Hey guys and girls.
Welcome back to a brand new chapter for Dead Men Walk Again. So the last place we left Naruto was where he had gained a new form of phasing his limbs onto something more powerful. By consuming a Bijuu class infected that was a sum up of many other infected, he gained a more powerful offensive power called Drill Fist. He'll continue to gain more stronger powers. But there is an issue I must adress. Should Naruto consume a Bijuu class infected and gain a new power, the base power used will become the new power, making it's old version no more. Let me explain.
Drill Fist was born from Hammerfist, meaning that Naruto's Hammerfist power is no more. Drill Fist has replaced it. He can still do abilities that Hammerfist could do, like shockwave etc. But it has taken on a more destructive outlook on things.
This will continue to happen as the more he consumes Bijuu class or on the same level as a Bijuu class infected. As well, I know I took the idea from Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress. But I felt that it was pretty cool. As well, I'm making a new fanfic which is a Naruto and Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress. In there I was thinking it would be a harem, or I can go on a more strict fanfic, I'll see when I publish it. The pairing there will be Ayame and Naruto. Not Ayame from Naruto, from KOTIF. Hope you know what the Acronym means. Sorry for that statement. But it's like HOTD.
Enjoy.
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Chapter 16: Honor Immortalised.
Walking back into the gates with the Don standing there with a smile on his face, he shook Naruto's hand as soon as it turned back to normal. He must admit. Naruto never ceased to amaze him. Just the abilities he could do were endless. Literaly an area of their minds and bodies were opened up. Allowing them to make new ways to fill up that space without any interferance. Their own ways of making themselves better.
Thanking the boy as Naruto went to rest, he sat back in his chair and took out a small silver box. Placing his thumb on the one side of it. A screen popped out of it and on it read as follows:
Infection rate: 45%.
Sighing at how this would ruin everything, he knew there was only one way. Become like Naruto. But he wanted to also be able to die peacefully without the killing of people again. He wanted to be remembered as a hero. Not a tyrant. Whenever he walked down the streets, people would give him a wide berth. Never make eye contact and always keep their distance. He wanted to be remembered as a good guy. Not the bad guy.
Naruto walked along the halls of the mansion. Apparently, Rika and Hokuto had something they wanted to discuss. And it sounded pretty serious. Opening the door to his room, he found them sitting on the bed. Closing the door and sitting in the middle of them, Naruto gave them each a hug.
"So what's the problem? Hungry? Need to consume?" asked Naruto as the two women shook their heads.
"No. Infact, we have something that you need to hear. Something that you should hear fully." said Rika as Hokuto leaned her head on Naruto's shoulder.
"Okay. And what's the issue?" asked Naruto.
"Well, we didn't think it were possible, but then we remembered that you mentioned that parts of our bodies will remain active even after turning. Well, there is a very big development." said Hokuto.
"And that is?" asked Naruto.
The two women did nothing but pull out the tests they had and hand them to Naruto. His eyes widened and his voice caught in his throat. On the two screens were plus signs. Which only meant one thing. They were pregnant. And the way they looked at him, he simply put two and two together. It was his children they were carrying.
"So this means that I'm..." trailed Naruto as they both nodded their heads.
"Yes." said Rika. "You're going to be a father."
"That's wonderful news. I'm going to be a parent. And you're going to be mothers. Such wonderful news." said Naruto as he pulled them both into a hug.
"So you're not mad?" asked Hokuto looking into his eyes.
"No of course not. Infact, I'm very much happy. I mean, sure the child will have the powers of the Blacklight, but they will be our children. I'm so happy. I'd love to have children with you." said naruto as both of them pushed him onto the bed and cried tears of joy into his chest.
Naruto smiled as he rubbed their backs. He never really knew what it was like to be a parent, but he'd be damn sure to make it worth while. He wanted to spoil his children rotten, he wanted to ensure they'd be happy and live life at the fullest. With them getting off him he walked out the room and bumped into Saya. Looking at her as she leaned into his chest, he wrapped an arm around her waist and placed a kiss on her head. she moaned as she embraced him.
"Naru-kun. I heard. You're going to be a father." said Saya.
"As everything is going. Yes." replied Naruto.
"Well, I'd like a family with you. My own family. Sure it means my children will be half siblings, I don't care." said Saya.
"Then I'd gladly have one with you." said Naruto as he gave her a peck on the lips and walked off.
Shaking her head at how much her father needed Naruto, she made her way to find Saeko and Meiya to do girl things. After all, they were to go and gather supplies from the outlying areas. Simply things, food water, gas.
Opening the doors to the Don's office, Naruto looked on as the Don reviewed the notes gathered by Meiya on the Marker. He had to admit, it was nothing concrete, but surprisingly a very developed olive branch considering how far this goes back.
"What is it this time?" asked Naruto as he stopped at the desk.
"Yes, based off the notes Meiya-san gathered on the Marker. This goes back to even the Aztec era." stated the Don as Naruto's eyebrow arched.
"Do explain." said Naruto.
"The Aztecs believed the same thing as the Unitologists. That the Markers were a gift from their gods. But that was when they witnessed what it bred. The killing, the canabalistic acts done. It was sick actually. What was happening was that the ones who were worshipping the bloody thing, would kill their own families and feast on their flesh. Many rebelled and soon they used an ancient magic to seal it away. But as you can see, we were dumb enough to open that seal." said the Don.
"Why do you know this? Why wasn't it released to the public?" asked Naruto with a scold.
"We felt that everyone wasn't ready to handle this information. I was one of the people who swore to keep this hidden. But now that all this shit has happened, we need to stop this crisis. And I just so happen to know where this place is. A few of the writting on how to stop this type of thing with the Marker, is written on those tablets. But, those can only be found on the outskirts of the city." said the Don.
"I'll get them. We're taking back our world." said Naruto.
"Well said. You'll be leaving in 5 minutes. We'll take you there via chopper. But we can't bring you back. Gas and other supplies are running low." said the don.
"I understand." said Naruto as he walked out the office.
Stepping outside, Naruto looked at his hands as he began to change them into the Hammerfist, but what came out was Drill Fist. He felt new power surge through his body as he felt his limbs more lightweight and more stronger.
A little while the chopper hovered above the house, and Naruto jumped in, just as Saeko, Meiya and Kyoko came out.
"GOOD LUCK NARU-KUN!" they screamed.
"THANKS!" shouted back Naruto as the chopper flew away.
Moving at a speed Naruto could match, they flew over buildings as they moved to their destination. Whatever was written on those stone tablets would help him understand what these Glyphs were all about. And hopefully give him some answers about his own problems.
The chopper dropped its speed and begun its descent. Naruto made his way to the door and leaned out of it.
"Good luck sir. Sorry for not being able to bring you back." said the pilot.
"It's fine. Get back to base." said Naruto as he jumped.
Landing and looking up to the chopper as it flew away, he began to walk to the building before him. It looked to be that of a research facility. But was too run down to be anything he had ever seen before.
"Alright, I'm in." said Naruto over the earpiece.
"Copy that. Your destination is not in the building. It's under." said Saya over the comms.
"Copy. Will talk when I'm inside." said Naruto as he disconnected and walked into the building while bringing up his Claws.
The place was silent. Maybe too much for Naruto's liking. Bringing out a flash light, he made his way to the door on the inside and pulled it open, coming to the sight of a man hanging there with his intestines wrapped around his neck.
"Oh fuck. Saya. They're here." said Naruto as he pushed the body aside and continued forward.
"Yeah no kidding. Getting a lot of heat signatures all around the area. Kami, I think you're in another nest Naru-kun." said Saya.
"Wonderful" said Naruto as he trugged forward.
Making his way down the stairway, he came face to face with what looked like cocoons. But the heads were left exposed as they looked to be in a state of sleeping. Even the shallow breathing was heard. Walking over to the one of them, he placed a Claw on the skin like cocoon. But that was when the face opened its eyes and looked at Naruto.
"That's fucking creepy." said Naruto as he moved slowly to the right of the cocoon, the eyes staying fixed on him.
"Stop looking at me." growled Naruto as he reared back his Claw.
The thing let out an ear piercing scream as Naruto covered his ears. The noise was deafening as the cocoon kept screaming in a high pitched tone. Having enough of this screaming, Naruto swung his Claw and severed the cocoon in half. Having the thing now silenced, Naruto walked away as he changed his one arm to normal and dug into his ear.
"Damn that thing was loud." said Naruto as he soon heard the distant cries of the infected being alerted to the noise.
"Aw fuck." said Naruto as he slowly turned around just in time to slice a Necromorph in half.
It was a bloodbath. Naruto moved ever so fluently as he cut Necromorphs in half, diagonal or in any other direction there was. Naruto was having a blast, he even switched to Drill Fist to see what they could do. As it turned out, the way the fingers extended, it could also snag enemies and destroy them this was a very big bonus as he carved a path between him and his prize.
Finally making it to the place he needed to be, he grabbed the tablet and left. But when he got to the surface, he tried radioing that he was now enroute. What he got back was something that made him move at the speed of sound.
"This is the Don. We've been overrun by infected as well as another Bijuu class infected we've dubbed Ichibi. We need help now." said the Don over the radio.
"I'm on my way." said Naruto as he sped back home.
Hopefully the girls were okay. But he knew that some of them still hadn't unlocked their powers yet. And Saeko, Rika, Hokuto and Saya couldn't hold their offensive powers undefinitely yet. Bounding at speeds, he made it to the mansion and found it to be destroyed.
Play The Cinematic Orchestra To Build A Home.
Flames lapped everywhere as bodies lay everywhere. But the Don stood in the middle of the battlefield. His head cast down while he leaned on his katana. His arms were covered in bite marks and Naruto knew what happened. The Don was now infected.
"What...took you so long?" asked the Don as he got up, letting his katana fall to its side.
"Sorry. Got stuck in traffic." joked Naruto with a crooked smile.
"I have lived many great battles. Served the people and everyone in it. For the glory of our Japanese pride." said the Don as he limped to Naruto.
"I knew I could endure anything. Not even my own death. I was never afraid."
"Desiring glory is one thing. But taking it is another." said Naruto with the Don chuckling.
"Touche kid. But I'm afraid my time is up." stated the Don as he coughed up some blood.
"There is a way for me to save you." said Naruto only to have the Don shake his head.
"I will not become like you." he said.
"I am a true Japanese man. I will always remain true to my ways and ties. I sent my wife and everyone else that came with you away. They are safe now." said the Don.
"If that is your wish. Then I can help you honor that dying spirit of yours." said Naruto as he walked past the Don and grabbed his katana.
"I will help you blow away the sins of the past." said Naruto holding the katana out for the Don.
"I understand what must be done. And I am at peace." said the Don as he walked to the side but stopped and looked to Naruto. "Promise me you'll devour my bio-mass so that I will not fight you. Will you be my Kaishakunin?"
"It is my honor." said Naruto as his right arm morphed into the Blade.
The Don dropped to his knees while Naruto stood above him and reared the Blade back, ready to end it. A lone tear dropped from Naruto's face as he never thought he'd have to do something like this. The Don positioned the blade and plunged it into his gut, pushing it to the side, he soon felt the biological steel of Naruto's blade slice his skin, at the last second, he smiled just as his head rolled off his shoulders. The Don was dead.
Tendrils shot out of Naruto's back and devoured the body whole. Nothing was left. Deciding to honor the Don more, he didn't want to have the Don be one of those things.
End song.
"Hello? Naru-kun? Come in." came a voice over his ear piece.
"That you Saya-chan?" asked Naruto picking up while drying the tears and steeling himself again.
"Yeah. Where are you?" asked Saya.
Naruto was about to state that he was at the Don's home, but then there'd be the answer he'd have to make regarding the Don's death, by his hand above everything.
"Just got the tablet. Getting back to base." said Naruto with a lie.
"Don't, home is overrun. Father is there right now and will be joining us soon. Come to the police station. We've set up shop there." said Saya.
"Copy that." said Naruto as he hung up and grabbed the tablet as he ran to the police station.
He knew that there will be a time where Saya would ask where her father was. He wanted to tell her so badly, but he didn't know how to without breaking Saya's heart in the process. But should or shouldn't he tell her, it will end badly, especially with Yuriko. What to do?
And scene.
So Naruto has finally recovered another clue regarding the whole thing about the Marker and its history. More will be revealed about that and why man rediscovered it. As well, the Don was dying and now Naruto has saved a man who didn't want to turn. But Naruto knew that things will be going badly for him as he delays the truth to Saya and Yuriko.
Find out next week as to what Naruto will do in the end. In Dead Men Walk Again.
Chapter 17 Why I Did it.
Coming soon.
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