Am I A Demon? Or Am I A God?

Chapter 8 - Bell Test-part three

[you can skip to chap 12 to avoid re-reading the parts of summoner of the league, it deviates starting from there.]

"At once, Summoner," Fiora said before she dashed out of the cloud of smoke. Naruto watched her go before he looked down at his hand. It was glowing bright white. Naruto then glanced back. "Fiora, the Grand Duelist, I got really lucky, I guess." Naruto thought to himself.

It took years of experience, instinct, and will against life and death situation for Kakashi to…just barely dodge the sword strike from the mysterious woman who blasted from the smoke. Kakashi's visible eye couldn't have widened further as Fiora's blade scratched the bear tip of his mask before Kakashi swirled away. Fiora spun on the dirt before turning back to Kakashi. A kunai couldn't have appeared faster in Kakashi's hands. "Did Naruto summon her? Who is this woman?" Kakashi thought to himself, but he didn't have time to think it for long before Fiora straightened her sword before placing her left arm behind her back.

"En Garde!" Fiora called before she dashed for Kakashi's position. Kakashi blocked a sword lunge before quickly countering the next as his thoughts flared. "En what?!" Kakashi thought as he quickly jumped away from another sword strike. Fiora swung her body and her momentum carried over as she swiped at Kakashi's jonin vest. Kakashi backflipped away as Fiora smirked. Kakashi took this time to gasp for breath. What in the Five Villages' names was going on here?!

Sasuke and Sakura widened their eyes as they watched the mysterious woman Naruto had summoned quickly put Kakashi to his best defenses. Sasuke actually shivered. The way her sword gleamed in the sunlight actually made him wish for such a blade. He tightened his grip on a tree branch before looking back at Naruto. Just what was the dobe supposed to be summoning?!

Even Sakura had to admit that the woman she was looking at was skilled. She was making Kakashi dance around like a puppet where he had all, but been fooling around with the three of them…as far as Sakura knew. "Sakura release!" Sakura jumped upon hearing Naruto's voice. She swallowed the lump in her throat as she swiftly unleashed a flurry of kunai at Kakashi. The jonin swiftly kicked Fiora away for a moment only to see a multitude of sharp knives raining down over him. He watched Naruto point at him.

"Sasuke, your turn!" Naruto commanded. Kakashi gasped as Sasuke dashed out of the trees. Sasuke wasn't sure if this lady was going to be alright, but Naruto seemed to know what he was doing. This was the best that Sasuke could do. "Katon: Gōkakyu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique)," Sasuke shouted as he blasted a fireball at Kakashi's location. Kakashi watched as the kunai wrapped around the flaming fireball. The flames ignited each kunai as they flew at Kakashi's person. Fiora took a glance to Naruto. The two nodded to each other.

Kakashi was ready to move to intercept, but he cursed when he saw Fiora clash into him. "You have such an unrefined style." Fiora mocked for a moment. Kakashi glared into her eyes before he swept her legs with his own. Fiora quickly jumped away while Kakashi jumped away from the fireball and flaming kunai. The explosion rocked the earth as Fiora jumped back in front of Naruto.

"So you are the one shaking the foundations of Runeterra. I see, many warriors heard your call. I was the first one to respond. You have a sharp mind, summoner," Fiora said. "Runeterra, this confirmed his theory that the seal was summoning those he was familiar with, did this mean he could summon people from other games or maybe even other animes? This has so much potential." He thought excitedly

"I appreciate your words." However, that wasn't even enough to faze him. "However we're going to keep trying," Naruto said. Fiora agreed before she readied her blade at her summoner's command.

As soon as Kakashi jumped out of the smoke, Fiora dashed for him. "Sasuke, Sakura, it's our turn! Follow my lead!" Naruto said. The Uchiha and Sakura quickly jumped to the ground. Naruto gave Sasuke the order and Sasuke nodded. Naruto then turned to Sakura. He handed her a kunai. Sakura steadied her breath before Naruto took out a spare kunai and charged at Kakashi.

The clashing of metal could easily have been heard around Training Ground 7 as Kakashi ducked underneath a sword lunge from Fiora. Kakashi blocked her strikes as best he could and dare he say he was tempted to use his other asset to assist him, but these were freakin' genin. How could he ever live it down if he was forced to use that of all things here?! Even Hatake Kakashi had his pride!

Just as Kakashi and Fiora landed on the ground, Kakashi found himself bombarded by Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke quickly jumped over Naruto's back and into the air. Kakashi effortlessly dodged a strike from Naruto and Sasuke, however he was still having trouble as he was dodging a more experienced sword-wielder at the same time! A variation of trying to fight against slow, predictable moves and fast, nearly unpredictable ones. It was agonizing!

Kakashi blocked a kick from Sasuke and a punch from Naruto. However, he had to swerve his body as Fiora's blade nearly ended his form with a stab to the gut. Kakashi threw Naruto into the air before he kicked Sasuke away from him. His kunai parried Fiora's blade. He quickly attempted to turn it around on her but failed.

Kakashi threw his kunai at Fiora's form, but she easily darted to the side and lunged for Kakashi. She was actually a little surprised to find she had stabbed him. The brief moment of satisfaction on her face had disappeared when Kakashi vanished only leaving a log in his place. Fiora frowned as she watched the log drop. She felt Kakashi's presence behind her. There was only so much the head of the House of Laurent could take!

"Insolent peasant! Prepare to die!" Fiora called out as she chased darted back for Kakashi's location. Kakashi watched her come before he looked overhead. He saw Naruto actually holding a Fuma shuriken. "You let your guard down sensei! You'd better refine your tactics!" Naruto said as he flung the shuriken at Kakashi. The one-eyed jonin saw both Fiora and the shuriken coming for him. Obviously, Fiora couldn't outrun a shuriken so Kakashi made that his priority.

Kakashi noted the arch of the shuriken and danced out of the way. From a genin, the speed of a shuriken wasn't worth much. "Sasuke! Sakura! Fiora-san! Now!" Naruto called out. Kakashi blinked and turned back. He noticed the Fuma shuriken poof out revealing Uchiha Sasuke with a kunai in his hands. The Uchiha flung a kunai with a fire tag at him. He also finally noticed Sakura fire a kunai with a lightning tag at his person. On his immediate right, Kakashi was sure he saw Fiora's blade glow in a piercing light.

"Seinōha( Bladework)," Fiora called out as she swung at Kakashi. Kakashi jumped out of the way of Fiora's lunge, but even with his normal eye, he was certain, deathly certain, that he saw a series of afterimages following Fiora's next action. She pointed her blade for Kakashi and finally, Kakashi realized…Uzumaki Naruto was a dangerously individual. The kunai Sasuke and Sakura had thrown collided with Fiora's blade having it flare in fire and lighting. Kakashi had just enough time to notice Naruto land on the ground. From his place, Kakashi realized from dodging the Fuma shuriken, he wasn't in a position to follow up! He felt a bead of sweat drop down his face as Fiora lunged her blade.

"Fiora stop!" Naruto called out. Fiora instantly stopped her blade merely inches from Kakashi's c.h.e.s.t. Sasuke and Sakura gawked as Fiora had stopped her assault. Kakashi opened his eye when he noticed that the pain didn't come.

"Naruto, we had him! Why did we stop?!" Sakura asked. However, everyone could hear it. A sound that Sasuke and Sakura instantly dreaded. It was the sound of the alarm clock going off. An entire hour had passed. Kakashi watched as the fire and lightning combo that illuminated Fiora's blade, slowly vanish into nothingness. Fiora gave Kakashi a hard look before she withdrew her blade and sheathed it. Fiora gave Naruto a look.

"Despite having the winning edge in the fight. He actually stopped the battle merely because the alarm clock signaled them to stop. An interesting boy." Fiora thought to herself before she removed herself from the center of the field. Kakashi blinked before Naruto brought Sasuke and Sakura together. With sighs, they all walked to the three posts. Kakashi watched jaw-slacked as the three waited for their punishment.

"Are…are these guys serious?!" Kakashi thought to himself before he stopped the ringing alarm clock. He turned back to his students. He sent a look to Fiora who was leaning against a tree, resting from the somewhat intense excitement. Kakashi gave a small glare to his students before appearing in front of them.

"I'm willing to hold all questions about her…later." Kakashi said looking at Fiora for a moment. Sasuke and Sakura looked at Naruto for that one, but Naruto remained steadfast. He had predicted this outcome. Kakashi looked back at his students.

"You fought together…knowing that one of you would fail. Why?" Kakashi asked with a narrowed eye. Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto were silent for a moment before Sakura shakingly raised her hand to answer.

"W-Well, you're a jonin and we're just fresh out-of-the-academy genin. We already knew we couldn't beat you in a one-vs-one fight. So fighting you as three, technically four, increased our chances of getting the bells," Sakura said. Kakashi was actually impressed with that answer. It was true obviously. On their own, none of them had any hope of actually defeating someone of Kakashi's caliber, not to toot his own horn.

"We also realized that there was a chance of all of us failing if we stayed as we were. We would possibly all fail of none of us could get the bells. So while we were unable to achieve our objective we were able to realize that at least we attempted it rather than continued with the old tactic," Sasuke followed on. Kakashi nodded before finally coming to the main headache, the one Uzumaki Naruto.

"Lastly we realized what you wanted us to know. To be bold to our commanding officer, you lied about the bells. Or I surmised that you lied about their importance. You told us that there was a 66 percent chance of failing this test. You then told us only nine genin actually pass this exam. You said if one of us is unable to get a bell then they would be sent back to the academy. That was a hole in your previous statement. If that was the case then you could have told us only six or eight genin pass this test if this is given to more than one team. Given that, I surmised that there had to have been a way for all three of us to pass otherwise there would have been no meaning in the academy pairing us in threes. No shinobi cell in Konoha's structure has had less than three genin and one jonin. Your little test was merely a tactic of divide and conquer. You expected us to fight amongst each other over the d.e.s.i.r.e to pursue our individual goals. Combined with the fact that you didn't want us to eat to make our minds a lot more easier to manipulate. You wanted to see that in the direst of dire situations for a teammate where one loses…that he/she will still work with their teammates to complete an objective…even if it means their downfall. You wanted us, despite every reason telling us not to, to use teamwork to conquer you," Naruto said finally taking a short breath.

Fiora glared at Naruto. That reasoning. There was no way a 12-yr old boy could have made reasoning like that and explained it like he was teaching an entire class of children. He literally nearly silenced Sakura, Sasuke, and his teacher in that one move. Fiora could not hold back the measures of curiosity weighing on her mind. "Just who are you, summoner?" Fiora thought to herself.

Meanwhile, much to Fiora's thoughts, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi were indeed stunned by Naruto's analysis. "This is the dead last of the Academy?" Kakashi thought before he looked through Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. He then closed his visible eye.

"You were all unable to get the bells. Are you ready for your punishment?" Kakashi asked. Sasuke scowled but nodded. Sakura hung her head down. Naruto closed his eyes but nodded as well. Kakashi glared at the three before taking a breath.

"Good. Because you all…pass," Kakashi said with an eye smile. The scowl on Sasuke's face left as he blinked. Sakura jerked her head up in surprise. Naruto didn't move. He had figured as much. Sakura took a step toward Kakashi.

"We pass? But we didn't get the bells. How did we pass?" Sakura asked. Kakashi resisted the urge to laugh. It would have ruined the cool demeanor he had going for himself right now.

"Everything you all assessed was true and everything Naruto analyzed was to the point. The bells weren't the focus of the test. They were merely a secondary objective. The true objective was to see if you all could work together despite every attempt to drive you all apart. While you didn't complete the objective you still managed work together as a team and not abandon your comrades at the end. All of you, remember this. There are rules for every mission objective to complete. Yes those are important. Yes, those who break the rules of a mission are sc.u.m. However the person who abandons their comrades is worse than sc.u.m," Kakashi replied. Sasuke gave a swift nod as did Sakura. Naruto gave a small smirk. An interesting lesson concept.

"Well it seems that you all understand that, so all I can say is well done! Team seven begins its first mission tomorrow!" Kakashi congratulated. Sasuke grinned while Sakura chuckled with tears in her eyes. Naruto just smiled. A feeling of satisfaction was etched into his features.

"Now before I tell the Hokage our news, anyone mind explaining her?" Kakashi asked pointing the woman who had quite literally almost forced him into uncovering his headband. Naruto took a step forward on this. He gave a look to Fiora and she acknowledged his request. For her, it was almost always customary to give one's name after combat.

"Her name is Fiora. She was summoned by me via the summoning formula that rests on my right hand. Her sword style isn't one that has been discovered by the Elemental Nations and for her reasons, I will not divulge what her sword style is, nor her clan or the House she resides in. This is the sealing formula from the…incident a week ago," Naruto said. Kakashi slowly gave a small nod knowing just what happening a week ago. He understood Naruto not wanting to talk about it in front of Sasuke nor Sakura. So that was the summoning formula that had been taken from the Forbidden Scroll. It definitely looked intricate.

"I see. Well, by all definitions you did…summon her. I suppose she can be classified as a summon, though I never heard of humans being the summon of another human. I will run this by the Hokage. You are all dismissed," Kakashi said before he vanished out of sight.

Sakura fell to her knees and grinned. They made it. She was on a team with Sasuke! They passed! "Hey Sasuke-kun, do you want to…," Sakura didn't get very far before she noticed Sasuke glaring at Naruto hard. Naruto turned to him for a moment. Inwardly Sasuke was grinding his teeth and Naruto could easily see the Uchiha straining his fists.

"Thanks, dobe," Sasuke said with a huff before he quickly turned and walked away with his hands in his pockets. Naruto rose an eyebrow, but he didn't pursue Sasuke's reasoning as he watched Sakura run after the Uchiha. Pretty soon, Naruto turned back and noticed Fiora looking at him intently.

"You didn't dispel," He stated simply handing Fiora a towel. She looked at the offer with a slight amount of indignation that Naruto didn't miss, but she took it regardless and cleaned some of her sweat.

"I believe you and I have some unfinished business," Fiora said. Naruto merely nodded and guided the Grand Duelist back to his home. She followed him without a word.

The entire walk to Naruto's house, Fiora took the time to take in the strange land that she had found herself in. It very much looked different from Runeterra as far as Fiora could tell. Perhaps she was the odd one out since a majority of men and women couldn't stop staring at her. Though she did wonder about some of the glares being sent towards her summoner. Well Fiora would make sure any ill attempts were met with swift justice.

"My home is probably not suited to your tastes so I apologize," Naruto said as he walked the stairs. Fiora followed him. This small apartment was about as big one of her servants' houses. Not a big deal. She watched Naruto open the door leading her inside. For a single boy's home, it was surprisingly very clean. Granted Fiora knew Naruto was an orphan. Just like Naruto had seen all of her memories, she had also seen all of his own. She knew the harshness of life that had been dealt to him. It was possibly even worse than her own. She could respect his strength, for a 12-yr old.

"Please give me a moment to not talk with you in sweat and dirty clothes." Naruto said. Fiora merely nodded as Naruto disappeared into his room. Granted she was a little dirty too, but she had no change of clothes. It wasn't like she wasn't used to dirt. She was a warrior after all.

A quick shower, and a quick change of clothes, Naruto noticed Fiora sitting at his table. "Coffee?" Naruto asked. Fiora doubted he had the kind of coffee she was used to, but he was being a generous host and Fiora wasn't one to slight hospitality.

"Some would be appreciated," Fiora said. Naruto nodded. It had taken some time, but he placed a cup in front of her before he sat down with his own. Fiora took a sip. Cheap market stuff, but she expected no less from an orphan. Not like he could manage much else, but say what you will about Fiora, but she never complained.

"If possible, Fiora-san, can you explain to me Runeterra?" Naruto asked. He knew of Runeterra, but only from what little lore he had read, and he wasn't a lore lord.'Fiora's eyes never left Naruto as Naruto stared right back. "I would like to understand just what I am getting myself into with summoning a lot of you." Naruto continued on. Fiora merely smiled but took another sip of coffee.

"Runeterra is the world I reside in. I surmise it to be different from your own. It has a history long since spanning my knowledge of it. However, I can explain to you that I reside in the supercontinent, Valoran. Valoran is capable of holding nearly every nation and faction on the planet of Runeterra. There are many races on this continent such as the Yordles, the Ursine, the Marai, Trolls, and Iceberg, merely to name a few from the vast many," Fiora took a second and Naruto allowed her to do so.

"Like your nations, I am assuming, the nations of Valoran are numerous. I hold allegiance to Demacia. It is the largest city in the Kingdom, the capital is the main political, cultural, religious, military, economic and educational center of the country. We pride ourselves on 'Justice for All.' We rid Valoran of corruption and injustice if it is in our power to do so. However, as much as it disgusts me, we have corruption as much as any other nation given that most of our positions are filled with nobility. Some of the main houses you would find the Buvelle, the Crownguard, my house, the Laurent, and a couple of others," Fiora finished for Naruto if he had questions. Naruto took a sip of coffee.

"I see, so those memories were indeed correct. Ashe-san is from a tribe called the Avarosan and Annie resides within the Voodoo Lands of Valoran. I recognized that from my memories gathered that Ashe-san was indeed a queen and Annie had a large amount of…energy for her abilities. Can you tell me of any other nations?" Naruto asked, carefully not letting the fact he already knew most of this slip out, since it seemed Fiora could only see the memories of Naruto's body

. Fiora nodded. "Then there is Demacia's most hated enemy. One that we are currently at war with, the Noxians. Unlike us, are merely a group of peasant savages believing in acquiring strength and power through any means necessary regardless of what it does to the people who live under their rule. As much as it stains my tongue to comment, they are indeed powerful adversaries. Like Demacia, they house many noble clans, one being the Du Couteau. To this day I still praise the Zhao for being able to stand before such a capital. However, I digress. The next nation would be Piltover or the City of Progress. It is the leading center of ecologically-minded techmaturgical research on Valoran. The city's great academies and their contributions to science are known across the land, rivaled only by the eccentric colleges found in Zaun, as I have been informed," Fiora replied. Naruto gave one more nod.

"Then there is Zaun. One could call it the City of Privileges. Like Piltover, it is a city-state, however, unlike Piltover I find it to be a backwater nation both supported and ruined by unchecked industry, mercantilism, and magic. The pollution from the countless factories and laboratories is constantly spewed into the environment. The urban heart of the city-state is often choked with smog that blocks the morning sun and drains the sky of its pastels. Some believe nothing good comes out of Zaun, but I will leave that to you to discover should you ever venture there." Fiora said. Naruto nodded. It seemed that he had a lot to learn, but for now, that was enough information.

"Thank you Fiora-san, one last question. Has anything happened to Ashe-san or Annie? When I attempted to summon both, I was unable to summon either," Naruto said. Fiora nodded glad to actually get to an issue that she wanted to explore.

"I would surmise that was because of the Institute of War blocking your attempts. I will not bore you yet with the knowledge about our history of conflict better known as The Rune Wars, but let's just say that we wanted conflict to be more…clean. Thus nations sponsored the organization known as the League of Legends. The Frost Archer and Dark Child are in a match as we speak. This is probably why you are unable to summon both. Due to the magic barrier that protects the grounds known as the Field of Justice," Fiora responded. Naruto placed a finger to his chin. So it wasn't the seal, but it was a..league match. It seemed that the Runeterra was the older version than what he knew from the game.

Over the next couple hours, Fiora taught Naruto about other places where political conflicts were fought for the good of Valoran. Naruto soaked up as much as he could about the knowledge of this world while simultaneously satisfying Fiora's, to the best of his ability, curiosity about the Elemental Nations and something similar that they had to the League of Legends known as the Chunin Exams.

It wasn't quite the same, but both were political in nature. Naruto told of her some of the noble houses of Konoha such as the Hyuga, Nara, Akimichi, Aburame, Yamanaka, Uchiha, Senju, and Inuzuka. Fiora had to admit that there was more to this world that she had assumed. It was nice having a talk away from the mansion and her servants sometimes. Naruto told her as much as she wanted to her and before both realized it, the sun was going down.

"I believe I had stayed long enough. I appreciate your hospitality Summoner," Fiora said as she stood from the table.

"Please, Uzumaki Naruto, Fiora-san," Naruto said with a small bow. Fiora smiled away from Naruto's eyes. "Very well Uzumaki Naruto. Should you require my aide again I will respond if I have the time. May we continue our studies another time," Fiora said before she vanished away leaving Naruto alone. Naruto quickly washed his cups and went to bed. He looked out of his window as he mumbled

.

"Demacia, Noxus, and the Institute of War, it sounds like I have found something more interesting than I could have hoped," Naruto thought before he closed his eyes and fell asleep exhausted from the day.

[(Leave a comment on different games or anime/novels that you would like to see characters summoned from and I might add them, the first world I have picked out, is Runeterra, my second is still under thought.)]

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