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Year X399
"Man!" whined a small child of about eight with blond hair and blue eyes as he lied down in the small boat he was in, "When am I going to get to the main land?"
He groaned a he stared up at the bright blue sky.
"Please watch over me, Kaa-san." said the boy as he sighed.
A seagull flew overhead and the boy sat up. He looked in the direction the seagull had flown and his face lit up as he saw land.
Naruto Shadowgale
Age: 8
Guild Master of Tartarus
Number of Guild Members: 1
Gleaming crimson blood flowed slowly down the arm of a child in the cold and dark night. Mard Geer calmly walked through a thick fog and stood in front of Naruto. He bowed respectfully then gave an evil smirk.
deai ni iro wa nakute
MONOKURO fukinukeru
suzushii yubi temaneku mama ni
Sayla stared up at the full moon while floating calmly down a river. Kyôka gasped for breath as she sunk under the ocean when Jackal's hand reached out to her. Tempesta knelt down in a field of white flowers and bowed his head to Naruto under the night sky.
toketa ato no yakkai na koori mitai na watashi wo
yasashiku sukutte
uwakuchibiru de asobu
Mard caught several spines between his fingers that were aimed at Naruto standing behind him then threw them back. Jackel jumped into the air and darted to the side while throwing several glowing orbs that exploded. Naruto and an unknown person circled each other with their backs to the other as Naruto's eyes turned cerulean and started sparkling.
sore demo hitotsu no ai no katachi wo sagasu
tooku yori mo ima wo musunda kareta hitomi wa
Tempesta swung his sword, creating a monstrous gale. Sayla came down and shot several blasts of energy from her hands. Kyôka landed a top the cathidral in Magnolia and frowned. Zeref walked through the ruins of his old home and calmly passed the bodies that littered the ground.
dekireba kono mama tsutsumarete owaritai
sono negai wa yoru wa munashiku asa wo tsurete kuru
Images of Zirconis, Scissor Runner, Levia, Motherglare, Atlas Flame, Grandeeney, Igneel, and Acnologia flashed before a giant diamond crystal holding Rinoa Shadowgale's body. Naruto placed his hand upon it while ghostly images of Erza and Mavis placed theirs on his shoulders. He then walked out with his companions and never looked back.
yasashikute atsukute hikyou na KISU de
irodotte yo saigo no yoru tsuki ga terashiteru
TARTAROS
Holy Child
Naruto walked into an inn and everyone's gaze turned to him. He walked up to the counter and the bartender looked at him.
"This isn't a place for kids." said the bartender.
"One room, please." said Naruto.
"You got the money?" asked the man in doubt.
"Will this cover it?" asked Naruto as he placed several gems on the counter.
Everyone's jaws dropped while the bartender raised and eyebrow. He looked at Naruto, who only returned a toothy grin. The bartender gave Naruto a key and he went up to the room in question as the bartender examined the gems.
Naruto opened the door of his room and looked at the simple abode. There was just a bed, a desk with a chair, and a window. He jumped onto the bed and smiled at the ceiling.
"This is going to be great." said Naruto to himself as he sat up.
He looked at his necklace and prayed before he went out and started walking around.
"Don't worry!" called out one of two children up to the top of a pole, "We'll get you down!"
Naruto frowned as he looked up and saw a cat on top of the tall pole. He grinned and his eyes started sparkling a little. The cat glowed blue and floated off the pole and down into the arms of the boy on the ground. Naruto sighed with a smile as he watched the boy and his sister walk off with the cat then went off on his own.
He frowned and raised an eyebrow when he caught traces of something on his nose. He followed the smell into an alley and down into the sewer. His hand caught fire and he walked around as he followed the smell through the sewers. He turned a corner and blinked. Sitting in a corner of the room was a woman of average height and weight. However, instead of hands and feet, she had talons and a smiliar set of bird-like feet.
"Hello?" asked Naruto of the woman.
The woman looked up and tried to back further into the corner the moment she saw Naruto. The young boy went up to her and as she looked at him in fear, he tilted his head to the side.
"Why are you down here?" he asked.
The woman looked at Naruto in surprise as he saw down across from her and smiled.
"I'm Naruto." said Naruto happily, "Naruto Shadowgale. I'm the guild master of the mage's guild, Tartarus."
"Aren't you a little young to be a guild master?" asked the woman in annoyance.
"Nope." said Naruto as he continued to smile, "I'm the only member."
"You're the only member of a mage's guild?" asked the woman in an amused tone, "Did you just invent it today?"
"Nope." said Naruto, "I formed it two years ago on Tenrō Jima."
"T-Tenrō Jima?" asked the woman in shock, "But that place is forbidden to be tread upon by humans."
"Well, I was actually born there." said Naruto as he started a fire with some of the wood lying around and extinguished his hand, "Igneel and Grandeeney didn't want me to leave for another few years but I got so bored of doing the same thing day after day so I came to see what other humans are like."
"You mean the Flame Dragon Igneel and the Sky Dragon Grandeeney?" asked the woman in utter shock, "So, you're a Dragon Slayer?"
"I really wish people wouldn't call it that." said Naruto as he pouted and looked away, "I hate seeing dragons die. It's even worse since that war started."
"It's even beginning to affect the humans." said the woman, "Now, they just attack anything that they think is caused by the dragons."
"You're not human?" asked the bewildered Naruto.
"No." said the woman, "Humans don't look like I do."
"So, what's your name?" asked Naruto.
"Kyôka." said the woman.
"Hey, join my guild!" exclaimed Naruto excitedly, "It'll so cool to have someone like you around."
"I-I don't know." said Kyôka nervously.
"Come on!" whined Naruto as he tugged on Kyôka's right talon, "You'd be an excellent addition to it!"
Kyôka looked into the flames of the fire and sighed.
"Let me think about it." said Kyôka with a sigh.
"Yay!" exlaimed Naruto in joy, "Take as much time as you need. I'll be back with some food."
Naruto rushed out and Kyôka looked at the talon Naruto had held.
"He... was nice to me." she thought in disbelief as something inside her warmed up, "Is this what it's like to have a friend?"
Sure enough, Naruto came back a few minutes later with what seemed like an entire feast to Kyôka. She didn't care what he brought and just ate. Naruto smiled as he watched Kyôka eat and laughed when she started choking. She took a large drink of water followed by several deep breaths.
"You're funny." said Naruto as he calmed down.
Kyôka finished the food and Naruto just smiled.
"So, tell me about yourself." said Naruto as he leaned in.
"There's nothing much to say." said Kyôka as she looked away, "I don't remember."
"Anything?" questioned the young boy in surprise.
"I remember my name and how to use my powers." said Kyôka, "But other than that, I can't remember anything from before two years ago."
"That's so sad." said Naruto as he suddenly turned chibi and began crying.
Kyôka sighed in both annoyance and amusement at Naruto's antics then smiled.
(That Night)
As Naruto slept, the bartender silently opened the door and crept up to the bed. He pulled out a knife and held it to Naruto's neck. In one quick movement, he slit Naruto's throat but the boy then vanished. An instant later, a sword plunged through his chest from the back. The bartender staggered over to the window and was then kicked through, shattering the glass and landing in the street.
As people screamed, Naruto watched from the roof with a sword in his hand, blood dripping down the razor sharp edge and trickling down the shingles.
"Trying to kill a child." said Naruto in disgust, "You sound just like him."
His hand caught on fire and he quickly shook it out.
"Stupid thing." said Naruto as he swung his sword, clearing the blood from it before it vanished, then hopped off into the night.
(The Next Day)
Naruto walked out of the new inn he was staying at and had a big smile on his face.
"Are you going to join the hunt for that demon?" asked a man to another as he passed them.
"Of course." said the other man, "I hear that it's in the sewers. It's about time that we kill that thing."
"It would've been nice to have that bird bitch as a pet but this is for the best." said the first man.
Naruto clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.
"What are you saying?!" exclaimed the second man, "Demons like her don't deserve to live. They're just as bad as those stupid dragons."
Naruto wheeled around and punched both men in the gut and sent them flying. He then hurried back down into the sewers and grabbed Kyôka by the arm and pulled her along.
"Where are we going?" asked Kyôka in confusion.
"I'm getting you out of here." said Naruto seriously, "I'm not letting my first friend get hurt."
Kyôka looked at Naruto in surprise as they headed out of an opening in the sewers that led into the forest outside of town. They continued running until they reached a large hill overlooking the town and took several deep breaths. Kyôka then looked at Naruto and noticed something.
"Your chest is glowing." she informed him.
Naruto looked down and moved his scarf to the side and pulled out his necklace to find that the green gem was glowing brightly. Something exploded in town and they looked to see smoke rising from it. Several more explosions went off, adding to the fire and the flames.
"Dragons." muttered Naruto, "This is supposed to glow when dragons or Dragon Slayers are nearby. We have to go back."
"Why?" asked Kyôka in anger, "They never did anything good for me."
"But they're innocents." argued Naruto, "I can't stand by and watch them be killed."
"Why do you care so much about those people?" asked Kyôka.
"I don't." said Naruto angrily, "My mother was killed by a Dragon Slayer."
Kyôka suddenly got silent as Naruto took a deep breath.
"It was shortly after I was born." explained Naruto as he turned away from Kyôka, "The Dragon Slayer that was assigned to protect her killed her just after I came into this world."
"What do you mean assigned to protect her?" questioned Kyôka.
"You can go if you want." said Naruto, "But I'm not just going to stand by and let those bastards do what they want."
He took off down the hill and Kyôka gritted her teeth and closed her eyes as she went in the opposite direction.
"Kill all these pathetic humans and bring me all of value!" ordered a man wearing ornate black robes to what seemed like countless small dragons.
All the dragons started tearing apart the humans while other ran screaming through the flames. A young child slipped as one of the dragons towered over him and shielded himself.
"Ryūjin no Tekken!" shouted Naruto as he punched the dragon with his fist glowing sky blue.
The dragon went flying and the boy looked up at Naruto.
"Get out of here." ordered Naruto.
The boy ran off as Naruto's sword appeared in his right hand and he tore through the dragons. The man who ordered the dragons around looked at all the blood flying and raised an eyebrow when he saw Naruto cutting through everyone.
"Ryūjin no Hōkō!" shouted Naruto as he let out a sky blue beam.
The beam tore through the dragons and straight at the man that was ordering them. The man held out his hand and caught the beam and deflected it out into the ocean. He narrowed his eyes at Naruto and frowned.
"How is it that you know those techniques?" asked the man.
"What's it to you?" replied Naruto back in equal disgust.
"The only one who can learn them is the Dragon Priestess." said the man as he folded his arms, "And she died eight years ago. And you are not her reincarnation."
"I seem to recall that one other person was able to learn it." said Naruto angrily as he glared at the man, "Where is Acnologia, Motherglare?"
"So, he taught you." commented Motherglare.
"Tell me where he is now." demanded Naruto as his sword changed into a slim blue one, the process catching Motherglare's eye.
"How long did it take to merge all those Dragon Blood Swords?" asked Motherglare.
"Two years." said Naruto as he appeared mere inches from Motherglare with his sword at his neck, "Now, tell me where Acnologia is."
"Little hatchlings like you shouldn't play with swords." said Motherglare as his hand turned into a claw and punctured Naruto's chest.
Naruto began coughing up insane amounts of blood as Motherglare kicked him back and scowled down at him.
"You're nothing like Acnologia." said Motherglare as he walked up to Naruto and began kicking him across the ground, "You're just a pathetic human. No one besides our generation has killed a dragon since Lady Ezra."
He then grabbed Naruto by the neck and pulled him up to eye level.
"And I don't intend to let you try to kill me." said Motherglare as he began squeezing.
Naruto gagged as his sword fell from his hand and everything started going black. Motherglare caught something out of the corner of his eyes and dropped Naruto as something darted past and caught him while cutting Motherglare across the nose. Naruto opened his eyes slightly and looked up at a slightly familiar face.
"Kyôka..." muttered Naruto weakly.
"Who's this?" asked Motherglare of the woman that had saved Naruto.
Kyôka was wearing a mask with long structures on the side resembling horns. Her hair was replaced by a large tuft of feathers with a long ponytail that reached down her body and ended in another tuft. She also wore pauldrons made of feathers and revealing black armor that covered her arms and wrapped around her torso, revealing most of her stomach and breasts. Her legs were covered by black boots that begin mid-thigh where they were lined with feathers.
"Hands off my guild master." said Kyôka as she got into a protective stance and Naruto chuckled weakly, "What's so funny?"
"I'm glad you came back." said another Naruto that sat atop a burning building off to the side.
They both looked up at that Naruto in shock as the one in Kyôka's arms vanished.
"How?" demanded Motherglare angrily.
"I have a knack for illusions." said Naruto as he hopped down from the roof and landed on his feet, "In fact, I experimented with them and found a way to make them solid."
The sword that had been in the illusion's hand appeared in Naruto's and he pointed it at Motherglare.
"I'll ask once again." said Naruto calmly, "Where is Acnologia?"
"Why is he so important to you?" asked Kyôka.
"I told you before." said Naruto calmly, "He killed my mother."
"Wait." said Motherglare in surprise, "What's your name?"
"Naruto Dragion Shadowgale." stated Naruto.
Motherglare began laughing and Kyôka appeared confused.
"So, you're her son." said Motherglare as he began glowing, "Then forgive me for not taking you seriously."
He glowed brightly and Kyôka shielded her eyes. She removed them and stared in horror as she looked into the eyes of the massive dragon towering over them.
"Kyôka, stand back." ordered Naruto as he walked forward and parts of his skin turned into scales, "I'll handle this."
"Dragon Force." she muttered in awe at the raw power Naruto radiated.
Naruto jumped high into the air and pulled back his right hand.
"Ryūjin no Tekken!" shouted Naruto as his fist glowed and he punched Motherglare straight in the face.
For a moment, nobody seemed surprised that Naruto's attack hadn't done anything. However, a second later, Motherglare went flying away and Naruto seemed surprised. He then looked at his body and saw a faint green glow. He landed on the ground and looked back at Kyôka to find that her hand was glowing.
"I can enhance your powers." she said with a smile, "Go get him, Master."
Naruto looked at her in shock but then smiled and took off after Motherglare. The dragon glared down at Naruto as he ran across the surface of the water toward him with his legs glowing. Motherglare spun around to swing his tail at Naruto, who jumped high up into the sky.
"Ryūjin no Kagizume!" shouted Naruto and he twisted and flipped in the air and brought his foot down on Motherglare's back, sending him plunging down into the ocean.
What seemed like a tidal wave rose out of the ocean where Motherglare went down and towered over the port town. Kyôka began shaking at the sheer size of the wave as the surviving citizens of the town began screaming while others hugged loved ones.
"How are we supposed to stop something like that?" she thought in disbelief.
Her question was answered a the instant the wave began falling on the town. An enormous mass of fire that was about the size of Motherglare flew over the rooftops and collided with the tidal wave, evaporating it and covering the entire area with a thick steam. Everyone began cheering as the steam cleared and Naruto went out of Dragon Force when he reached Kyôka.
"I'm in so much trouble now." whined Naruto.
"Why?" asked Kyôka.
Naruto pointed up into the sky and Kyôka looked. She tensed at the sight of a large red dragon looking down at them.
(A Few Hours Later)
Igneel scowled down at Naruto, who hung his head in shame.
"You left without our permission." said Igneel sternly.
"I'm sorry." apologized Naruto as he looked up at Igneel with sad eyes.
"That doesn't work on me." reminded Igneel.
"Oh yeah." said Naruto in disappointment, "I forgot."
"Now that you've exposed yourself to Motherglare, word of your existence will spread to the other dragons." explained Igneel, "You've not only put yourself but the entire fate of this war now rests with you."
"Excuse me." said Kyôka as she stepped forward, "But what are you talking about that the fate of the war rests with him?"
"Remember when Motherglare laughed when I told him my name?" asked Naruto as he sighed.
"Yeah." said Kyôka.
"I said my name was Naruto Dragion Shadowgale." said Naruto, "Does the name Shadowgale ring a bell at all?"
"Should it?" asked Kyôka with a raised eyebrow.
"It should." said Igneel, "Naruto's birth mother is Rinoa Shadowgale, the late Dragon Priestess."
"W-What?!" exclaimed Kyôka in surprise.
"The reason why I don't like the term Dragon Slayer is because of that." explained Naruto, "Mother loved dragons like they were her own children. However, a Dragon Slayer named Acnologia killed her and then became a dragon by bathing in her blood."
"And now, it's going to be harder to protect you." said Igneel as he glared down at Naruto sternly, "We're leaving."
"No!" shouted Naruto as he held on to Kyôka's talon, "I don't wanna go! I wanna stay on the main land and make friends!"
"No buts, hatchling!" roared Igneel, "We're leaving and that's final!"
"Lord Igneel, if I may speak for a moment." said Kyôka as she stepped forward, "I have no feelings for protecting humans and fighting dragons but this boy is something special. This boy has a great power inside of him and that's why you want to protect him. However, you must understand that he is not the harmless child you think he is. He can create solid illusions and I'm sure he has created magic beyond our wildest dreams. If you'll allow it, I shall protect him in your place. I shall protect him as not only a friend, but as a member of Tartaros."
Igneel seemed to take this into consideration while Kyôka slowly broke out into a cold sweat.
"There is a town a few miles from here." said Igneel, "I will allow him to stay as long as you make the Tartaros HQ there and guard him with your life."
Naruto's face lit up and he began bouncing around in joy. Igneel chuckled at Kyôka's face then lowered his head down next to her.
"He needs to go to bed just after sundown." he told her, "Good luck. You're going to need it."
He took off into the sky and Kyôka hung her head.
"Let's get going!" declared Naruto as he started walking in the other direction.
"The town I think he was talking about is to the north." inquired Kyôka.
Naruto turned to his left and began walking with Kyôka next to him.
"By the way, what's the town called?" he asked his new guildmate.
"You don't know?" asked Kyôka in surprise.
"Igneel and Grandeeney never taught me about the human cities." explained Naruto.
Kyôka smiled and looked down at him.
"Magnolia." she said, "It's name is Magnolia."
Naruto Shadowgale
Age: 8
Guild Master of Tartaros
Number of Members: 2
Before several people can complain about one part of this chapter, I'll address it. Yes, I used the opening to Black Butler. Don't like it, then don't read the story.
Now, this story will be divided into three arcs. The founding of Tartaros/The Dragon Civil War, The Dragon King Festival, and finally the Immortal War.
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