AI: Welp, here I am with a new story, and it's not YGO related at all-

Of Red Series fans: *start forming an angry mob*

AI: Don't kill me just yet! I have always wanted to do this story since I was 13! For 7 years now! I am finally writing my first fanfic idea for you people!

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto or Full Metal Alchemist, two geniuses own them, not me…

Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange.

In those days, I thought was its one and only truth, as my teachers carved that into my skull. Then it came.

The Philosopher's Stone.

Those who possess it, no longer bound by the laws of equivalent exchange in alchemy, can gain without sacrifice... create without equal exchange. We searched for it... and we found it.

Then my world turned into Hell.

-Uzumaki Naru, 1915, Age 10 1/2

Chapter 1: Revival

Uzumaki Naru had faced many challenges in her life, but she overcame them with all of her power.

She helped free Nami no Kuni.

She took down the Ichibi no Shukaku.

She brought Tsunade back to Konoha.

She freed Yuki no Kuni.

She helped Temujin seal away the Stone of Gelel.

She even helped save Mikazuki no Kuni and helped its rulers see what truly mattered.

This time, however, the blond had a feeling that she had bitten off a little more than she could chew.

Scratch that last bit, A LOT more than she could chew.

Her current location was a forest just on the border between Kaze no Kuni and Hi no Kuni. A routine visit to Gaara with her teammate, secondary sensei, and nin-ken had turned into a death trap.

"Out of all the times for that pervert not to be here, why now?" She heard Sakura growl as the pink haired kunoichi knocked out another snake that was sent their way.

Naru rolled her eyes. "I said you could always take Hewie back to the village and get him."

"What, and leave you here to get eaten or something? No way, out of the question!"

"Right!"

"Even Hewie thinks so, don't you boy!"

Naru was about to retort when she dodged a fireball. "Close but no cigar!" She called back to her attacker then turned back to see a majority of the trees on fire from the shot. "Well what do you know, the forest is burning and for once it's not my fault."

Sakura turned to her teammate and was about to ask, but decided it would be a story for later, right now, they had to deal with a certain Snake Sannin.

"I suggest that you surrender Orochimaru! You're doing nothing but wasting your chakra, and we're still at full capacity! You haven't even grazed, let alone HIT us!"

At that very moment a hand shot out from the ground and grabbed Sakura's ankle. "Doton: Shinjū Zanshu no Jutsu!"

"Hewie, dig her up and take her to the Ero-Sennin!" Naru turned back to glare at Orochimaru. "Okay, so you go one of us. Note to self: don't invoke Murphy's Law again!"

Naru rushed at Orochimaru, spinning a kunai by the ring as she charged. Her knife met the Sannin's sword with a resounding 'CLANG', neither backing down.

"I see that you have become strong since the last time we met. Too bad Sasuke isn't here right now due to his probation. I'm sure that you could put on quite a show!"

Naru felt her pupils narrow to slits, yet her eyes remained their clear blue color. "Shut up!" The girl rammed her heel into her opponent's stomach knocking him back a few feet. Naru repressed her urge to gag when she saw the Snake Sannin smile.

"I have been wondering for a while now, Uzumaki, about when you are going to show me that other power of yours. Not your 'tenant' mind you, but that other power. The one you used to take Sasuke back to your village."

Naru froze before her face morphed into anger. "Like I would waste those teachings on scum like you, traitor."

Orochimaru blinked; for once he was almost stunned. If the young Uzumaki was anything like her mother, she would be showing off her abilities, not hiding them from the world. He shrugged. "If you won't willingly show it, I guess that I will just have to force it out of you."

Naru couldn't ease the sinking feeling that she felt. "HEWIE GET SAKURA OUT OF HERE NOW!"

Sakura, now freed from her earthly prison, was about to protest when she was slung over the giant canine's back and rushed out of the forest and back to the border village to retrieve Jiraiya.

"Now I can fight without any distractions!" Naru cracked her knuckles before pulling out a pair of metal gauntlets.

Orochimaru merely smirked and put his hands in a new hand sign. "Tell me fox-brat; did you ever hear about the technique that I used to take down my dear old teacher?"

"Don't you DARE call the old man your 'dear old teacher' again! You have no right!"

Orochimaru gave no indication that he heard the girl as a coffin rose up next to him. "I never got to use this one during the Chunin Exams, but I think that a little reunion is in order. Say 'Hello' to my Edo Tensei."

"Edo… Tensei." Naru mouthed. "Wait, 'Impure World Reincarnation'... a kinjutsu! You disturbed the soul of another just for your own gains? Jiraiya WAS right about what he said about you!"

"Oh, and what would that be?"

"That even with all your power, you're just a girly little man who prefers to have others do his dirty work!"

Orochimaru saw red at the last comment. "Enough chatter, prepare to die!"

Naruto readied herself into a fighter's stance as the coffin flooded the area with smoke upon opening. The next thing she knew, she was slammed against a non-burning tree. When she looked up, she was caught between horror, hate, and shock.

"The Yondaime?"

"Are you sure that we are going the right way?"

Sakura nodded to the white-haired Sannin. "I'm pretty sure. How often do you see a forest fire without Naru?"

"True. I just hope we are not too late."

Naru sneezed, throwing the battle off. "Why do I have the feeling someone is talking about me and fire?"

The newly revived Minato cocked his head and jabbed a thumb to the burning foliage.

"I was NOT responsible for that one. Teacher's lounge coffee maker at the Academy, yes. Trees, no."

Minato rolled his eyes and charged at her, a Rasengan already formed in his hand. Naruto flexed the little muscle she hand on her arms and punched the ground, causing a long range of spikes to rise from the ground, slowing the former Hokage down enough for her to get out of the way.

"Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" Naru smiled as the area was teeming with her clones, making the area look like a grove of giant grinning oranges. It was just like the night she beat Mizuki all over again.

"Good luck figuring out which one of us is the real one!" They all called out, jumping from place to place.

Minato felt a headache coming on from all of the orange. He didn't know why, but the color reminded him of something, or rather someone from his past. Unfortunately, Orochimaru's jutsu made it so any memories not related to jutsu and fighting were sealed away.

Then he saw another familiar color.

Red.

Some sort of red lighting was sparking from his opponent's hand.

He heard her murmur a 'Forgive me' before he knew an unbearable pain and knew no more.

Naru looked at the remains of the Yondaime, and for some reason unknown to her, she had tears falling down her face. It was confusing to her. This man caused her so much pain, yet she felt the need to apologize and mourn for him.

"I never thought that Scar's technique could be used so easily."

Naru turned her back to the former Kage and turned to Orochimaru. "You committed the ultimate taboo you freak. Give me one reason why I shouldn't do the same thing to you."

Orochimaru pointed back to the body. Naru looked back to her seemingly dead opponent and gasped as the body started to rebuild itself.

"Unless you seal away the soul or destroy the talisman, I'm afraid that he will keep regenerating over and over again."

Naru felt her left eye twitch as the Yondaime faced her for round two.

Hewie whimpered while he looked for the tree he had scratched. The fire had died down and there was barely any smoke left, but the wind was making things difficult to sniff out.

Jiraiya huffed. "Where do we go now?"

The air was filled with someone hitting something very hard, along with the screams of 'RAGE! QUIT! RAGE QUIT!' keeping beat with the hits.

"She's that way." Sakura deadpanned.

Naru panted as she attempted to soothe away the pain brought on by her tantrum-induced-headache. She didn't question the fact that it was her opponent that handed her a small jar of salve, which she took with a grateful 'thank you'. It was only after she relived her headache did she realize what just happened. Naru gave Minato a shaky smile.

"So… no hard feelings?"

Her response was a Rasengan to the gut.

Naru gave a small whimper from her spot on the ground. Her vision was then covered by a shadow.

"So you are still alive? Ohh... where did you find this strength?"

Naru squinted. "Sephiroth?" She groaned out. That line reminded her of a video game character that grated her nerves. She had to admit though, Konohamaru had a nice choice when it came to games from the Mikazuki no Kuni.

Back to the matter at hand. Naru clapped her hand together, her gauntlets ruined and put away long ago.

Minato raised an eyebrow and crouched down. "Have you resorted to praying now?"

"Prepare to see the Other Side." Naru answered cryptically.

Naru then trust her hands onto the older man's chest.

Jiraiya didn't know what to think when he came into the clearing. The minute he landed into the clearing from the trees, he observed that Orochimaru was yelling about 'bringing back a gate' and his dead student was currently standing over his current one.

Jiraiya felt rage building up as he put two-and-two together. He felt angry at Orochimaru for defiling Minato's memory and angry at Minato for putting Naru in her current state.

Minato stared down in horror as the memories came flooding back to him. He then stared at his own hand, which was now covered in his own daughter's blood.

Naru glared at him. "What? Finally grow heart?"

Minato teared up, but it went unnoticed to Naru's darkening sight. "Naru, I-"

Minato never got to finish as he was punch across the clearing by the Frog Sannin. "You get away from her!

Minato shook his head and gingerly touched his cheek. "Ow, wait, SENSEI?"

Jiraiya was shocked. "Minato, how are you not controlled?"

Hewie bit on Jiraiya's arm and dragged him back to Naru.

"Naru dying over here!"

Orochimaru growled as Jiraiya gathered Naru in his arms. The girl would have been an interesting test subject. He smiled to himself and disappeared into the ground. There were always more chances.

Naru groaned as the white light of the hospital blinded her. She attempted to sit up, but was pushed back down by a blonde blur.

"You're injured, lay down." The blur stated.

Naru pouted. "I'll be fine if I'm reclined. I've been here often, dude, so no worries."

The blur seemed to wince at this statement.

Naru blinked a couple of times before her vision cleared up. At the foot of her bed, she could see her faithful companion Hewie. However, she screamed when she saw who the blonde blur turned out to be.

"Naru, I can explain this-"

"DEAR SCIENCE I DIED! I DIED AND PROBABLY TOOK YOU WITH ME! I KNEW THAT YOU WAKE UP IN A HOSPITAL IN THE AFTERLIFE!"

Jiraiya took this moment to burst into the room. "WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE?"

Naru stared at her perverted mentor for a couple of minutes before yelling again. "OH DEAR GATE, ERO-SENNIN IS HERE TOO? I MUST BE IN THE OTHER PLACE THEN!" Naru started crying. "Now I'll never see all my friends and family in Heaven!"

Tsunade and the council members Homura and Koharu tried their best to keep their faces neutral as they walked into the hospital room.

"You're not dead, brat. Calm down." Tsunade cut the tirade short.

"Hey Oba-chan!" Naru greeted. Minato seriously thought that she was going to be beaten to a pulp for a minute, but then calmed down when Tsunade patted her on the head.

"Uzumaki Naru, it has come to our attention that you fought the S-ranked missing-nin Orochimaru. Can you explain WHY you faced him and endangered your teammate?" Koharu asked.

Naru groaned and cradled her face in her hands. "Can't I get a break for once?"

Homura answered instantly. "No, now tells us what happened."

Naru leaned back on her bed. "Well, we were coming back from visiting Gaara and we decided to stay at an inn for the night. Hewie needed a walk so Sakura and I went with him. He smelled the snake and followed the scent. The rest, you probably guessed what happened next."

Hewie whimpered an apology and padded over to Naru's side, pushing Minato out of the way. "I'm sorry Naru."

Naru smiled and gave Hewie's nose a soft tap. "It's okay boy. We've been through worse than this."

Minato smiled at Naru. "He seems pretty loyal."

Naru's affectionate face turned into a hateful glare, causing the temperature in the room to drop. Hewie turned to the former Hokage and growled at him, fur raised and fangs bared.

"Get out, now."

Minato felt his blood freeze. "Naru please, I want to-"

"Get out. I hate you so much right now, and I don't want to see or hear your pathetic excuses about why you chose me. Now, get. Out. NOW."

Minato sighed as he rose from his seat and walked out the door.

Jiraiya stared at Naru for what seemed to be an eternity. "You know you might have missions with him."

"MURPHY'S. LAW."

Hewie shredded all of the research the Sannin had collected in the past few days as further punishment.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR, YA MUTT?"

AI: Well, here is Chapter 1! I think that it seems rushed, but I'm not that good with fight scenes so this will have to do. As you can see, I went back and changed it to that Naru brought back Sasuke due to some plots I have in mind. Yeah, he is on probation right now but he and more details about the retrieval will come up later. Anyway, here is the list of terms:

Kaze no Kuni- Land of Wind

Hi no Kuni- Land of Fire

Nami no Kuni- Land of Waves

Yuki no Kuni- Land of Snow. From Naruto the First Movie.

Mikazuki no Kuni- Land of the Crescent Moon. Known for having advanced technology, like Hikaru's Gameboy thingy. Made an appearance in the 3rd Naruto Movie.

Shout Outs:

Hewie- Dog Companion of Fiona from the game Haunting Ground. Haunting Ground revolves around the traditional use of alchemy, like turning lead into gold and such.

Sephiroth- Apparently, Minato's Voice Actor in the English Dub of the Naruto games is known for doing Sephiroth, so I inserted that in here.

Naru's Gauntlets- These gauntlets and their techniques have been passed down a certain family line for generations. If you don't know who made them, rewatch FMA right now.