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The Chosen of Light and Darkness

Chapter 10

Everything was burning around him; he inhaled the vile smell of sulfur with every breath. Around him were burning ruins of an ancient city, the sky above him eternally clouded with ash. Naruto was back home and he despised it. 'I remember why I hate this place, and this is only the first ring. I don't have much time so I have to get to the ninth ring quickly.' Naruto thought. He extended his claws and slashed them through the air opening a rift. He quickly jumped through it.

On a different plane of existence a man was sitting upon a golden throne contemplating. 'The vassal's power is going to awaken soon, I can feel it. I have to get to him before they do. I don't have time to send any of my angels so it seems I'm going to have to go down there myself.' These were the thoughts of the vassal of Light, God. God stood from his throne and spread his wings and took flight.

On earth Neji was busy trying to comfort his friend in any way possible. "Sasuke you need to stop worrying, I know Naruto. He may be a rude, blunt idiot but he always keeps his promises," Neji said handing Sasuke a cup of water.

"I know Neji, but if he gets hurt it'll be my fault," Sasuke said. He was worried about Naruto. Sasuke knew Naruto was powerful, but Lucifer was the vassal of Darkness. Lucifer also had an entire army backing him. All of a sudden Sasuke felt a presence of something powerful.

Neji had felt it too; he pushed Sasuke behind him as he ran out the door to see what the source of all that power was. When he opened the door his jaw clenched. "Father, what are you doing here," Neji said his fists glowing in preparation.

"Hello son, I've come for the vassal. By the way where is the other guardian, the demon," God said calmly.

"It doesn't matter where he is, I won't let you take Sasuke," Neji yelled as he charged

At that exact moment one Uzumaki Naruto had just entered the ninth ring of Hell and stood before Lucifer's palace. He walked up to the doors before he was stopped by two large gargoyles. Naruto glared. 'I don't have time for this.' He thought before slicing the two gargoyles in half. He opened the gates to his father's lair and walked through. Naruto walked the familiar hallways of his once home till he reached the throne room.

"I thought it would be you who would show up," said Lucifer from his throne.

Next to him was a caged and frantic Itachi. "Naruto! Why are you here? Who the hell is this guy? Is Sasuke safe?" Itachi asked. He was very frightened; all he remembered before waking up in the cage was a strange looking creature crawling in his house. When he tried to hit it with a broom the thing attacked and he passed out.

"Itachi, I can't explain right now but don't worry Sasuke is safe," Naruto said, he got into a battle stance and waited for his Father to make the first move.

Back on earth, Neji was already having a fight with his father and wasn't faring well. The landscape around was almost completely destroyed. He stared at his father who only had a few cuts and scrapes that were already healing at a rapid pace. Neji looked over to Sasuke who was standing behind him and in front of his now demolished house.

"Give it up son, I only want the vassal," God said. He was wielding a sharp spear like weapon that was radiating with a bright energy.

Sasuke was frightened beyond all imagination. His friend was fighting against God to protect him and his lover was in hell fighting against Lucifer to get Itachi back. 'I'm completely useless. For all this talk about how powerful I will become I can't even help the people I care about.'

Down in Hell, Naruto wasn't faring any better than Neji. He just finished dodging a barrage of knives before getting hit with a giant fireball. His clothes were in tattered pieces and he had barely managed to land a hit on his father. 'Damn it, I need to take this fight up a notch.' Naruto thought as he got into his genocide form.

"Well son, looks like you're breaking out the big guns. Two can play at that game," Lucifer said before his lithe body began to bulge with muscle. The flesh of his torso, arms and head became red while his hips and legs grew black fur. His feet became hoofed with what looked like molten rocks. His neck elongated and became covered with fur. His head took on the shape of a jackal's and his forehead was crowned with a pair of ram like horns. To top it all off Lucifer quickly grew a scorpion tale to finish his transformation.

"Alright father, if you want to play then let's play," Naruto said. He roared and charged at Lucifer.

At the same time Neji was flying towards his father his palms outstretched. He crashed into the pavement as his father dodged at the last minute. 'This isn't working; I'm going to have to go into my full angelic form.' Neji thought. He jumped away from his father onto a roof top. His body began to glow and take on the form of a large bird. His entire body was covered in white feathers. His wings elongated and looked to have a ten foot wing span. He had a serpent like neck; his head had a crown of feathers and a lethal looking beak. His legs were a blue color and ended in taloned feet.

"Hm, you're using your angelic form. Alright I guess I'll use mine as well," God said. He willed his spear away and his own body began to glow. Unlike Neji, his body took on the shape of a large white lion with wings. His main was silver and his jaw was filled with razor sharp fangs. Gold rings were wrapped around his leg on seemed to float around his tail. He let out a mighty roar and pounced on Neji.

Down in Hell, Naruto was panting and kneeling on one leg. The thorns that made up his body were torn and having a hard time knitting back together. His father was panting as well a large gash on his chest bleeding on his chest.

"I wonder why you are fighting so hard to retrieve the vassal's brother, son. Why don't you simply leave him here," His father said.

"Because I promised Sasuke I would bring him back," Naruto said, getting back up on his feet.

"This is quite amusing, you've developed feelings for the vassal haven't you? It's such a pity that I'm going to have to kill you now," Lucifer said smirking. He raised his hand and suddenly chains came from up the floor and wrapped around Naruto and sapping what little energy he had left, causing him to revert back to his human form.

'Crap I can't move. Wait, what's he chanting. Oh no!' Naruto thought. He heard his father's chants and knew he was preparing for one of his most powerful moves. 'I'm sorry Sasuke, I failed.'

Back on earth, God had had Neji's wings pinned underneath his paw. He was chanting his own spell while a glowing ball was growing in his mouth.

'No! He's got me trapped, I can't move. I failed my duty as your guardian, I'm sorry Sasuke.' Neji thought as he closed his eyes.

'This can't be happening, He's going to kill Neji and I can't do shit about it. I'm useless. Please whatever is out there, help me. Awaken whatever powers I have so I can help. Please?' Sasuke pleaded in his head. He bowed his head down in defeat when suddenly started feeling an odd sensation in his had. He lifted it and saw his mark glowing and starting to spin. A foreign energy began to well in the pit of his abdomen and suddenly screamed as that energy flooded it out of him and covered himself, God and Neji.

God's chanting ceased and the ball of energy in his mouth dissipated. 'I'm too late, his powers have awoken. The fate's energy is surrounding us trying to take us somewhere." He thought. The silver energy was draining his power and he changed back into his human form.

Neji was in awe at his friend's power. 'So this is the power of the fates, it came right in time.' He thought.

The ball of energy surrounded them all and teleported them to where Sasuke thought he was needed the most.

Naruto had resigned fate; he stared at the ball of black energy Lucifer held above his head. He bowed his head down and waited to be destroyed.

"Good bye son, hope you enjoy being decimated," Lucifer, he spoke the final chant, leapt into the air and threw the ball of energy at Naruto.

Naruto turned his head away expecting to be hit with his father's attack when all a sudden a large shield of silver energy covered him. When the black energy ball made contact with the shield, the shield seemed to absorb it. 'What the hell, what is this.' He turned his head when he heard his name being called.

"Naruto!"

"Sasuke! How the hell did you get here?" Naruto asked in surprise. He felt the chains unwrap from his body and felt Sasuke embrace him.

"Naruto, you're okay," Sasuke whispered, he buried his face into Naruto's shoulder.

'No! The vassal has awakened his powers; I only have one thing against him now.' Lucifer thought while he felt his power being drained by the silver energy that was still there. He threw open the door to the cage and grabbed Itachi. He held a blade to his neck and said "So vassal, it seems you have awoken the power of the Fates, but I still have your brother. I wonder if you can stop me before I slit his throat."

Sasuke got out of his embrace with Naruto and glared at Lucifer. He could feel the power coursing through him. He wasn't afraid anymore.

Lucifer watched as Sasuke raised his hand, all of a sudden he was lifted into the air. The silver energy emanating from Sasuke wrapped around him and began to go in him. He felt a pressure building inside of him and he screamed in pain. A few seconds later his body couldn't handle the neutral energy anymore and exploded.

Sasuke turned to God. "If you don't want the same thing happening to you, you should leave now," He said. He watched as God nodded and left in a swirl of feathers. Sasuke turned around and rushed towards his brother. "Itachi, are you alright?" He asked.

"I would be if someone could please tell me what's going on here," Itachi said while he got up.

Sasuke smiled at his brother. "Don't worry Itachi, I'll explain everything when we get home," He said. He raised his hand and once more silver energy surrounded them and teleported them home.

When they got to Sasuke's demolished house, Sasuke decided to see if his powers could fix his home. He raised both arms and willed the house to be repaired. He was pleasantly surprised when time seemed to rewind for the house and everything was repaired.

When the four of them got inside the first thing Naruto and Neji did was to plop down on the sofas and take a much needed nap.

Sasuke decided it was a good time to explain to Itachi what happened. He turned to his brother. "I guess I owe you an explanation, huh," He said.

"You're damn right you do," Itachi said.

The two of them sat down and Sasuke explained everything that happened in the past week. He told Itachi of his powers and waited to see Itachi's reaction.

"So you're telling me that you are the vassal of something called the fates and that Neji is an angel and Naruto is a demon. The guy who kidnapped me was the devil and the other guy was God. Well this certainly is different," Itachi said.

"You're not mad?" Sasuke asked.

"Why would I be mad Sasuke, plus it will be kind of cool to have a super powered baby brother," Itachi said. He wrapped his arms around Sasuke and hugged him.

When Naruto saw such a scene he couldn't bring himself to tell Sasuke that Itachi wouldn't remember any of this.

Sasuke decided it was time for him to go to bed. Itachi had said he could skip school tomorrow, which meant he could sleep in. He went up the stairs and into his room. He fell onto his bed and thought about how things were going to be now. He was deep in thought so he didn't notice when Naruto came into his room.

Naruto leaned on the doorframe. "What are you thinking about, Sasuke?" He asked.

Sasuke snapped out his thoughts. "Nothing, just thinking about what the future is going to be like. I don't know what to do Naruto. I'm not sure how to a vassal of anything," Sasuke said his eyes downcast.

Naruto smiled a soft smile and lay down on the bed with Sasuke. "You don't have to worry about the future, Sasuke. When the time comes you'll know what to do, just like how you knew what to do when Neji and I were in danger," Naruto said.

Sasuke sighed; he lay down in Naruto's arms. 'I guess Naruto is right, I just hope things will be a little more peaceful from now on.' Sasuke thought. He closed his eyes and smiled.

The End