The Immortal Sage

"Brother, can you check if there is anything wrong with my body?" Shen Xiu said in a lovely tone as she returned home after her meeting with Naruto

Shen Hong the patriarch of the sacred family was sitting in his study reading when he heard his little sister enter; she was one of the most important parts of his life obviously after his dream. Their parents were dead so he had to inherit the mental early and take on burden of bringing glory to his family.

"Come here, what happened for you to ask such a thing?" He asked as he got up

"I felt weird after meeting the student of Ye Mo; I think he might have done something." She said with a worried voice as she could feel these unusual feelings

"Oh. Ye Mo's student, how did you see him?" Shen Hong said with curiosity as his hand touched Shen Xiu's head

"He didn't look special but Ye Han was happily guiding him."

"Hmm, that's interesting so do you think he will be easy to manipulate." He asked as he had already utilized his sister's charm to control talented future fighters.

"He seems very naïve; I should be able to make him dance over my palm." Shen Xiu said with a confident smirk with her hands over her hip.

"That's good; try your best for the glory of our family. You are alright there is nothing wrong, explain what you felt?"

Shen Xiu was surprised at knowing that she was not affecting by any outside influence and felt worried inside, "I don't know how to explain them but I felt strange looking at other people outside of the family."

Shen Hong looked at his sister tremble beneath his gaze, 'Just some childish thing. Is she being self conscious now of how she dresses?' He thought as he looked at her very inappropriate dress code and as he walked back to his seat said, "There is no problem so just endure it and it will go away."

"Yes brother, thank you for your time." Shen Xiu said as she left the room while she felt something was definitely wrong.

'I felt bad for the people.'

'I felt guilty for my words and acts.'

'Am I actually wrong?'

'Does this mean I am in love; I feel a connection to Naruto?'

'Why can I feel where he might be?'

'What is happening to me?'

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The next day Naruto was once again in the training area with Ye Mo, they were both sitting on the grass.

"I heard from Ziyun that you did a magical trick and suggested some new method of training." Ye Mo said slowly while observing Naruto with a smile

"Yes, Grandpa" Naruto answered calmly he knew this would happen

"Are you going to explain or do we wait for a later date? I do not mind so don't force yourself, just tell me you are a friend."

"I will definitely tell you at a later date and do not worry, I am a friend. I fight for the survival of humanity even before this that is all I can say for now." Naruto said as he looked at Ye Mo's face with expectation

"That's good then, my boy you are more special that I had assumed." Ye Mo said as he gave Naruto a hug which reciprocated

"Thank you for understanding" Naruto said with genuine care

"No problem, now explain how this method is supposed to work so I can arrange for it." Ye Mo said as he messed with Naruto's hair

"It's simple, we only need heavy metal that can be attached to the body without hindrance and train until you can't even feel it. After that you can increase the weight or not." Naruto said as he drew a sample which was similar to what Lee wore

"That would be really hard actually but we do have metals that are very dense that can be used for such training. I would have preferred if we could do this for all our fighters but this can only be applied for the elites. Even then I am very grateful for your advice."

"So do we start training" Naruto said as he flexed his body

"I know that you are hiding your power but it would be better for you to use it when we are together or else you will have trouble when it comes to combat." Ye Mo advised as he didn't know that Naruto was true bred warrior who had gone through countless battles and not some little kid

"I will but be careful Grandpa or you will get burned" Naruto said laughingly implying that he was going to throw fireballs at him which Ye Mo obviously didn't get.

"You can try but you are too young to hurt this old man" Ye Mo said confidently

"Oh, are you so confident grandpa? What will I get if hurt you?" Naruto said challengingly

"If you even cause this old man to flinch, I will reward you with a mutated demon beast core." Ye Mo said with a wide smile, hiding the fact that he was already intending to give it to him

"You are on." Naruto said as he started their routine with higher vigor since his stamina had grown with his chakra and his body was stronger.

'Wonder how I will do against him with such strength' Naruto thought with a smile

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"How?" Ye Mo looked shocked as he had just been hit by tiny wind blade which he couldn't perceive with his eyes. There was no damage except a tiny scratch but it was enough, he had been hurt and if it was stronger than it could cut him into pieces without his realization.

'I thought he could only use ice and fire but he used wind, is this all or can he use more. I have never seen anyone without demon beasts use the elements, what is Naruto?'

"Do I win?" Naruto muttered with pain flowing through his body after the beat down

"Yes, Naruto tell me can you use more elements." Ye Mo said with bloodshot eyes as he held his shoulders

"Relax Grandpa, I can use more"

"Wonderful, you are truly my hope. Now get up we can't delay anymore, I want to increase your training." Ye Mo said as he dragged him up from the ground and put a core in his hands.

"Try it" He urged

"Here we go" Naruto muttered, 'Hopefully I can see some result or else it would be waste.'

Naruto let out a breath and started going through the movements, they hoped for a change but it was the same outcome the core was completely absorbed within seconds.

"Sorry"

"Not your fault, but tell me if you feel any change" Ye Mo was not disappointed as he was expecting it and he felt there was some special reason behind it.

Just as Naruto was about to comply, flames roared around him and he was enveloped within as his clothes burnt to ash.

'What's happening?' Naruto questioned as he felt the flames rush from within his soul and he felt a dragon roar in its triumphant return to the living

As the flames died down Naruto was standing in place with reddish armor that had horns at the top along with a flaming hair that was long. The armor had mysterious symbols on it which could not be deciphered by both.

"Naruto, how do you feel?" Ye Mo asked as he knew that was fusion with demon beast

'But that was not the beast I gave him, it doesn't resemble it one bit.' He thought as he witnessed such an unusual phenomenon

"I feel powerful, safe and d.e.s.i.r.e to fight." Naruto said as he held his fist and punched, flames came out with his movement

"That's good; do you understand its abilities?"

"It controls flames; the intensity can be increased and lowered is all I can tell for now." Naruto said as he created a flaming ball and compressed it to tiny marble size, making it float over his finger

"Very well, do remember what I gave was beast that could mutate so this might also follow that rule. We will do more tests tomorrow for now you are free." Ye Mo said as he walked away to think over the events and to apply the method.

Naruto watched him leave and sat down; closing his eyes Naruto entered his soul space where the flames had grown stronger. Inside the flames he could see a chess piece which was shaped like humanoid warrior; it was what he had on in the transformation

Naruto saw that chess piece as a clue so he decided to enter the flame region; it was his soul space so he can't be harmed by anything except outside forces.

"What are you?" Naruto muttered not expecting an answer

"We are the spirits of nature, young savior." The voice came from everywhere

"Where are you?" Naruto said as he turned around but couldn't find anything

"I am in front of you and all the flames at the same time. I am the fire lord Kaiser and I along with my friend have chosen you as our successor." The voice was genderless without any emotion

"Why me, I don't know you guys and who is your friend. Is he in the ice region?" Naruto said with curiosity as he couldn't for the life of him remember having any connection to these beings

"You are connected to the world on a deeper level than any being and your soul holds purity unmatched along with the capability to hold our power and use it right. We are remnants of a long lost era, millions years have gone by only leaving this small fragments of our existence but we wish for an heir. My friend's name is Magna, he is the Lord of eternal frost. Do you decline our request?"

"I accept as I don't feel anything bad from you and it would make me feel terrible to deny a dying beings request." Naruto said with a gentle smile without showing any greed for their powers

"Thank you. I advise you to feed us more fire and ice beasts to increase our powers and wake my friend; we will evolve closer to our final form as you grow stronger."

"Okay, how long will you guys be here? I wish to know so I can know that you got my back."

"Sorry but we won't be able to stay for long, max I would say we have 7 years left."

"Then I hope I can show you a bright future, Kaiser. Hope we can be friends while we still have time." Naruto said extended the hand of friendship like he did for Kurama

'I wonder how Kurama is doing. Man, its gonna take him at least a year to form back. Is he gonna miss me.'

"We have chosen well indeed, see you next time friend." Kaiser said as no more words were heard

"See you later" Naruto replied

'He might have gone to sleep.' Naruto concluded and decided to wake up.

"Hehe" Naruto heard giggles from behind him as he woke up, he knew it was the girls once again

"Hello Naruto, hope we are not disturbing?" Xiao Ning'er said in a gentle tone

Naruto got up from the ground with a happy expression and looked at the lovely girls, "No you are not, I am happy that you would like to spend some time with me."

"It feels like I have little sisters now." He said as he rubbed their heads

Ye Ziyun didn't mind his touch as he felt very warm and she liked the thought of having a big brother who was nice.

'Ye Han needs to be nicer as he is always too serious.' She thought as she looked up to Naruto

"So Big Brother, what's that? Did you already become demon spiritualist?" She asked curiously while Xiao Ning'er moved away a bit as she felt embarrassed being in contact with a guy

"Yes, I just became one. How does it look? It looks awesome, doesn't it?" Naruto said with his head held high filled with confidence

"It looks very weak, is that supposed to be low level demon beast?" Xiao Ning'er said bluntly as she analyzed his form

"Brother it looks good and you can improve later." Ziyun interjected so that Naruto doesn't feel offended

"I don't mind her words Ziyun. It's understandable why you would think it is weak but just so you know this form hides power beyond your wildest dreams. Do you trust me?" Naruto said in cryptic tone as though he was talking about a mystery

If they hadn't suspected that Naruto was special they would have denied his words instantly but now they kind of believed him.

'He might be telling the truth, it's really frustrating as I don't think he is gonna show us why we should believe his words?' Xiao Ning'er thought as she looked at Naruto, the more she saw him the more mysteries were created and she wanted answers

"Can you prove it?" Ye Ziyun asked

"Not now, I am too weak to use its abilities."

"Then how about teaching us that trick you did yesterday."

"Sorry but I can't"

"Please, we will show you our hideout if you teach us." Ye Ziyun pouted asking for something both of them required

"Haha, I will try to help you but I can't promise you can learn my tricks." Naruto said laughingly, he found her too adorable to deny her wish

"Thank you brother" She said as she hugged him while Xiao Ning'er looked excited at the prospect

"How about we see your hideout now? I am free and I am curious about what kind of place you little ones have arranged?"

"It is a place that no one knows, we found it while playing."

"Why not tell your father than, it could have been dangerous?"

"We would have but it was completely empty with nothing in it. It is just a simple room." Xiao Ning'er said as she didn't want Ziyun taking the blame

"Hmm, okay. Let's go then, I won't tell anyone about it." Naruto smiled gently to calm them down from their defensive stance

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Naruto was led to the girl's hideout which was really hidden well near the garden of the City lord's mansion. The entrance was covered by grass and no indentation was visible and no other signs of a room beneath it.

The trio opened the hatch and walked down the stairs, the place was dark so they had the light stones for combating that problem. Naruto observed the place and found the room very big, it was too suspicious.

'What purpose does it serve? Is this for protection or something else?' Naruto questioned as he saw the other things that were most likely put there by the girls.

"How is it?"

"It's a nice place; you can hide here in case of trouble." Naruto said honestly as there wasn't anything else to comment. He walked to the end of the room and touched the walls; suddenly he felt powerful presence from deep within the area for a moment before it vanished.

'What was that?'

'That was something too powerful to be ignored. I can't share this with Ye Mo, they might do something stupid. An enemy of this level would have been easy before but now I have to be careful.'

Naruto pondered as he touched the walls hoping to find any mechanism while the girls watched him, they understood what he was trying to do as they had done the same.