"Speech."

'Think.'

Jutsu/Technique/Magic

Past Events/Flashback

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or The Eminence in Shadow.

Warning: English isn't my native language.

Naruto's body twitched slightly before he raised himself into a sitting position before he opened his eyes and yawned once. He looked around and could see that he was still in the house in the ghost town. He looked out of the window and saw that it must have been a few hours since he removed the foreign mana from the unconscious girl.

He stood up and stretched once, feeling a tight feeling in his lower back. His lower back cracked once, and he sighed when he felt how the tight feeling disappeared. He lowered his hands beside his body and went out of the room. He saw that the other room was empty where Alpha's old friend was a few hours ago.

He could feel the chakra from Alpha's friend in the living area, he walked down the stairs and went into the living area where Alpha and her friend were talking with each other.

"Naruto!" said Alpha and stood up from the chair. She walked towards Naruto while he walked into the room.

"How are you feeling?" asked Alpha worried.

"I'm fine don't worry. I am recovered," said Naruto with a smile. Alpha was relief beyond no end. She couldn't describe how relieved she was. If something would happen to Naruto, then she wouldn't know what to do anymore.

"I am glad," said Alpha with a smile. "Let me introduce you to my old friend." Naruto and Alpha went to the table where Alpha's old friend sat, looking at her savior. When she woke up and realized that the rotten flesh on her right arm was gone and she didn't feel any sign of demon possession in her body, she cried 20 minutes straight. The overwhelming feeling of liberty washed over her the moment she realized it and in the same process were her buried feelings unleashed. All the negative emotions she suppressed shot to the surface and she couldn't control herself.

After she calmed down, she noticed her old friend in the room she woke up. She really didn't notice Alpha until she calmed down and washed away her tears. What she heard from Alpha was simply unbelievable and yet everything she heard from Alpha made sense and would explain a lot of things.

Chakra… a completely new type of energy never seen before in this world. She now had this kind of energy, and she already got a very long explanation from Alpha what chakra exactly was and what you could do with it when mastered. It was simply amazing what someone could do with chakra, but she wasn't like Alpha.

She needed time to process everything and couldn't simply accept everything. Alpha told her about her new goal in life and that she would do everything she could for Naruto. She decided to dedicate her life for her goal and for Naruto. She wanted nothing just being by Naruto's side and finding out the truth was enough for Alpha.

She herself didn't know what she would do from now on.

"Hello, my name is Naruto Uzumaki," said Naruto with a gentle smile. "It must have been pretty hard for you."

"Could you tell me your name?" asked Naruto.

The girl was silent for a few seconds before she said, "My old name was Natsume… but I don't want anything to do anymore with my old life. I renamed myself to Beta. I was the second you cured from demon possession, and I also got the gift of chakra from you."

Naruto looked at Alpha with a dead impression. "Is this your doing? Did you tell her to name herself Beta?"

Alpha shock her head in a rapid space. "No, I swear! I simply explained why I call myself Alpha because she asked why I called myself Alpha now. She found the explanation understandable and after a few thoughts, she decided to name herself Beta. I was also a bit surprised."

Naruto sighed and looked at Beta. "Are you sure? Beta isn't really a normal name."

"Yes, I was chased away from my homeland and was kidnapped shortly after by some strangers with black cloaks. I was done with my life and didn't have any will to fight any longer. Just when I was about to give up completely, your clones showed up and saved me. After that, you saved me and cured me. I got a chance at a new life and because of that I renamed myself."

Naruto nodded. He simply wanted to be sure that Alpha didn't do something stupid. He had a sort of feeling that she would do something like that. She didn't just see in him a boy who saved her life but something bigger. He could see it in her behavior and the looks she gave him. He wasn't bothered by it, he simply wanted to make sure that Alpha wouldn't produce her ideals onto others.

"Alright, Beta. I am glad that you can smile. Do you know what you want to do from now on?" asked Naruto. "I can only assume that Alpha explained everything to you already. That means that you should know a few important facts about chakra."

Beta nodded. "Yes. I am not sure when I am being honest… I am still processing everything that happened. I am still not sure if I am not dream." She looked down and avoided his face a bit before she looked up again. Naruto saw something he thought he would see by Alpha the first time he met her.

'Now that is a reaction that is normal for her age,' thought Naruto. He always wondered if elves were simply more mature at the age of 10 because Alpha's reaction to the entire thing wasn't really that of a 10-year-old child. Naruto now saw something that was more common for a 10-year-old child. Beta tried to put on a rough façade, but Naruto could see it in her eyes. She was still shocked, and a bit frightened by the entire thing.

"Don't worry, you don't need to decide anything yet. You can do whatever you want. No one forces you to do anything. You can go to someone you know, or you can stay here and try to live a quite life. Everything depends on you, Beta," said Naruto with a smile.

Beta was now understanding what Alpha meant. The way Naruto talked and looked at someone triggered a feeling of comfort inside of someone. Not just Beta or Alpha but in general. Everyone who talked to Naruto thought the same thing about him: Being around Naruto was making them feel better. Even when they were just looking at him. Something about Naruto gave everyone a sense of comfort and clarity. As if they could accomplish anything as long as Naruto was in the near environment.

Naruto was relieved that his clones at home hadn't vanished yet. Otherwise, he would have to explain a lot of things again to his parents. He created a special type of clone that lasted longer than a normal Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clone) and also didn't pop after one hit. Basically, it was a normal Kage Bunshin but with a few seals that gave him more chakra and more durability.

"Thank you, Naruto-sama."

"Oh no not you too. I am just Naruto, ok? I am not a king or something like that. I am a 10-year-old child like the both of you," said Naruto.

Beta was again a bit surprised at his reaction. She thought he would want to be called with respect for the things he did for Alpha and her so far. But nope… not Naruto. He really was something entirely different.

"I'm sorry, Naruto…. Thank you so much for saving me and giving me a chance to have a normal life," said Beta with a smile and a few tears in her eyes. She couldn't hold back the tears that wanted to appear in her eyes.

Naruto smiled gently and said, "I am just relieved that you are alright now. I will leave you both alone for a while. I guess you two have still a lot of catching up to do, right?"

"Yes, we only talked about what happened and what you explained to me, Naruto." Alpha somehow knew that Naruto would suggest something like that. It would simply fit him. It would have been unnatural to an extent if he didn't say this right now.

"Alright, I will go back to the mansion. I will bring you two some food in the next hour. You two can stay here for a few days, the clone of you has enough chakra so don't worry about the time, Alpha," said Naruto before he left the room and shortly after the house.

"He really is amazing…" said Beta while she and Alpha went to a window to look after their savior, the changing factor in their lives.

Naruto just came out of the barrier and jumped onto a tree before he narrowed his eyes, feeling a person coming towards this position. He made 3 hand signs before he ended in the snake seal. 'Tōton Jutsu!' (Transparency Jutsu) Naruto's body slowly but surely became transparent, becoming invisible. This jutsu was created by Jiraiya himself back in the day to better watch woman in the hot spring. It wasn't very common and only a few Shinobi could use this Jutsu. At the end of his days could Naruto use this jutsu as well, but it wasn't really much in use since the real threats all had special eyes that could see Naruto. Naruto made himself invisible with chakra that was wrapped around his entire body, that broke the light around him and thus made him invisible.

He jumped towards the person that came closer to his position and weaved through the top of the trees in the process. It wasn't long before he could stop because he could see how someone was running towards him.

It was one of the guys that kidnapped Beta. 'That comes in handy,' thought Naruto. He could finally get one of those guys for information. He never was a real fan of interrogation, but he wouldn't show mercy to humans like this bastard who kidnapped little girls.

A man with black clothing, a black cloak and a black face mask with black eyes ran through the forest towards the direction his comrades saw the elf girl escaped after 2 unknown individuals came out of nowhere and freed her.

He was running for hours and so far, nothing but he could feel something in the distance. He was sure that he was close to one of the spots where a few hired bandits were supposed to rob a few merchants because they were said to have a demon possessed victim.

The man widened his eyes when he saw a thin thread between two trees where he was about to run into. He stopped just a few centimeters with head in front of the thin thread. He jumped back directly and dodged two shuriken that were thrown from somewhere.

He looked around and tried to find the attacker, but he couldn't see or find anyone.

"Give up," said a deep and menacing voice. Naruto was still hiding himself with his jutsu while he used a specific method to make his voice deeper. It was a bit complicated, but Naruto could influence his vocal cords with his chakra to a certain extent. He didn't know if Genjutsu would work on the people of this world. He only just accomplished using Genjutsu 2 weeks ago on one of his clones. He hadn't tried it on humans with mana yet.

"Who are you?" screamed the man annoyed. He looked over his shoulder and saw a few shuriken flying towards him. He unsheathed his sword and blocked every single shuriken. He could feel a warm sensation behind him and looked over his shoulder. His eyes widened when a stream of red-yellow flames came out of the depth of this forest towards him. The man jumped back and dodged the fire attack just to be hit by a strong gust of wind that crashed into his right side.

He gasped when he was thrown through the forest. The air was knocked out of his lungs before he crashed through a tree and landed on the hard ground. He grunted and stood up, looking around. He couldn't believe what had just happened. Was his enemy using a artifact that could control the weather? There would also be the voice…

"Give up," said the deep and menacing voice again. The voice was echoing through the woods and the man couldn't make out from where the voice came. He didn't know if the person that voice belonged to was behind him, in front of him, right or left from him, above him or even under him. He simply couldn't tell.

"Came out and fight like a man!" yelled the man in frustration before he had to block a few kunai that came from his right side. When he blocked the last kunai, he could barely dodge to the side. 2 Shuriken missed him only by a few millimeters. He screamed out in frustration and red/black mana came out of his body.

"SHOW YOURSELF!" He began to slash everything around him, even when nothing was there. He saw out of the corner of his eyes how something moved on the ground and slashed at the location only to hit nothing. His vision was a blur ae he tried to find his attacker. He moved so fast and because his mind was a bit influenced by his rage, he couldn't think clearly.

Naruto looked at everything from a tree, how the guy tried to fight the transparent clones he created. He didn't finish this guy off from the start because he wanted to see how strong that guy was. It could well be that many people from this world were still stronger than himself. He was still only 10 years old and nowhere near his prime. It would be a few years before he could say that he was anywhere near his prime. Even so, what he saw was a bit disappointing. The man was clearly enhancing his body with mana, but Naruto could see everything pretty clearly.

He thought that this man had to be one of the stronger members of the kidnappers… but he thought otherwise now. He let emotions lead his actions. That was one of the biggest mistake someone could make in a fight. He made this mistake enough in his younger days and he was only alive because of Kurama who healed him every time he got a serious injury.

Naruto decided to end it slowly and because of that vanished he from his position and appeared right behind the man with a formed fist. Naruto concentrated chakra into his fist and before the man could even turn around because he felt how something appeared behind him, Naruto slammed his fist into the back from the man. The man's eyes widened when he felt how his backspin was forcefully bent inwards, nearly breaking in two. If he hadn't enhanced his entire body with mana, then his backspin would have been broken in two.

It was a lot of work, but Naruto could nearly pull off punches as strong as Sakura in the early days of their adventures when Naruto came back from his training trip with Jiraiya. Sakura became increasingly stronger over the course of the year towards the war, reaching a new peak when the hundred healing jutsu manifested on her forehead. But even her punches at the beginning from that time were enough to break a large rock or the ground without a problem.

The man flew away and crashed through 2 trees before he landed on the hard ground while he spat blood. Naruto jumped towards the now unmoving body of the man. He knew that he wasn't dead because the man was using mana to enhance his body. He placed a seal on his body to paralyze him even when he wakes up. He wouldn't be able to move no matter what he tried. The seal would make sure of that.

Naruto took the body of the man and at the same time began to fall a few leaves from 2 trees that flew over to Naruto before they were spinning around his body and when the swirl of leaves dissipated, Naruto was gone.

"Diablos huh?" Naruto said in a chair in front of a cell. He simply looked into the cell where the man was chained to a chair and was being integrated by one of his clone. The man only said the name Diablos so far but that was another point that lead towards the story of the three heroes who killed the demon diablos.

He stood up and created another clone of himself to watch over everything. He was in a cave on the outskirts of the Uzumaki territory. This cave was once a base from a few bandits before Naruto killed them because they were dealing with slaves. Something Naruto despised with every cell of his body. It had a few cells where the slaves were held in the past. Now Naruto used this cave as a sort of information gathering base. Not like reading from a book but more like gathering info's from humans or other races that were less worth than a piece of shit.

"Hey boss, wait a moment!" said the clone inside of the cell. Naruto wanted to leave the cave but stopped when he heard his clone talking. He turned towards the cell and saw how his clone held a piece of paper in his hand.

"I found this paper in the inside of his clothes. It was good hidden but after I searched through him again, I found this," said the clone. Naruto took the paper from the clone and looked at it. There was it again… the symbol he saw on a few members of the church. The symbol was also on the backside of the man he caught.

Under the symbol stood something. "Cult of Diablos?" Naruto read the name out loud. He narrowed his eyes and opened the door of the cell. His clone made place for his original. Naruto held the piece of paper in front of the man's face.

"What is the cult of diablos?" asked Naruto while his eyes became blood red, signaling him entering Kurama Mode. He growled a bit at the man and unleashed a shit ton of killing intent. The man's eyes widened when he saw those crimson eyes and when he felt a massive force that crushed his entire being. The massive killing intent pierced his body without mercy, and he began to shake. It was unbearable and he wanted it to end.

He couldn't breath anymore, something was choking him even when no one was touching him. His arms were trying to break free as his legs. He wanted to get away from his monster in human form in front of him. His heart was beating faster, trying to strength the body with more blood circulation but it wasn't working.

Everything around him and Naruto became dark before the man saw how something appeared behind Naruto. A massive beast with 9 tails and massive crimson eyes and giant razor-sharp teeth looked into his eyes. The man screamed and closed his eyes to not watch into those giant eyes.

"It will end when you answer me," said Naruto while he held the head of the man with one hand and positioned his face directly in front of his. He looked with his crimson eyes directly into the black eyes from the man.

The man tried to speak but he couldn't. His voice simply was silent from the sheer force of power he was feeling right now. Naruto lessened his killing intent to a certain degree when he saw how the man was nodding his head with tears that were flowing down his face.

"I tell you everything!" could the man say. That was the moment when everything stopped. He gasped and took a deep breath when the massive force that crushed his entire existence stopped. His body relaxed and his head looked down while he tried to get his bearings back together.

What he felt was unbelievable. He felt killing intent before but this? Nothing compared to this experience he had just now. It was worse than death itself. He once was afraid of death but in this instant, he wished he would simply die to get away from this experience.

"I am all ears," said Naruto while a clone placed a chair for him to sit. His crimson eyes were staring into the black ones of the man. "Give me my answers and I will promise you I will not torture you anymore."

"I say everything! I will do anything to please you, lord! I will not lie to you; I swear with my life!" the man pleaded and begged Naruto to not do that stun he did with the man. It was just unbearable.

"Begin speaking."

The man nodded his head directly and began to tell Naruto everything he knew about the cult of diablos. Even he didn't know everything since he was only a so-called second child. But he knew enough to explain everything to Naruto.

Cult of Diablos was an ancient, secretive, and power-hungry organization. Considered a little-known myth at best by the public, their existence was carefully concealed as they covertly operated throughout the world to manipulate global affairs under their regime from the shadows, seeking to maintain the society under their control while using demonic power that came from the essence of Diablos to gain immortality so that their perpetual rule will be eternal.

The Cult had been controlled with absolute authority by the "Knights of Rounds" under the command of twelve members of the highest executive leadership collectively as the head of the ruling body holding supreme power who effectively leads and governed the organization from time to time.

Throughout their entire history, the Cult of Diablos held dominion over nations as they had extended their members to reach of many high-ranking positions across the world and manipulated history behind the scenes, having long distorted the truth about the Three Heroes and renamed the "Curse of Diablos" into Demon Possession. Ever since the organization's foundation, The Cult with their obsessive ambition seeks to ultimately resurrect the demon Diablos to gain further power.

The Cult of Diablos had tricked the world into condemning the descendants of heroes who developed symptoms they called Demon Possession and were turned the "possessed" over to the Church where the Cult later used them as ingredients for their experiments in perfecting something the man didn't know, as well as eliminating all threats so there would be no obstructions that could disrupt their work.

Naruto simply watched as the man was talking 3 hours long, explaining things Naruto asked specifically for. For example, the man told Naruto something about "Tears of Diablos". The "Tears of Diablos" referred to red pills that are unfinished products created using Diablos Cells. These pills were produced in large quantities, despite having strong side effects during development. They were primarily distributed to the powerful members of the Cult of Diablos, particularly the First and Second Children, as well as the "12 Knights of Rounds."

However, these pills had significant flaws. The side effects were too potent for the human body to handle, even for those within the Cult who possessed the necessary requisites to control such magical power. As a result, the red pills were considered semi-failed experiments by the Cult.

The pills served as temporary enhancements, boosting the abilities of high-ranking servants by increasing their magic power, body size, and muscle mass. However, they do not provide the desired result of immortality that the Cult sought.

'This entire thing went deeper as I thought,' thought Naruto while he stood up and went out of the cell. He ignored the final scream of the man his clone killed with a kunai. He promised him that he would not torture him, and he held his promise, but he didn't say anything about killing the bastard.

He stepped out of Kurama mode and made his way out of the cave, having his thoughts full of all the information he got from the man.

'Cult of Diablos… I will not tolerate your doings. I will bring you to fall and save as many people as I can,' thought Naruto. Rage was present in his eyes when he thought about all the lives in the hundreds of years the cult already existed and used other peoples live or destroyed them because the greedy and the arrogant members of the cult wanted more power.

(A/N This would be it for this chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it as well and what can I say? Thank you all so much for your massive support! I can't say this often enough and I won't stop with it. I appreciate every review I get so I look forward to more.

You all are special, don't let others tell you otherwise. We were all born into this world, and we all have a reason to be here.

I once heard a message that had a huge impact on me. I went through some breaking up problems with my ex and my heart was shattered. But after I heard that one line, I felt better and had more strength again.

"Always remember, your mother needed 9 months to build your heart. Don't let it be broken in a couple of seconds." When I heard this line… I simply felt a massive impact on my entire being.

Stay strong folks! We all are going to make it! See ya!)