I asked for permission to adopt/use this story under the obligation that I write 3, yes that is right-3 chapters on top of what I already had managed to regain from the internet (I also plan to repost Naruto the Inheritor as well under similar obligation) so let us begin.
Shout out to Mad Raptor/Fairy Tail Dragon Slayer for allowing me to use the original content I managed to acquire and make my changes to the script he had written, this one is for you bud-thx for the chance to try this one out.
A child, born of the sun itself, and raised with sword in hand, to one day show the world just how much potential he has to offer. With the Holy Sword of the Sun and Demon Sword of the Sun in hand, he will show the world a rising sun they can't deny.
Pairing: Naruto x Xenovia Quarta x Irina Shido x Akeno Himejima x Sona Sitri x Tsubaki Shinra x Kuroka Tojou x Ravel Phenex x Rossweisse x Serafall Leviathan
Disclaimer: Naruto x Highschool DxD - I own neither.
"Which is stronger, the Light or the Dark?"
The child blessed by the Sun
A child.
Griselda Quarta looked down at a young 5 year old boy sitting next to her on a plane, looking at his lap with deadened eyes. She, Griselda, was a tall and beautiful young woman with her hair mostly covered by her nun hood, with bright blue eyes, and the features of a European actress. She, one of the strongest female exorcists of the church, had been sent all the way to Japan to collect this recently orphaned child.
'A child born with a natural affinity for both Holy and Demon weapons. He even managed to form a bond with a Demon Sword...'Griselda looked at the young child's right hand, and she saw a white sun mark on it. The first time ever, the Demon Sword Gram, the strongest Demon Sword, had summoned itself to this child and formed a bond with him. She didn't believe it at first when she heard that the Demon Sword Gram vanished, until a report from Japan noted the appearance of an odd sword at the scene of a murder.
The Sword of the Sun, the Strongest Demon Sword, Gram.
With strength equaling Durandal, and the dragon slaying powers of Ascalon, it was a sword that had the unique attributes of two of their most guarded Holy Swords... but without the weaknesses of either sword. Instead, it was a sword with it's own weakness, the fact that it sucked out the life of the user as time went on.
This child, Naruto Uzumaki.
The curse of Gram, this child was somehow not only immune to the sword's life-sucking power, but the sword itself seemed to not be trying to suck the life from the child. The small boy didn't look Japanese, with his spiky blond hair and bright blue eyes, peach skin and more European-descent characteristics in general. He had odd whisker marks, in addiction to the odd white sun that he carried on the palm of his right hand.
She didn't know what to say to him.
He lost his parents just a little bit ago, and she was now taking him out of his home country, by claiming that she was a family friend of his fathers. She didn't know what to say to him, because he was different than the other orphans that she was in charge of. They were left with the church, but this boy was scouted and it took a lot of effort to get him.
'A boy with an affinity for both Holy and Demon weapons... a Light and Dark Affinity... immune to the Curse of Gram, and bearing what appears to be a mark of the sun itself on the middle of his palm.' Griselda thought as she looked at the quiet child more seriously. He was scouted so that they could protect him, so that others didn't try and target him in the future. The fact he summoned Gram from halfway across the world, or Gram appeared to save him, would alert any supernatural creature in the area to his existence. The fact he had both a Holy and Demonic affinity would ensure that this boy would be experimented on if that was discovered by unsavory people.
She had tested him.
She had presented him the Holy Sword, Galatine, and he had been able to pick up the Holy Sword that was equal to a complete Excalibur itself. He had been able to pick it up without suffering any side-effects or being rejected by the sword.
"You'll be in my care from now on, I hope we can get along." Griselda stated to him kindly, a soft smile on her face.
"Nani sore?"
His parents were Christians, and while he appeared to be European like herself, she had to take a deep breath when she realized that she was still dealing with a Japanese child. She couldn't expect a child to be bilingual enough to understand English or Latin. Back in Japan, there had been a translator to explain the situation to the child. She couldn't speak Japanese, but she was lucky that he was so young, it was easier to teach children new languages than it was adults in many cases.
She put her hand on his hand, and gently rubbed it, holding his hand to comfort him.
He saw the silver cross that she was wearing around her wrist, and he tugged on it, before he showed off a matching one that was under his shirt. He started to talk to her, though she did not understand a single word that he was saying to her. Okay, so he understood what a Christian was, his parents in the little time they had with him, had been open about that part of their lives. Considering only 1% of Japan was of her faith, she hadn't expected them to teach their child about their faith until he was older. Well, this made the transition a little easier, if he already had some good values instilled in him.
"You Christians, teaching the children your horrible ways."
An Arabic-American, judging by appearance and accent. Griselda ignored the man that was speaking to her from the gap in the seats. She was used to people mocking her for being religious, being a Christian wasn't easy, not when a lot of the world wanted to blame their problems on you, or they wanted to blame history on you.
"I mean, you're just going to repeat the crusades against Mus-"
"The Crusades were only started, because the Muslims were attacking, raping, and murdering Christians for being Christians." she interrupted abruptly, no change in her even tone as she spoke to the man, "The Crusades were fought in retaliation, seeing as Islam was expanding their territory by wiping out all different people and religions they came across. Muslims attacked Judea-or Jerusalem as it is called today, the very birthplace of Christianity, in 638 and continued to attack Christian lands for nearly 400 years before the first Crusade was launched." Griselda lectured the man behind her without even bothering looking at him.
She was tired of people holding that over their heads, when the only reason they fought in the Crusades was so that they were not killed by the Muslims, who were murdering, raping, and humiliating her people for 400 years before they retaliated.
Naruto looked at her in confusion, not understanding a word that she had said except for a few words that his parents had taught him.
"That isn't true-"
"The very First Crusade was launched in 1096 by Pope Urban the Second, and he sent forces to come to the aid of the Christian Byzantine Empire, which had been attacked by the Muslim Seljuk Turks. You are free to actually study this information in both historical books and your own, instead of hating my religion because it is popular to hate us." Griselda's voice was harsh now, and contained no room for her to be questioned.
"Just like how you all hate the Muslims because they are different, without trying to understand them."
"In the Quran, there are various teachings for beheadings and different teachings about torture, slavery, cruelty, slaughter, genocide, wife-beating, extortion among other horrors... Quran 9:5...But when the sacred months expire slay those who associate others with Allah in His Divinity wherever you find them; seize them, and besiege them, and lie in wait for them. But if they repent and establish the Prayer and pay Zakah, leave them alone. Surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful." Griselda quoted, shocking the man behind her. For many higher ranking members of the church, they were taught to study other religions for the purpose of understanding them.
"Now, while that might be true in your texts, you would and should also know that the Quran also makes it clear that Christians will be nearest in love to those who follow the Quran and praises Christians for being humble and wise: You will surely find the most bitter towards the believers to be the Jews and polytheists and the most gracious to be those who call themselves Christian." she stated without turning to look at the man.
She stunned the man into silence, so she smiled down and Naruto and rubbed the top of his hand with her thumb.
Oh, such a sweet child.
"The bible preaches-"
"The most important lesson that Quran mentions is that we should only put our trust in Allah or God. We can't rely on our money, resources, success, and family because these are all temporary things. We should get strength and support from Allah or God only." she told him.
She knew what she was talking about, she wasn't stupid dammit-God forgive her, but man this guy was annoying!
And, the man opened his mouth again.
"Matthew 5:43-44...You have heard that it is said, 'you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.... Christianity was born though Christ preaching love and truth. The man allowed himself to be tortured and killed, forgave his enemies, and pleaded to God to forgive those who murdered him..."
"And yet-" the man went to say only for Griselda to once more speak up before he could rant on her.
"Muslims respect and venerate Jesus Christ. They consider him to be one of Almighty God's greatest messengers to humankind. The Qur'an re-affirms his miraculous birth and his miraculous abilities." she stated, "Furthermore, his mother Mary is regarded as one of the most pure and exalted women of all creation according to the Islamic Faith. The Quran, similar to the New Testament, highlights the many miracles Jesus, peace be upon him, performed." she told him.
"The Quran highlights his many deeds. Commemorating how he created birds from clay and blew on them to give them life, he healed the sick, blind, and was able to revive the dead. However, all of these miracles were given to him as a sign of Prophethood, rather than being the Almighty given human flesh as it is said to be in the Bible itself."
"Tolerance in the Quran is based on the belief that good is more vital than evil. Because of this, the Quran teaches its followers to always forgive, especially about other religions, to have a noble mind, a forgiving attitude, and humane values, and to accept the rights of others. 'God is forgiving and merciful. So enjoy of your spoils of war, the lawful and healthy, and be ever mindful of Allah. Allah is Forgiving, Kind.' That is what your religion teaches as much as it preaches like mine." she told him pointedly.
"Your Quran quotes, 'You will then be presented before Him for judgment, and none of your secrets will stay hidden. On that Day you will be exposed, and no secret of yours will remain hidden. which can be followed up with the following quote 'Surely, those who believed in Allah, and those who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabians, -whosoever believes in Allah and in the Last Day, and does good deeds - all such people will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no reason for them to fear, nor shall they grieve.' as in the Quran, Christians are often referred to as "People of the Book," meaning the people who have received and believed in revelations from God's prophets."
"Islam does not teach Muslims to hate non-believers, including Christians. In fact, Islam instructs Muslims to work with all people, regardless of their beliefs, to promote righteousness and positive values in society. However, Muslims and Christians have different views on a number of issues, including the Trinity, the nature of Christ, and the authority of the Bible. Muslims may view Christians as "People of the Book" but also as "kafirs" (unbelievers) who commit "shirk" (polytheism) because of the Trinity. As a result, some Muslims believe that Christians should be "dhimmis" (religious taxpayers) under Sharia law."
"Some say that while Islam has the potential to inspire hatred and violence, it has also brought peace and comfort to millions of people and taught them to live in tolerance and brotherhood. For example, Muslims believe that Jesus-called "Isa" in Arabic-was a prophet of God and was born to a virgin (Mary) which is the same as the Bible. The Qur'an also includes prominent characters such as Mary, the angel Gabriel, Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Moses. Our Religion's are essentially one and the same, so please, do not talk to me about this anymore." Griselda spoke as she took a deep breath, and calmed herself down.
She knew that this ignorant man was just following the popular crowd, and hating on something that he didn't understand.
"Tch... I didn't want to talk to you anyway."
Griselda could be spiteful, and comment that he couldn't respond, that he couldn't find a working argument. But she wouldn't be petty like that to a bigot or radical. She let it go though, but despite not understanding what was going on, Naruto still stuck his tongue out at the person behind them. She would have reprimanded him for it, but he wouldn't understand what she was saying to him.
They were taking him to the Church to protect him from those who would experiment on him.
Still, she was going to help him grow into a great man.
Now, I wish to simply point out, that while I am not overly religious, I do believe in a Greater Power, I do not judge one based on their own Religious preference, and I never will. I actually had to do a bit of digging to make my own comparisons between both the Qur'an and Bible to actually have it written that Griselda can make a point to a Religious Fanatic in the story.
I am not judging anyone, I am not belittling anyone, I am not empowering anyone, this is a FAN MADE FICTIONAL story, and has no physical holds on a world in which we as human beings live, please understand I am merely using the texts I have quoted as a way to have Griselda prove her point in how she understands other Religious belief's and can find a middle ground with them.
