Naruto's Fantasy
I do not own Naruto or Final Fantasy X. Just simply the plot itself. Please enjoy.
The Invasion begins
Darkness surrounded him everywhere as he walked down a corridor he had come to know in these past few nights. Making his way slowly as torches burst to life one either side of him, slowly illuminating and driving off shadows. Soon he came to a large circular room. Walls made of well lined were decorated with velvet drapes. A single red carpet stretched from down the long corridor, through the room, and up a flight of stone steps that stopped short of some oddly shaped stone door. Great torches were lit aflame at the entrance of the room, at the bottom of the steps, and at the top of steps near the door.
Uzumaki Naruto cast a cautious look around before he walked further in. Each step he took was soundless as he came to the bottom step. Then a noise, foreign to this quiet, yet recurring dream, resounded. It was the sound of stone grinding against stone. Naruto looked up towards the door. It was slowly, almost painfully, sliding up, reveling a dark shadow of someone standing within intensely bright light.
Naruto had to shield his eyes before calling out, "Who are you!"
The person seemed to have just noticed Naruto then. A smile crossed their face and their arms folded behind their back as this person bent down a little in an almost childish manner. "There you are! I'm waiting for you, Uzumaki Naruto!"
"What? Who are you? Why are you waiting for me?"
A small laugh was he heard as the shadow simply said. "Come back soon, ok? " Then everything simply went black.
Naruto opened his eyes as his alarm went off. He lifted his face out of the pillow that was matted with his cold sweat. Finally catching his breath he reached out and turned it off, he wiped the sweat that had matted his forehead with the back of his hand and muttered. "Damn it"
"So, you're finally awake"
Naruto lifted his head and found Auron leaning on his bedroom door. "Auron," Naruto wiped the sleep from his eyes, stretching his muscles as he got out of bed. "Where have you been?"
"Around" he simply answered
Auron was something of a guardian to Naruto, a surrogate father of Naruto's after his mother died and his father disappeared in thin air. That was ten years ago at least and the last thing Naruto remembered was living on a tiny island with his sick mother covered with wild flowers and sea water.
Auron never spoke much or about why his father left his mother, be he hated the man nonetheless.
Pushing up his dark shades on his nose, the man strode across the room, grabbing Naruto's outfit from the closet and threw it to Naruto. "The game starts soon, and your fans are waiting."
At this Naruto took his clothes and headed to the bathroom to change. All the while thinking about that dream, he had been noticing that he had been having that same dream over and over for the last couple of weeks. And yet he could never understand it at all. Though he decided to push the thought away for a later date, tonight he needed to focus.
Tonight was the ending of the blitzball season. The Zanarkand Abes vs. the Zanarkand Doogles and he needed to focus for tonight's game.
After five minutes, the teen walked out of the room. He wore a high collar shirt with no sleeves black with a trim of white, black and white pants and black boots. His outfit was much different amongst the Zanarkand Abes, but he liked it that way, he wanted to be different from the sharp contrast to the bright yellow and black his teammates wore. The style made him stand out amongst his team, his white spiky hair that seemed to flop down his shoulders, covered the left side of his face and his eye. Keeping his right blue eye visible on the right side of his face.
Auron noted that the boy looked a little like his mother, but didn't voice his opinion. Both walked towards the door and opened it. Upon opening it they were both greeted by an entourage of fan girls. Screaming and practically going bat shit crazy, sucking in a breath and knowing what's to come he exited and gave them all a wave.
Naruto signed a few autographs and took several pictures with his adoring fans before making a run for to the stadium. All the while ducking and dodging fan girls aplenty, guess this was the price of being well known as one of the greatest blitzball player in all of Zanarkand. And he accomplished it all in less than a year!
That in it self was a feat and he was damn proud of it. Though before he left his home Auron told him that he wanted to talk to him about something after the game.
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Naruto was in the middle of a pre game warm ups and stretching when he heard the sounds of an incredible amount of water being gathered in one place. Fill the sphere pool in the academy, the roar of crowds in anticipation filled the stadium.
A small smile crossed Naruto's lips as he began envisioning his and the team's victory.
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Auron walked until he reached a tall building that towered over the pier. "So now the story is about to begin." The gray haired man closed his eyes and sighed. "I thought I'd have more time to train the boy." Auron looked out to the water. In the distance, along the horizon, the water began to bulge as something massive traveled just beneath the surface toward the glorious city that never sleeps.
Naruto, I hope you're ready for this,Auron thought as the sound of the swiftly filling stadium not too far caught some of his attention. We have to be ready.
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The feeling of water in the Sphere Pool, the slightly muffled sound of screaming Blitzball fans, and the sensation of adrenaline pumping through his veins was the best. The competition, the infamous Zanarkand Doogles, was known for their brutality and unmerciful beatings they handed their opponents each game. They slammed, kicked, rushed, and tackled almost every Abe unfortunate enough to get caught by them.
Naruto dodged everything with unusual grace as he rushed a Doggle, knocking the older, burley man out of the pool and into the stands. He smirked at the unconscious man and swam away. This action gave his team enough of an opening to score on the Doogles. The Abes were now one up on the team that received a fair amount (a lot) of boos and jeers.
Since most of Zanarkand's population was at the stadium, cheering on their favorite teams, nobody saw the monstrous creature rise of the water and hover over the pier. No one saw but one. Auron sighed in frustration as he made his was back to the stadium to pick up his charge. It's here now, he thought. It is almost time to go.
The clock was ticking away the remaining time as Naruto informed his team though signs to pass him the ball as he started to wind up his trademark Sphere Shot.
The Doggles, recognizing the Uzumaki boy's special shot, they all refocused their attention on him and tried to stop him. The Abes blocked off the Doggles as the surrounded their star player, forming a defensive ring. The white and blue dimpled ball shot out the top of the Sphere Pool, followed closely by Naruto.
He was performing the backwards flip that would bring his foot slamming into the ball, but his attention was brought away from his intended target when he saw it. On the other side of the city, near the pier, a large something hovered poise looking directly at him. Naruto gasped. The watery bubble surrounding it ripped before four bullets of energy shot into the city. Each one pierced one building after another before hitting the grounds near the stadium or different parts of it. Explosions erupted and rocked the city as every building hit toppled and caved in on them selves.
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The pure energy that held the water within the Sphere Pool disbursed and the water quickly emptied out on to the evacuating stadium below.
Naruto's hand reached out and grabbed the ring of the Sphere Pool when he fell. As more powerful explosion shook the stadium, Naruto lost his grip and fell.
Pain coursed though his body when he came to. Somehow or anther the young Uzumaki had survived his fall as he sat up. Naruto grabbed his head as a throbbing headache shot through it. "Shit, that hurt…"
The white haired youth took a look around; he was soaked by water and surrounded by rubble. He slowly stood up, wobbling a bit but he was fine. He had landed near the entrance; he remembered being thrown when an explosion went off when he fell. He made his way out of the remains of the stadium, along with the rest of the surviving fan who were running past him.
Naruto looked up and standing there next to a fallen wall, reading a little orange book as though nothing happened, was Auron.
"Auron!" the teen shouted while walking over pieces of fallen rubble and debris and up to the taller man. "What's going on?"
Auron simply looked off to the distance and began to walk. "Come on, we're expected."
Naruto blinked in confusion, "What are you talking about? What do you mean expected"
Auron didn't say anything as he led the teen away from the broken stadium and deeper into the heart of Zanarkand.
Throughout the destruction and panic around, all but two souls made their way closer to the beast as waves of humanity rushed to find shelter from the monstrous creature that arrived just moments ago as it continued to destroy the city.
Auron was dipping between people with ease as the city's inhabitants stampeded across one of the bridges that connected Downtown Zanarkand with its residential areas in a desperate attempt to get away. Naruto, however, was continuously bumped and pushed out of the way as he tried to keep up with Auron.
Then a strange, tingly sensation washed over Naruto's body. In a blink of an eye, everything stopped. He looked to his left, then right, and all the way around to find everything and everyone frozen. Like statues. Fear and panic clearly etched on all their faces as he walked slowly around each of them.
"…now what's going on?"
"…it begins…"
Naruto whirled around and turned down on the only mobile thing other than him self. A small dark skinned boy wearing strange clothes faced him. His clothes were royal blue and yellow torn at the shoulders and knees, making them into a no-sleeve hooded shirt and shorts.
Naruto sent the child a disbelieving, wary stare. "Who-"
The hooded boy had cut him off by saying, "It matters not my identity. So tell me," he smirked, tilting his head and folding his hands behind his back. "Are you afraid?"
Who's afraid? Surely not Uzumaki Naruto? What an outrageous question! "No way!"
"Good, you'll need a brave face for what's to come." With a snap of his fingers, the kid vanished and everything frozen was now moving. It was like someone had pressed the pause button on a remote and then pressing play again.
"Wha?" Naruto turned around to look for the boy but he was no longer there. However he did see Auron once again. "Hey wait!" Naruto called before running after him.
He caught up to the taller man, stepping in front of Auron. There must have been a million questions for him to ask. "Are you crazy? We can't go this way!"
Auron spared a single, fleeting glance towards Naruto before turning towards the offensive creature attacking Zanarkand while pushing his glasses on the bridge of his nose. "Look," The optimistic teen looked up at the said felonious monster. "We called it Sin."
"Sin?" What kind of name was that? Auron gave a small nod before his eyes narrowed menacingly at the accursed monster. Just looking at it made the silent man seethe and Naruto could feel the vast amount of killing intent roll off of his surrogate father in powerful waves.
Out of the water shield, something large shot out and lodged it self in the wall of a nearby building. What ever it was, its long tentacle-like appendage writhed for a moment before its many glowing black scales shook themselves loose. Naruto watched in horror as they hurtled down into the city. Some landed a few feet away from the duo.
After landing into the ground, the thick scales opened up, like cocoons. Naruto noted that these creatures, whatever they were, came up to his waist, were slimy, stood on tiny legs, and had viciously sharp claws. The screeches they made weren't very loud but still threatening as three approached the snowy haired child.
Naruto tried to swat at a few but found that they were the ones pushing him back. One tried to take a chunk out of him by using their sharp as swords scaly wings. Naruto backed up to avoid it, not noticing the small rock debris as he tripped over it and he fell on his butt.
Auron simply sighed, surely this boy new better right? At least he tried. Reaching into his coat he pulled out a long black with a trim of crimson colored sword, holding it out to Naruto. "You'll have an easier time if you use this, Naruto"
Naruto looked at the blade while getting to his feet. Obviously from the way it shone it seemed new. So he reached out and took it.
"It's a present from Minato."
"My old man?!" Naruto exclaimed causing the other man to nod. Right now wasn't the time to ask questions. It was a time for action and that time was now.
The stoic bushido simply stated. "I hope your ready for this" and began to cut through the large crowd of sin scales. Clearing a path, Naruto shook his head and followed close behind. Both men hacked and slashing their way through to meet Sin.
Already, the blitzball star could tell that this was going to be a long night indeed.
Thanks to those who are taking a look at my story, it's greatly appreciated ya know. And I will be updating my Prince of Pleasure very soon. Just needed to work on the characters and interactions a little bit.
For some reason I always wanted to try a Final Fantasy x / Naruto story. Plus it will help me with my writing style and variety. Oh please check out my Prince of Pleasure story and leave constructive criticisms. Much obliged ya know? (=
Also, I may decide that I will write my Way of the Assassin story over. I ran into a rut and a few things came up. I apologize to those who liked it and to other's who are probably tearing their hair out at hearing this. But don't worry, my new Assassins Creed/Naruto story will be awesome, I won't give up.
Read and review please. Thank you.