Chapter 9
Forks, Washington
Valerie sat on a bench during the day writing in her diary about how her life has been since she had come back into the world.
'Dear diary—nowadays, I feel like I'm in hell. It's hard to imagine a place worse than where I've come from, but by some spectacular miracle, I found it. In the weeks since father rescued my siblings and I, three things are clear: the food is literally made of poison, the air smells like a plague, and everyone wants to know what everyone else is doing. I don't fit in here, nor do I want to. This is not the world I imagined.'
'Yet, it hasn't been all bad. Father's gift in reuniting me with Stefan has been the one of the few good things about my new lease on life so far. Stefan's darker than I remember, more damaged. Like me. Being a vampire changed both of us. I kept him initially at a distance, but I feel like I'm slowly starting to reconnect with him. Things got much better after we killed Julian.' Valerie sighed in rememberance as the memory of them avenging their child.
Flashback
3 days ago
"Father, what are we doing here?" Valerie asked as she, Stefan, and Naruto had entered a small apartment in Seattle.
"We are here to right a great that was committed against the two of you." Naruto said as they walked into the living room, to see a man tied to an ancient torture chair from the Spanish inquisition, a spike sticking in his abdomen, his head covered by a black cloth.
"Who is this, Naruto? Stefan asked. Naruto responded by pulling off the cloth, to reveal Julian.
"Julian." Valerie gasped. But Julian looked different. He was gray, his veins showing, and he couldn't move.
"He can't talk." Naruto said as Julian saw them and fear showed in his eyes. "He's been bled to the point of nearly desiccating. I've brought you both here, because it's time avenge your child, and put this behind you."
Standing there, seeing the face of the man who raped and murdered his mother, and killed his unborn child, Stefan could not help but see the similarities Julian shared with Damon. Damon had fed on Caroline and raped her, then compelled her to forget about it and had planned to kill her back when Stefan first came back to Mystic Falls. Caroline had confided in Stefan one day, too afraid to discuss it with Bonnie, because Bonnie was still in her 'hate-all-vampires' phase at that time, and Elena wouldn't have listened anyway. Damon had murdered damn near all of Stefan's human relatives. Damon murdered Gail, a pregnant woman and the mother of Sarah, Zach's only child and the last human Salvatore.
Stefan was the Ripper of Monterey, one of the most violent and savage vampires alive. But even he would never rape a woman or kill an unborn child in it's mothers womb. Damon always gave him crap, when Damon was in fact the true monster between the two of them.
"I know this is cheating," Stefan said as he walked behind Julian and Valerie walked in front of Julian, rolling up her sleeves, "But you raped my mother and murdered her. You killed mine and Val's child. And you made her commit suicide. So, I don't really care."
"This is for my child, you demon," Valerie snarled as she plunged her hand into Julian's chest and ripped his black heart out, while Stefan's ripped Julian's head off with the spine still attached to the head.
Stefan and Valerie were overwhelmed with emotion as they avenged their child, wrapping each other in hug, Naruto then wrapping his arms around them, comforting them.
Flashback end
'It would be a lot easier though, if father wasn't dragging us with him all over America, making his werewolf hybrids. In just this last week, he's already made 35 of his hybrids.'
As Valerie finished writing and walked down the street, she tried her best to reply to text messages she's received from Stefan on her phone, but she can't seem to get it to work, and taps the screen multiple times in frustration as she crosses the street. As she was not paying attention as she walks across the street, she suddenly got run over by an SUV, and her body rolls several yards down the road, snapping her neck. The driver, a teenage boy and his girlfriend, rush out of the car and immediately begin to freak out.
"Oh, my god! Oh, my god! Oh, my god! What did you do?" The girlfriend shrieked.
"I didn't think she'd walk right into the street." He exclaimed as he didn't think anyone was dumb enough to walk across. But he also did not slow down either, and never learned that drivers were supposed to watch out for pedestrians.
"Stu. Stu, we have to call 911." The girlfriend says in a panic.
"Shut up, okay? Let me think." Stu says in annoyance, looking around for a moment before getting an idea. "Okay. It's not like anyone saw us, right?"
"Are you insane? We can't just leave her here. She's not moving!" The girlfriend asked in horror.
"We just smoked a joint, okay? I'm high as a freaking kite right now. Do you want me to go to jail?" Stu demanded in a panic. Stu's girlfriend seems torn, but Stu is insistent. "Let's go."
Stu turns and heads back to the car, though his girlfriend stayed behind, clearly not wanting to leave her for dead. However, when Stu honk's the car's horn at her, she shoots one last look at Valerie before reluctantly standing and getting into the car. They then drive over her sprawled out body without another word. A few minutes after they were gone, Valerie bolts upright, her face bloody and covered in road-rash as she picks up her bag and her phone and gets ready to leave.
With Naruto and Stefan
"No offense, Naruto, but don't you have enough hybrids by now?" Stefan said as he pointed to the 35 werewolves standing behind them.
"Don't complain so much, Stefan. This was the last stop anyway, and it gave you time away from Mystic Falls so you and Valerie could reconnect without your bastard brother and ex-girlfriend getting in the way." Naruto said from his spot in the kitchen counter of the house they were in as Jacob Black, Sam Uley, Leah Clearwater, Embry Call, Seth Clearwater, Quil Ateara V underwent transition. Behind him stood notable Werewolves from Apocrypha, including several of his Alpha's that chose to become Hybrids, like Ennis, Kali, Ethan and Aiden, while other like Scott McCall, Derek Hale, Talia Hale, Deucalion, and Malia chose to remain as normal werewolves.
"And from the sounds coming from the bedroom these last few nights, I'd say it's going pretty well." Naruto teased as he took a swig of blood, causing Stefan to turn away in embarrassment as Naruto teased him about Stefan and Valerie's sex life.
Just then, Valerie walked into the house, her clothes still a mess from when she was run over. "Val, what happened?" Stefan asked in concern.
"Some horrible teenagers plowed me down in their automobile." Val said angrily. She wasn't hurt physically, but it angered that those kids were selfish enough to leave her there. "The little monsters left me for dead! No apology, no call for help. I was roadkill. If I had been human, I would have been dead and written off as a tragic accident." She turns away from them and wipes tears from her eyes as Stefan wrapped his arms around her and hugged her, comforting her.
Naruto clenched the table that he was leaning on in anger. His daughter was already having a hard time adjusting to this new world, despite Stefan's help and Julian's death, and now this has happened. She didn't need this right now.
"Come here," Naruto as he walked over to her and gave her a hug, comforting Valerie. After a few moments, Naruto turned to Kali, who served as second in command of Naruto's hybrid pack.
"Stay here and relax. We'll be back in a bit. Send me a text if any of our new comrades wake up." Naruto ordered and Kali nodded before her hybrid brethren made themselves at home.
"Come with me, you two," Naruto said as he walked out, the two of them following him, realizing what they were doing. "We're going on a hunt."
Forks High school
Stu and his girlfriend had parked the SUV between two school buses and were furiously washing down the outside of any evidence to their crime. Suddenly, Valerie vamp-sped toward them and killed Stu by smashing his skull into the windshield, shattering it and causing a large splash of blood to cover the broken glass. Valerie points at the blood, mockingly saying as she pointed at the windshield, "Missed a spot."
Stu's girlfriend's eyes widened in fear at the sight of her, but when she backed away, she stumbles right into Naruto and Stefan, who were behind her.
"Who are you?" The girl asks, terrified.
"Remember that large squirrel you ran over this morning? That was my girlfriend, Valerie." Stefan growls. Valerie smiles at him in acknowledgement.
"But... you looked dead." The girl stammered.
"I get that a lot." Valerie says with a nod.
Stu's girlfriend tries to flee for her life, but Naruto simply throws out his hand. The door to the SUV flips open in front of the girl, causing her to slam into it. She moans in pain, but before she can move, Naruto pulls her back toward him with magic. Naruto and Stefan pull her up to her feet.
"You're worse than your friend- you thought about doing the right thing, but then you just left my daughter there for dead." Naruto hissed in the girls ear. While he talks, Valerie caresses the girl's bloodied face with her finger before licking her blood off the tip, sighing in relief at the taste and causing her vampire face to come out. She leans forward to look the girl in the eye as she grabs her neck with her hand.
"And yet, you're the first thing in this town that I don't entirely hate." Valerie says, her face vamping out. Valerie bites down on the girl's neck and feeds deeply until the girl dies. Once she's dead, Valerie pulls away, blood dripping down her face. Stefan, still angry about what this girl and her boyfriend did to the love of his life, bit down on her neck and fed from her so hard that he ripped off her head.
"Now I understand they call you the Ripper of Monterrey." Valerie said as Stefan tossed the headless corpse unceremoniously to the ground.
"I didn't used to be able to control it. I was always on and off the wagon, if you will. Ever since last month though, I feel in control. And stronger too." Stefan said as he wiped his mouth off and looked at Naruto. "I haven't thanked you enough for that."
"Don't mention it," Naruto said, as the training he had given Stefan over the summer had allowed Stefan to accept his dark side, and now, Stefan could drink fresh blood and rip peoples heads off without any problem. Naruto's phone rang just then.
"Yeah?" He answered.
"Hello, Brother. How's Washington State?" Rebekah asked.
"Well, once you get over the small-town mind-set and health nuts, it's practically a breeding ground for werewolves. What's up?"
"Our Father is dead." Rebekah said, in full view of Damon and Elena.
"Whoa, back up. How did Mikael get out of the tomb I left him in?" Naruto asked. Naruto had been planning to stop by on the way back to Mystic Falls and execute Mikael. 20 years ago, Mikael had learned that Elena's mother was a descendant of Katherine from some witch that Kol was fucking. Kol had told the witch and she told Mikael that her child would be the next doppelganger. Desperate to prevent Naruto from breaking his curse, Mikael went after her, but Naruto was prepared and helped Abby desiccate Mikael, though Naruto daggered Kol for being so stupid and nearly costing him his safe route to undoing the curse.
"I don't know. Somehow he got out. Luckily for me, I had a dagger on me and put him down. Det er en felle," Rebekah said, switching to Old Norse for a moment to warn Naruto that something was up.
Naruto heard the catchphrase and became suspicious, realizing Rebekah was trying to warn him. "Send me a picture of his body."
Rebekah snapped a picture with her phone and sent it to him, along with a message that message that Aurora was already moved out of there and she would keep Naruto up to date.
"I'll be back in three days." Naruto said as he hung up before turning to Stefan and Val. "Change of plans, you two. We are going back to Mystic Falls early."
Next Morning
The next morning, Mikael is still dead on the floor; Rebekah is in a chair, painting her toe nails while waiting for Mikael to come to life again. He starts to move, coughs, and gets up.
"Finally. Took you long enough." Rebekah mocked.
"Rebekah." Mikael said.
"Whatever fatherly rubbish you're thinking, save it. Nothing you say matters to me." Rebekah snarked.
"I see. Where is my dagger?" Mikael said.
"Elena has it. So you can forget your plans to use it on me." Rebekah said.
"You were never what I was after." Mikael tried to tell her.
"Naruto was my family. If you were after him, you were after me."
"He blinded you, Rebekah. He killed your mother!" Mikael said.
"I know what he did, and he'll pay for it with his life. But Naruto was not born a killer- none of us were! You and mother did this to us when you turned us into vampires! You destroyed our family. Not him. Never him." Rebekah snarled as she played her part of fooling the others until Naruto could come and kill Mikael and walked away.
Lockwood Mansion
2 night's later
Tyler's house
There's a rock band playing in the garden; everyone from the school is there; Caroline enters the house with Bonnie.
"How did he plan a better party than me so fast? What? Is that a band outside?" Caroline asked.
"Who are all these people?" Bonnie asked.
"This is weird! Where is Tyler?" Caroline wondered as she went to find him.
Outside, Stefan and Valerie move through the crowd. Tyler walks over carrying a box of beer.
"Hey Stefan! What's up?" Tyler greeted.
"Hey Tyler. Nice party you've got going on." Stefan complimented.
"Thanks, but I'm not the one throwing it. I'm just doing what Naruto wants." Tyler said as Naruto appeared on stage.
"Good evening everyone! I wanna thank you for being here with me to celebrate! It's been a long time coming!" Naruto said to the cheers of everyone while Naruto smirks triumphantly.
Later
The party is still going on. Naruto and Tyler were talking.
"My mom would seriously freak if she saw all these people here." Tyler said in worry.
"Your mother won't be a problem. I compelled her to go to church and pray for the health your friends." Naruto said with a smirk as he drank his beer.
"What are you talking about?" Tyler asked.
"I want you to look around." Naruto said as he pointed out Tyler's friends. "There is Bonnie, there is Elena and Matt and there's your pretty little girlfriend Caroline, which if I do say so myself, you two make a great couple. Their epic dance was wrecked tonight and who came through with the party? You did. What a pal."
"But you're probably wondering, who are all these other people here?" Naruto pointed out and Tyler started to understand.
"I have no idea. I've never seen half these people in my life." Tyler said.
"That's because I've invited a few dozen friends of my own." Naruto said as he pointed out some of his hybrids. "That's my friend Kali...my beta for my Hybrid Pack. Found her years ago in Beacon Hills, California. Did you know that there's several different werewolf bloodlines in that area? That's Tony from North Dakota and let's not forget the Seattle contingent or the Quielette tribe from Forks, Washington."
"Are those people all hybrids?" Tyler asked.
"Well, everyone except my advisor, Jennifer. They all love a good party. And they, like you, were sired by me. They wish to serve, protect, and please their savior and all that jazz. So if anyone should so much as make a move against me, they may feel obligated to retaliate." Naruto warned before he smiled and slapped Tyler on the shoulder. "Feel free to get your girlfriend out before she gets caught in the crossfire."
Tyler's bedroom
Tyler and Caroline are in Tyler's bedroom. Tyler had dragged her up there to talk with her in private.
"What are your friends up to with Naruto?" Tyler asked his girlfriend.
"Uh - nothing." Caroline responded, because if something was going on, she was not sure.
"He is on to you, Caroline. Whatever you all think you're about to pull off- he's two steps ahead of you!" Tyler said.
"Okay, I don't know what you're talking about." Caroline said again, getting more defensive.
"Caroline, please, I'm begging you. Don't lie to me right now." Tyler pleaded with her, but this only seemed to anger her.
"You know, actually, I'm not. I don't know anything. But even if I did, I wouldn't tell you about it, because you are sired to team Naruto now. And you can't be trusted. So can we please just go back to the party now?" Caroline wants to leave but Tyler takes out a syringe and vervains her; she goes down unconscious.
Outside
Damon walks up to the front door. A hybrid is standing at the bottom of the steps acting as the doorman.
"Invite only, vampire."
"Here's my RSVP." Damon rips his heart out. "Hybrid".
Outside with the band
Aurora was here, as she decided to be here when Mikael was killed.
"Aurora," Naruto said from behind her and she turns around, happy to see him. "I thought Rebekah said you left to a safe location."
"Naruto, you gave me the upgrade 800 years for a reason. I don't need to fear your step-father," Aurora said matter-of-factly.
"I know, I'm…over-reacting," Naruto said as he took her in his arms. "I just got you back and don't want to lose you again."
"And it's so thoughtful of you to consider that, my sweet love," Aurora said as they kissed, "But I am immortal, like you. I can't die, so I have nothing to fear from Mikael. I want to be here when you kill him this time."
"Alright." Naruto said. Naruto turned to Katerina, disguised as Elena who was behind him, and said, switching to Bulgarian, "Ready to avenge your family?"
"Let's do it." Katherine said, looking forward to watching Mikael die.
Back in Tyler's room
Matt had come up to Tyler's room.
"What'd you do to her?" Matt asked, seeing Caroline unconscious on the floor.
"It's just vervain. She'll be fine. But I need you to get her out of here as fast as possible." Tyler said.
"What's going on? " Matt asked.
"Something's going down against Naruto and this house is full of 40 other hybrids like me that can't let anything happen to him." Tyler tried to explain.
"What do you mean can't?" Matt asked, as you always had a choice. Unless you were compelled or sire-bonded but that's not the point.
"I can't explain it. I can't fight against it. I just know that I need to protect him no matter who gets in my way." Tyler said.
"By attacking Caroline?" Matt demanded.
"I'm protecting her, Matt! This is the only way to keep her safe. Please. Just get her out of here safely. Get everyone out." Tyler said before he headed back downstairs. He runs into Damon, who grabs him and throws him in an empty room.
"As the host you should know these hybrids don't make the best first impression." Damon mocked.
"Whatever move you think you're making, Naruto is already prepared for you. He'll kill anyone at this party if he has to." Tyler tried to warn him.
"Tell someone who cares." Damon snarks.
Damon grips Tyler's throat. In response, Tyler's true face emerges and he tries to bite Damon a few times but does not manage to nick the bastard that murdered his uncle. Damon has to force Tyler off him, and Tyler Superman punches Damon. Tyler had the strength equivalent of a 120 year old vamp as a fresh Hybrid with no training, so Damon wasn't hurt too bad and kicks Tyler into the wall.
Damon is about to stake Tyler when they both clutch their heads in pain. Bonnie comes in, using a pain infliction spell on both of them. After Tyler and Damon are slumped on the floor and Tyler falls unconscious, Bonnie stops using her powers on Damon. Damon gets up.
"What the hell is wrong with you? You weren't supposed to witchy migraine me!" Damon complained in anger.
"You weren't supposed to murder Tyler!" Bonnie said back. She and Tyler may not be close anymore after he became a major asshole but, Tyler was Caroline's boyfriend and didn't deserve to be killed, especially not by Damon.
"He tried to bite me!" Damon said, as if that made it all okay. The White Oak stake had fallen on the floor, and Damon reaches down to pick it up.
"What is that?" Bonnie asks as Damon puts the White Oak stake back in his jacket.
"Nothing." Damon tries to deflect but Bonnie figures it out.
"Oh my god is that the...?" She asks but Damon hushs and points to the ceiling.
"Shh. They're everywhere!" Damon said, referring to Naruto's Hybrids.
"Why do you have it?" Bonnie wondered.
"Because I'm the only one who can get inside the house!" Damon whispered.
With Naruto
Naruto is at a table playing beer pong. Jennifer comes up to him.
"Babe, you have a visitor." Jennifer said to Naruto.
"Well, tell my visitor I'm in the middle of an intense game of beer pong," Naruto said with a smile to Jennifer.
"It's Mikael." Jennifer said and Naruto looked annoyed and throws the ping pong ball into a cup.
"Then we mustn't keep him waiting. Have the other's move out back. I'm gonna have a little chat with my step-dad." Naruto says to his hybrids and advisor, who move to follow their orders.
Naruto goes to the front door, Mikael is at the doorway.
"Hello, Naruto." Mikael greeted.
"Hello, Mikael. Why don't you come in? Oh, that's right. I forgot. You can't." He mocked as he leaned against the door frame.
"Or you can come outside if you want." Mikael gestured.
"Or I could watch my hybrids tear you to shreds." Naruto said. Most of Naruto's hybrids gather behind Mikael on the lawn.
"They can't kill me." Mikael stated, reminding Naruto about the White oak and it's lethality to originals.
"But you'll wish they could. Think you can take on 40 hybrids in wolf form? All I have to do is rub these two fingers together and they'll rip you apart." Naruto said, making a gesture with his fingers.
"The big bad wolf. You haven't changed." Mikael insulted to Naruto. "Still hiding behind your playthings like a coward."
"Says someone who I already killed 800 years ago, and crushed numerous times afterwards." Naruto insulted right back.
Mikael growled at being reminded of how he had been killed before. "You only forget. They may be sired by you, but they're still part vampire. And they can be compelled by me." Mikael said.
Mindy walks up behind Mikael and pushes Katherine to Mikael. Mikael thought she was Elena. Naruto was not shocked at all. "Oh my," Naruto said sarcastically. "I'm completely shocked by this totally unforeseen turn of events. What ever will I do?"
"Come out and face me, Naruto. Or she dies." Mikael threatened. Naruto just smiled right back.
"Go ahead. Kill her." Naruto said nonchalantly with a shrug when he saw the knife. He wasn't worried since Mikael was threatening Katherine with a steel blade. But if it had been Elena, Naruto would still say it. Naruto didn't need Elena. He had already stolen her eggs 2 more times and wiped her memories, and each of the women he implanted them in were now pregnant, which meant he had 3 different lines for a new doppelganger to arise.
"No, Naruto. He'll do it." Katherine pleaded, playing her part.
"If she dies, this lot will be last of your abominations." Mikael warned, not realizing that Naruto could create hybrids by himself.
"You would think so, wouldn't you? Stupid Viking brute. I tire of this idle chatter. Any words between us have already been spoken." Naruto insulted as he pulled out his old Colt 1911 from when he served in WW2 and shot Katherine in the stomach, Katherine dropping to the ground, playing dead. Mikael was surprised at his ruthlessness as Damon rushed at Naruto. With the White Oak Stake.
But Naruto was ready for Damon. Jennifer, Kali, Aurora, Stefan and Valerie were ready for him.
Kali kicked a rushing Damon in the face, sending him into the wall. Valerie and Jennifer held him there with their magic. Stefan approached Damon and gripped the sides of his neck. "What are you doing!?" Damon demanded as he wanted to know why Stefan was helping the monster that Damon believed was ruining both of their lives.
"Protecting my friend, who also happens to be the adoptive father of my girlfriend. I'm not gonna let you kill another of my friends like you did with Lexi, you sorry excuse of a brother." Stefan growled as he snapped Damon's neck. Aurora took the White Oak stake.
"You didn't seriously think a vampire as young Damon Salvatore could sneak up on Naruto, did you?" Aurora said in amusement. "Wow, you really are bad at this."
"The bastards wife." Mikael snarled.
"The deadbeat stepfather. How is it we've gone a thousand years and are only now meeting?" Aurora wondered. Mikael, seeing the white oak stake in her hands and remembering how Naruto had killed him once, decided to retreat even though he despised it, only to run into a barrier at the edge of the property.
"It's a boundary spell that I put up." Naruto said from behind Mikael with Aurora, as Naruto rushed at Superspeed and kicked Mikael in the face sending him tumbling to the ground. "You can enter, but you can't leave."
"You know, I remember 1000 years ago, right before I made you kill your wife, that I was heading to the village where my true father resided. I had wanted to meet him, ever since I learned who he was." Naruto said as he took of his suit jacket and shirt. "You robbed me off that. Last time, and every other time, I've conquered you as a vampire. This time, I'm going to put in the grave as a wolf."
Naruto went to all fours and used his transformation control to force himself to shift, as his bones quickly broke and reset themselves, causing him to groan in pain for several moments. Naruto raised his head and every supernatural creature saw his true face emerge as white fur began to grow on his body as he completed the change. In Naruto's place, stood a 6 foot tall wolf with white fur, red eyes, and black sclera.
"Now then," came Naruto's voice as he spoke to Mikael, shocking every supernatural creature present, "Let's see how you handle the Original Tribrid!" With that, Naruto rushed and chomped Mikael's leg, causing him to groan. Before Mikael could counter attack, Naruto, still biting on Mikael's leg, threw him into the air. Right before Mikael landed, Naruto sped in, shoulder tackling Mikael in the back, cracking his spine, causing Mikael to shout in pain.
"You filthy beast!" Mikael shouted in anger as he kicked Naruto with his unbitten leg while his spine healed. Mikael got to his feet just in time for Naruto to pounce on top of Mikael, breaking his ribcage as he hit the ground with the massive werewolf tribrid on top of him. Naruto then began to claw and tear into Mikael, who cried out as he struggled and failed to force Naruto off of him. Mikael went for a right hook, but Naruto moved his head out of the way and bit down on Mikael's arm, before tugging and ripping it off. Not that Mikael had a chance to recover, as Naruto bit down on his other arm and ripped that off. Mikael kicked Naruto off of him with his one good leg and turned around rising to his feet, before Naruto pounced on his back and bite out part of his spine, paralyzing the Original Vampire.
"And just think, my powers are even at their peak." Naruto said as it was not even a full moon tonight.
Naruto then shifted back into his human form, leaving him naked as he towered over the downed Viking. "Stake," Naruto said and Aurora handed it to him.
"Look at you, just a writhing mass of flesh and blood." Naruto said as he broke off a small piece of the White Oak Stake and handed the rest back to his wife.
"Nobody cares about you or what you want, boy!" Mikael shouted even as Naruto's enhanced venom worked itself through Mikael's system.
"Your entire family, minus Finn and Esther, love me. All of Apocrypha and my hybrids love me. Your projecting yourself onto me, you're the one with nobody. You and I could have possibly co-existed in peace, after I abandoned your family for the wolves, but then you had to go and piss me off. You have only yourself to blame for what has befallen you." Naruto placed the tip of the very small piece of White Oak on Mikael's chest. "Try not to come back this time." Naruto said as he forced the point into Mikael's heart causing the Viking to gasp in pain as his body lit on fire and he died a second time. Naruto threw all of Mikael's limbs on the fire to make sure he could not be resurrected this time.
"So, he's dead for real this time." Aurora said.
"As long as the Other Side still exists, there is the possibility of him coming back. Luckily, we still have a weapon that can kill him." Naruto said as Aurora knew he was talking about the about Excalibur.
"Have the hybrids gather Mikael's ashes's and put them in this jar," Naruto said as he conjured a black and red jar. "I need to go take care of a little something."
Forbes Residence
Later that night, Caroline's sleeping on the bed, waking up; Tyler comes in.
"Are you okay?" Tyler asked his girlfriend.
"What do you think?" Caroline bit back, still sour about Tyler Vervaining her.
"I'm sorry I stabbed you. It was the only thing I could think of to get you out of there." Tyler said.
"Oh, yeah, not hey Caroline, um, I worried about what might happened this evening so maybe you should just go home and watch Dancing with the Stars?" Caroline angrily said.
"If you knew all your friends were gonna get together and try to take down Naruto, would you have left?" Tyler asked and Caroline had to concede that she would not have left.
"No", she said.
"So there you go. I saved you from your own stubbornness." Tyler said, trying to make a joke, but Caroline didn't see the joke.
"This isn't funny, Tyler! How are we supposed to be together when you're sired to him?!" Caroline said as she sat up. She loved Tyler deeply and wanted to be with him, but his sire bond to Naruto, the guy that had captured them and snapped her neck, convinced her boyfriend to become a hybrid, plus her boyfriends supernatural loyalty to Naruto, was getting in the way.
"I need you to understand, Caroline." Tyler started to explain.
"Understand what? That you're one of the bad guys now?" Caroline asked.
"Understand that this is who I am! There's nothing that I can do about it. Naruto can't be killed. I can't be fixed. Understand that I'm okay with it." Tyler explained.
"But...How are you okay with it?"
"Because it's better this way." Tyler explained to her, "I don't have to turn anymore, Caroline. Not unless I want to. I never have to go through that pain again. Nor do I have to worry that one day I'm gonna wake up and find out that I bit you or killed my mom. If being sired to Naruto is the price that I have to pay, so be it."
"But...you don't have any true control over yourself." Caroline pointed out.
"I never did before. The full moon controlled me." Tyler said as he held her hand in his. "After everything that we've been through, you've been my rock through all of it. Don't turn your back on me now."
"Once I'm done, she won't have to," Naruto said, leaning in the door way against the frame, fully clothed again.
"How did you get in my house?" Caroline said in fear.
"Invitation isn't an issue for me." Naruto said as he stood straight and approached Tyler. "I wanted to thank you for letting me use your house for my trap tonight."
"Yeah, it was no problem." Tyler said.
"Ah, but see, that the thing. I'm in a really good mood right now. And your help, was vital to my success tonight, so here I am, ready to doll out the rewards." Naruto said as he walked closer to Tyler.
"What reward?" Caroline asked.
"How about freedom from his sire bond?" Naruto asked, as both Caroline and Tyler were in shock. "I mean, that is after all, what is causing most of your relationship problems, Tyler. She's angry and doesn't understand the sire bond but thankfully, you don't need that to keep yourself from transforming. And if we are being honest, I'm secretly rooting for the two of you."
Naruto clasped Tyler's shoulder's and stared into his eyes, invoking Tyler's sire bond one final time, "Thank you for your help, my friend. You no longer have to do as I say. You're free. Live your life without me and never think of serving me again."
With that, Naruto left for his house to celebrate his victory with Katherine, Jennifer and Aurora.
Salvatore Boarding House
Elena and Damon are in the living room, talking.
"How did this happen?" Elena asked in shock as Damon paced with his glass and a bottle of scotch.
"We thought of everything, Elena! Naruto having hybrids. Mikael turning on us. We brought in Katherine so you weren't in danger. Anything that could have gone wrong we were prepared!" Damon ranted before taking a gulp of his scotch.
"I don't understand. Stefan should have wanted Naruto dead. More than anything. That's what we were counting on." Elena said.
"We blew it." Damon said in utter defeat.
"Where's Katherine?" Elena asked.
"She ran for the hills like usual, the minute things got bad! And who blames her?! Naruto would've crushed her." Damon assumed shaking his head "I nearly had him, Elena. I was inches away from staking Naruto! This could have all been over!" he yelled throwing the bottle of scotch in the fireplace.
"Hey. Damon..." Elena said grabbing his arm only for him to pull away from her before she grabbed his face "Hey! Hey, listen to me! We'll survive this. We always survive. Trust me."
Damon frowned "We're never getting Stefan back. You know that, don't you?" he asked.
"Then we'll let him go. Okay? We'll have to let him go." Elena said getting a nod from Damon.
"Easier said then done, miss Gilbert." Came a thick southern voice and Elena and Damon turned to see who it was. "You had a good plan Mr. Salvatore, however, Naruto and Mikael have been fighting for 1000 years, and Naruto has always won all his fights with Mikael, long before he ever became a hybrid. Mikael was doomed to lose from the beginning."
"Who are you? How did you get in?" Elena asked, as the deed should still be in her name.
"When you died in the sacrifice, your ownership was rendered null and void. You should probably consider doing something about that." The man smiled. "Oh where are my manners? Russell Edgington." He and Damon shook hands. He shook hands with Elena reluctantly, since to Russell, humans were supposed to be nothing more than food.
"You mentioned Damon's plan. Do you, have a way to hurt Naruto?" Elena asked.
"I do, Miss Gilbert. You see, Naruto Mikaelson maybe the most powerful creature on the planet, but he has many vulnerabilities. His family, for starters, as well as friends and any adopted children." Russell said.
"Well, we actually have Rebekah in our basement, daggered." Elena said, as she saw an opportunity to get back at Naruto for taking away her aunt and for Naruto killing Elena.
"An excellent start. I have a feeling we will work great together." Russell said with that false charm of his, hiding what he really thought of Elena and Damon, as for now, they served a purpose.
"But how can you help us?" Damon said, as he wanted revenge on Stefan, for betraying him, and Naruto for, in Damon's mind, making him do it.
"I am," Russell said dramatically, "over 1000 years old. I am just as strong as Naruto or any of the Originals. You want to get revenge on Naruto? Then you need to be willing to fight just as dirty as he will. Speaking of which, where can I find Valerie, his adopted daughter?"
"I can help you with that," Damon said as he told his new ally against Naruto where to find Valerie. If she dies, both Stefan and Naruto would suffer. Damon never really cared which of Stefan's friends or lovers he killed, so long as Stefan himself was still around to suffer for it.
The next Morning
Naruto was in a parking lot leaving a voicemail for Rebekah "Rebekah, where are you? Pick up the phone, babe. Mikael is dead. It's time to wake up Kol and Elijah."
Receiving another call Naruto switched to it "Hello?"
"It is a fine day in Mississipi." Russell said, causing Naruto to stop walking.
"Russell." Naruto said with a dead calm in his voice. Russell Edgington was the insane and crazy protégé of Tristan de Martel, turned a year after Tristan was. Russell had been responsible for the Vikings dying out, when he had a Viking-hating werewolf pack loyal to him slaughter them like sheep. Russell believed in vampires being the supreme race, that they should subjugate all of humanity, instead of blending in. He was known as one of the craziest vampires to ever exist. The one thing he coveted was being able to walk in the sun, but witches would rather die than to help him, and if given the slightest opportunity he would kill anyone older than him, so that he would be the oldest vampire in the world, therefore capable of ruling the vampire race, as he saw fit.
"Hello, Naruto. It has been a long time since last we spoke. What's it been, 3, 400 years?" Russell asked before he shrugged, "Well, whatever."
"Why are you calling me, Russell? I have more important ways to spend my time." Naruto said in annoyance.
"Oh, but you have a reason, Naruto. In fact, I imagine as you're opening the truck you cart your caskets around in, you'll see what that reason is." Russell said as Naruto opened his truck to see the caskets are gone.
"No." Naruto said, wide eyed. Russell had stolen his 3 brothers! Well, 2 brothers. Finn was not a part of the family, as far as Naruto was concerned. But still!
"What's the matter, oh great king? Missing something?" Russell asked in a large room with the caskets.
"What the hell are you doing, you crazy fuck!?" Naruto asked
"Challenging your authority. It's time for a new king of the Vampire Race," Russell said. "I have your sister and Valerie as well. Want proof?" Russell, shot Valerie with a wooden bullet coated in Vervain in her right lung, causing her to cry out in pain.
"Valerie!" Naruto shouted in concern for his adopted daughter.
"I will slaughter you and everyone you've ever met like pigs and I will use your bones as toothpicks, you arrogant Celt!" Naruto threatened.
"You do that and you can expect to receive Valerie's head on your doorstep. I wonder, as someone who has been 2 steps ahead of his enemies all his life, did you see this coming?" Russell asked.
Naruto hung up the phone and in a fit of anger, kicked the truck that used to house his coffin's, sending it skidding along the ground, crashing into a building.
Aurora and Stefan were right behind him. "I take it the two of you know what's happened." Naruto said as he turned to face them.
"That crazy pyscho has your family, he has Valerie!" Stefan exclaimed in fear and anger. Anger because someone had stolen and was hurting the love of his life, and fear because he might lose her for good this time.
"We know, Stefan." Aurora said calmly, placing a hand on his shoulder, "We will get them back."
"And we'll destroy whoever stands in our way." Naruto vowed as the 3 plotted revenge.
Chapter end
So yes, Russell Edginton from True Blood makes an appearance. Honestly, with Stefan firmly in Naruto's camp, and Damon not presenting a credible threat, I figured Russell would be a good substitute.