Chapter 81 History of the Demon Ape
Naruto and Sakura stood right beside the demon ape as they rose up in an elevator heading upward. It took them any a few minutes to reach the top floor of the demon ape tower, the tower which was two times higher than the tallest mountain in the human world. From this point Naruto and Sakura could see the top of clouds, poking out of the clouds were the top of other giant buildings.
"It is a very nice view don't you think?" asked Dr. Han Winters as he looked out the back of the glass elevator at the city below.
"This is amazing." stated Sakura
"It is the combination of generations of work and once I die it will be destroyed." stated Dr. Winter's sadly as the elevator came to a stop about ten floors away from the top floor. The doors opened to show a large room without any support beams. Inside the room where display cases holding strange items and along walls were different portraits.
"Where are we?" asked Naruto
"We are about to start a journey though the history of the Demon apes." stated Dr. Winters as he moved into the room.
"No offense sir, but you said you could help humanity and that you created the agent that transforms humans into demons." stated Naruto
"Yes, I did." stated Dr. Winters "But first you need to understand how it came to this."
"What does that mean?" asked Sakura as Dr. Winters moved toward a brightly light case. He stopped and simply looked at the item contained within. Slowly Naruto and Sakura moved to stand on either side of the elderly demon ape.
"It's a stone knife." said Naruto as he looked at the ancient stone knife.
"It is more than that young fox this is the greatest invention in demon ape history." stated Dr. Winters "This stone knife as you call it was the thing that changed demon ape society for all time."
"This knife belonged to a demon ape we simply call the mother of invention, her true name has been lost to the ages but she is seen as nothing short of a Goddess." stated Dr. Winters as he looked up at a painting of a demon ape female dressed only in leaves holding the stone knife in her hand with her arms raised "See she lived long before any of the demon nations formed, during her age the demons as you know them were nothing more semi-intelligent animals."
"Like cave mans?" asked Sakura
"Yes, all the demons were in an earlier stage of evolution." explained Dr. Winters "And of all the races where among the weakest. We didn't have the razor sharp claws of the wolves or the sharp fangs of the felines. We didn't even have the strength physical of the bears or ants and we didn't have the running speed of the horses. Unlike the other races we lacked a large supply of demon chakra that along with all out other weakness meant we were hunted by the predator demons then it all changed."
"How?" asked Sakura as she smiled at the old ape, she could tell he wanted to tell the story.
"The story goes that when a pack of demon wolves came to attack a small farming community day after day. Growing tired of the constant attack and the risk to her kids, the mother of invention made this knife." stated Dr. Winters "When the wolves attacked she used the knife to cut their pack leader claws off before killing him. That is when we knew what to do?"
"What?" asked Naruto
"Our strength wouldn't come from the physical side but from the mental side." stated Dr. Winters "Technology was the answer; we would use our brains to overcome nature herself and the other demons."
"That is why you're so advanced isn't it?" asked Sakura
"We put everything toward advancing our knowledge and technology because that is where we would gain our strength." stated Dr. Winters as he started walking around the room, the entire room was filled with strange items. Some looked strangely familiar like a suit of armor which looked like belonged to one of the Samuri, other items were stranger and beyond anything Naruto and Sakura had ever seen. "While the other demons working with stones we were forging bronzes. When they were just learning sailing technology where mastering powered flight. When they finally formed their nations we were busy unwrapping the mysteries on the formation of the universe. We were the most advance race that we knew of however we remained mostly within our borders."
"If you were so powerful why didn't you concourse like other nations?" asked Naruto
"One race can't rule the entire world peacefully." Stated Dr. Winters "So many different demon races with so many different beliefs it would too hard to rule without crushing freedoms. So we sat back and watched only defending our borders when different nations launched attacks."
The three of them stopped in front of a painting showing lines of demon apes firing those strange weapons into a group of demon wolves and foxes.
"This is a painting of the Battle of Vonfert when a small army of five thousand demon wolves attacked our homeland." stated Dr. Winters
"This must be before the foxes split from the wolves." stated Sakura as she looked at the image of wolves and foxes fighting side by side.
"You are correct the battle took place fifty million years before the canine civil war and the foxes won their freedom." stated Dr. Winters "On this day all five thousand invaders where killed by a task force of only two thousand armed with muzzle loading rifles. Thought the generations' different nations would try to invade this nation and every army was never seen again because they were killed by our technology. Because no army ever returned we quickly became known as the silent empire, a force which every nation had to fear because of our power even if they had no idea what that power really was."
"But the apes fought in the last demon war." stated Naruto as Dr. Winter's lowered his head.
"Yes, we did and it was only then did the rest of the world learn of our power and it was that power that killed us." stated Dr. Winters
"What are you talking about?" asked Sakura
"Before we entered the war we were making a lot of money by selling weapons." stated Dr. Winters "Now we would never give them the best weapons and fire arms were right out but we would sell them swords and other weapons. They believed that we were being made by untold number of blacksmiths but in reality we were running them off a self running factories. Then it all came crashing down when I broke the main rule of my race."
"You?" asked Sakura
"Yes, young vixen I am not only behind taking away of yours and countless numbers of humans humanity but the reason why they did it in the first place." stated Dr. Winters "I was the one who gave the biological weapon which made over 95% of all demons infertile."
"Why would you do that?" asked Naruto
"To save my younger brother." explained Dr. Winters "He was delivering a shipment of explosive tags to the lizards. They took him and told me if I didn't give them something that would win the war for them they would kill him. So I stole what I thought was nothing more than an advanced knockout gas from a coworker who was suppose to be working on none deadly weapons for riots."
"It wasn't a knock out gas was it?" asked Sakura
"No it was a prototype for an airborne plague." stated Dr. Winters "It was his own side project and it would be the death of us all. When I realized my mistake I told the command but it was already too late the Demon lizards were already mass producing the weapon. That is when we finally enter the war against the demon lizards our goal was to find and destroy the weapon I had given them."
"How did your entry affect the war?" asked Naruto
"The war had come to a standstill with the combined armies unable to get though the massive walls which surrounded the six major cities that formed a defensive ring around the lizard capital city. While those cities stood most of the Lizard Empire remained in enemy control" Stated Dr. Winters as he placed his hands on a small stand. Almost instantly the wall came alive with the image of a large city which didn't look must different then the cloud village only with a giant wall around it and the area it covered was much larger. "This was one of the six cities which formed the defensive ring around the capital, from their positions they had held off major attacks for millions of years. What I am about to show you a collection of remotely controlled vehicles which recorded the battle."
Suddenly hundreds of strange black crafts came flying off from seemly nowhere. They looked like flying lower case T with engines on the far tips which was powering them forward though the skies, they moved though the air in groups of five to six of the strange flying crafts. The crafts came to a stop and hovered in the air like a humming bird, for what seemed like the longest time the crafts just hovered there, suddenly dozens of other strange crafts came flying in at high speed dropping bombs all over the city. Entire buildings came crashing down from the attack. The moment those fast moving crafts disappeared the hovering craft moved in firing missiles and firing guns. Naruto and Sakura watched as the lizards kept trying to fight back but the crafts where too fast or too high up for them to do anything. When they thought they couldn't see anymore the crafts landed in the city and then Demon apes dressed in strange uniforms including metal helmets came running out of the back of the crafts with more guns at the ready. The image changed to show helmet video as teams of demon apes moved though the city like an unstoppable wave killing anyone who fought back which was everyone, even the children where fighting.
"We took the city which no army had taken in millions of years in just under two hours." stated Dr. Winters
"You massacred them?" asked Sakura
"In demon lizard culture like it is in demon snake they fight to the death and if they can't fight they kill themselves out of shame. They had no concept of surrender if they were going to die they would take their enemies with them" Explained Dr. Winters "Once they saw our power they knew they couldn't win so they deployed the biological weapon I had given them the one that made the demon infertile."
"We had to react fast from the UAV we knew that they activated giant pumps within their own cities and they pumped the gas straight into the atmosphere." stated Dr. Winters
"That doesn't make sense it would take years for the gas to spread out across the world and it would take a massive amount of gas to do it." stated Sakura
"They believed they had the time since their cities had held out for millions of years before our attack." stated Dr. Winters "However they had no idea of what we were really capable of and the destruction we could do."
"We launched a single missile which carried five anti-matter warheads." stated Dr. Winters "The warheads separated in low orbit and hit the remaining major cities and their capital. In half a second all the demon lizards disappeared in blinding flashes of light. When the light disappeared all the lizards were dead and five thousand miles of earth was turned into nothing more than ash and dust. We believed we had won the war; there was massive parties all over the world. We believed we had destroyed the biological weapon in the blast but all we did was spread it fast because of the wind blast."
"And everyone became infertile." stated Naruto
"No first they started dyeing." stated Dr. Winters "Within a year all the demon worms were dead, within eighteen months all the demon apes apart from myself where dead."
"How did you survive?" asked Sakura
"Since I had gave the lizards the virus I had to work in the clean room to find a cure around the clock." stated Dr. Winters
"And clean room have air filtration systems." stated Sakura as Dr. Winters nodded his head.
"I was never exposed to the gas so unlike every other demon Ape I survived." explained Dr. Winters "I stood and watched as my entire race along with 75% of the rest of the world died. And of those who remained 90% of those where unable to have offspring . That is when I began my last project."
"Turning humans into demons." stated Naruto
"No young one." Stated Dr. Winters as Naruto and Sakura looked at him "I tried to turn demons into humans."
"Why?" asked Naruto slightly stunned he had never heard about demons trying to turn into humans.
"I knew that the demons had failed; we had destroyed ourselves we shouldn't have brought down another race with us." stated Dr. Winters
"Did it work?" asked Sakura somewhat afraid of the answer.
"I am surprised that you didn't ask for a way back." stated Dr. Winters
"I am a doctor as well; I know that the agent transformed every human cell into a demon cell. It is like we were never human." stated Sakura as Dr. Winters nodded his head.
"No it is impossible; demon chakra was just too strong there is no way to change a demon into a human. When it failed the doctors of the other races turned my work around and formed their plan to turn humans into demons."" stated Dr. Winters sadly "However I have a feeling neither one of you want to go back even if it was possible."
Naruto and Sakura simply looked at each other before each of them nodded their head.
"We want to save whoever is left." stated Naruto as Sakura nodded in agreement
"I have a question how come no other nation has tried to take your land?" asked Sakura as Dr. Winters grinned
"This city along with everything else is run by AI, the military AI alerted me the moment you crossed the river into my country." stated Dr. Winters "The AI also has control over the automated defense network and I warned the other nations that if anyone should try to take this nation the anti-matter missiles which destroyed the demon lizards would be used again on the attacking nation."
"You attack and you die." stated Naruto
"Correct however what they don't know is that the missiles are pointed not at the other nations but at this nation." stated Dr. Winters "I will destroy this nation and all the technology before it falls into the wrong hands."
"Your buffing." stated Naruto
"Yes and I am not the only one well it is time that we have that cup of tea." stated Dr. Winters "Because if you want to save humanity we need to trade notes and I need to share my plans with you."
"So you're joining our resistance." stated Naruto as Dr. Winters laughed.
"Please son, your joining mine." stated Dr. Winters as they moved toward the elevator and headed toward Dr. Winter's home located at the very top of the demon Ape Tower. When they reached the top of the tower they found what originally had been set up as a six room office but was now Dr. Winter's home. Suddenly Dr. Winter's started coughing as Sakura moved to his side.
"Are you alright?" asked Sakura
"Yes, young one just an old Ape being an old ape." stated Dr. Winters as he moved toward a lounge chair "Besides I am 144 million years old."
"But I thought that demons only live till around 80 to 100 million years old?" asked Naruto
"Modern medicine increasing our life span." stated Dr. Winters "When they all died the oldest demon ape was 197 million years old. Now please take a seat."
"What about Tea?" asked Sakura as suddenly another figure appeared, this one looked like a demon ape only with very thin arms and legs. It moved forward showing that instead of fur its surface was made out of metal and in its hand it held a tray with three cups of tea.
"This is my robotic aid, Ralf and it is taken care of my needs." stated Dr. Winter as he took a cup of tea off the tray. "Thank you."
"You're welcome sir." stated the robot as he handed cups of tea to Naruto and Sakura.
"So you said you can help humanity?" asked Naruto "How?"
"Yes, we can help humanity relatively easily." stated Dr. Winter "The Question isn't how, it is in what form our help will take.'
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto
"Tell me what is your current plan?" asked Dr. Winters
"We have seals placed on all but two the transportation seals that link the demon and human world." Stated Naruto "When the demons return to this world to celebrate the end of the last war we will destroy the seals cutting off the human and the demon world."
Dr. Winter nodded his head as he listened to the plan.
"Not bad kid, but there are more options before us." stated Dr. Winters "As I see it there are options in front of us but first tell me when they turned you did they say anything about the drug itself?"
"Only that there are different generation of drugs." stated Sakura "That the newer generation changes people faster and alters the brain so the people like being demons. When I was studying the drug I figured out how they increased the speed of the change but I couldn't figure out how it changes the mind maybe with more time I could."
'No you couldn't." laughed Dr. Winters as Sakura looked at him "Because nothing is there."
"What?" asked Sakura
"It's a bluff if people are told that others like being a demon would they trust people with the knowledge that they didn't like it?" asked Dr. Winters as Sakura and Naruto simply looked at him.
"So everyone still has the same mind?" asked Naruto "They don't change people's mind with the drug?"
"Correct, the only race which has any form of mind control is the ants and that is because their bodies are partly controlled by pheromones released by the Queen but all the others have free will." Stated Dr. Winters
"Then why isn't there more trying to save the humans?" asked Naruto
"Given time most if not all would come to love being a demon." explained Dr. Winters "Either because they found someone, had kids who are demons themselves or maybe they simply liked the longer life span. In the short run having turned people believe others mind have changed means they will not rise up."
"My God." stated Sakura "Add to the fact that the governments are giving away jobs and money for new business."
"Correct now we need to talk about the options that are in front of us." Stated Dr. Winters "This is how I see it. Our first option is to do nothing and have the demons turn all the humans."
"We can't do that.' stated Naruto
"I agree, I am only saying the options." stated Dr. Winters "Then we have your option and we separate the demon from the human world for a thousand years. Another option is for me to arm the humans and turn the tide of the war."
"It will just lead to more death." stated Sakura "Can't we tell the turned humans about the fact that they still have their minds, maybe it will force the governments to end the war."
"We could but more than likely it would just lead to wars as the turned humans fight back." stated Dr. Winters "Wars that would destroy the demon world and wouldn't save the humans."
"So what do you want to do?" asked Naruto as Dr. Winters grinned.
"We combine plans and we play their game against them." stated Dr. Winters as he began to lay out his plan.
A couple of hours later back in demon bear country there was a knock at the door of the cabin where Naruto and Sakura were staying.
"Sir I don't think their home." stated a bear
"Open it." ordered another bear as the first bear used a master key to unlock the door. The two bears walked into the living area.
"II still don't think anyone is here." stated the first bear
"Can I help you?" asked Naruto as he walked down the stairs which lead to the upstairs master bedroom.
"Ah…Mr. Namikaze we are with the resort. When you didn't resound to any of our calls, we wanted to have you and your future mate for a special breakfast in celebration of your future mating ceremony." stated the bear "we were worried when you didn't answer so we entered."
"Well he has been very busy." stated a voice as Sakura walked down the steps behind Naruto. She ran her hand across Naruto's arm and shoulders "Now if you don't mind we have things to do."
"I see." said the second bear with a grin, "Maybe lunch then, our resort always treat our guest right."
"Maybe a supper." stated Sakura "We will be very busy for a while."
"Let's just make it breakfast tomorrow." said Naruto
"An even better idea." stated Sakura with a perverted grin as the two bears nodded their heads.
"Very well we will leave you to your business." stated a bear as they walked out.
"Well it's a good thing we came back after we finished forming our plan with Dr. Winters." stated Naruto with a smile "You know it's nice to actually have a plan apart from sealing off the human from the demon world for a thousand years."
"Yes, now let's focus on something else." stated Sakura as Naruto suddenly felt something snap around his wrist. He looked down to see a pair of pink fuzzy handcuffs around his wrist "Now will you come peacefully or will I have to force you?"
Naruto laughed a little bit as he leaned forward and kissed Sakura on the lips "I have a feeling either way will be enjoyable."
"Yes, but in different ways?" stated Sakura "Now which will it be?"
Well I hope you liked this chapter and the history of the demon Apes and the little surprise about the drug. Now I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and I ask that you keep on reading. Thanks Wilkins75
