Hey, everyone. It's me, Anomynous Nin. And I'm here with a new fanfic... Well, yet again. But this fic is a X-over fic, because I felt like making it, after all this time! I always want to make a X-over fic with my favorite mangas. And now, it's the time! But... I hope it doesn't suck, because of the storyline or because of my writing skills, which is pretty poor. But who knows. Can't know until you try, right? Oh, and the reason why I put this in the Naruto is because... Well, there's a lot of mangas in it. And if I put it in the X-over section, less people will come for it. So... This is my only option. Anyways, here it is! Enjoy while you can. Oh. And by the way, watch out for spoilers.

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

Flashback

Jutsu name

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the mangas that are in the fic.

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Year 8754 After Eclipse: A mysterious visitor.

As you may know, we are known as the people of the forbidden land named Eclipsia. We are those who are not known to anyone in the outside world. Our land has been in the other side of the world since then, after the eclipse that occured 8754 years ago. We are not known by men of the outside world, but we are those who are watching over it, keeping it safe from anything that will bring pain to it. But to be fair, we are not Gods. We cannot do everything that the people desired. But we tried the best we can to restore peace for them.

After many years after the eclipse... We received a mysterious visitor not known to us. They do not look like the people from the outside world. They are a mysterious specimen. How they entered our land is a mystery. They do not speak at all, but we can tell that they are here to see our land. However, we declined their desire, worried that our land would be exposed to the outside world. We send them away from our land. But I cannot tell if what I am feeling is regret. But we cannot let our land to be exposed by anyone.

Year 8755 A.E.: The murder.

Something... terrible has happened to our land... We found many of our people slaughtered mysteriously after a week has passed. One by one, they were slaughtered each week without any evidence. But why...? How could this have happened? It cannot be a murder in our land. We are the protector of the outside world. How can any of us are the one causing the murders...? This year, we are living in fear... And yet, we have no hope of finding who is responsible for it...

Year 8756 A.E.: The truth.

... So that is why... That is why our people has been slaughtered... It was the mysterious visitors. They did not let us be. Instead, they are watching us, causing each of those murders without any suspicions from any of us. They had us fooled... Is that the consequences? Are they loathing us? But we are supposed to be hidden from the outside world. We cannot be discovered. Or else, it will break the cycle and lead the land into destruction... But we cannot let that happen. If that is what they are doing, then we are to fight back, to send them away completely. This is the beginning of a war against them. And we shall grow victorious!

Year 8757 A.E.: The defeat.

... We have lost... Many of our people had been defeated... Our land has been crushed... And our hope is lost... We underestimated the power of the visitors. And because of that, we have failed to protect our land... But we have only one chance left. If that will work, then I must send someone to the outside world. Someone who holds the same blood as me, but only her powers are enough to achieve a certain goal... My one and only daughter... Who is also the Chosen One.

My daughter... if you are reading this, then I must tell you... You have to find the ones who will bring vistory to their world. I should have known that the time has come... But I am already prepared to send out the last hope. The ones that you are to find are written here, but only in descriptions. They are only some of them, but they will be more on your way. With your powers, you can sense them to be the ones that we need the most... I want you to find the people that I will describe here.

The Jinchuuriki of the Leaf.

The Substitute Shinigami.

The Future King of the Pirates.

The Saiyan of Earth.

The Half-Demon boy.

The FullMetal Alchemist.

The Mototsumitama with the name of Dark.

The Scythe Technician.

Those are the people that we have found in the outside world. They have great potential, and will help you through your way to bring peace to their world. I want you to find them... And restore the balance of life. I am counting on you, my daughter... And I love you...

Farewell...

--- Reinhart Beldam, heir of the Beldam clan... And your loving father.

"... Father..." The young Chosen One sobbed quietly, upon reading her father's last notes. She is a 15 year old young lady, who has a long, brown hair that stops to her waist. She wears a yellow kimono that suits the appearance of a priestess. She was seen sitting under a tree, in the night where the moon shines onto the earth in its beauty.

The Chosen One was the last survivor of the people from Eclipsia, and the only hope of peace. However, she did not know what to do now. She would go and find the people that her father had chosen in his diary, but she was feeling scared and alone. What if she fails? What if she will die soon by someone that she did not know about? She was feeling hopeless... Without her father, she cannot hope to accomplish it, without any help from anyone from the land. But she had to do it. It is fro the sake of the people of the outside world, the world that she is standing now.

"Father..." she said once more, as she looked up to the night sky with her eyes still filled with overflowing tears. "What should I do...? Father..."

Prologue:

A Twist in the World

"... Damn it..." said the 15 year-old blond shinobi of the leaf, who is seen standing in front of the memorial stone, which was one of the place where it wasn't destroyed. To everyone, he is known as Uzumaki Naruto, of Konohagakure, who is also the Jinchuuriki of Kyuubi, the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon. When he was a young boy, everyone shunned him because of Kyuubi, who rests inside of him ever since he was born. He was a nobody, someone who will endanger everyone anytime, anywhere. He was a lonely boy.

However, afterwards, he had found some friends who cherished him, who acknowledge him for who he is. Also, after the many times that he had gone through, that includes bringing Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sanin, back to Konoha to become the Gondaime, and saving Gaara, the current Kazekage of Suna, from the hands of the Akatsuki, even though Shukaku was extracted from him, everyone in the village began to acknowledge him as himself, and not as Kyuubi. To everyone, Naruto would become the light of their world.

But now, Naruto is feeling sad, frustrated and betrayed. All because of that one person who he had promised for a lifetime... Haruno Sakura.

Flashback

Naruto had managed to escape from Yamato, by creating a Bunshin to take his place and distract Yamato. He was heading towards where Kakashi and Sai went, as well as where Sakura, Lee and Kiba went. He couldn't just sit there and get sent back to the village for no reason. He had to find Sasuke and bring him back for sure, no matter what. "Sasuke... Just you wait!" he said, as he speeded up to catch up.

It was only a couple of minutes since he left. And he was still feeling impatient and was trying to catch up with Sasuke, wherever he is. But soon then, he spotted something a little far away. "What the...?" From his view, it looked like three people laying on the ground. Not one of them seemed to be moving. So he decided to take a stop right there and check it out. Once he had done that, he gasped. "Kiba...? Bushy Brow...? Sai...?"

He had found three of his comrades laying on the ground, sleeping soundly. But why? Maybe... It might have been an ambushed, and they were put to sleep by someone. But who? Suddenly, he found something odd around the group. "Wait... Where's Sakura-chan?" Sakura wasn't within the group. If she was ambushed too, then she should have been with them. Maybe... Someone brought her with him and went away. Naruto gritted his teeth at the thought of that. "That bastard...! How dare he kidnapped Sakura-chan!" After he said it, he continued his way towards where Sasuke would be.

First, Sasuke left the village, and now, Sakura is kidnapped! He couldn't feel more angry about it than before. When he finds the person who kidnapped her, he will beat him up senselessly. Then, he spotted an opening from the forest. A clear view of a constructive area. Could Sasuke be there? He had to find out. As he speeded up more and more, he soon reached the area and landed on the solid ground. "SASUKE!!!" he screamed at his name. After examining what's in front of him, he gasped out of shock. There is something that he couldn't imagine that to happen. He saw someone... standing over the fallen body of his sensei. "... Sakura-chan...?"

It is true. Sakura was standing over the unconscious Kakashi, all bloodied, but still breathing. Sakura looked over to look at someone who called her name and she gasped. "... Naruto..."

Standing a little further back away from her is Sasuke, in an Akatsuki cloak, as well as a mysterious red-head girl who sat near him, who also seemed to be injured, with the blood and all. She wasn't looking directly at him or even Sakura, but she did indeed look at Naruto. "What... Who is...?" she said quietly.

"... Naruto." said Sasuke, showing his unexpressive voice towards Naruto. "I never thought I'd see you again... But not like this."

"Sasuke... But... What's... going on...?" asked Naruto, who is still shocked to even speak out the words he wanted to say.

"You see, Naruto... A little while back, Sakura came and found me here... I thought that it would be a waste of time to deal her again, but what she wanted... was to join me and leave Konoha behind... Just like me..."

"What...?!"

"And to show that she really mean it, she went and defeat Kakashi, who is just in time to see his own comrade fighting against him..."

"No... No, that's not true...! Sakura would never do that to me, to everyone! You gotta be lying, Sasuke!" Everything Sasuke said was a huge shock to him. But he didn't want to believe it. He didn't want to believe that Sakura would do that just to join Sasuke. But then again, he was enraged of what Sasuke said, deeming it to be a lie. He ran towards him, prepared to attack him at all cost. "I'm NOT gonna let you trick me like that, Sasuke!" he yelled, as he drew out his kunai and prepared to attack him. However, he was soon stopped by Sakura, who quickly stood in front of him, halting him from his charge. "Sakura-chan...! What are you...?!"

"Naruto..." she said quietly, unable to look at him in the eyes. "... It's true... I did beat Kakashi-sensei... to join Sasuke-kun..."

He widened his eyes in pure shock. He couldn't believe it when Sasuke said it. But when she said it... No... he didn't want to believe it. It's just too sudden! "But... Sakura-chan, I...!"

"You see, Naruto?" said Sasuke. "What I said is true. Sakura did want to join me. And nothing you do will change her mind... Her mind is already set..."

"No...! This can't be right...! I won't believe it!"

"If you still don't believe any of us... Then allow me to show you again."

"What...?"

"Sakura." Sasuke called her.

"Yes, Sasuke-kun...?" said Sakura.

"Defeat Naruto... I don't care if he lives or dies. Just do what you want with him."

"... Hai." With that said and done, Sakura quickly pulled her fist back and threw it towards Naruto. Naruto was too slow to suspect the attack, and her fist hit his face, as he was sent flying to the forest, before he crashed onto one the trees. The massive shockwave was enough to make it fall from where it stood.

Naruto groaned in pain at the attack Sakura sent to him. Only his face was hit, but it felt like his entire body took that hit as well. It took him a while to stand up from the ground and steady himself from stumpling back down. He looked at her with shock in his eyes. "Sakura-chan, what are you...?!"

"I won't let you hurt Sasuke-kun, Naruto..."

"But why...?! I thought...!"

"I have made my decision, Naruto. If you're going to get to Sasuke-kun..." Sakura positioned herself into her fight position, ready to face Naruto, no matter what the cost is. "... Then you'll have to go through me!"

He wasn't sure what to do. He didn't want to fight Sakura. But what she did... was too overwhelming. He didn't want to do this. He didn't want to!" but...! I can't, Sakura-chan...! I don't want to fight you!"

"Then I'll MAKE you fight me!" Without any second to waste, she charged towards him, with her fist ready to punch him once more. Naruto quickly noticed the charge, and before she could reach him, he dodged her, making her punch the empty air. However, she quickly turned to him and slammed her fist down towards him. But he dodged it as well, but the massive strength was enough to break the ground around them, making him stumple to the ground. Sakura jumped into the air and dived down towards him, her fist ready for yet another attack. Naruto managed to crawl away from her attack point and jumped right away, before her fist slammed the ground again, as it broke once more into little pieces.

Naruto landed a little away from her, unable to fight back. "Sakura-chan, please! I don't want to fight you! Not like this!"

"You stubborn little baka!" She wasted no time on charging towards Naruto again, but this time, she drew out her kunai instead of her fist. She let out a battle cry, as she was getting closer and closer to him. As she reached him, she attempted to slash him.

But Naruto dodged it in time, by pulling his back down to avoid her horizontal slash. But the kunai nicked the bottom of his chin, just slightly. After that, he jumped away from her again, a few feet back. "How many times do I have to tell you, Sakura-chan! I don't want to fight you!" He was begging for Sakura to stop fighting him. But then, he felt a sudden shock inside of his body. For some reason, his body gave in and he fell to the ground. Naruto couldn't move it. It was completely immobilize. "What...?! My body...! I can't...!''

"It's over, Naruto... I coated my kunai with paralyzing liquid." she said, as she showed him the drop of liquid that fell from her kunai. "The liquid spread itself all over your body, disabling it from functioning. The effect will wear off in an hour or so. And that also means... that our battle is over for now." As she said it, she walked over to Sasuke.

Sasuke slightly scoffed. "So you decided to let him live..."

"Hai..."

"Hmph... Fair enough. I don't want to waste my time with that idiot. I have bigger plans to take care of. Let's go, Sakura. Karin." he said, as he quickly jumped away from the area, to rejoin Madara. The red-head girl, known as Karin, still sat there for a while. But she stood up after that. But she still won't move from her spot.

Sakura began to walk away from Naruto, until he cried out. "Sakura-chan! Don't do this! Think about what you're doing!"

"... Shut up... Nothing you say will change my mind. I decided to join him by my own will." she said, not even turning around to look at him.

"But please...! Think about the people that you're betraying...! Kakashi-sensei, Yamato-taichou, Baa-chan, Ino, everyone! You're betraying our friends! The people who we fight with! Who aid us to achieve our goal! You're going to break their trust for you!"

"Would you shut up, already?!" she yelled, making Naruto stop from speaking anymore. "I've made my mind already! Nothing is going to change that! Everyone from the village... They're just tools to help me get to Sasuke-kun! Everyone is a tool! Even you, Naruto!" From what she is saying, it sounded like she was breaking apart. Naruto could see how shaking she is about it. "I loved Sasuke-kun...! No matter what, I will follow him to the end...! I only care less about you, Naruto...! You're nothing, but a... a... useless idiot!" Then, she finally turned her head around to look at Naruto. He could see that her eyes are filled with tears, tears that express the uneasiness of what she will lose. "If you ever try to bring us back again... I... I will never... forgive you, Naruto..."

"... Sakura-chan..." He could probably tell of how she felt about this, and how she would cope it out afterwards. Then, he could feel that his consciousness is fading away, from the effects of the paralysis. It was useless. He couldn't do anything about it. He lost Sasuke... and now, he was going to lose Sakura as well. "Please... don't...!"

"Goodbye... Naruto-kun..." And so, she jumped away from the are, to rejoin Sasuke.

All that is left is Karin, who stood there when the last conversation between him and Sakura was made. She was feeling sorry for him, and she was feeling awful of how she ended up in that situation. All she wanted was to aid Sasuke... But now, after Sasuke impaled her to kill Danzou, which she was lucky since Sakura came to heal her, she wasn't sure which side she will stand for. But after she saw what become of Sasuke... She walked over to Naruto and attempted to pick him up. "Come on..." she said. "Let's get you back to your home village... I'll take you there..." But his weight wasn't good enough for her to pick him up easily.

Naruto just lie there, unable to cope out what happened now. Sasuke and Sakura... They left him for something sinister and dark. But Sakura's decision... was something that she would feel awful about it. Once again, Naruto was useless. He couldn't save Sasuke again... And he couldn't save Sakura too...

"SAKURA!!!!!!"

End flashback

Everything happened so quickly... And it was too much for him to handle. Both his closest friends left him to join the darkness. The darkness where everything started. The Promise of the Lifetime... was broken. It was broken at the time she joined Sasuke. His closest friends... gone from his heart. "... I don't know what to do... I don't know what else to do about it...!" he said to the memorial stone, trying to speak out to his father, the Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato. He looked down at the ground, gritting his teeth out of frustration. "Sasuke and Sakura... They're my closest friends... They're the one who helped me from my lonelyness... And now, they're gone... And I'm all alone again... What should I do now? What should I do... dad...?"

He wasn't getting any reply from his father. It was of no help to speak out help to a memorial stone. But he needed some help, some advice on how he should do. Then, a hand was laid onto one of his shoulders, which caught him by surprise. He turned around to see the lazy Chuunin of the leaf. "Shikamaru..."

"Naruto..." Shikamaru said, trying to say something that wouldn't make him frustrated some more. "I... heard about what happened back there... I'm sorry, Naruto..." Naruto didn't say anything. He remained speechless and unable to say anything to return it. "... The news came from the rest of us... We couldn't believe that Sakura had done that... I thought that she was going to face him to kill him, but... never have I thought that she would join him like that..."

"... Yeah... Me... neither..."

"... If it helps you forget about it, Kakashi-sensei... I mean, Hokage-sama wants to see us in his tent." That's right. It was all decided by the four Kages that Kakashi would take the position of Hokage, after they deemed Danzou to be untrusted. Since Tsunade was still in coma, Kakashi had no other choice, but to take the position.

Naruto slightly nodded. "Yeah... I guess..." And so, the two of them went off to the tent, where Kakashi awaits them.

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As the two of them entered the tent of the Hokage, they saw the silver-haired, masked Hokage standing there, waiting for them at last. Accompany him was the young, black-haired lady who was Tsunade's assistant, Shizune. And standing in front of them are two ladies. One of them is the long, raven hair Hyuuga who had a crush on Naruto, which he knew a little while back. "Hinata..." said Naruto.

Hinata looked back to see Naruto and Shikamaru, who had just entered the tent. "Naruto-kun... Shikamaru..." she said.

The other one next to her is someone that both Naruto and Shikamaru didn't expect to see her here. "Hey, hold on a sec." said Shikamaru, upon recognizing her. "Aren't you that girl who volunteered herself to be arrested? The one who helped Sasuke out?"

Karin didn't say anything. She was still feeling ashamed of what she did in the past, and she wanted to give herself in to the authority. However, someone declined that and made her what she is right there. "She was. But then, I decided that she could help us out from now on." said Kakashi, who took the time to explain it instead of her.

"But how come?"

"Well, since she was feeling bad about helping out someone who a dark motivation, I decided to make her one of us, a Konoha nin."

"Wait, what about the Council? Did they agree to this?"

"They would decline it, but ever since Tsunade's outburst to them, they began to accept anything that is useful for us. So, there's no trouble with that there. But enough talk. Let's talk about what we have in store for the four of you." Kakashi said, as he pulled out a scroll from his pouch and unrolled it, revealing the information inside. "Since we need more money to help rebuild Konoha, we decided to send out teams to accomplish missions. What you are going to do is a C-rank mission."

"A C-rank..." said Hinata quietly.

"This is what you are going to do. Someone had sent a report about a mysterious girl who keeps wandering in the streets, looking rather clueless of where she is going. To him, it looked rather suspicious, but he was afraid that she might be in touch with one of the rumors spreading in his village."

This time, Shizune took the opertunity to speak out the rest of information. "Rumors has it that a ghost girl was seen wandering around the terrains for no reason. Once someone is closer to her, he suddenly vanished. And a few days later, everyone found that missing person hanging on the tallest tree of the area, dead. If that girl that man was seeing was the ghost girl, then she might be dangerous."

"Oh, so it's some sort of an investigation, huh?" Shikamaru said, smirking slightly as he remembered what happened to Naruto the last time he took a mission about ghosts. "I guess we can take it... If only Naruto is not so afraid of that rumor, right?" he said, as he playfully elbowed Naruto to the side.

But Naruto showed no expression on his face. "Yeah, I guess..." he said, which suddenly turned the atmosphere a little darker than usual. Both Shikamaru and Kakashi sighed a little, while the rest of the girls only looked at him sadly.

"Anyways," said Kakashi. "That's all the information that we got for you there. And remember. You are all Chuunins... Well, with the exception of Naruto and Karin, but they are at a Chuunin level, at least. And a C-rank mission will be easy for you. But stay sharp, because we don't know what might happen during that mission. So I'm counting on you to finish the job. Understood?"

"Hai, Hokage-sama!" said Shikamaru and Hinata.

"Mhmm." Karin simply said.

"... Yeah..." Naruto said.

"Good. Now move out!"

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It was only a few while since the four ninjas went off for their mission. In order to begin it perfectly, they have to meet up with the client back in the small village of Mitsuga. Normally, in a ghost mission, Naruto would be afraid of that, and tried his best to get away from it as soon as possible. But right now, he wasn't feeling up for it, because of the events that happened a few days ago. No mission will make him forget about it. And he had hope that this one would make him forget it.

"Our client is Tomoe Kagekiri." said Shikamaru, upong reading the name of the client and his description in the scroll that he was holding. "It says here that he's selling weapons for his village, but only in a high price. Since then, he almost had no sellson his weapons because it was too expensive. But he's too stubborn to decrease the price, for some reason." After reading what their client is, he sighed. "How troublesome..." he said, before he pulled out a pack of cigarettes from one of his pouchs and pulled out one of them, before putting it between his lips and light it with a match. A homage to his sensei, Asuma. "If this guy turns out to be a complete waste of time, then it's really a troublesome mission..."

"But what if... what if it's really true?" asked Hinata. "Our client can be honest with us... And that ghost girl rumor has to be right, since... he needed our help with it."

"Yeah, well, I wouldn't bet on that, I guess... But still, it's really troublesome, if it turns out that he's a prick of some sort..."

"Well, we... have to try it. We wouldn't know if... if we try."

As Shikamaru and Hinata started out the conversation of whethever or not that their client is a waste or in need of a real help, both Naruto and Karin walked behind them, not a single word that is spoke from either of them. They were as quiet as a pair of fish. After a while, Shikamaru and Hinata noticed the two of them not saying a single word. So they decided to speak out for them. "Hey, Naruto..." said Shikamaru. "About Sasuke and Sakura... What are you going to do now?"

"... I don't know, Shikamaru... I just don't know what..." Naruto simply said, still unsure of what to do about it.

As Shikamaru asked Naruto, Hinata then decided to ask Karin about something too. "Karin... Do you really want to help us? You did volunteered... to arrest yourself for helping Sasuke..." Hinata received no common answer from her. Karin just stayed quiet from that. "Then... Can you tell me why... were you helping Sasuke? Is there... Is there a reason for you to join him and... help him out?" Still, she received no word from the ex-member of Team Hawk.

Shikamaru listened to the conversation and sighed, as it wouldn't help them get any comforting words for her. "It doesn't look like she wants to talk about it, Hinata. So lay it off for a while until she wants to talk about something." he said.

However, Karin stopped walking for the moment, making the others stopped suit. "... Sasuke..." she said. "... He was someone that I looked up to... Someone that I wanted to return the favor with... But now, the Sasuke I know... is no longer there, compared to the Sasuke that I have saw before... He was changing... He was changing for the worst..."

"Then do you mind telling us why you joined him?"

"... I joined Sasuke... because I wanted to return the favor back three years ago..."

At last, Naruto looked at her with a hint of concern on his face. "Three years ago?"

"Yeah... That was the time that we were in the Chuunin exam... I was one of the participants of the exam... And the one who failed to complete it..."

"So..." stated Shikamaru. "You're saying that Sasuke save you from someone?"

"Well... More or less... He saved me from being killed by that monster that lives inside of the Forest of Death... But he actually came for the scroll that I have. But it turned out to be an Earth scroll, the one that he already had, probably..."

"So, when you saw him next, you wanted to join him in order to return the favor, to save him, right?"

Karin nodded. "Of course... But..." She then looked down at the ground, the feeling of regret rising in her heart. "... What was I thinking...?! Sasuke changed... He changed all because he learned something from that damn...! Because of this... Because of this, he... he...!"

"... He wants to destroy Konoha... right?" Naruto finished for her.

She nodded once more. "I followed him all the way so he can kill his brother... And I followed him again when we joined the Akatsuki... I always admired him...! I always did! But then..." Now, her body was shaking, shaking in sadness of the decision that she had mistakingly made. "... When I was held hostage... When I was about to be killed, if he ever did something... He instead... impaled me...!" By then, she kneed down to the ground, unable to withstand the shaking feeling that resides in her heart. She was sobbing, breaking apart because of what she did for Sasuke... And what Sasuke did in return. "I'm so... so stupid...! The Sasuke I know... is gone...! The Sasuke right now... is even worst than... than Orochimaru...! And I followed him, all the way until he tried to kill me...!"

Hinata kneed down next to her, trying to comfort her with soothing words that would make her stop feeling bad about herself. "But... You're still alive, right? That's what matters to you, right?"

"... True..." she said, unable to stop herself from sobbing. "But it wouldn't change the fact... that I helped him become what he is... right now... It's my fault... if I had stop him from... going to that path, none of this... would have happened...!"

This time, Naruto also kneed down to try and comfort him, acknowledging her regret and betrayal. "Hey... It's alright..." he said, with a small smile. "You didn't know that he would become like this... That he would become a part of the darkness..." He laid his hand on her shoulder, so that he can calm her down from the breakdown. "It's not your fault... None of this would have happen, if Sasuke hadn't been gone to that path... You tried your best..."

Karin looked up to him, with her eyes visibly red from the tears that spilled from it and down to her face. "... I'm sorry... Naruto..." she said. "I should have stop him for you... And I should have stop that... girl from joining him... I didn't know how much you felt about it..."

"Hey, it's no biggie." he said, grinning. "You don't have to worry about that. After all, I'm going to bring them back."

Shikamaru eyed at him. "Hey, what happened to "I'm not sure about it", Naruto? You made up your mind?"

Naruto looked at Shikamaru with one of his trademark grin. "Of course. After hearing her story about it, I've been thinking about it... Sasuke and Sakura may have betrayed us... But still, I'm going to bring them back, no matter what. I'm not gonna let that feeling get the best of me. I'm going all the way to the end!"

"But... Naruto..." said Karin. "Didn't you heard what that girl said before...? If you ever try to bring them back.. She'll never forgive you..."

"That may be true... But... Even if she said it, I'm still going to keep my promise. Even if it's broken, then I'll bring it back anew! I promise to bring back both Sasuke and Sakura!"

After hearing his words of confidence, Karin smiled slightly, admiring his courage. He pulled her glasses off from her face and wiped the tears from her eyes, before putting them back on. "... You're... great, Naruto..."

Following suit, Hinata smiled at Naruto's new found confidence. She was sure that he would cope it out sooner or later. And she was glad that she wasn't mistaken. "Naruto-kun..."

Shikamaru smirked. After a few days, Naruto finally stood up for himself and deal with it no matter what. Even though he agreed that they would kill Sasuke, he wished that Naruto would bring Sasuke back before everyone knew it. But right now, he realized that they are wasting time from their mission, so they had to get back for it. "Alright, you dumbass. You got your confidence back. Now let's test it out with that troublesome mission that we are dealing with."

Naruto grinned once more. "Alright! Let's get to it!" he said, as he stood up from the ground and proceed on walking down the road. Hinata and Karin followed him next. "Uh... by the way..." began Naruto. "What's the mission about again?"

"I knew you would bound to forget it sooner or later, Naruto..." said Shikamaru. "But I'll give you a hint. It involves ghosts."

"G-G... GHOSTS?!?! AAAAAAAHHH!!!"

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"Ah! So you are the Konoha nins, huh? Took you long enough!" said the client of the mission, the owner of the weapon shop, Tomoe Kagekiri. "I've been waiting for a DAY for you guys to come and check it out! A FULL DAY!!! You don't know how much I have suffered waiting for you guys here! Are you guys lazy around here?! Is it because Konoha is lazy on giving out missions?! What is wrong with you people?! Too tired to do a simple mission like that?! HAH! Should have expected it from ninjas like you!"

Damn... It's been only a minute and ALREADY, he's being annoying. The four Konoha nins could only sighed at his useless complains. "Just tell us where you found that girl..." said Shikamaru, becoming annoyed that he already puffed out a cigarette to relieve himself from being annoyed.

"Oh right, right, right! The ghost girl! Well, first, you have to take the East of the village! And I mean VILLAGE East, as in, the East from the front entrance of the village! There, you can go through the forest where the ghost girl is seen there. Which forest? Why, the forest of the EAST, of course! It's not that hard to find, you know, if you have some brains that work! And you can't miss out on that girl! Sure, she appears in the night, but this is a coincidence! If you find her in the day, bring her here and I will give her some swatting to do! Oh, did you miss out on something? Well, like I said, first, you have to-"

"Oh, would you just SHUT THE HELL UP, you RETARDED BLABBER MOUTH?!?!" yelled Karin, her irritation getting the best of her.

"Look, we know where she is. You said so on the report that you sent to the village, dumbass." said Shikamaru, taking another puff to relieve himself.

"Ok, ok, I get ya! And when you're done with that, I'm gonna give you... Uh... Let's see... 300 ryos!"

"Wait, I thought we agreed that it would be a 1000 ryos?" said Naruto, getting annoyed of that.

"Well, maybe they should negociate me some more! I don't want a 1000. I want 300! You know I love money that much, do you?"

"Well, whatever! It's still a 1000 ryos, man!"

"Like I said! Negociations, kid! NEGOCIATIONS, YOU FREAKEN IDIOT!!!"

"Why you son of a...!" Naruto was THIS close to kill that retarded client, but fortunately, he stayed cool... But still irritated.

Shikamaru sighed. "Let's go, guys. We're not gonna waste our time with that troublesome client." he said. Everyone agreed and they proceed to begin the mission, in the East of the village and into the forest... Just like what the guy said, but only in simply words.

"And when you guys are done with it, I'll give you... ONE ryo!"

"Only one?!" Karin said, as she turned around to look at the client one more time. "Oh, you gotta be kidding me, you son of a...!" Hinata was just in time to pull Karin out of the shop, trying to make her calm down from it.

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"Man... That guy is totally a dumbass...!" said Naruto, as he sighed of relief to have finally got out of the shop and into the forest where the ghost girl is. The others nodded in agreement. "He never shuts up about something we already know and everything he opened his mouth, it's like being bombarded by thousands of crap that talk crap like that guy!"

"Ok, uh... Let's not talk about that, Naruto..." Shikamaru said, shuddering at the thought of talking craps raining down on Earth.

"A ghost girl wandering in the middle of the day? That kinda defeats the whole purpose of having ghosts as one of the creatures of the night and some stuff like that." said Karin, wondering why there are ghost in the day, and not in the night.

"M... Maybe she's lonely... And she might... have a reason why she kills people mysteriously..." said Hinata, believing that the ghost girl is a gentle spirit, and had a reason for the rumors about the mysterious murder. "If... If we try reasoning with her, we might calm her... spirit..."

"Well, who knows if she's really a ghost." Shikamaru said. "She might be someone who got lost and spend her life wandering around, searching for a way back home. You know what rumors do. They'll get wrong everytime."

"Hah! Well, no problem!" said Naruto, as he stopped there from walking, which made everyone stop as well. "Ghost or not, I'll take care of that! Nothing is gonna stop me from getting in my way!"

"I thought you're scared of ghosts, Naruto." said Shikamaru, getting suspicious... But only slightly.

"Well, of course not! Ghosts aren't a big threat to me! I'll take them on no problem!"

"Then why are your legs shaking, then?" he said, pointing at Naruto's legs, which, unlike what he said, are reacting the opposite. They are shaking.

Naruto quickly noticed how much his legs are shaking from facing the ghosts and tried to stop them by placing his hands hard onto them. "Th-th... That's nothing! They're just like that sometimes!"

"Sometimes? I thought it was mostly where you do a mission involving ghosts."

"Well, it's only sometimes!"

"Whatever you say, you scaredy cat." Shikamaru smirked.

Naruto is getting a little annoyed by that remark. "I'm not a scaredy cat, you lazy dumbass!"

Now, Shikamaru was getting a little irritated. "Look who's talking, you knucklehead."

"Lazy bum!"

"Ramen-loving idiot."

"Sleepy dog!"

"Deadlast!"

"Cloud-watching lover!"

"Oiroke no Jutsu pervert!"

Naruto gasped dramatically. "You take that back, you... you...! Shogi... player!"

"Ah-hah!" Shikamaru yelled out, pointing at Naruto dramatically. "You can't even come up with a better name!"

"Yeah, so?!"

"So I'm the best around the name-calling game, you toad lover."

Naruto was getting really irritated now, as he gritted his teeth in annoyance. "Why... you...!"

The two other girls couldn't help, but giggle at the constant arguments between the two guys. They deemed it to be something as entertain as something out of a game. But come to think of it... This seemed to be the first time that Karin had ever giggle like this. She was giggling out of joy, and not out of admiration. It was something that she had needed for a long time. "You Konoha nins... really are something." she said, smiling.

But unknown to anyone, there was someone running up to them in a hurry. She seemed to be desperate for some reason, and she didn't look where she is going. She was running straight to the Konoha nins, until she bumped herself into Hinata, causing the both of them falling to the ground with such impact. "Eek!" young lady yelped out.

"Ah!" Hinata yelped out, as she fell to the ground. That got the attention of the others and they looked down at the two.

"Hinata! Are you alright?!" Naruto said, as she began to help Hinata up.

Hinata moaned a little. "Y... Yes... I'm fine, Naruto-kun..." she said, as she looked behind her to see who it is.

The young girl was struggling to get up, after that impact. As she was on all four, she looked up to see four people in front of her. "Wha...? Who...?" she quietly said. From everyone's view, she was a young girl at around the age of 15, much like the others. She had a long brown hair that stops right to her waist and a pair of green emerald eyes. She wears a yellow kimono that looked like that of a priestess. The reason why she bumped onto them was something that they are going to find out.

"Huh? Who are you?" asked Naruto.

"Wait a sec..." stated Karin. "Is she the ghost girl that everyone was talking about? The one who wanders the terrains?"

"If so... Then she's not really a ghost." said Shikamaru.

Naruto sighed of relief to see someone who is definitely not a ghost. As he went over to her, he lend out his hand. "Hey, you ok, miss? Here, I'll lend ya a hand."

The young girl looked up to Naruto, before she slowly reached over to his hand. However, a realization came to her, as she quickly slapped his hand away from her and back away from the others. "No! Stay away!"

"Huh?! What the...?!"

"Hey, what's this girl's problem?" Karin asked, confused on why she slapped Naruto's hand away.

"No! You mustn't come closer!" yelled out the young girl. "You have to get away! Now!"

"Huh? Get... away?" said Hinata, who is confused too.

"They're coming for me...! They found me and they're coming! You mustn't get involve into this!"

"Wait, hold on, young lady." said Shikamaru, attempting to calm her down. "What are you talking about? Who's after you? And why?"

"There's no time!" she quickly said, ignoring Shikamaru's question. "You must get away! Quickly!" But before that would work, she felt a strong shock inside of her heart. She widened her eyes in terror. There was no doubt about it. "They're here..."

"They're... here?" said Naruto, confused as with the rest of them.

"It's too late... They're here!" she said, as she turned around behind her, before four rays of light struck down the ground, its brightness illuminating the entire field, much more than the ray of the sun. Everyone shielded their eyes from the brightness of the rays, except for the young girl.

"Ngh...! What the hell?!" shouted out Naruto.

"What int he world is that?!" shouted Shikamaru.

The young girl could only stare at the rays, gasping in shock and fear. She felt that it was going to be the end of her... And the end of what she was trying to accomplish. "They're here... the visitors...!"

The rays of light was beginning to decrease its length. Inside of the rays... are four mysterious beings with a form of a man, but who looked nothing like a human being. They have green scales all over their body, with their abdomen showing, and their head was some sort of like a motorcycle helmet, but it wasn't an accessory. It was really their head (Think of them as humanoid versions of Aliens). They are all holding something of what it seemed to be a blaster, which has the same skin as the mysterious beings.

As the bright light stopped illuminating, the others uncovered their eyes too look at the four beings in front of them. The Konoha nins are confused. "Wh... What the...?" said Naruto, upon seeing them for the first time.

"What in the world...? Halloween costumes...?" said Karin, believing that those beings are only wearing costumes.

The young girl was afraid. Really afraid. She couldn't imagine anything that might happen with them around. Then, she saw them lift their blaster up to the air, before settling down towards them, pointing the blaster at them. The young girl knew what was going to happen. "Everyone!" she screamed, as she turned around to the others. "TAKE COVER!!!"

At that point, their blaster was fired, shooting out a barrage of green energy balls towards the Konoha nins. Quickly noticing the attack, Naruto and Karin jumped to the side of the road, behind a couple of trees, while Shikamaru grabbed the young girl and they, along with Hinata, jumped to the other side, behind another couple of trees. Fortunately, the energy balls could only give out a simple burnt scratch on the trees, but not for very long.

"What the hell?! Who are those guys?!" shouted Naruto, as he looked at Shikamaru from the other side.

"How am I supposed to know?! Hitmen or something?!" shouted Shikamaru.

"H... Hey, miss...?" asked Hinata to the young girl. "Do you know them..?"

The young girl looked up to Hinata and she only nodded slightly. "They're... We called them the visitors... They came to our land so suddenly... And they destroyed... our land! As well as my father!"

One of the mysterious beings stopped firing and extended his arm to the sky, before it suddenly turned into a blade. Then, he jumped right towards the side where both Naruto and Karin were hiding, and he cut the trees in two, just above the two of them. As the cutted trees was beginning to fall onto the two shinobis, they took notice of it and ran to the side. But not back onto the road. The trees crashed onto the empty ground. "What the...?! What in the world is that?!" he said, as he looked up to the attacking being. The being charged at Naruto, with his blade-formed arm ready to strike. Naruto quickly drew out his kunai and blocked the attack just in time.

"Naruto!" yelled out Karin.

"Don't worry! This guy might be a snap to me!" he said, with a small grin on his face. He lifted his leg up and he kicked the being off of him, before he charged at him next.

"Naruto!" yelled out Shikamaru, as he was about to get out from his hiding spot. But the sight of the energy ball colliding against the front side of the tree made him stopped from going any further. "Damn it...!" he cursed.

"Shikamaru..." said Hinata, who was beginning to worry with every passing seconds that passed. "What... What should we do...?"

Shikamaru was thinking about a strategy that would distract the other beings from firing some more. "Come on... What to do...?" he said to himself. Then, he had an idea. He slipped his hand inside of his pouch and pulled out a couple of flash bombs in his hands. "That will stop them from firing for a while!" he said. But before he throws it, he shouted out to everyone. "Guys, cover your eyes!" He threw the flash bombs just in time for everyone to shield their eyes from what was about to come.

The bombs shined brightly and it blew off, covering the entire area in a bright, illuminating light. All the fired beings stopped firing at the sight of the blind light. They could not fire without having to target someone.

"Kagemane no Jutsu!" Shikamaru cried out. After the light was fading the way, the beings could see their targets once more. They were about to fire again, but for some reason, their body could not respond. Instead, they all moved in a position that they did not want to do. And that was the same position as what Shikamaru was doing now. "Possession successful." Shikamaru said, as he smirked while holding himself steady, with the rat handseal.

After Naruto uncovered his eyes once more, he grinned to see the three beings in control by Shikamaru. "Alright, Shikamaru! That will hold them off!" he shouted to him. But now, he has to take care of the fourth one. However, to his surprise, the fourth being wasn't there. "What...? Damn it, where's the fourth guy?!"

That got Shikamaru's attention. He only controlled three beings. And the fourth one was still on the loose. He looked around to see if the fourth was nearby. While he was searching for it, Hinata cried out to him. "Shikamaru! Above you!" He quickly looked up and saw the fourth being in the air, attempting to slash him down with his blade-formed arm. He had no time to move away from the attack. He was vulnerable against it.

But fortunately, before the being could reach him, Karin quickly ran towards the two and jumped towards the being, kicking him full on to the side, sending him flying onto a tree, missing Hinata and the young girl. She landed next to Shikamaru and called out to Hinata. "Hey, Hinata! Take care of that guy!"

Hinata looked at Karin and nodded. "You stay here, alright?" she said the young girl. The young girl nodded and Hinata smiled. Then, she formed a handseal and cried out, "Byakugan!" Veines appeared around her eyes, as she went over to the fourth being. Just as it was standing up to the ground, Hinata quickly slammed his palm at him, a wave of energy spreading out at the time where her palm hits. She began to hit it again a couple of times, chest, hip, abdomen, shoulder, another hip and then right back to the chest. The energy of the being was fading from him fast, as he was unable to stand correctly. With a final attack, Hinata searched for her final hit point. "The final blow!" she cried out, as she thrust her palm at the final point, causing the being to collapse to the ground, dead. She smiled. "That's one down..."

The young girl watched as Hinata delivered the final blow to the fourth being, amazed and surprised at the same time. "Could... Is this really happening...?" she said quietly, unable to believe that such a human such as Hinata was able to kill one of the beings.

Suddenly, everyone heard Shikamaru's grunt of struggle. They looked at him and saw that he was having a hard time. "Damn it...! This isn't good...!" he said, struggling to keep his control over the three beings. The three of them were struggling, but not as much as with Shikamaru.

"Hey, what's wrong?!" asked Karin, worried about what might happen next.

"They're... too strong...! I can't... hold them much longer...!" he grunted, before he let out a cry of relief, as the shadows that binded the three beings released them and returned to Shikamaru's shadow. The beings were able to control themselves once more, as they faced the strategic Chuunin.

Naruto joined up with him, with his kunai ready to face against the beings. "Damn it! If that's what you guys want, then I'll give you something to regret about!" he shouted out. Karin was more than ready to face them, as she was going to give them something that would leave a permanent scar on their face.

Hinata soon joined up with them, but not before she told the young girl to stay there again. And so, the four Konoha nins are ready to fight against the three beings. But the young girl doubt that they will grow victorious. "No! You can't win! Fall back!" she plead. However, they weren't going to fall back on anything. They have made their decision.

The three beings lifted their blaster at the shinobis, ready to fire at any cost. But before they can do so, a shining ray of light struck the ground once more, just like last time. But without a series of rays, the area wasn't illuminating as before. The shinobis, as well as the young girl, looked at the ray of light which appeared before them, surprised to see it there. "What the...? Reinforcements...?!" said Naruto, fearing that they are more of them coming.

However, as the ray of light dissipates, it revealed someone who is not the same as the three beings. No green scales, no helmet-like head, it was that of a real human being. The one who stood there was a man, with his back facing the Konoha nins. From their view, he was man with a brown, messed up hair, that stops at his neck. He was wearing a green T-shirt with a brown, sleeveless leather jacket over it. He also wore a pair of dark blue jeans and a pair of brown shoes and brown leather gloves. Attached to one of his leggings was a gun of some sort.

"Oh boy..." said the brown hair man. "Looks like I arrived too late... Or maybe, I arrived just in time." He smirked. One of the mysterious beings move its blaster towards the man, but in a quick speed, the man grabbed his gun and aimed it to the attacking being, firing it before it could fire its own. The bullet hit its head and it was snet flying slightly, before crashing to the ground a feet away. The two remaining beings were alerted, and looked at the man. He smirked once more. "Go ahead. Try and get me." he taunted them.

One of the beings extended its arm to the sky, before it changed into a blade, similar with the fourth one. It attempted to slash the man down vertically, but he sidestepped and threw his leg to its own legs, tripping it to the ground. The other one attempted to punch him, but he quickly grabbed the punch with his free hand and pulled him over behind him, as it landed hard onto the other. The man took a few steps back from the two, as they stood up from the ground. The being with the blade arm ran towards him, attempting to slice him horizontally. But he jumped from the attack and hit his feet onto its shoulders, making another jump a little higher than before. The other being looked up to see him, attempting to shoot him down. But before it knew, he was aiming his gun down at him. "Too slow." he said, before pulling the trigger and taking the being down. He landed right behind the fallen being.

The blade arm one aimed its blaster towards him and fired a dozen of blasts. However, the man dodged all of them with a quick speed, as with each and every blast he dodged, he was one step closer to it. When he did, he kicked the blaster off its hand, and spun to the side to kick it on the chest, sending it back a couple of steps away. After it regained its balance, it charged at him with full force. But he jumped once more. This time, he was nowhere to be seen around it. As it searched desperately for him, it spotted its blaster laying a few feet away from it. He ran towards it to grab possession of it and just as it was about to reach it, it found its forehead pressing against a cold steel. It looked up to see the man standing there, pointing his gun at its head. "... Bang." he said, before pulling the trigger, getting rid of the last of the mysterious beings.

After that was done, he spun his gun around on his finger, before he pushed it back to where it was attached. He sighed of relief, as he looked back at the four Konoha nins and the young girl, revealing his pair of dark blue eyes. He didn't expect much from the reactions that he was getting from all of them, as all have shocking expressions and hanging jaws. He walked towards them, showing no sign of hostility.

Karin was the first one to speak. "Who... Who are you...?"

As he stopped a couple a feet away from them, the man smiled. "My codename... is Lockon Stratos. I've been sent here to save you guys... Well, to save her, technically." he said, as he looked at the young girl, who was surprised to know that he was saving her.

"M... Me? But why?" she asked.

"You know the drill. Those guys are after you because you're the Chosen One, the one who has a mysterious, and yet great power, and must be eliminated at all cost."

After hearing the words "Chosen One", the Konoha nins were shocked so much. "Chosen One?!" they all said at once.

"What...? But how do you know that I'm...?" she began to speak, but suddenly, the same shocking feeling that occured in her heart was felt once more, as her eyes were widened in shock. "No... Not again...!"

Hinata looked at the young Chosen One with a worried expression. "Hey, what's... what's wrong...?"

"Re... reinforcements...!"

"What?! There are more?!" shouted Naruto.

Lockon groaned in irritation. "Damn it... So quickly...?! Then we have no time to lose!" he said, as he ran his hand up to one of his ear, activating an earcom. "Lockon Stratos to the Ptolemaios. Activate the warp beam for me. Hurry!"

"Roger that." said a female voice that came from his earcom. "I'll activate the beam right now."

In no time, the same ray of light struck the ground once more. Lockon went inside of the beam, before turning around to look at the others. "Get inside! Hurry!" he said, before his body was absorbed into the ray.

"Wait, hold on!" said Naruto, getting more confused by the second. "What the hell is going on around here?!"

"I don't know..." said Shikamaru, who has the same confusion as he is. "But we don't have time! We gotta get in there!" Shikamaru quickly went over to the ray, before his body got absorbed by it too.

Both Hinata and the Chosen One went ahead as well. Next goes to Naruto and Karin. But before they could reach it, Karin suddenly tripped to the ground. "Ah!" she yelped out.

"Karin!" Naruto shouted out, stopping an inch away from the beam. He quickly lend his hand to her, but not before several of beams appeared before them. "Damn it...! Come on!"

As she looked back to see the beams appearing, she quickly grabbed his hand and pulled herself up. However, it was just in time for the mysterious beings to appear, aiming their blaster towards the two. The two remaining shinobis went over to the beam, their body being absorbed into the light, just in time to avoid the barrages of blasts by the blasters. As the ray of light dissipated, the mysterious beings were left standing there. One of them moved its arm up to where the mouth is and spoke up a mysterious language that no one could understand.

"... I see." said a voice coming from the arm of the being, who spoke entirely in english. "Then we have arrived too late." The being spoke to the person once more. "... No. We have no need to go after the Chosen One... For now. We are almost at our primary goal... Come back to base, please." The being nodded.

"... And this time... In this fusioned world... We will rule the entire fusion universe..."

End prologue

Phew! That was long. Well, there you have it. The prologue of my X-over fic. Hope you guys like it. If not, then shoot!

Well, anyways, if you guys wanna know which mangas that I'm putting in, then the names at the beginning of the prologue will give you a hint. And if you guys know Lockon Stratos, then the anime that he was in is included as well. But there are still more mangas to add, but I'm unsure which to add, since I don't know some of them. Well, if you guys want me to add a manga that you want it to be include in my fic, then don't hesitate to ask.

Well, there you have it. Ja ne! And review, Kudasai!