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Vseven07- Naruto is an Avenger Class, as revealed in this chapter.
Braxtom- That actually makes for a pretty good idea for a one-shot. This Naruto and Kama both ending up in Chandra, and both gravitating towards one another with no memories as to why. Hmmm... I'll probably work on that whenever I finish this story.
Amerikhan786- Oh, this will be a bloodbath, someone already dies in this chapter. But I thank you dfor the compliments, and I hope you do enjoy this story as much as I enjoy writing it.
5/26/23
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Part 2- Thunder
Chapter 6- Sins
Traversing through the woods around Fuyuki was child's play. Having grown up in the Village hidden in the leaves and having spent years constantly tree hopping as a means of transportation, he's gained experience on the subject.
His first objective was a simple one. And like many of those who had been stranded out in the wilderness, he had made to seek out a viable shelter. A place that would be suitable for his current plans.
Of course, he also needed to find a place for his companion, because unlike him, she actually needed facilities to survive.
He was a servant, a near-parasite that only needed a magical supply of mana for survival.
And as he carried the still sleeping girl within his arms, he knew he needed to find a safe, suitable place to keep her alive, them both alive.
Luckily, he'd found a cave that had fit his requirements, one located just outside Fuyuki. But not so far away that it would impede his participation in the grail war.
This would do well.
Gently placing the false-Matou's body on the stone ground, he realized that this may not give the most comfort for the girl. As she laid, on the cold, hard, floor with nothing but a white blouse to cover her otherwise naked body.
And as he laid her limp body down, he couldn't help but bitterly admire her figure.
Her beautiful skin that had been ravaged by locusts, her curves that he had known to be taken advantage of.
And as he saw her luscious purple hair, he couldn't help but run his fingers through her long silky locks.
But as he did so, he couldn't help but take a sharp intake of breath, remembering something long since past.
But as soon as the memories came, he pushed those thoughts away.
He had work to do, after all.
Standing up from his crouched position, brushing his fingers against a nearby wall, vile red chakra seeped around him. Foul curses littering the land as means to protect the girl from any intruders should they come.
As he made his leave, he gave one final glance to the purple haired girl. Her fingers weren't clenched, nor were her bare toes. As he heard her soft breathing as he saw her chest rise and fall.
It was faint, relaxed even, as if she hadn't held the burdens she had carried all her life.
And as he looked at her, he couldn't help but wonder what she was dreaming of…
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"If that's how it is I'll just have to severe that bond!"
XXX
"So, this is where all that power comes from?" A dark haired male asked, as he looked around them.
He was located in what looked to be a sewer, with murky water that reached up to his knees, as the ceiling seemed to stem on for miles.
In all honesty, he had expected the inner mindscape of his former friend to seem more upbeat, lively even. But this was none of that.
Granted, this was also the prison that housed the Kyuubi No Yoko, the demon that had ravaged Konoha 16 years ago. At least, that was what Orochimaru had said.
Strangely enough, he couldn't see a hint of the large beast, the being that had possessed the same foul chakra Naruto had used in their last encounter. Even with his enhanced eyes, his family's bloodline, the sharingan, he could not see the thing.
"So, that eyes let you in here, huh, Sasuke?" Naruto noticed within his mindscape, as they both looked upon the large open gate before them.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes, but even still, he knew Naruto was no match for him, Orochimaru had said as such.
The Uchiha smirked, this battle was already won, he even went as far as to mock his former friend with the same name he had given him all those years ago.
"Dobe—" But as he tried to speak, he saw left unable to.
Squelch.
Pain coursed throughout the Uchiha's body.
As blood spraying throughout the air, as Sasuke's own eyes widened… or they would have, had Naruto not been grasping one of them within his hand.
"So, this is where all that power comes from?" Naruto said casually, as if he had not just gouged out the Uchiha's eye right out of his socket. Completely taking Sasuke by surprise as he did so.
Another squelch could be heard as he crushed the ebony eye within his palm.
As blood finally leaked from Sasuke's eyes, the uchiha collapsed to his knees from the pain, as well as the shook from seeing his very being destroyed in front of him, faster than he could react.
Naruto smirked, his cerulean eyes molding into a crimson red, as red liquid chakra emanated around him.
He raised a single pointed figure to his former friend.
"Now… get out of my mind." He ordered.
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Sasuke did just that, or more accurately, he was forced out. As both Naruto and Sasuke were sent back into the real world, the massive crater within Orochimaru's own hideout.
Sasuke still had his hand on Naruto's shoulder, as the blonde looked on impassively at his former friend.
But even still, as they had been shot back into reality, Sasuke still felt an unimaginable pain in his head.
The pain was so overwhelming that he nearly collapsed to the ground in shock once again.
So much so that Sasuke couldn't even comprehend it all. Even as his eye was still there, he realized something…
He couldn't see.
At least, not out of one of his eyes. And it was only then that blood shot out of his left eye, the same eye Naruto had previously ripped out within his mindscape.
As the Uchiha collapsed to his knees, just as he had done within the deep recesses of Naruto's mind.
Naruto's impassive face gained a smirk, as he raised a single foot off the ground. Pulling it back, as he sent a strong kick towards Sasuke's form, sending him tumbling to the ground.
And it was only then that Naruto did something unexpected… he laughed.
"Hahahahaha!" Naruto laughed out, even as his former friend riled in pain on the ground.
But it wasn't just a laugh, nor was it a small little chuckle. It was the kind of belly laughter that emenated from your very soul, leaving you unable to breathe. Naruto was forced to clutch onto his forehead from the sheer exertion.
Tricking Orochimaru had been child's play.
The snake Sanin still believed he was the same idiotic boy he had previously been. So he'd used that to his advantage and portrayed himself as weaker than he actually was.
Granted, he had chosen to show orochimaru something, he had been trained by another Sanin after all, so it stood to reason that he would have learned something. Showing him just four tails had been sufficient.That threw the snake Sanin off his scent, and he had led the blonde right to his hideout… to Sasuke.
And now, standing above the powerless figure of his former friend, in an almost similar way to what Sasuke had done all those years ago, he couldn't help but laugh.
All of this happened in the span of just a few seconds after Sasuke laid a hand on the blonde's shoulder.
As the other occupants around them gained a look of shock as well.
Orochimaru, Kabuto, Kakashi, Yamato, even Sai. But the person who looked most surprised, horrified at the scene,
Sakura, stood there, frozen in time, her palm across her lips as she stared at the scene. Seeing the menacing figures of her teammates, she saw something…
Naruto's eyes had turned blood-red.
Just what had happened to her former teammate?
The blonde glanced at them with his demonic eyes.
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(Present)
Emiya Estate.
"I did a lot of thinking afterward," Shirou voiced. "About why I started fighting in the grail war. About what I wanted to accomplish."
"And?" Rin asked, as she continued sipping her tea, she couldn't think on an empty stomach, after all.
Shirou looked down, "At first, it was just because I got dragged into it, but that makes no difference. I like champions of justice, and I want to follow their examples, so I people to protect. Master or not, saber or not…" he resolved himself. "I'm going to fight all the same."
"Oh?" Rin hummed, as she continued eating her food, much to Shirou's frustration.
"Look, this is serious, at least pay attention." He told her.
"I am paying attention," the girl voiced back. "The idea of others dying bothers you, more than your own death. So you've decided to keep fighting despite your weakness, right?" Rin surmised.
Shirou blinked, "y-yeah."
"What's with you?" Rin questioned. "You look like a squirrel that bit into candy instead of a nut."
"I just assumed you'd be against it," he told her.
"Of course I'm against it," Rin argued. "But after you saved me like that, I can hardly object, can I?"
As her fist tightened slightly, remembering 'that' servant from before.
Before the twin-haired girl looked down. "Plus, I've also learned that you'll do it even if I try to stop you." She realized.
"Then we're still partners?" The red haired boy asked.
"I guess," Rin shrugged. "Anyway, I'd lose sleep worrying if I left you to your own devices."
"Besides," she looked away from the boy. "To put it to your terms, I don't exactly hate you." Rin said, "and your cooking is good," she added, with a bit of pink dusting her cheeks. "So that's how I feel about it, and you're still okay with working with me, right?"
But before shirou could answer, the girl held her empty bowl out for the boy. "I need a refill," she demanded.
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"For now, our enemy is caster," Rin voiced, proceeding with trying to plan their next move. "She's protected by Kuzuki, a close combat fighter, and Archer, who's gone over to her side. And it's only a matter of time before saber falls under her control," she voiced their current situation.
Shirou nodded, "yeah, once saber's resistance wears out," he remembered.
"Exactly, do you have any ideas?" The dark-haired girl asked.
Shirou thought about it, "hear me out, and don't get mad… could we work together with other masters?" He proposed.
Rin looked at him, "it's alright. Actually, I was thinking the same thing. We still don't know who lancer's master is, so that's out, but we might have a shot with illyasviel."
"What about Sakura's servant?" Shirou questioned, he was currently the servant they knew least about.
Naruto Uzumaki.
Rin hadn't known a thing about the man, nor the name he had given them. There was no history for the blonde, at least, not with what the Tohsaka knew. And being educated on many of the potential heroic spirits within history, she would know.
Rin remembered him well. "Currently, we don't know his current identity, nor his allegiance. It's entirely possible that he's holding Sakura hostage." In the past, while it wasn't common, masters have been held captive by their servants to be used as mana batteries. "Besides that, we still don't know where to find him."
Shirou nodded, his fist fighting at the thought of Sakura being taken. But he changed the subject, he would help her soon enough.
"Illyasviel, how do we find her?" He asked.
"I have an idea of where she might be." Rin voiced; before she began to stand up from her seat. "My father told me something long ago. He said that the Einzbern Villa in the forest outside of town." She remembered, before something outside caught her eye.
It was faint, but in the darkness of the night it stuck out like a sore thumb.
A bright flash… right at the Matou residence.
XXX
Earlier.
The Matou Estate was a large, dreary building on the edge of town. Encompassing a widespread area, many within the town could only dream of what laid inside, as they realized the gates rarely opened.
Zouken Matou was not happy. He wasn't, in fact, he was somewhat furious.
His assimilation of a Sakura was nearly complete, and he could sense the greater grail, one of the last forms of true magic, within his grasp.
Sure, there were still some players in this game, but they truly were only stepping stones to attain what he truly wanted.
Heaven's feel.
The true magic ritual to create an immortal body, one that he intended to use until the end of time.
And at that point, any copy from the past wouldn't stand a chance against him. The priest's secret servants would fall, the Einzburn's test tube baby wouldn't stand a chance, nor would that foolish Emiya.
But then Sakura had disappeared.
Or to be more accurate, she had just walked away, destroying many of his worms in her wake. He had sensed a build-up of foul mana within the girl's body, but before he could process it all, she had exploded.
And she had left as if she were in a trance, and he had let her.
He needed to gather more information, find out exactly what was going on, and he would, he would take the girl back.
This was a minor setback, one that wouldn't halt his plans in the slightest, all he had to do was squash a few flies as he did so.
"Hello, Zouken, it's been a while," Naruto stated offhandedly, watching the old hand slowly walk towards the front yard clearing with no small amount of joy.
Slightly looking back towards the front gate of the estate, seeing its broken and fractured remains that he had just walked through. As if it had been corroded away in the blink of an eye.
"Indeed it has," the old man voiced, clutching his cane even tighter than before. "I had presumed you were dead," he spoke.
But that only caused Naruto to grin, "well, my death was, greatly exaggerated."
"So it seems," Zouken stated impassively, "It was you who took the girl." It wasn't a question, but rather a statement, one that they both knew was true, the man not bothering to place a name to the girl.
Naruto nodded, "I have taken Sakura."
"I see," Zouken said in thought, "you will hand her over," He ordered, tapping his cane onto the ground as he did so.
"No, I won't," Naruto said resolutely.
And the two males stared out at one another. One old in appearance, aged with time as he stalled his own death. The other, young and youthful, having died younger than most.
None faltered, none backed down.
Both of them having stared out at the greatest evils in history.
But surprisingly, the stare down ended when Zouken once again tapped his cane against the dirtied ground. And that's when Naruto heard it.
Chirp. Chirp. Chris
A multitude of bird-like rained down from the nearby trees. First they were small, soft, but eventually they began to grow louder and louder.
As Naruto then saw numerous, large, red, and armored worm-like creatures descend upon him at high speeds.
Naruto, being just fast enough to do so, dodged to the side.
Waving his hand to the side, a rush of vile red energy spilling from it, nearly destroying everything it touched within an instant.
"So, you've gained some new tricks," Zouken commented, as Naruto's grin grew. Before Zouken tapped his cane to the floor once again.
As the chirping only grew louder.
Zouken sent his worms and locusts out, a swarm of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of insects began to descend upon Naruto.
The blonde's blue eyes widened at the sheer speed of them, not expecting such a massive swarm to move so quickly.
Nor did he expect the swarm to surround him on all sides, not giving him another opening to escape.
And it was with no small amount of satisfaction that Zouken watched the worms overtake the servant before him, sensing the mana they gained replenish himself.
He was nothing but a shadow of the past, one best left behind in the wake of even greater heights. He was a loose end he had not accounted for, one easily plucked out, just as he had done before.
Yes, Naruto Uzumaki was—
"Huh, honestly, I think you've gotten slower in the past few decades," Naruto commented.
As Zouken snapped his head to the side, Naruto, not understanding how he could do such a feat so fast given his old decrepit body.
As the head of the Matou family saw the servant before him, sitting on the wall of the estate, not a wound marking his body.
Zouken's face morphed into shock, "H-how?" He questioned.
"Oh that," Naruto blinked, "that was just a shadow clone," he told him.
As the old man narrowed his eyes, realizing this situation would be more difficult than he had expected. "It seems I underestimated you…
Angra Mainyu," he revealed.
It was then that Naruto's smile lessened, a frown forming in its place. All the happiness within his expression disappearing with an instant.
"Y'know, It's been a long time since I've been called that, I never did like that name they gave me," he told him with a sigh, as he leapt down from his perched position.
"It is the name of the demon that you are," Zouken stated, tapping his cane on the floor once again.
Naruto's frown only grew, the once bitter joy he felt being replaced with nothing but annoyance.
Naruto's bangs shadowed his eyes, as the locusts then began to surround him once more, intending to swarm their target just as they had done before.
Only this time, as they got close, a malevolent red energy surrounded Naruto's body.
He looked up, as Zouken could see the blonde's once cerulean eyes morph into that of crimson.
"Zouken," Naruto spoke, his voice sounding even more demonic, but even still the Matou stood his ground. "It's people like you that make me sick," he started.
"Old men who think they know everything, pushing their pathetic little ideals onto anyone they so choose, believing they are more righteous than anyone else," the demon spoke, as Zouken could sense the power building up in the blonde, he didn't waste a moment to strike.
Tapping his cane, as hundreds upon hundreds of insects attacked the blood with a hungry ferocity.
But alas, not one was able to even touch Naruto, as he sent a vicious wave of red chakra in all directions, destroying everything in its path.
Zouken was forced to shield his eyes from the immense light, but as it disappeared he found that he had been left standing there, just as he did before.
No, that wasn't it, something was different about the blond, for now he held his palm out, a small purple orb in his grasp.
Naruto glared towards the man, "And I realize the only way to deal with a pathetic insect like you is to stomp it out!" He roared, as blue and red energy began to expand upon the purple orb, significantly increasing its size and power.
So much so that Zouken began to sweat slightly, but he was confident that he would survive, knowing his plans would come to fruition. His insects would survive, especially the ones in Sakura's body.
But Naruto's orb only continued to grow, which only increased at the Matou's worries.
A looming shadow overtook the blonde, as a large, 100 ft tall fox with nine swinging tails on its back.
It was then that Zouken Matou felt a semblance of fear.
But that wasn't possible! Naruto Uzumaki was a worthless servant, weak and utterly pathetic to the bitter end. So why did he feel scared facing him?
He was eternal, he was everlasting, he would attain the true magic. He would—
"Zouken Matou, your life will soon come to an end! All your schemes cannot save you now, all your sins have come to pass, and now your punishment is at hand! For I, Naruto Uzumaki will be the final thing you see!" The demon announced.
As he sent his purple orb forward, an explosion soon followed.
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Later.
"W-what is this?" Rin questioned in shock, as Shirou collapsed to his knees.
The knew who had done this.
It didn't make any sense, nothing made sense anymore. What had happened here? Where did that man take Sakura? Who was he?
So many questions they didn't know the answers to.
They couldn't understand, how could a single servant do this so quickly? How could the world allow it? Did the world allow it?
For right in front of them, where the Matou estate once stood…
Was nothing but a massive crater
End Chapter.
An: A short chapter this time, but there was a lot of info to unpack, especially on Naruto's "identity," all will be explained in later chapters.
Anyways, this story has been passed by my other fate story 'mockingbird'... in one chapter. That sucks, but I guess it's also pretty good. Don't worry, I have no plans to stop writing this. But with all the other stories I got setup this may take a while to release.
Next chapter: Naruto and Sakura's first real interaction, as well as a possible battle between gods and a demon.
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