(A/N Hello everyone, I'm sorry for not updating for a long time. My reason was lack of motivation but now I try to start writing again. But enough chit-chat start reading.)
Chapter 10
"Do you want to create your own guild? We are giving you a better deal as you would be making the first guild in the Elemental Countries." Tagir said. "Can we have some time to think?" Naruto asked. "Sure take as long as you need." Tagir said with a smile.
"What should we do?" Naomi asked when they were outside the room. "I think we should do it and create our own guild." Naruto answered. "Why?" Naomi asked; wanting to know Naruto's reason. "Even though I don't want to be a kage of a village anymore I still would like to lead something and this provides the best chance to fulfill that." Naruto answered. "But what make you think that you would lead it?" Naomi said back with a challenging smirk. "Is that a challenge?" Naruto asked and smirked back. "It is." Naomi answered; still wearing the smirk.
"So you too are in favor of starting our own guild." Naruto said. "Sure, it might be fun but we need to learn more about the rules before making our final decision." Naomi said "And we have to decide which one of us will lead the guild." Naruto thought for a second and answered "Yes but we can think about that later. We should inform Tagir of our decision."
They then walked back to the room and sat down. "So, have you come to decision on the question?" Tagir asked after they had sat down. "Yes. We have decided to create a guild but we want to know what rules and regulations the League enforces on the guilds." Naruto said.
"There aren't many rules as the League wants to give guilds as much freedom as possible though there are few rules that must be followed. I will now tell you them. The first is that the guild cannot accept assassination missions which don't come from the League. Second rule is that the guild members will not kill people who aren't associated in the mission. The punishment for breaking that rule is usually death and not even leader of the guild is immune to this rule. Third is that the guild leader and the advisor can't be on a mission at the same time unless they have appointed someone else to lead in their stead. And the final rule is that a guild can't have more than fifty people in it excluding the leader and the advisor. Here's a book which has all the other, not so important rules." Tagir said and gave a thin booklet to Naruto.
"So who shall lead the guild?" Tagir asked as he took some papers from his desk. "We have a bit of trouble in choosing as we both would like to be the leader." Naomi said.
"Would you like to have a duel to decide who shall lead?" Tagir suggested. "Well that's a good idea except that when we fight we have to limit our strength. Otherwise we might destroy a huge amount of land." Naomi said.
"That could be a problem but I have a solution for that. How about I give you some files about our new recruits. Both of you choose one who will represent you in the duel and the one who's chosen one loses has to be the advisor." Tagir said. "Should we accept this?" Naruto asked Naomi. She nodded.
"Wait here." Tagir said rose from his seat and went outside the room. Few minutes later he arrived with many folders, set them down on the table and said "Here are the folders. There are recruits from every continent."
Naruto and Naomi looked through the folders until they both had read them all and chosen who will represent them. Naruto chose a man from Arkania. Naruto learned that the man was good in both defensive and offensive spells but excelled in close range offensive elemental attacks especially fire attacks. Naomi's choice was a woman from Polyria who is able to transform into Cerberus, a three-headed dog and she also could use physical energy well.
"So you have chosen. We will have to inform their trainers and get them transported here. It will take about four days for them to get here along with many other recruits who will come here for any new guilds. During this time you're free to stay here and learn more about the League and the continents." Tagir said.
"Where will we stay?" Naruto asked. "Alys! Could you come here?" Tagir shouted. "What is it?" a voice came from the door behind Tagir.
The door opened and a woman came through. She had her blonde hair in a ponytail, her eyes were blue and she was wearing a pink robe that had many strange runes embedded on it. "Alys, would you show these two to a free room?" Tagir asked. Alys nodded and said "Follow me."
She led Naruto and Naomi through the building until they came to a door at the middle of a hallway. "This shall be your room for the duration of your stay. Do you have any questions?" Alys asked. "Where are the library and the training area?" Naomi asked. "The library is at the end of this hallway." Alys said and pointed at the end of the hallway. "The training area is behind this building. If that is all I will take my leave." Alys said and waited for them to ask something. When she saw that neither Naomi nor Naruto had anything to say, she left.
"After you" Naruto said and opened the door for Naomi. "Thank you" she said and walked in. When Naruto came inside, he saw that the room had one bed that could easily fit three people and then some. The room also had a dresser opposite the bed and a single window opposite to the door.
"It's a nice room" Naomi said and sat down on the bed. "What shall we do now?" Naruto asked. "We should go to the library to learn a bit more about the abilities of these foreigners" Naomi suggested. "That's a good idea. Remember the ruins that Tagir told us about. We could see if the library has anything about it." Naruto said.
The library was huge there had to be over hundred bookshelves there. Naruto spotted the library worker and asked where the books about the abilities of the people were. He told Naruto to the books which were at the other side of the library. Naruto thanked him and went with Naomi to search for the books they wanted.
They searched but they couldn't read any of the books so they went back to the library worker and asked about it. "Ah you must be the locals who live on this continent. Let me get someone here who can help you with that." The worker said and left. He arrived after a few minutes with Alys.
"So your problem is that you can't read our books. Well that can be easily fixed. Please, stand still." Alys said and started to chant something. After she had finished her chant, brightly shining glyphs appeared beneath Naruto and Naomi. After the glyphs had disappeared Alys said "You should be able to read our books now." She said before leaving them.
Naruto and Naomi went back to the books and found out that it had worked. Naruto took a book about abilities of Arkanians and Naomi took one about the abilities of Phyrians. After they had gone through the books they discussed about their finds.
Naruto found out that Arkanians call their abilities spells and the spells are much like jutsus except that the spells are less diverse but more powerful. He also learned that everyone has an elemental affinity even those who can't use spells. The example spell that the book told was a fireball. It was one of the most common spells and almost all the Arkanian wizards knew how to do it. The book also contained information on different types of spells.
The book told that the most common spell type is Chant. Effects of chants can vary from the ability to understand another language to creating a huge earthquake. The next most common spell type is elemental spells. They are as their name states and they don't require chants or rune. They are weaker but are preferred on the battlefields as they can be cast immediately. The rarest type is Rune spells. They are the most powerful, can be hidden easily but the runes are hard to create and placing them is time consuming.
Naomi had found that the Phyrian warriors could reinforce themselves with physical energy which they already knew but the interesting thing that Naomi found out was that the mutations that Tagir mentioned were really powerful if the receiving one would survive. Most mutations would give increased physical abilities or resistances but there has been cases where a person could manipulate flames with his mutated hand but they were extremely rare.
She also learned more about the monsters on Phyria. The book told that the monsters are people and in some cases animals that could use the physical energy but were driven mad by the mutations that happened in their brains and soon after that everywhere on their bodies. The monsters' size can wary from slightly smaller than a child to being taller than three houses combined.
One of the more interesting facts that Naomi found out was that there were no completely identical monsters but the monsters were categorized by their abilities. The book didn't go into details about the monster categories but it told the two biggest groups. They were the Runners and the Destroyers.
The Runners are like their name suggests very fast. They usually run circles around their prey's and attack when they've disoriented them. They weren't usually strong but were known to hunt in packs though the larger ones would hunt alone.
The Destroyers are usually big in every way and are almost impossible to harm without reinforcing the body with physical energy. The Destroyers are usually very slow. They often hunt alone and sometimes attack settlements.
Naomi also found a book about the other monsters categories but didn't have time to read it as it was time for the library to close for the night.
Back at their room Naruto and Naomi were ready to go to bed. "Those are interesting powers that we found out don't you agree?" Naruto asked. "Yes but I'm more interested about the monsters and that ruin which Tagir mentioned." Naomi said. "I'm also interested to know if the other continent have any kinds of monsters." Naruto said and climbed to the bed next to Naomi. They fell asleep quickly.
Naruto woke up little later than usual to a knock on their door. "Hello, I have breakfast for you!" a voice came through the door. Naruto rose from the bed, put on some clothes and went to open the door. He opened it and saw a boy who was around 16 years old. He had black hair that was cut short and was wearing a blank gray robe. There was a tray with food and eating utensils on his hand.
"Here's your breakfast sir." the boy said and left after giving the tray to Naruto. Naruto closed the door and sat down on the bed next Naomi who had woken up by the knocking as well. "So what's for breakfast?" Naomi asked. "Rice and fish." Naruto answered, put the tray down and started eating with Naomi.
After they were done eating they went to the training area. When they arrived there they saw that it was better than any training ground that they had seen in any hidden village that they had been. The training area had many obstacle courses, targets that looked like humans, two sparring rings, a pond and a small forest.
Naruto saw only a few people there. Two were practicing their accuracy while another two were sparring in the ring. There also were three people doing the obstacle course and a few were at the pond meditating.
Naruto and Naomi went to the other sparring ring and started to spar. Naruto started the spar with a kick to Naomi's ribs but she dodged it by jumping backward and countered with a kick to Naruto's chest. Naruto had to take a step back from the kick but immediately after jumped into air and punched the ground next to Naomi.
The punch created a small crater in the spot where Naruto had hit but Naomi managed to dodge it. She jumped and kicked Naruto's back but Naruto managed to dodge it and grabbed the leg. He then threw Naomi to the ground. Naomi landed on her feet and threw a fist at Naruto's face but Naruto dodged it and kicked Naomi's knee. Naomi fell but rose immediately and kicked Naruto's face making him fall down.
"That was a good warm up." Naruto said as he rose from the ground. "That it was." Naomi answered. They then turned around and saw that almost everyone from the training ground was watching them. When they saw that Naruto and Naomi had stopped they went back to do what they did before.
Naruto and Naomi left the training area and went to the library again. This time Naruto took a book about the transformation power of Polyrians and Naomi took a book about the monsters on Phyria.
The book that Naruto took didn't tell much more than what Tagir had explained. The most interesting thing that Naruto found out from the book was that how rare it was for a person to be able to transform into a legendary creature like phoenix. He also learned that Polyrians couldn't stay in their hybrid form for long. The reason was that they could use the powers of the creature within a humanoid body.
Naomi found out more about the Phyrian monsters. She found out that the two categories given in the last book she read were more like generalization of the different monsters as there were very few monsters that could fit completely into those categories. As an example was one of the most famous monsters. It had been as tall as a tree but it still could move slightly slower than the fastest animal on Phyria. The book didn't mention if it was given a name. Rest of the book was a catalog of the most legendary monsters.
After they had read those books they searched any other interesting books. They found a book about the ruins on which the Guild League headquarters are built. It told that there were ruins of similar architecture on all of the three continents but only on two ruins had anything of value has been found. First was on Arkania and it hold instructions on how to use crystals to enchant items. And the second were the ruins that Tagir mentioned. All other ruins had broken and unusable technology or nothing at all.
The book also contained a theory about why are those ruins found on every continent. The theory is that all the continents were connected from their northern parts and that something happened and destroyed the northern area, leaving only few islands. The next parts of the book were about different legends and myths surrounding the ruins. One of them which caught Naomi's attention was a legend about a man from a civilization long since destroyed who battled a great being in the north and used the ground to imprison the being and then threw the prison into the sky creating the moon.
Naruto watched Naomi's shock filled face as she read that legend from the book. "Is something wrong?" Naruto asked. "No nothing is wrong. I just learned something about my father." Naomi said. That got Naruto's attention. Naomi had once told him who her father was. He was the legendary man who had created the original jutsus and fought the great Juubi. He was The Rikkudou Sennin.
"What did you find?" Naruto asked while in shock about the discovery. "This book tells about the myths and legends surrounding the ruins and one of them tells about Rikkudou Sennin." Naomi answered "Does the legend contain anything else?" Naruto asked eager to know more. "I don't know. I haven't read it further because I was just so shocked to learn that my father is known on the other continents." Naomi answered. "Well let's read it." Naruto said with enthusiasm. The part of the legend that Naomi hadn't read told that the Rikkudou Sennin had travelled around the continents teaching people there on how to use their powers and could use powers no one had seen before.
"Well that was interesting." Naruto said after they had read the book. "Well what should we do now?" Naomi wondered. "Let's go explore this place." Naruto said and left the library with Naomi.
During their exploration they found where the kitchen and the dining hall were. The dining hall wasn't luxurious but that was to be expected from it as only the guest quarters and the library looked like they would fit to a minor noble's home.
Naruto and Naomi stayed for a while in the dining room talking with the different people there. They talked with the outpost's blacksmith and he told them about the weapons used in different continents. On Phyria they use pretty much all types of weapons from a dagger to halberd and some use more exotic weapons like spiky whips. Polyrians use spears, bows and claws that were made from stone before Phyrians came. After that they started to use metals in their weapons. Arkanians usually use staves made out of a special wood or minerals that can channel mental energy but there are some who use weapons with imbedded crystals.
They also talked with the outpost's enchanter, the one who imbeds the crystals. She told them that the crystal didn't have to be bigger than one's fingertip to be strong. It is the crystals clarity that matters. The most powerful crystals are so clear that you could look through it and see almost perfectly through it except that world would have different color. Those crystals were the most powerful as they could hold large amounts of all types of mental energy but those crystals are rare and only the most powerful people could afford them or recharge them. When they asked her about the recharge she told them that the crystals could be recharged by focusing element imbued mental energy to them.
Naruto and Naomi thanked her and went back outside for some afternoon training. When they were outside the door that led there they heard someone shouting "For the honor of the first guild on this continent we shall have a tournament! Anyone can participate!" Naruto looked at Naomi and asked "Should we join?" Naomi's answer came immediately. "Yes." She said and opened the door.
On the training area they saw twenty people in line to enter the tournament. Naruto and Naomi went to the line. Once they were registered they were given a number. Naruto's was 21 and Naomi's was 22. They were told that the tournament begins tomorrow so they decided to train their charka control for rest of the day.
On the next morning they were woken up like last time with the same boy outside the door with a tray full of food. They ate the food and went to the training area where all the other participants already were. They counted them quickly and there were no other participants.
The training area was almost the same as it had been yesterday except that there was a pit which diameter was at least 40 meters and was 4 meters deep.
Naruto and Naomi had to wait a few minutes until Tagir came and started to tell the rules of the tournament. They were the same as in the chuunin exam except that killing and dismembering were forbidden. After that Tagir and few others who were chosen as judges chose who would fight who.
Naruto's fight was the second one and he had to fight a woman from Phyria while Naomi's fight was the final and she had to fight a woman from Polyria. The first fight was between a man from Arkania named Goi Speer and a man from Phyria named Kerehi Reinhardt. The fight ended when Goi managed to Kerehi in a prison made of the ground beneath them created by using earth spell.
It was Naruto's turn to fight next. The woman he had to fight against had blonde hair and blue eyes. Her name was Agatha Shylton and she was wearing a shirt made out of small metal rings and greaves made from metal plates. Her weapon of choice was a spear which she held in one hand while the other one held a shield almost her size.
When the judges began the fight Agatha ran towards Naruto at high jounin speeds surprising Naruto slightly. Agatha stabbed at Naruto who dodged it and sent a punch towards the woman's temple. She crouched before the fist could connect and then blocked another punch from Naruto that sent her skidding back half meter and with a crack on her shield.
Agatha retaliated with three lightning fast stabs to Naruto's shoulders but only one of them hit its mark and going through the shoulder and into the wall of the pit. Agatha thought that she had won the match until Naruto suddenly punched her to her stomach with enough force to throw her to the opposite wall. Naruto nonchalantly took the spear out of his shoulder and getting everyone surprised as the wound started to close instantly. They also saw that there was no blood on the spear.
Naruto went to Agatha and check her pulse. He sighed, relieved that he hadn't accidently killed her. He then came out of the pit and went to stand next to Naomi.
The next fights gave Naruto and Naomi a new insight on the abilities of the different continents. The time went by so quickly that they didn't notice that it was already time for Naomi to fight against the Polyrian woman named Abena. She had black hair on a ponytail and had brown eyes. She wore clothes made from fur of a tiger-like creature and had artificial claws made out of metal in both of her hands.
Naomi took her stance and was ready for the fight. When the fight began Naomi dashed forward fast and used her chakra to turn her hands into claws which she used to swipe at Abena. Abena jumped back and used her own claws but her attack didn't hit and Naomi managed to hit during Abena's swipe. Suddenly Abena threw her claws at Naomi, jumped back and started to transform into a woman-bear hybrid. She then started to use her claws much faster than before the transformation.
Naomi dodged all swipes effortlessly and made her own attacks whenever she could. She was surprised when Abena shot a wave of energy through her claws. Naomi managed to dodge the wave but got hit by Abena's surprise attack, shredding parts of Naomi's clothes. Naomi retaliated by gathering chakra to the tips of her claws and releasing it as a bigger wave at Abena who got hit by them and passed out. Naomi came out of the pit when they announced her winner.
After Naomi got out of the pit Tagir announced that the first round was over and that there was a three hour long pause before the next round.
(A/N Done. I haven't got much to say except that the next chapter will have the rest of the tournament, the duel between the chosen and beginning of Naruto's and Naomi's guild.)
