24 Chapter 24 sacrifice
Issei threw his gauntlet covered fist at the hill with a primal roar.
"Doragon shotto!" The result was a bit more devastating than that of when he first used it. The hilltop was completely shaved off.
"Hmm, not bad for a perv." Naruto stated before Issei went down on his knees due to exhaustion.
"Have you achieved Balance breaker?" Naruto asked.
"What's a balance breaker?" Issei questioned.
Naruto facepalm incredulously. "Do you even talk to the being inside you?"
"Not much, he talked to me in my dreams twice." Issei answered.
Black filled Issei's vision rapidly as Naruto proceeded to chop him in the neck.
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Issei woke up with a gasp and the forest was bathed in the evening rays of the sun.
"Sensei!" Issei cried out in anger.
"I'm right here Hyoudou,'' Naruto called out, sitting beside him calmly in a cross-legged position. An orange pigmentation fading from his eyelids.
"Did you talk to it?" Naruto asked.
"You should have told me that you wanted me to talk to him!" Issei screamed at Naruto's face.
"Huh, It's a he?"
"Yes! Ddraig, I know you're listening to us! Come out!" Issei spoke to his right wrist.
That seemed interesting to Naruto. At least he did better than he did when he first tried to talk to Kurama. Oh, where did the good ol' days, when he was nothing but an arrogant brat with too much chakra, fly to?
The Boosted Gear suddenly covered Issei's arm and the gem on it shone brightly before a deep voice boomed out from it
"I am the Welsh Dragon, the Red Dragon Emperor, Ddraig," Ddraig introduced himself.
"Here they go again, is it Wish or Red or Dragon or Emperor or just Ddraig? Introduce yourself with one name!" Naruto groaned out.
Issei stared at his Sensei with a sweatdrop.
"Ddraig is fine, human," Ddraig said.
"Ok then drugged it is," Naruto finalized.
Ddraig's eyes twitched inside the gauntlet.
"How can this little bat here achieve balance breaker?" Naruto asked.
"You seem to know a thing or two about Sacred Gears. Don't mind my suspicion, I am merely looking out for my partner."
"Don't worry your dragon breathing ass, Drugged. If I wanted this bat dead, he wouldn't see it coming," Naruto stated with a wave of his hand.
It was weird talking to Issei's wrist.
"My partner needs to have a change of heart or spirit," Ddraig explained.
"Yeah, that's gonna take forever." Naruto cleaned his ear out.
"Isn't there another way?" Issei asked his partner.
"He could sacrifice an arm," the Welsh dragon said.
"An-an arm?!" Oh hell no, Ise wasn't about to get handicapped.
"Not like that, partner. Your hand would turn draconic. Your hand would become that of a dragon," Ddraig elucidated.
"Well that beats having your soul ripped out of your body," Naruto sighed with a smile.
Ah, nostalgia was hitting him hard; memories of when Kurama was still a grumpy, moody fox went through his mind. Said fox scoffed inside the seal.
Ddraig and Issei stared at Naruto like he had grown another head.
(Last day of training: The Forest in the outskirts of Kuoh)
"Keep your defense up, Hyoudou!" Naruto called out as he and Issei were engaged in a Taijutsu fight.
Naruto remembered the first time he had a hand to hand combat with Issei, it was totally one sided. A genin could throw a better punch than he did. Everything he did was telegraphed so much Naruto wanted to pull his hair out in frustration. He had to refine his basic stance and a whole lot of other things to get him where he was.
"Hai, Sensei!" Issei screamed out as he ducked under a haymaker and tried to sweep Naruto off his feet which Naruto front flipped off and brought down an axe kick aimed for his head which Issei countered with both hands.
"You can do this, Issei-san!" Asia cheered out from the side lines.
Naruto glanced at the vote of confidence from the sidelines. The little blonde bat proved quite useful for Issei's training. She vehemently followed Issei to one of their training sessions and when a particularly nasty kick sent a distracted Issei flying away with blood cascading from Issei's wound, Asia ran up to him and healed him.
Naruto's eyes widened for a moment when he saw her heal Issei with a technique that looked a lot like the Shōsen no Jutsu. It must have been her Sacred Gear's ability. He later adopted a diabolical smile and he went hardcore on Issei's ass.
The blonde bat—no, girl, was more than happy to help. Asia was too gentle to be called a bat, Naruto mused.
Today was the last day of his training with Naruto and he had only one goal to achieve for Naruto to deem him ready. He was to touch Naruto's chest and it wasn't easy at all. The blonde teacher wouldn't just let him near an inch of his chest, slapping his hands away everytime he got too close.
The blonde had been on defense ever since Naruto switched on the timer and he started using the Boosted Gear off the bat; his Sacred Gear was on for crying out loud! But he was going to persevere. He was going to win, he promised!
"I will touch you, Naruto-sensei!" he screamed out as his gauntlet-covered arm went towards Naruto's chest.
He was battered and bruised with swollen lips and eyes swollen enough that he was only able to partially open them. He boosted himself once again and focused it into his arms and legs.
Yes, Naruto taught him how to focus his boosted abilities into parts of his body. Asia also helped heal his exploded arms when he tried to attempt it.
He dipped his feet into the ground and screamed out with all his might. Naruto brought his hands towards the incoming hand in a slapping motion.
It was too late. Issei finally touched Naruto… An indescribable sense of joy filled him as Naruto's lips curved up a bit into a smirk.
Issei stumbled backward. He balled both fists a spin in the air, and gave a mighty cry to the sky before he blacked out. Naruto caught his collar before he reached the ground.
"You did well, Issei, sleep for now.
(The D-Day)
"So this paper will take you to the Underworld?" Naruto asked as he stared at the paper with fascination. A seal master was looking at a paper that had space-time abilities with glee... Well if that seal master was Naruto then it was fine.
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