Dragon of Time: Ironically I was playing an old play station game when the idea for this story came to mind. Hope you all like it. As you all know, I sadly do not own Naruto in any way shape or form. Neither do I own anything related directly to the game I crossed it over with.
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Prologue: Return in Stone Shards
Kami created the world from the chaos that it once was. From there life grew. Water swelled the beaches; fish swam in the waters of the world. Living creatures walked the lands while winged birds flew the endless skies.
Kami smiled on the world that now teemed with life as forest grew and valleys deepened. She then molded the very earth and created humans to lead life. With that she left the world, to one day return.
For millennia, humanity ruled the world given to them by Kami in honor and respect.
They fought their wars and battles, survived the famines and plagues but in the end they always were honorable to Kami and her world. And the honor was always returned to them by the world, providing them with food and shelter.
Life went on as it always did, living beings died and others were born.
Two such beings stared and growled at each other across a lake at the bottom of a valley. "Rasengan" yelled one and the other hollered "Chidori."
Their attacks met in an explosion of light. The light faded to show only one was left, a black haired one wearing a blue shirt and white shorts. A man with silver hair appeared and picked him up, soon leaving the scene in sadness.
Ten years had passed since that sorrowful day and nine of those years…were absolute hell.
Life had been going on as usual. Some died, others were born.
In this case, it was hope itself that died, as despair and loss was born.
Out of nowhere, a strange mist rolled in. Many thought nothing of it, as mist is a natural part of the world. That ended, for as soon as this mist rolled in the very stone came to life. These beings were never created by kami, but by the darkness that was the mist. The living stone soon became known as Seru. The seru soon began attacking any human being in sight.
The ninja realm was in turmoil, for there were millions of the seru and no way to stop them. The chakra attacks did nothing to the things, as they took the blows as if they were a slap to the face.
Nine long years where refugees poured in from almost every village as they fell one by one, human blood running through the streets in gallons. All hostilities and rivalries were soon forgotten, as every brain from every village tried to find a way to save them from annihilation. Thankfully many of the refugees had brought supplies with them but time would still get them.
The mist could never get over the high walls of Konoha, and they even erected a high wall atop the Hokage monument to prevent the mist from entering from there with help of the best surviving stone users from Iwa.
Despair was alive, hope was dieing. Yet, not all was always lost. Many prayed and at last their prayers were about to be answered, in the form of one lost soul.
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A party of eleven hunters, dressed in forest colors ran at best speed towards the high walls in the distance, each carrying some recently hunted meat. They could hear the claws scrapping the earth behind them…and gaining.
"Damn it" said one raven haired man "We won't make it."
Next to him stood another Hunter, this time a female with shoulder length pink hair, who responded "Yes we will, just keep moving."
In there rear of the group, two pale eyed hunters dressed in flowing white combat robes, kept watch on their rear as they moved. Each could hear the oncoming things behind them…and they were big, at least 3 in number.
So focused on keeping on eye behind them, one of the two, a female with dark blue hair did not see the tree root in the way and tripped to the ground.
"Hinata-sama" yelled the other pale eyed youth.
The whole party stopped and was about to run back and get her but froze in fear.
Hinata slowly turned her head and…looked up at the things standing there. Before her stood a seru, at least 10 feet tall and very lion like. Its whole body was red, its pearl white claws crusted in blood. Its blue man nearly merged as one into the surrounding mist. She stared in fear as the muscles in the legs tensed and it huge maw opened, revealing its foot long fangs.
It jumped at her.
Hinata couldn't even scream, so scared she was.
If she had been paying attention she would never have been in this mess…
or seen the man behind the seru.
Hinata watched as the thing rose higher and higher…and the man that leaped onto the thing's head and slammed it into the ground with a shattering amount of power. What caught the party off guard even more was when the head shattered into a million stone shards, soon followed by the rest of the body as it crumpled to dust.
"You okay?" the man asked in a welcoming soprano.
Hinata looked at him. In the light all that could be seen of the man was that he was dressed in a regular black cloak, with a large, 6 foot broadsword sheathed on his back.
She said in a shaky voice "Yeah, I'm fine but…"
Hinata was unable to finish as the other two lion like things charged.
The cloaked man turned around as if he was bored. Before any of the hunters could blink, one of the lion like things crossed the distance…and fell into two pieces before shattering into millions more curtsey of the broadsword.
It was an awesome blade, according the thoughts of one Kiba Inuzuka. The blade was a deep red. It was wide at the tip before becoming thinner in the middle and widening again at the hilt. It was simple, but the way the man held it at the last remaining seru spoke experience.
The thing ignored the death of its comrade and charged at the man, roaring like there was no tomorrow. The man held the blade before him and said "Hyper Art: Rasengan Slash."
Raising the blade, it became covered in a swelling mass of swirling wind. He then dropped in a crescent ark just as the thing was a few feet from him in distance. Upon contact, the thing was launched back with such force that the bang could be heard for miles around. In the air, it split in two and upon contact with a nearby tree, both halves shattered, spreading stone shards all over the area.
The Hunters stared in outright shock. Many had tried to fight these things hand to hand like this, but all returned in body bags or were never found again. The only one to return in any sort of perfect condition was the current Hokage…who now only had one arm.
Sheathing his sword the man turned around and asked "Is everyone all right?"
They all nodded and were about to ask questions when the man interrupted saying "Save the questions till we get somewhere safe. That racket will probably attract even bigger problems."
Not even arguing the Hunter's plus one moved towards the distant walls.
(Konoha Interior)
The gates slammed shut with a giant slam. Many people surrounded the hunters but stepped back in shock at the cloaked man standing behind them.
None spoke. None moved.
Out of no where a whirlwind of sand moved among the crowd and as suddenly as it came, it dispersed to reveal a man that stood a little under 6 feet, with short, wild red hair. His green eyes stared emotion less at the cloaked man, as his own red battle robe swished in the wind, underneath it, the man wore black shinobi pants and a matching pair of sandals and shirt.
He stared at the man…and smiled.
"You're late, you know that?" he said, confusing many people around him.
The man put his hand behind his head and said with a chuckle "Yeah, I get that a lot."
With a swift motion, the man pulled down his hood and said "How's it been Garra?"
Garra smiled and replied "Could be better, How about you…Naruto?"
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Dragon of Time: Cliffy. To those who have not figured it out at this point, the crossover is with Legend of Legaia, the very first one. So keep up with me as I start yet another new story. See ya and I hope for really nice reviews.