The Unwanted Uzumaki

Raining Arrows

While Ryu was trying to bind with his first Celestial Spirit, Naruto decided that it was time for him to bind with another of his own. With this plan in mind, Naruto begins his trek towards a part of the library that he hadn't had much time to explore. The first thing that Naruto noticed was the long hallway that is devoid of any books which slightly puzzled him since the purpose of this building was to train Mages and the best way to do that was with the knowledge that books contained. 

Feeling that there had to be something down there that didn't want Mages to disturb it, Naruto figured this was the best place to find another Celestial Spirit to bind with. With this determination, Naruto made his way through the hall. 

Each door he came upon, he opened to discover that the rooms contained no spirit but would be useful in housing more people who wanted to study the Arcane Arts since every room he passed seemed to be bed chambers. Eventually, Naruto made it to the end of the hall which had one door in the middle of the wall. 

Sending a prayer to any God listening, Naruto hoped that there was a spirit of some kind that lived beyond this door. It didn't take long for Naruto to enter the other side and as he walked through the now open door; he immediately heard what sounded like a whistle. 

Though Naruto had no clue what was making the sound, something instinctual told him that he needed to get moving. Throwing himself into a roll, Naruto came back to his feet a few paces away from where he previously stood; just as something slammed into the floor. Throwing his eyes towards where he used to stand, Naruto saw that an arrow was sticking from the ground. "This is definitely more dangerous than any of the other meetings with spirits." Naruto concluded as he heard another whistling sound.

Not wanting to play a game of cat and mouse with another spirit, Naruto called on his mana. "Ice Make: Shield!" Naruto called out as he threw his hands out in front of him. Moments later, Naruto was staring at an arrow that had pierced its way into the icy protection that he had cast upon himself.

Now knowing that the only way to keep those arrows from piercing his body was to keep his shield up, Naruto continued to slow leak mana into it. As he was doing this, the spirit that he was facing called out to him. "Your kind have no business here!" the spirit called out to him in a voice that Naruto thought sounded masculine. 

"This is a center for knowledge...I have every right to be here!" Naruto roared as he moved his shield towards the whistling sound that had come after the spirit's voice. Just like before Naruto was able to prevent the arrow from hitting him by using his shield. 

Almost immediately after this arrow hit, another came slamming into the shield. "All you Mages ever do is siphon the power from us or force us to do your despicable deeds!" the spirit screeched out and this time, Naruto was sure that the owner of the voice was male.

Though Naruto had plenty that he could say back to that, he wanted to first discover where exactly the spirit was shooting at him from. As Naruto's eyes glanced around the area in front of him, he noticed a slight glint from within the stands as if the light from the room was hitting off metal. "The arrows! That has to be where the spirit is hiding." Naruto concluded as he readied himself to transfer the mana he was using into another spell. 

Just as the arrow smashed into the ice, Naruto dropped the shield. "Direct Line!" Naruto called out and as his mana moved to do it's masters bidding, Naruto appeared within the stands.

When he arrived, Naruto was looking at a lithe male that was covered in some kind of leather armor and though the face that Naruto was looking at was human; the ears that the male spirit had were knife like. Naruto could see that the spirit wasn't expecting him to use teleportation magic from the look of surprise that jumped across his face.

Though the spirit was able to get ahold of himself and as he did he was turning his bow towards Naruto once more the arrow that was nocked on its string poised to end Naruto's life. Since Naruto had no plans to allow this to happen, he moved to cast a spell once more. "Ice Make: Shield!" Naruto roared as he pushed the mana out of his now outstretched hands. 

Once again, Naruto formed his shield just as the arrow was about to pierce him and now that Naruto had the arrow sticking out from his shield he decided he would respond to the words that the spirit had called out before Naruto teleported himself near him. 

Before Naruto could do this, the Celestial Spirit beat him to the punch. "I should have guessed that you had more than one of my brethren bowing down to you. You Mages are all the same." the spirit snarled as he moved to collect another arrow. 

Wanting to stop this spirit from trying to skewer him, Naruto started to speak to him. "I have never forced the spirits that I have befriended do anything especially if it involved things that I wouldn't even want to do!" Naruto barked towards the humanoid spirit. 

Upon hearing Naruto's words, the spirit's hand wavered above his arrows. "Why should I believe anything that comes out of your mouth? All you Mages ever do is lie and cause death and destruction where ever you go!" the spirit growled as his hand grasped ahold of one of his arrows though Naruto was pleased to see that he hadn't yet pulled it from the quiver he had attached to his back. 

"I can understand why you wouldn't want to trust me but why don't you ask the Celestial Spirits that I have bonded with if I have ever done anything to them that would make them believe that I wasn't a Mage of a different breed than the ones who came before me..." Naruto spoke out as he was already pulling on the bonds that he had formed with his spirits to get them to appear within the room. 

Naruto could see that the spirit still didn't want to believe any of the words that was coming from him and just as he was pulling out one of his arrows; Asnos appeared beside the blond Mage. 

Though as Naruto moved his gaze to where the clock spirit had appeared, Naruto could see that Sanos had been brought along with the Asnos. 

"Naruto. What is it that you need?" Sanos inquired as he looked towards his blond contract holder and since he had yet to look in front of him, the wolf spirit hadn't spotted the archer that was trying to end Naruto's life.

Naruto never had a chance to reply since the spirit that was attacking him turned his arrow on the childlike spirit that stood near Naruto. As the arrow spiraled towards Asnos, dread seared its way through Naruto's soul. "No!" Naruto roared as he tossed his shield in front of the smaller male.

Knowing the his mana would quickly fade from the shield which would leave Asnos open for attack, Naruto did the only thing that he could think to do. "Direct Line..." Naruto muttered out and as his mana did as it's Master willed; Naruto was brought in front of Asnos just as the arrow was about to impale the clock spirit.

At first Naruto thought that the arrow had missed him though as he looked down, he saw that the arrow was sticking from his stomach. 

The last thing that Naruto heard before falling was the enemy spirit asking him "Why?"

Authors notes: Thank you to everyone who read this chapter. I hope you like the new spirit that I introduced for Naruto to bond with and the one that Ryu bonds with will be introduced as well soon. As always please review with your thoughts on the story. I will see you all next update!