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"Naruto." Speech

'Naruto.' Think

"Naruto." Magic/Technique/Speech of Sacred Gears or Giant Creatures

A young man was angry. He was 18 years old and in the third year of the high school division students from the Kuoh Academy. He had spiky red hair and purple eyes. This was Naruto Uzumaki, the legendary delinquent from Kuoh Academy. He wore a tattered uniform from the Kuoh Academy. The blazer and the shirt were almost non-existent, which gave a good look at his muscular upper body with many scars. He wasn't the legendary delinquent for nothing. He got into many fights outside of school and got many stab wounds in fights with gangs.

"Now I have to find another enemy who can kill me, dammit!" He was pissed… he was so fucking pissed. His entire life was a waste and a joke. He didn't have parents; he was always alone and was raised in an orphanage. He got kicked out because he always fought with the other kids. The kids were always making fun of his cursed red hair. He hated his red hair so much! It didn't matter how old he became; this hair always meant trouble for him. At some point, he had enough and gave the others a lecture with a good beatdown.

With time, he got a particular reputation. Naruto Uzumaki, the crimson massacre. He got in so many fights that it was not even funny anymore. It was like he went from one gang to another to fight, but no one had a chance against him so far. Something about Naruto Uzumaki was not normal. It was like he would understand his enemy in the middle of the fight, and he adapted instantly like he could read his opponents' minds. Even when he didn't go to a martial arts school, many recognized the martial arts he used. Taekwondo, Kung-Fu, Tai-chi, Jiu-Jitsu and other martial arts. It was like he could use some things from those martial arts.

Even when he was just 12 years old, he had already won against adult thugs in the town. He changed town many times and fought many thugs and gangs in the underground, but so far, no one could defeat him. With time, the fights got fewer because he became tired. No matter what he tried or who he challenged, he never lost. He didn't even know why he always knew what his enemy would do after a certain amount of time in a fight. It was like he knew it instinctively, and his body acted alone. When this moment was reached, the fight never lasted longer than 30 seconds. It was just frustrating always to win.

Why wasn't it possible to simply die at the hands of a thug or another criminal? He didn't understand it. Even when thugs tried to use handguns or other weapons with the ability to shoot bullets at him… even against those he won. He used others as cover while he got closer to the person with the gun.

There were also these damn dreams he had almost every night about another person who got through hell in a weird village. The village was not like the cities in the modern world. He could see how people jumped from the street on roofs of houses without breaking a sweat or how a guy could unleash freaking fire from his mouth. These dreams made no sense to him.

He only ever saw short takes, and after that, the scenery changed, and he saw another scene in his dream. Everything was just a fucking mess. He didn't remember everything when he woke up, but it was always a little. One thing was for sure… whoever he saw in his dreams was living a shitty life just like his own. He got beat down by many adults when he was just a little kid, and he never knew why that adult beat the guy he saw in his dreams.

There was also that fucking voice in his head sometimes. This voice was speaking to him when he had a little peace. Every fucking time he tried to relax after a long tiring day, the voice came up in his head. It always annoyed him. He couldn't even understand what the voice was saying. Everything was broken words that he didn't even understand if the voice was from a male or a female person.

"Tch," said Naruto as he saw the beaten man on the ground. He looked at his uniform and frowned at the sight. 'Now I have to go to the student council to get another set of uniforms. That was my last one… just my day,' thought Naruto.

He kicked the man just one more time because he was beginning to wake up. A good kick to his face instantly sent him into the realm of dreams. Naruto took his school bag and went out of the alley he was in right now.

He walked towards his apartment since he needed to change his outfit. Even when he was a legendary delinquent and only went to school for certain events, he still had enough decency to wear normal clothes while shopping. He had nothing to eat anymore, and he needed something. He got hungry from the fight.

'SHUT UP!' thought Naruto when he heard this annoying broken voice inside his head again. It was like a broken record. It always said almost the same damn thing. He couldn't understand the voice, but it always said similar things.

He stopped while he yelled in his head. He waited for a few seconds, and when he heard how the voice became quiet, he sighed, a bit satisfied. He never tried to yell at the voice inside of his head. Maybe that was the way to shut this annoying voice up.

'Huh?' Naruto didn't know what happened right now, but his vision became blurry. He didn't understand… his vision began to change the perspective. The ground became dangerously close to his face while his vision darkened. A few people around him were talking to him, but he didn't understand them.

'Oh right… with all those cuts on my body, there had to be a lot of blood that escaped through the wounds. I guess I didn't feel it because I was pissed as fuck…,' thought Naruto before his head crashed into the hard ground and he became unconscious.

No one saw how his body vanished, and everyone forgot that he just lay there. Naruto's body was still on the hard ground, but everything was different around him. The sky was weird… there was no other way to describe it. Dark colors were dancing in sync, and every cloud vanished. There were also no humans around him.

His body seemed to notice something because he opened his eyes one last time to look to his right side. His body had such a strong will to live that he acted independently. It was always like this. No matter what Naruto tried to do to himself, his body wouldn't allow it. When he tried to stab himself with a knife, his hands wouldn't move anymore, just a few centimeters away from his body. No matter how hard Naruto tried to force his hands to move closer to his body in this situation, they refused to listen. He hated his own body with his entire being. Why couldn't he simply die by suicide? He didn't understand it. Was he jumping from a high place? His body froze and didn't move before reaching 5 meters near the edge. Was he poisoning himself? Nope, he couldn't even open the damn bottle where the poison was in. It didn't matter what he tried; he simply couldn't commit suicide.

Even when his mind wasn't inactive, his body still opened Naruto's eyes. Naruto's eyes could see a red light that appeared right before him, and shortly after, a woman appeared before him. The lips from Naruto began to form into a slight smile before the eyes closed themselves again.

"Naruto Uzumaki… I will give you a reason to live again. Don't worry, I heard your last wish before your mind went blank. You will continue to live, and I will grant you your deepest desire," said the woman before two bad-like wings appeared on her bag. A red magic circle appeared under Naruto's body, and shortly after, all of his wounds began to heal, and his red hair seemed to be on fire.

Naruto opened his eyes and was confused. Wasn't he lying on the hard ground on the sidewalk? He was lying in a kind of forest. He stood up and looked down at himself. He was wearing nothing on his upper body and only black pants. Even his shoes were gone. 'What happened to me?' thought Naruto.

"Naruto Uzumaki," said a deep voice. Naruto turned around and looked around. "Who is there?" He only saw the forest, not a single person or animal around him.

"Naruto Uzumaki," said a deep voice again. Naruto furrowed his eyebrows, annoyed. "WHO ARE YOU? SHOW YOURSELF, YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" yelled Naruto. He began to get pissed again, and not just a little bit. He hadn't the nerve to deal with a deep voice that said his name.

He felt something. It was like something inside him was burning when he yelled the sentence. He doubled over in pain and got on both knees. His eyes were widened, and he gritted his teeth.

"Don't dare to insult me again, Naruto Uzumaki," said the deep voice.

Naruto began to smile a bit. "Or what? You kill me? Fine, do it, you useless son of a bitch," said Naruto while he looked up and deep into the forest. His eyes widened even more when the pain became even more inside of his body. He wanted to scream, but he wouldn't give this bastard his will. He would never bow down to anyone and would not begin right now.

Naruto felt pain like nothing else in this world for a few minutes, but he didn't scream. He endured the pain even when it was a pain far stronger than any pain he felt before. After a while, the pain stopped, and Naruto began to cough hard. He fell to the ground because his body didn't have the strength anymore to hold him on both knees. He was panting strongly and tried to gain as much oxygen as possible into his lungs. His body began to relax again after a few seconds and deep breaths.

He looked up and still didn't see anyone. He stood up again and said, "That was it? You inflicted that much pain and didn't kill me? You are useless," said Naruto. He saw an opportunity to die here, and his voice was something he could control, unlike his body. He had full control over his voice, unlike in some situations where his body didn't react to his commands.

When provoking this unknown person resulted in his death, he certainly would provoke the voice. He would be stupid not to.

"You are a stubborn human," said the deep voice. Naruto didn't feel anything this time. It was like his body either couldn't feel this kind of pain anymore, or the person simply gave up on using pain to give Naruto a punishment.

…

"Wow. That's all? You inflict that much pain on me, and then you don't kill me? You are dumb," said Naruto.

The voice didn't answer, but Naruto felt something else. His body began to walk even when Naruto didn't want to. He narrowed his eyes when his body turned south and began walking. 'God dammit! Why does my body don't obey me?' thought Naruto pissed.

Naruto looked around, his head still obeying his command. The forest began to change to a more ancient setting from Japan. The normal trees changed with time to cherry blossom trees. He saw the pink cherry blossom petals and thought about his dream for a second. He always saw one girl with the same hair color as these cherry blossom petals. His body stopped when his eyes widened a bit.

"P-please promise me to bring her back! I don't want to lose my best friend, Naruto!" said a girl. She was 12 years old and had pink hair and green eyes.

"Of course, Sakura-chan! I will bring Satsuki back even when it costs my life!" said a boy with spiky blond hair and blue eyes. He also had six whisker marks on his face. He smiled at the crying girl and held a thumbs up.

Naruto blinked a bit and briefly shook his head when he remembered this. 'What the? Have I just remembered something from another person's life? That wasn't a dream like usual… it felt so real. What the hell is happening with me?' thought Naruto confused. He looked in the direction his body had previously begun to walk. He could see something in the distance. A giant wall with a giant gate that surrounded an old building. He could only see the roof from the building, but it looked like the roof of an ancient castle from Japan.

He narrowed his eyes and began to walk towards the walls. His body wasn't moving on its own this time. He was moving there on his records. He had this feeling that there was something he had to see. He didn't care that this was stupid to think about. He just had this feeling that guided him. He was so confused right now. What was his life? Was it just a big joke? He had seen those dreams his entire life, and only today had he heard what had been said. Who was this Sakura, and why was the boy who resembled himself also named Naruto?

He had heard somewhere in the past that many believed in reincarnation. That meant a soul never dies and gets reborn into another body without the memories from its previous life. Had Naruto gone through such a process and now began to remember parts of his old life? He wanted answers.

He heard the deep voice again when he came closer to the walls. "Naruto Uzumaki, you are finally here after all this time," said the deep voice.

"Who are you, and why do you know my name?" asked Naruto with a normal voice this time. He didn't have the intention to insult this voice.

"Come inside the castle, and I will answer your questions," said the deep voice. The two giant gates that were closed were now opening. Naruto narrowed his eyes and walked through the gates and, shortly after, inside the ancient castle. The castle looked more like a ruin from a once glorious castle, but that wasn't important. Naruto walked through the almost endless corridors of the castle, walking up endless stairs just to come to a stop at the highest point in the castle. He couldn't move forward, but in front of him was a wooden door. He opened the door and saw it there. The ceiling had a hole that shone a light on a flowing raven-black katana with a rectangular tsuba. Naruto entered the dark room, and the door behind him closed automatically when he was inside.

Only a small path was lit up to the flowing black katana by a mysterious white-blue light. It was almost like the light of the full moon. When Naruto stood before the flowing sword, he looked up through the ceiling and saw the full moon in the sky.

He didn't understand why it was night outside when it was in the middle of the day just a few minutes ago, but that didn't matter. His body began to pulse when he looked at the sword.

"Finally, we meet each other, Naruto Uzumaki." The raven black katana pulsated while the voice was speaking.

"You were the one who always talked to me inside of my head?" asked Naruto.

"Yes. To this point, I never came through to you because you had multiple barriers inside your mind to prevent anything from coming through to you. You could barely hear my voice because you used 2 of the abilities I granted my host."

"What do you mean by that?" asked Naruto.

"Before I do that, take me in your hand."

Naruto didn't even think about it and raised his hand. His hand grabbed the sword's handle, and when he did it, everything changed around them. With the sword in hand, Naruto was now in a black void.

The black void changed, and Naruto could see scenarios where some people wielded that Katana he held in his hand in battle. He looked at all the battles and could also hear the words they were using.

After a few minutes, Naruto found himself again inside the room where the sword flowed in the air, illuminated by the moonlight. Naruto raised the sword and looked at it. "Your name is Intetsu (Shadow Iron)?" asked Naruto.

"Yes. I am a sacred gear created by the God of the Bible; before you ask, let me finish. I will now explain everything."

Naruto remained silent and waited for Intetsu to continue his speech.

"Sacred Gears, also known as God's Artifacts, are items with powerful abilities bestowed upon Humans by God of the Bible. The original God of the Bible created the Sacred Gears as part of his system to enact miracles on Earth. Humans or human hybrids are the only species able to be born with sacred gear. When the sacred gear gets forcefully extracted from the user, then the user will die without any chance of survival. A person can own more than one Sacred Gear simultaneously. However, this almost always happens because the individual comes to a second or even more Sacred Gear through irregular circumstances than through birth. It is unknown why supernatural beings are never born with them."

"Supernatural world?" asked Naruto.

"Yes. There are other races besides humans in this world. The man you beat up was a fallen angel. Did you never question that he could create swords out of pure light?"

Naruto hasn't even thought about it until now. He was just pissed and didn't think about anything else. Now that his mind was a bit calmer, he remembered how the man he fought in the ally could create weapons out of nowhere. The weapons looked like they were from a video game where a mage creates weapons out of light magic. In the heat of the battle, this was not the most important thing. He fought against the guy and adapted like always.

"But before I explain the supernatural world, I will tell you about myself first. Since I have explained what a Sacred Gear is, I will now tell you what abilities I grant my host and partner."

"You said earlier that I used two of your abilities already… has this to do with my ability to understand my opponent?"

"Yes. Both abilities are connected. The first is called perfect vision. You can completely see through your opponents by grasping their fighting styles using the ability of incredible insight to grasp their personalities and tendencies. You can figure out their thought process and predict their moves in advance. You can see everything about the person in question."

"The other is called Blade Steal. Derived from Perfect Vision, you can use your great insight to analyze and steal your opponent's techniques; you can even improve or surpass them. You can grasp most styles or techniques and surpass them after a minute and seconds. It isn't limited to martial arts; it applies to others. Once you understand the style, you can grasp their deepest secrets, and it is even possible to reproduce their advanced techniques."

Naruto now understood many things. He had never trained in martial arts, but when he saw some matches on the TV or fought against people in the streets who used martial arts, he almost automatically mirrored their movements; after the fights, he knew the moves and even moves he had never seen or used.

"The last thing I grant my partner is a unique sword style with a few secret techniques. Since you have never fought with a sword and never fought someone who used a proper style, I automatically grant you the knowledge. You will know everything about the Steel Storm Style. There are also seven secret sword techniques called the Seven Secret Swords. Those are seven sword techniques that have all different functions. Every secret sword fulfills another function in battle; with them, you can deal with almost every situation."

Naruto got wide eyes when his head began to hurt like shit. He got on both knees while he got the knowledge Intetsu spoke about.

"Endure the pain for a minute. The process isn't without pain."

The pain wasn't like the pain before, where he insulted Intetsu because he wanted to die. After a minute, Naruto gasped and placed both hands on the ground. He didn't understand it yet, but he knew what Intetsu meant. It was like before when he "stole" a martial art technique and understood it. He couldn't describe it, but he knew how to use martial arts from then on.

"You are waking up in the real world. I will wait for you to summon me and use me for the first time, partner."

Before Naruto could say anything, everything went black, and his body vanished simply from this strange world. The world began to crumble and dissolve before nothing but a black void was left. Intetsu flowed into this dark void and began to glow before it became bigger and transformed into a woman with long hair. She wore some armor, and the raven black katana was beside her.

"I will look forward to seeing your accomplishments, Naruto Uzumaki. The goddess wasn't wrong when she told me about your story. I will be at your side and fight with you, no matter what happens from now on." The voice of Intetsu became much more feminine and not so deep. Naruto thought Intetsu was a male, but Intetsu was a female. The beautiful woman vanished, and nothing was left inside the dark void.

The sun rays were shining through the window in Naruto's apartment. His purple eyes opened for a second before he closed them again because the light was too bright. He held a hand in front of his face and shadowed his eyes a bit before he opened them again and looked at the ceiling from his apartment.

His mind was blank, uncertain if everything that happened was just a dream and nothing else. He couldn't remember coming back to his apartment and going to sleep. He was sure the fight against the fallen angel took place… wait, fallen angel? He raised himself into a sitting position. Everything came back to him when he thought about the word fallen angel. The fight, blackout, waking up in the forest, pain, walking to the ancient castle, and meeting Intetsu.

Naruto raised his hand and said, "Intetsu!" In a grey light, Intetsu appeared in his hand. Naruto got wide eyes when he realized that really everything was true.

"You summon me faster than I thought, Naruto."

"Sorry… I just wanted to make sure everything happened."

"I understand."

Naruto frowned when he so casually talked to the sword. He didn't even question the sword as if he had known the sword his entire life. Why was he believing everything the sword said? Maybe it was because it made sense in a way. The explanations would clear his confusion about his ability to be adept in every fight and the other things he could do.

Still, it didn't sit well with him. He never trusted someone besides himself. He experienced his entire life how cruel and rotten this shitty world was. He got beaten, abused, and ignored his entire life before he began to fight back and beat down everyone who tried to use him again.

Author Note: Hi folks! I hope you all had a nice day! I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of Crimson Steel Storm. I would love to see some feedback, but other than that, I wish you all the best! I know that life sometimes gets hard, and I also go through tough situations, but we must stay strong! I believe you all can overcome any hardships! Stay strong, folks!