Naruto, Wrath of the Dragon
Summary: What ensues when two gods get involved with Naruto, giving him three gifts to help him in his life? How will this change his life? Pairings undecided. Powerful and bloodline Naruto.
"GODS DAMN IT! WHY CAN'T THEY DO SOMETHING!?" A voice yelled out. The owner of the fist sent a wall shattering punch into a nearby wall that did just that: shattered the wall. When the dust cleared, a figure stepped from the cloud and spoke.
"Dearest sister of mine, have you forgotten we are the gods? We can do something." it said in an amused tone. The owner of the original voice face-palmed and turned to its sister.
"I'm ashamed to mention but I did indeed forget. But what can we do? You yourself set up rules against meddling in mortal affairs." She said in a confused tone.
The scythe-wielding woman's sister replied slyly, "Indeed there are rules against meddling in mortal affairs. The object of your frustration is not mortal and neither is my answer."
A grin spread across the face of the reaper that was mirrored by her sister. Together they disappeared in a flash of light on course for Konohagakure. The interference of two people was about to change the fate of the village forever.
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Hiruzen Sarutobi sat staring at his worst enemy, frustration clearly etched across his face. The professor, Sandaime Hokage of Konohagakure, a god among shinobi, had survived countless battles with foes ranging from house cat sized hell-cats to S-Class criminals yet he was at risk of losing an unending battle that plagued all of the Kages: Paperwork.
The old veteran was silently praying to Kami for an interruption when a flash of light flooded his office. In a half second he was standing on his desk with his Bo staff already summoned. However, when his eyes cleared of spots, he dropped his staff and fell into a bow. The staff hit the ground and became a monkey that shouted obscenities at him before he was quickly unsummoned. Sarutobi made a note to apologize later.
"Sarutobi Hiruzen?" a feminine voice asked, to which he responded with a nod even though the figure almost certainly already knew who he was. "I've come on a matter pertaining to one Uzumaki Naruto. My sister and I have been watching him ever since the demon was sealed inside him and have grown tired of the beatings he receives daily from those villagers. We've made the choice that we will give him two gifts; gifts that I trust you will deliver to him." Sarutobi nodded rapidly that he would.
The figure, Kami, nodded in satisfaction and held her right hand up. Without any warning, a cage appeared with a creature that huffed indignantly. Kami looked between the cage and the Sandaime and told him, "This little girl will grow up with him and teach him to control the bloodline we have set to activate upon his graduation from the academy. By handing her to you, I entrust you to deliver her to her new friend. This card has Naruto's new location written on it as well." Without further words Kami handed the red dragon hatchling to Sarutobi and disappeared in another flash of light.
Sarutobi left his office for the location where Naruto had supposedly been taken while ignoring all the questions about the hatchling. He felt lucky to arrive without an encounter with the civilian council's emo bitch. (We all know who that is.)
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Uzumaki Naruto was not having a good day. First Mizuki-teme sabotaged another one of his written tests by giving him a copy of the test meant for prospective Jonin. Next the bullies on the playground took his precious ramen and dumbed it on him. No matter how much someone loves ramen, no one wants to take a bath in it during the middle of the day.
After lunch, there was a sparring match and he ended up paired with the last Uchiha. Because the instructors never taught him a proper taijutsu stance he ended up getting a solid ass whooping.
Now, it was two hours after the academy day let out and he was being led – or more like dragged – through the streets of Konoha by a black-robed woman with a scythe strapped to her back. As the duo approached the northern gates of Konoha, Naruto was beginning to worry. He'd never been outside the gates but the stories he'd heard parents tell their children about the outside world were not pleasant ones. When he'd asked the woman where they were going, she'd told him he'd see when they got there. Even though no parent had taught him to be wary about strangers, enough people had tried to kill him that he'd learned it himself.
About ten minutes of walking outside of the gates of Konoha, the woman finally stopped. Naruto picked his jaw up off the ground after a minute. In front of him was possibly the biggest house he'd ever seen. The front doors were most likely the only thing that was normal sized. When the woman opened the door, Naruto saw that it opened directly into a massive cube-shaped living room, about 40'x40'x40'. The furnishings included a wraparound couch in the center that looked to be capable of holding about twenty people comfortably. A wooden table in the middle was one of the few furnisings in the room alongside a long cabinet on one wall open to reveal several thousand DVD cases. In the middle was a 72" TV.
The woman led Naruto past that area and into a medium sized kitchen with cabinets lining three out of four walls. The kanji for 'preserve' and 'expand' was written on each cabinet and seemed to almost glow with power. The one wall that didn't have cabinets had three stoves that were above ovens. Over the stoves hung spice racks filled with more spices than Naruto could count. On the left side of the stoves was a chest freezer with the same kanji as the cabinets but there was also the kanji for 'cold'. On the right side shelves of cook books were ordered by the country they came from.
Past that, the woman showed Naruto the upstairs area, which had simply several dozen spare bedrooms. The next floor above that held the master bedroom, which was similar to the living room except that the ceiling was only twenty feet high. On the far wall from the stairs was a bed slightly sunk into the floor with numerous animal skins on the floor. Over those was something that looked like a dragon hide. The hide looked like it wouldn't keep someone warm at all but at the same time seemed like anything wrapped in it would be insulated from the outside world.
After they'd seen the inside, the woman giggling every time she saw Naruto's shocked expression, the woman led Naruto outside. Naruto saw half-a-dozen training grounds on the other side of a wall that covered the entire back of the house and prevented any stray jutsu or the like from hitting the mansion. Thirty feet from the spread of training grounds stood a dome shaped structure as large as the house. When the woman opened the door, Naruto saw a circular bed similar to the one inside the house except that the floor of this on was only had of several dragon hides. It was also about thirty feet in diameter. Around the edge were about a dozen 10'x10' pen-like things. Naruto saw the Sandaime Hokage standing in the middle of the bed with a lizard sort of being by his feet. Naruto was shocked beyond belief when the moment the lizard saw him, it shot from its curled position towards Naruto.
The lizard tackled Naruto to the ground, which caused the woman to lose her composure and start laughing at Naruto's plight. In turn, Sarutobi's nervousness was lost and he joined her in laughing. Naruto was struggling half-heartedly to escape the critter's ticklish signs of affection, not entirely unhappy about being so affectionately attacked.
When the two adults were done laughing, Sarutobi smiled at the sight of Naruto and his companion. He turned to the woman and said to her, "I assume you are Kami-sama's sister?" At the nod he added, "Are you the Shinigami or Yami?"
Shinigami responded, "I am the Shinigami. To answer all – or at least most – of your questions at once, I believe my sister explained why we're here and who the hatchling is?" Now it was Sarutobi's turn to nod. "Well, since that is done," she turned to Naruto. "Naruto, please come here. Sapphire, please let Naruto focus for a minute." Both boy and dragon sighed but parted as they were told.
When Naruto was standing in front of Shinigami, the death god held out her hand and touched his forehead. A flash of light briefly surrounded the two, just long enough for the Hokage and dragon hatchling to register its presence before it faded.
The last thing Naruto said before he blacked out was, "What… the….. Hell…" Sarutobi was worried, but he held it in and believed in the Shinigami since Naruto was still breathing.
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(I know that was a bit rushed but I will add rooms later. As for the compound size, it will gradually expand.)
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When Naruto's eyes opened, the first thing they registered was that he was lying in a sewer-like structure. The only that helped to register it as not being a true sewer was the smell – or lack-there-of. To be honest, there didn't seem to be any smell at all.
The next two things he noticed were the sound of dripping and the feel of water around him. When he sat up though, the water didn't come with him. Deciding not to wonder about it right now, Naruto strode towards the red and white glows he saw at the end of the hallway. He probably wouldn't have acted out the stereotypical horror movie but he subconsciously knew where the sounds of forces battling, he would receive the answer.
The tunnel had looked to be a mile away when he'd started walking, but he reached it in under a minute. This was another confusing thing but like with the non-existent resistance from the water, he wrote it off as another thing he would get answered.
As Naruto rounded the corner before the two forces came into sight, the sound of battling ended. Naruto got there just in time to witness a massive dragon walking through the bars of a cage that could quite possibly house the Hokage monument. But literally, the dragon was walking through the bars as though they weren't even there. The massive force of nature turned his eye to Naruto and the blond froze up.
"Who are you? And where are we?" The boy was struggling to contain other questions even though he had to force those two out.
The white dragon chuckled, though it came out more as a growl, and replied, 'First, I'm you. Second, we're in your mind.' To say Naruto was confused was an understatement.
"But… I'm me. How can you be me, when I'm standing right here? And how are we inside my mind? And… why are you speaking to me telepathically?" he replied in a tone that reflected his emotions. (Yes Naruto is ooc. He broke into the library. I forgot to mention earlier but Naruto is currently seven years old and has been in the academy for a month.)
'I'll answer the second two questions first, it replied. We are inside what is more specifically your mindscape. This plane is a physical representation that only you can access. I'll get around to how Queen Fuzzy and I are here.' An indignant shout from the cage brought Naruto's attention to a massive blood-red furred vixen.
He muttered to himself, "How the hell did I miss her…?"
Despite how softly he'd said the words, the dragon's keen hearing caught them and he answered, 'Because I was here. Of course you missed a fox that's a good story or two smaller than a five story dragon.'
Naruto and the fox sweat-dropped and he asked who the fox was. The fox opened her muzzle to go into what Naruto was sure would be a long winded speech if she wasn't cut off by the dragon, who just answered that he'd learn after the dragon finished.
'Anyway, back to your questions. As for why I'm speaking telepathically, did you really expect a dragon, or any animal for that matter besides a Summon, to be capable of speaking aloud?' In retrospect, Naruto had to admit the dragon had a point. When the dragon continued, Naruto nearly fainted from shock and joy – mostly shock.
'How am I you? First, to solve the problem with names, just call me Maelstrom. I'm you because when your bloodline limit is activated – the woman that showed you your new house will come back to activate it, – you will be able to transform into me. Indeed, I did just say you had a new bloodline you were just given that will allow you to become me. Granted, you will be able to scale the size down if you are in a limited area of space or fighting a small opponent. At least, small in my opinion. In addition, due to some modifications to the bloodline and seal on your stomach (which neither will pass onto your children even though the bloodline will) will allow you to summon/become the fox over there. Hold your questions!' Maelstrom said the last part quickly to stop Naruto from interrupting. With the blond question-vending machine silenced, he continued.
'Anyway, now to explain the seal I mentioned, and, in turn, the vixen.' He said.
'Shut it scaly. This is my story to tell.' The vixen said with a silent snarl. Naruto was moderately intimidated by the action, and neither the dragon nor the fox missed the look. The aforementioned fox smiled softly at Naruto before she was engulfed in light bright enough that both Naruto and his counterpart had to look away.
Maelstrom's eyes cleared of spots before Naruto's and what he saw caused him to raise an eyebrow. When Naruto's eyes cleared and he turned to the vixen's former position, he blushed and a slight trickle of blood left his nose.
Instead of the three story tall demon that he'd seen when he first entered the seal – or at least he assumed he was in the seal – there was a six-foot-tall human/vixen woman standing in her place. The woman was clad in a leather chest piece that came down to about three inches below her breast with leather pants that went to mid-thigh, doing nothing to cover a lot of exposed leg. On her hands, a pair of fingerless gloves showed her half-inch long claws. She didn't have any shoes because her feet ended in fox feet. In fact, her entire body was covered in fur with foxlike features. Her hands didn't have any pads like her feet but that didn't matter since she had her gloves. The most shocking part of her body was her face though. She had a fox's muzzle, complete with viciously sharp looking teeth, two fox ears that constantly twitched towards the sound of dripping water, and fox eyes as amethyst in color as Naruto's eyes were blue. From her collar bone down to what could be seen of the insides of her thighs on her front, her fur was snow white, while the tips of her ears and the nine swaying tails extending from a small hole in her pants were black; the rest of her fur was burnt-orange. Strapped to her back was a claymore with a 6' blade and 1' handle, and a pair of six inch kris-style daggers.
After five minutes of silence with Naruto staring at the deadly goddess, the object of his attention cleared her throat, causing his blush to increase to exponential levels from being caught. Hmmm… in retrospect, I wasn't exactly being discreet, He reflected, sad that he had to take his eyes from the feast of flesh and fur.
The vixen smirked at his disappointed look but neglected the idea to play with his mind in favor of more important things.
"Naruto," the woman spoke, defying logic that she could form words with a muzzle like hers, "I will start off with who I am but you must promise me that you will not ask questions or make conclusions about me until I'm done." Naruto was confused and somewhat intrigued by what this woman was implying. Naruto new the stories from seven years ago though and he could make a guess as to who she was.
"My name is Ayla, though your people know me better as the Kyuubi no Kitsune. For now, I'll give you the abbreviated version of my attack on Konoha. You'll get the more elaborate version once you make chuunin." She began.
Damn, I'd hoped I was wrong… Naruto sighed to himself.
Author's Note:
How'd I do; should I keep writing or not? I started this story because I've been bouncing reading other stories and trying to get stories started for a while now. Started this one cause I wanted to see something like this starting a few weeks ago. (A lot of time in the world of fan-fiction.)
I need constructive criticism or comments. I'd also like this to be a harem but I need suggestions. I have an idea from my other story – which if you've been following it will eventually be updated – but I'd like some more input.
Please message me about any grammatical errors. I absolutely despise them when there are too many.
Anyway, till next time yalls.