what!? Not wanting to be scattered data in a poor attempt to stop Cherubimon! Or how about not wanting a bunch of children to get killed in the process! These children are not digimon, they can't just be reborn and start their life cycle over again!"
"You're underestimating their power!"
"No, you're overestimating their power!"
"I'll do what I have to do to protect this world! Even if they die, they'll be heros in their attempts and we'll just find more! Earth is full of them" Seraphimon turned back around and unfortunately couldn't see Ophanimon's horror-stricken face behind her mask.
"Y-You think these children are extendable!" Ophanimon was disgusted at her fellow holy digimon. "What the hell happened to you!" Normally a conserve digimon like Ophanimon wouldn't curse, even under stressful situations, but Seraphimon was stepping over a line.
"Nothing! I'm just thinking of the greater good for the digital world and you should too! We were created and picked to make sure this world lives on in safety! We already lost one of our own to darkness! As a protector of this world, I will not let hundreds of digimon fall to the same darkness, lest we lose our world entirely. Come, Ophanimon-chan you have to see my point in this."
He tried to reach for her hand but the angel slapped his hand away. Seraphimon growled behind his mask and took a threatening step forward. "Either you'll do it….or I will! And trust me, you are not going to like what I do, little angel." He growled out before clearing his throat.
Ophanimon balled her hands into fists. "Fine!" She practically spat out, "They'll be here within a year and that's the earliest I can do!" She then turned to stomp out of the door.
"See? Now was that so hard?" It took all the goodness and holy influences in her body not to turn around and deck the "supposedly holy" digimon in the face.
'If only they knew.' She thought to herself as tears escaped through her mask and down her cheeks. "What will become of this world in the future?" She whispered as she walked out of Seraphimon's castle. "What will become of us?"
-(A few weeks later)-
"RUN!" A young in-training digimon screamed before it was stepped on by a grinning troll. Grumblemon laughed and threw his hammer at another poor digimon. Both data were absorbed into his form and his laughter got louder.
"Man, best mission ever!" He said with a grin. Arbormon just huffed at the troll while driving a rookie into an already collapsed market stand. The wooden digimon ducked under a sneak attack before shooting seed like pellets at the digimon. The offending digimon looked at the seeds in confusion before it promptly blew him up.
"I'll have to admit, this is sure entertainin" He said and he brushed any debris from his body. "How 'bout ye, Mercurymon?" He asked the mirror like digimon who was leaning against a broken pillar.
"If this is how Lord Cherubimon wishes to use thine powers for, thy haveth no problems." Mercurymon smirked before looking over at their only female companion. "And thou thoughts, Ranamon?"
The water beauty just huffed and crossed her arms. "Couldn't really get anything since troll-face over here took mostly everyone!"
"Hey, you no trying! Besides, me better than you anyways." Grumblemon shot back while surveying the area. "Me thinks we done here."
Ranamon ignored his jab and settled on glaring at the earth digimon. The other two nodded at the troll conclusion and move to walk out of the village when a figure blocked their path. He gave the four digimon calculating looks before slowly passing them towards the direction of the ruined village.
"Um, Naruto-san, thy thinks nigh of any survivors surviving." Mercurymon tried to say but the blonde human ignored him completely. Naruto reached behind him and grabbed the hilt of his sword while kicking a particular piece of slab over. The four digimons heard whimpering and saw an injured Agumon looking at all of them with fear especially at Naruto. Naruto just gave the digimon a blank stare as he slowly unsheathed his sword.
"P-P-Please d-d-dont kill m-m-me." It whimpered out yet Naruto's facial expression didn't change in the slightest. Not another sound was made as Naruto quickly drove his sword in between the digimon's eyes, ending it's life quickly. It's data was absorbed into his form and the emotionless human sheath sword and began towards the group.
"Missed one." He said with no emotion at all, shocking his 'teammates' at his blank tone before disappearing into the forest area.
-()-
"Excellent job Naruto-kun!" A man with a lab coat and glasses praised before writing something down on his clipboard. "And not a single scratch present on your body! The trials are going better than expected!"
Naruto just stared at the man, no emotion show on his face. Bloody bodies surrounded his form as he dropped the bloody kunai in his hand. It was like this every week, they'll take him out of his prison and have him fight to death against other people. Sometimes they'll give him a weapon and other times, he had to kill using his bare fists and that was never easy.
There was no reward for his victories.
There was no end.
Only pain and each time the pain got worse. He tried fighting against them but then they made that pain unbearable. He tried not fighting at all and they got angry and frustrated.
Then came the pain again.
He had no choice but to do as they say. Each day he wished for his death and to be free of this living hell. To be with her again.
However Naruto knew they wouldn't kill him. He was an asset in their eyes.
Their living weapon.
-()-
Ranamon huffed in annoyance. The water fairy was looking for her quiet teammate yet again, even going as far as asking Grumblemon for help. Which the troll just grunted and walked away. It's been a few weeks since the start of their mission and her curiosity of their only human teammate grew.
The man was barely around even for mission briefings and when he was, it's like he's not even there. She hasn't even seen him do full conversation with anybody not even Cherubimon, who has taken great interest in him. The only person he seemed to show any type of emotion to was Piedmon but it was always anger and Ranamon sure as hell could feel it.
She closed her eyes and sigh again in annoyance. "Where the hell does this guy hides anyways. The castle is only so big and I checked everywhere!" She was so entrapped in her thought that she collided with a hard object and fell back on her ass.
"Watch the fuck where you're going!" She finally glared up at the figure.
"Thou's mouth is so unlady-like." Mercurymon smirked down at her before offering a hand which Ranamon just swatted away. "Thou is just rude in general."
"Oh shut up glass-face!" She snapped back before getting back on her feet and brushing away any dirt on her form. "Now just stay out of mah way!" She quickly stopped as an idea passed in her head. "Wait, you haven't seen Naruto have you?
The glass like digimon's smirked increased at which Ranamon glared. "Oh thou seemth to fancy the mysterious human?"
Ranamon rolled her eyes and placed her hands at her hips. "Just answer the fucking question!"
Mercurymon chuckled at her response and pointed a thumb behind him. "Thy last him on the balcony cleaning that sword of his."
Ranamon resisted the urge to slap her forehead. That's the one place she skimmed over! "Of course!" She nodded to the digimon before walking down the corridor. Mercurymon looked at her retreating form before absorbing into the wall.
Ranamon walked into the room and sure enough Naruto was sitting down watching the sunset, his sword laid on his lap. She felt a pressure of some sort and knew that he felt her in here. She slowly walked behind him and looked out at the sun. "Ya know, I never looked at the sun as it sets. It's really beautiful."
-()-
Naruto felt her presence and sighed mentally in annoyance. It's bad enough that he had do these pointless missions, now he has his own personal stalker.
Again.
He heard her shuffle closer and the scent of the ocean assaulted his nose. "Ya know, I never looked at the sun as it sets. It's really beautiful."
Naruto didn't respond back, not feeling like conversating. He just hoped she'll get the message and leave him alone. But it seemed Ranamon didn't get the memo and moved closer to him. "Do ya'll mind if I sat down?"
He really wanted to say no and enjoy his time of peace and quiet but his body scooted over to the side a bit. Ranamon took this as an invitation to sit and she took it. The two sat in silence with Naruto staring at the retreating sky and Ranamon switching between looking at Naruto or his sword.
"So it's been a few weeks since we became companions," She tried to say as he remained silent, "and I have a feeling we are going to be stuck with each other for a long time. So why don't we get to know each a little bit more?" The water fairy digimon said as she tried to see any emotions on Naruto's face.
He stayed quiet as if believing she wasn't there. Ranamon sat quietly but was beginning to become impatient. A few seconds later the fairy stood up with anger. "Fine! Ya'll want to sit there and be lonely then be lonely, I'm tired of trying!" She left the room in rage leaving a still unresponsive Naruto.
The silent blond glance to where she was sitting at before continuing his gaze at the retreating sun. "My, that's not a way to gain friends." A deep and feral voice called out from Naruto's head. The blond didn't respond and the voice chuckled darkly. "Come now, you can't get rid of me so you might as well talk to me."
Naruto closed his eyes and took in a deep calming breath. The voice merely continued, "We haven't spoke in years, young one. Not since we bonded."
'Shut up.' Naruto thought coldly and sharply. The voice chuckled again before quieting down till it vanished. Naruto took a few deep breaths before standing and leaving the room. His sword ever present on his back, glowed a bit before stopping.
Not much action, I know. This is still an introduction of a sort so the action won't pick up until next chapter. Which hopefully get posted soon...don't quote me on that.
Now, not to give any spoilers, I'm just going to answer a few questions that I know will be sent to me.
"Yes" "Yes" "No" "No" "Maybe" and "No"
See, no spoilers.