A Devil Ninja

The rights to the anime I use do not belong to me.

"I am Uzumaki Naruto!" Naruto said with a big smile on his face - Normal Speak.

'What does the old man see to those brats?' Naruto thought with confusion when he saw the children at his base - Thoughts.

Chapter 1: Warrior

"Hey! Is anyone around here !?" A scream was heard in the middle of a forest.

In said forest, surrounded by vegetation and flora, a child was found.

Said boy did not look older than six, having spiky golden blonde hair, sapphire blue eyes, and natural tan skin. The funny thing was his face since three pairs of marks like whiskers were found.

The little boy was walking on the grass, holding large orange pants that he was wearing, in addition to having on his body a kind of large mesh shirt. On his arm he wore a kind of orange-black jacket and was barefoot as his feet stepped on the ground.

"Is anyone listening to me?!" The blond boy shouted again with a frown of frustration on his face.

He had been walking for a long time.

He had already lost count of the minutes or if the hours have already passed.

Since he woke up in that river, tired, sore and hungry, the boy has been walking through the forest, trying to find life, wanting to find towns or signs of civilization.

But his search was in vain.

He couldn't find what he wanted.

A growl coming from his stomach made the blonde stop to place his hand on his belly, looking sadly at the ground.

…

In some trees, a man was standing on a branch.

He was a middle-aged man, having a strange combination of hair and eyes. His hair was red and blue, as were his eyes since the left eyeball was blue and the right one was red.

"It really is this?" The strange-haired man said in an incredulous tone, watching as the boy walked for several meters.

He had been following the boy for a long time.

Since he saw him wake up in that river and take his first steps.

He was following him the entire time he regained consciousness.

He made sure to put up a barrier so that no one could find where they were and also so that others could not feel the power coming from the area.

The power by which he was spying on the boy.

A few hours ago, everything seemed to be normal. It was like this until he felt a kind of energy tear the space and break it.

It was amazing. He, like his slaves, was not an outstanding sensor, but despite that fact he could feel that power clearly, whose distance, for his absolute luck, was not so great.

The anomaly was at a more or less close distance from his mansion, so he made sure to leave with great speed and travel to the place where he felt it.

When he arrived, he saw what amazed him.

An unconscious brat who was no older than six. But it was what was inside him that really amazed the observer.

He felt extremely overwhelming power, clearly superior to the Demon King and Gods scale. This power was within the child, as if it were the work of a Sacred Gear.

That illusion made the observer feel hopeful.

For that reason, he continued to observe the boy and made sure that no one else could find the location of the anomaly, because he wanted to be the only one to obtain such power in his hands.

Perhaps the holder of the Welsh Dragon or the Vanishing Dragon fell into hell by chance and his power was somehow reacting.

The observer's eyes saw the boy enter a cave, so, debating what to do, he decided to wait a few hours until the boy were desperate.

…

The flames illuminated the darkness of the cave, the embers crackled little by little.

In front of the fire, the blond boy was standing, holding a stick in his hand that he used to write on the floor.

His clothes had changed. He no longer wore the mesh shirt and the large pants he was wearing were torn at the knees for ease of use, being tied by a black fabric belt.

He couldn't remember anything. His mind was blank. The only thing that was clear in his head were two words.

"... Uzumaki... Naruto..." Whispered the little blond looking at strange lines in the earth that connected to form the calligraphy known as Kanji.

Those words were the only ones that stood out. They were literally the only things he remembered.

Everything else was empty.

Things like age, birthday, friends, family, likes, dislikes, everything, was literally empty. As if it had never existed. At least if he knew how to read and write, that was something the boy appreciated.

Since he woke up in a river, he has only been thinking about his name, because it was the only thing he could think of.

Then came hunger.

He stopped thinking about his name when the famine came and forced him to look for food and water, but the first thing he found was the cave and noticing how the darkness of the night became more and more present, he decided to rest and wait a few hours until light rays extinguished the darkness.

Thus, he was a lost child with no memories of his past whose life would surely end in a few days if he found nothing to eat.

"There is no time to be negative!" Naruto said getting up with enthusiasm. "Tomorrow I will find food! It is a promise!"

…

"It was easy to say it..." Whispered the little blond taking slow steps, having hunger written on his face and suffering an almost lost look.

When dawn broke, he left the cave in search of food and water.

He literally had no food.

He did found water. He had a great party in the waterfall near the cave where he camped. Juice and party for several hours, drinking plenty of water in the process.

But there was no luck in the food area.

He found animals like rabbits, but they hid before he caught them. He tried to fish in the river, but he found no fish.

For that reason, he was walking in the middle of nowhere, looking for something to eat, either fruit or meat.

Stumbling and falling facedown, Naruto groaned slightly, his growl being accompanied by another from his stomach.

A sigh escaped the boy's mouth, only to raise his gaze and widen his eyes at what he saw.

A dead animal. Naruto did not recognize the species, but the creature's stomach was open, showing juicy red meat.

The boy no longer cared about anything. He didn't even care to think about why an animal was dead on the ground.

He only cared to get in front of that thing and eat the meat, not caring if he cooked it or not.

The hunger was too much. His stomach was begging for something to fill it.

Arriving in front of the large animal, the small blond sank his hands into the meat, taking out some pieces which he brought to his mouth and ate with difficulty.

He didn't care about the bad taste, he just cared about filling his stomach as much as he could and taking the meat with him to cook later.

But Naruto stopped biting when he heard a branch snap on his back.

The boy's eyes were wide open, releasing the meat and turning slowly, colliding his eyes with those of another animal.

Said animal was clearly a predator, one commonly known as a tiger, only twice as large as a normal one.

The predator was slowly approaching, causing the boy to try to back off, crashing its back into the dead animal's stomach.

"It has to be a joke... Hey! Is this a fucking joke!?" Tears started to stream down Naruto's eyes.

Tears of despair and fear. Fear was invading him. Fear of death, fear of being eaten, terror because his life was about to end in perhaps a few seconds.

'This looks bad.' A voice echoed in the boy's mind, causing him to open his eyes in shock. 'Hey ... You don't want to die, right? Well, me neither.'

"What...?" Naruto whispered incredulously, noticing how the tiger stood still and seemed to be gathering momentum.

'Kukuku... Naruto' The voice in the boy's head sounded amused. 'I will give you something important...' The boy's eyes widened when he felt something flood him. 'I will give you a little... power'

The moment the tiger took off from the ground, a great current of wind came out of the boy's body.

The air current caused the tiger to recoil, slightly closing its eyes from the strong wind that shook the leaves of the trees.

The tiger and the observer, who was at a relatively safe distance, watched in disbelief as a pillar of wind formed around the boy, only for that pillar to end and show how the little one was on all fours with great changes in its body.

His golden hair became wilder and more pointy than before. His eyes turned from blue to crimson red with a torn pupil. The nails grew and his canines lengthened.

In short, the boy became wild and fierce, like a kind of predator that looked into the tiger's eyes without the slightest trace of fear in them.

The tiger and the boy looked into each other's eyes, both growling and digging their nails into the ground, until finally, the two beasts jumped into the attack.

Naruto took off from the ground, running the few meters that separated them on all fours and jumping with his hands up, a movement similar to that of the tiger.

The two beings collided, but the blonde won in terms of strength, causing the tiger to fall backwards with the boy over his body, so quickly, Naruto decided to attack.

With his sharp claws, the blond boy began to tear and cut the tiger's flesh, causing the tiger to growl and squeal in pain as he felt the sharp nails dig into his flesh, piercing and cutting it easily.

For the next few minutes, the beastly boy stood tearing at the tiger's flesh, all the while clenching his teeth and having his red eyes glistening in fury, it was like that until Naruto realized the fact that the animal under his claws was dead.

With a great cry of rage, the boy stopped his movements, remaining seated in the body of the mutilated animal, all while his wild characteristics gradually faded.

Between gasps, the little blond climbed down from the tiger's body, only to hear applause.

"That was interesting..." Quickly turning his head, Naruto saw a man with a strange combination of colors approaching with a smile. "How long have you been...? Two days without eating, right? And still you have enough energy left to kill that beast, amazing."

"Who... are you?" Asked the blonde between puffs of air, only to calm down and look confused at the strange man.

"I am what you could classify as your savior or friend." Said the man with the two-colored hair and eyes.

"I thought… I was the only one around here." A real smile spread across Naruto's face as he said those words.

"You're not, brat." A curious grimace appeared on the man's face. "And your parents? They must be worried."

"I don't have... Or I do not remember them."

"I see... You have amnesia." With narrowed eyes, the older man noticed how Naruto looked at him confused.

"What is that…? Amnesia?" Naruto repeated somewhat surprised.

"Amnesia is when you lose your memories." The strange man defined with a nod. "What do you remember?"

"Read and write... And my name! Uzumaki Naruto!" Said the blonde with a big smile, causing his companion to nod his head.

"Anyway ... Naruto. I have come to ask you a question." Said the man seriously, noticing how Naruto tensed. "Obviously you have nothing better to do... You don't remember anything, you don't know if you have someone waiting for you somewhere." At those words, Naruto lowered his head depressed. "But I can fix that."

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked hopefully.

"With magic you can do almost anything, boy." The being said with a somewhat arrogant smile, noticing how Naruto looked at him somewhat strangely. "What?"

"Magic ... Does that exist?" Naruto understood a little what magic would be. Something supernatural like pulling rabbits out of a hat maybe.

"Magic exists." Said the man in a confident tone. "It will be magic that will help you remember. But to do it, I want you to do something for me."

"What is it?" Asked the boy, nodding.

"I want you to fight for me." At those words, the blonde opened his eyes. "I want you to serve me and only me. Become my warrior to fight my battles." Giving the mutilated tiger a slight glance, the man continued speaking, "As you may have noticed… you have an undeniable power within you. In short, I want that power in my hands. If you do what I tell you, I will help you remember."

"How… can I be sure?" Naruto whispered lowering his gaze, only to raise it with a frown. "How do I know I can believe you?"

"Look, brat... If I wanted to trick you into taking your power, I wouldn't even be talking to you." The man replied seriously. "I would have kidnapped you long ago, since you woke up in that river." Naruto opened his eyes in surprise at that. That man has been watching him since he woke up. "But I am kind, I want to see your potential and get to know you… for that reason I want you to be my warrior."

"... Will you help me recover my memories?" Naruto asked somewhat unsure.

"That's what I will do." He wanted to know the past of someone like that. So, he decided to help the brat remember.

"Well… I will follow you." At the moment of saying those words, a magic circle appeared under both of their feet. "What is your name?"

"My name is..." The man smiled slightly. "Mephisto Pheles..."

Author's note

Hello, I'm afraid to say this is a rewrite of A ninja among devils, so this story will replace that one, once again, this is just a translation of the story of another author with his permission, the first chapter probably looks the same but the rest of the chapters will be very different, hope you can enjoy it.