Disclaimer: I don't own anything or anyone of the characters or placet you'll find in this Fic! Otherwise… Well, guess it.
Ok, now, a premise… DON'T ASK ME HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS GOTTEN INTO MY MIND! IT JUST POPPED OUT! MWAHAHAHAH! MAN, THIS IS GONNA BE THE CROSSOVER! Among my stories, at least. I'm not the superb type, you know. Well… What can I say… Enjoy!
"Talking"
"Thinking"
Prologue
In a completely dark room there were like three glowing orbs, making a triangle out of light. They were like talking. Each one glowed of a different light and had a different voice. One blue light, one green light, and one red light. The voices were like… Distorted, but slight differences could still be heard.
"Hey… Are we sure about this?"
"It's the only suitable way. We don't have enough time to do it with data or anything like that… Well, I've always hated paper work, by the way."
"… Ok. When we start the thing?"
"Immediately!"
"… How come she's always excited like a little girl with everything?"
"Because she's a little girl… Well, technically."
"… Ok. I'll do it. This meeting has ended."
The three orbs disappeared, returning the darkness in the room. No one knew what those three 'orbs' had in mind… But all the people who were going to be involved into the thing would find out soon, eventually.
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On a far planet, what looked like a blue sphere dashed for the landscape at insane speed. Jumping and running over anything. Nothing seemed able to stop him… Except for a strange white portal that he entered straight, not being able to stop before touching it.
"What the…"
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On a far planet, a good looking young man was running on his motorcycle. Blonde hair flowing with the wind, all covered in dark clothes and with a pair of goggles covering his eyes. He was doing that world-ride to keep his mind occupied… Suddenly, a strange white portal appeared in front of him. He tried to stop from entering it, but he couldn't.
"…"
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On a far planet, a boy around sixteen years old was flying trough skyscrapers dressed in a strange red and blue costume… Well, not flying. He was more like swinging. He was very agile, and he had a sort of sixth sense that told him about dangers… But strangely it didn't tell him about the strange white portal that sucked him in.
"Hey! … Well, I think it means that this is not a dangerous thing…"
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On a far planet a boy was… Kicking his sensei's ass. The damn ero-sannin was peeking into a hot spring again. They were just a day or so from Konoha, and he had to do his damn research. So, like they did a lot from sometime, they started fighting. And the most of time, the women would find out about it, and they would beat senseless both of them.
"Damn it, ero-sannin! I want to get back to Konoha!"
"Damn brat! It's not like you don't like doing this as well!"
"BUT THERE'S TIME AND TIME, YOU DAMN ERO-SANNIN!"
"STOP CALLING ME THAT! AND… Uh?"
"Uh?"
Suddenly, under the figures of the blonde haired fifteen years old boy and his sensei appeared a circular white portal. They fell into it. They reappeared in another place, of course. They reappeared in mid-air, though. So, since physic is a matter of fact on each planet, they fell onto the ground.
"Ouch!"
"Ow! What the…"
"…"
"…"
The two looked around them. Those weren't the hot springs anymore, that was sure. And apart that… They weren't alone. Other people kept on falling from white holes that appeared in the sky. Each one different… No one was even similar to another one. The place… Was like an enormous valley surrounded by high blue mountains. Only that… There wasn't the ground, under their feet. But a floor of white squared plates. After a couple of minutes, the white holes stopped appearing and the people falling from them. And immediately, whispers and whispers began to be heard.
"… Ero-sannin, tell me this is one of your jutsus…"
"It's one of my jutsus."
"Liar."
"Please, calm down, ladies and gentlemen."
"!"
"!"
Naruto and Jiraya raised their head to look above them. Above them was like a giant blue rock floating in the air. The blue rock floated till one of the extreme sides of the valley and lowered slightly, so to make the entire valley able to see what was on top of it. On top of it there were three people. One was a little girl around 12 years old. She had waist length brown hair and black eyes, and she was wearing a pink and red dress, like a traditional Chinese one. Another one was like… An enormous blue giant of crystal. He had enormous wings and his arms crossed. And it didn't seem to have legs. The last one was a giant even bigger than the blue one. While the blue one was like… Six meters of height, this one was at least thirty. He was like made out of gold, with his head separated from the rest of the body, without a neck. The head was covered by a little violet cloak and a white light was coming out from the centre of his chest and from his eyes.
"… First, we introduce ourselves. I'm Necron."
"I'm Skuld! Nice to meet ya!"
"And I'm the Living Tribunal. And we gathered all of you here, for a simple reason…"
"…" "I don't think I'm dreaming, here…"
"Because all of you are heroes and heroines."
The star tournament
Chapter1: Feeling powerless
"? Heroes and heroines?"
More and more whispers. It was clear that no one understood what was going. Naruto and Jiraya, of course, were struggling to understand it as well. Suddenly, the little girl moved his hand and an enormous hammer appeared in the air in front of them. She slammed it hard on the ground in front of her, making the entire crowd shut up.
"Be quiet till we are done talking, okay? Pretty pleeeeease…"
"Thanks, Skuld. As I was saying… All of you people here… Are heroes and heroines. The strongest of your worlds."
"… People with special powers, who did extraordinary actions for the sake of the others… Or even your worlds. And if they still haven't, they will in the future."
"Exactly. As a few of you might have already understood, you are standing side by side with people from other worlds… Or 'realms', or 'dimensions', call them like you want."
A lot of people began to look around them. Who turning his/her head, who the entire body, who silently moving the eyes. Naruto was in the second group. All the people around sure was particular in some way. The clothes, first thing. Each one had different clothes. Robes, cloaks, strange costumes.
"… I'm definitely not dreaming. I wouldn't dream anything like this neither after eating twenty bowls of rotten ramen… And that time I dreamed of something really disturbing."
"… We gathered you here because… A great event is going to take place on a certain planet."
"The planet has been created for this event only, think about it!"
"The event we are talking about… It's a great fight in which you will compete."
"!" "A fight?"
"Not a fight for blood or to amuse our three selves or the many people who will see you… But a great competition that will make clear… Who's the strongest among you."
More and more whispers. This was a matter that needed talking. That was for sure. But the sight of a new giant hammer shut the whole crowd down one more time… Even if some didn't even flinch from the moment they fell into the valley.
"… You will participate at your own will, and we assure you that no one will die during the competition. We can't tell you in what the challenges will consist yet, but there will be different kinds of challenges. All of them include fighting."
"Yeah! The competition will have many rules! And to each one of you will be given a certain amount of time, according to their level of strength, to prepare for the big thing!"
"Times flows autonomous in each world, before you ask. When you'll go back to your worlds, you'll find objects that will communicate you the time given to you. Using that objects you will able to deny or accept the entrance in the competition. Other people from your world might receive similar objects that will allow them to come as well to see your challenges."
"… By the way, some of you might have got here by accident. In that case, you will forget about this whole meeting when you go back, except if you've been selected to be part of the audience."
"Now, you could ask, why taking all of us here? Why not simply telling us in our respective world?"
"That because we chose to give you an opportunity to know each other. To meet eventual future allies and rivals."
"… In other words…"
"LET'S PARTY!"
Skuld raised both her hands in the air, and suddenly the valley transformed into an enormous disco. Lights, bars, cubes, tables and chairs, and house music in the background… The girl and her two companions were still floating in the air, but standing on nothing. The Living Tribunal and Necron turned towards Skuld.
"…"
"Awww! Come on! Nec! Livi-T! Your speechs are sooo boring!"
"… I suppose."
"… Next time, let us finish, at least."
"Ok! Now, let me go! I have a party to attend to!"
And saying that, the little girl threw herself into the crowd. Her two companions just disappeared.
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Naruto and Jiraya were really, really confused. First they got transferred god knew where. Then they were told about some kind of tournament he or Jiraya should fight… Even if Naruto would have been flattered to be called hero, to say the least… He was certain it was Jiraya they were talking about. At least, after taking a look around. Since there was nothing else to do that to wait to go back to their home 'world', Naruto and Jiraya began to take a look around… Well, at least Naruto did. Jiraya went to the bar and started drinking and researching girls from other worlds. Naruto was really, really confused. In the three years with Jiraya, he learned to sense chakra signatures, to guess out intentions and even the strength of one person by his chakra signature. And even if he wasn't a master at it yet, he was sure of something… Every single person in that 'disco' was powerful. Really, really powerful. He began to sweat.
"… Wow… These guys are all… Ouch!"
"…"
Naruto bumped into what seemed to him like a wall of bricks, but it was instead something made out of metal. Usually Naruto wouldn't admit his fault, even if he was daydreaming, and that was the reason because he bumped into something the most of times, and usually told the guy to get lost… But, when he tried to do it, he couldn't. Naruto was… In awe. He was like paralyzed. He couldn't move a finger or say a word. What the mysterious man had done to him? He simply turned around. The young man Naruto bumped into would probably give the hots to almost every woman. He was tall and muscular, and he had a beautiful refined face, with long blonde hair even spikier than Naruto's one. Very spikier. Gravity defying, one could say. He was dressing only black clothes, and a pair of goggles covered his eyes. What Naruto had bumped into… Was his sword. An enormous sword, longer than Naruto and maybe as high as its owner. But it wasn't for his looks or his sword the reason why Naruto was paralyzed… It was his chakra signature. Never… Naruto had never witnessed something so powerful. Only one thing gave him that feeling before, even if for a few seconds, but while the other thing gave enormous bloodlust and evil intent along with his chakra signature, the young man in front of Naruto gave away… Respect, strength, calm, authority… It was like being in front of a god.
"… Watch where you're going."
Said that, the man walked away. After he was five meters away, Naruto was able to move again. He was almost panting. He had never experienced anything like that, before. He got back on his feet. He felt hot. He really needed something fresh… That's when a blur of blue run in front of him and summoned an enormous gust of wind. Naruto almost fell on his back one more time for the strength of the wind. He covered his eyes with one hand, and then he saw the blur coming back to him, then it stopped in front of him. And Naruto's eyes almost bulged out his head. In front of him was standing… An enormous blue hedgehog, wearing nothing else but a pair of red sneakers with white stripes and a pair of white gloves. He was enormous for a hedgehog. He was at least 1 meter high, and he was looking at Naruto smiling.
"…"
"Hey, sorry about that. But man, I really hate crowded places!"
"… You're… A hedgehog…" "HE'S TALKING, GODDAMMIT!"
"Yes! The name's Sonic!"
"… You were that blur that ran in front of him earlier?"
"Bingo. I'm really fast, you know? My record I believe is 350 Km/h. Never had a chronometer, sorry."
"350 KM/H!"
"Eheheh… Yes, I know… Sorry, gotta go. I want to get a good look of this place… Or maybe I could just do break dance."
And said that, Sonic went away at his speed. Naruto was dumb founded one more time. The hedgehog hadn't the same aura as the man from before, but he was powerful as well. But what stupefied Naruto the most… Was his speed. He had never heard of no one this fast. The only one was… The Yondaime. He was called Yellow Flash for a reason, you know. Then, Naruto continued to look around. There were people of all kinds, around there. Mages, Swordsmen, men, women, children… But one thing was sure. They were powerful. And Naruto began to feel a little uneasy. He was certain that was Jiraya the man they wanted to take part in that competition. He… He wasn't powerful enough.
"… If I couldn't even stop Sasuke, what could I do against people like them who even if I don't know if they're stronger than Itachi Uchiha or Orochimaru, I'm sure they could at least give them a good match? And that man from before… I'm sure there are people, here, who can match him. What could I possibly do against that kind of opponent?"
Naruto dropped his head down, sighing heavily. He then walked towards the bar, to see if they served ramen… But, he thought just after that, maybe it was a good time to try underage drinking.
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"Naruto, you dumbass! You're too young to drink!" "Even if he needed two litres to get drunk. That's amusing… I think he will become a great drinker, when he gets older."
"Shhhhhut up… Ero-shannim…"
Jiraya had found Naruto in a really bad situation… Well, only half bad. He was drunk, along with another boy with brown hair who seemed like three years older than him, who had a strange gold circlet around his forehead. Half-bad… Because the two were in sweet company with a pair of drunk girls. Cute girls, you must say. Jiraya swore one of them was the girl who summoned the giant hammer. But Jiraya didn't stop to observe them because he needed to get his student out of that mess. In the meanwhile, another man did the same with the brown-haired boy, only that he hit him in the head with a giant Harisen(1), saying…
"Stupid monkey!"
"Oww!"
"Uff… We'll need to delay our return to Konoha even further… Uh?"
Suddenly, the three strange people from before reappeared up in the air, the little girls visibly drunk.
"Hic… Shoooorry, but the party ends… Hiccup! Here…"
"… Now, you will go back to your worlds. We'll make so that eventual alcohol effects will fade up."
"And one last thing we forgot before. Of course the winners of this competition will have a prize. Many prizes, I must say. But we can tell you about only one, for now. The winners will have one wish granted. Every kind of wish."
"… Well, we'll meet again for the competition, heroes and heroines."
"Yeah! Shee ya! Hiccup!"
Suddenly Jiraya found himself falling into another one of those white holes. He and Naruto were back where they got transferred from. The hot springs. Naruto was back sober, as they said. Suddenly, Jiraya and Naruto immediately noticed, like attracted by them, two objects laying on the ground in front of them. Two… Medallions with a large green stone into it. Student and master looked at each other and then took them in hand. Suddenly what looked like a cloud of green smoke got out of the medallions. Then, in the clouds of smoke, golden letters began to form. The ones into Jiraya's smoke said…
"Name: Jiraya. Role: Audience. Champion: Uzumaki Naruto. Eheheh… That means…"
"… Yes…"
Naruto looked sadly at his medallion and then at the green smoke. The words said "Name: Naruto Uzumaki. Role: …"
"… Competitor… If you want to enter the tournament, bury this medallion along with a bang of your hair. Otherwise, bury it without it. Time granted for training: three years."
"EEEEEK! PERVERTS!"
"… Crap…"
Naruto and Jiraya said at the same time. Before the stamped of angry women beat them up to a pul, the remembered that they were still in the hot springs.
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"Owowowow… That hurt…"
"…"
Naruto and Jiraya were walking towards Konoha, at last, all bruised and battered up. Women can really be a pain in the ass, even if they're not Kunoichi. Jiraya knew it well… Too well, but he kept on doing his research in practically every hot spring he saw.
"Damn brat! It's all your fault!"
"… Yeah…"
"… Hey, what's wrong?"
"…"
Naruto stopped and so did Jiraya. Jiraya was worried. The boy was usually cheerful and always smiling like the dumbass he was, even if it was only a mask. He was like this only on particular times. Suddenly, Naruto raised his head.
"I don't think I'll enter this thing…"
"… And why is that? That's not like you. You usually love these kind of things, just to kick ass…"
"The problem is… I don't think I'll be able to kick anyone's ass…"
"… I sensed their chakra signature as well. They're all really powerful, yes."
"… That's why…"
"Uhuhuh… So the almighty Naruto is giving up?"
"NO!"
"Then, don't be so down. You have three years of time. In three years you'll be able to solve your things and to become enough powerful to compete into that thing, right? Training hard, you'll be able to do it."
"… Do you really believe that?"
"Of course! I have a few techniques that will help you for sure! But I will teach them to you only if you promise not to slack off on anything, be it training or your objectives."
"Yes! I promise!"
"Eheheh… You know, that 'wish granted' thing seems interesting…"
"Eh? Right…"
Naruto's mindscape
"Hail, Naruto-sama! Here's your two tons of ramen for this day!"
"MUAHAHAHAHAH!"
"… Ahhhh… Rameeeeeen…"
"… Naruto, you're drooling. That's sick, you know."
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Three years later ( Naruto's world timeline )
"Kunais?"
"Check."
"Flashbombs?"
"Check."
"Explosive tags? Shurikens? Katana?"
"Check. Check. Check."
"Ok. We're set up, then."
Naruto and Jiraya walked out of the blonde boy's apartment… Well, it was no more an apartment. The boy had moved in a new home the day of his 17th birthday. Naruto had always been a good saver, and if you add that he was very VERY fortunate with game of chance… Well, he became rich. That's all about it. He bought this nice villa in the outskirts of Konoha. A really big house for one boy only, but he liked it. In three years a lot had happened… His looks. He was now 1,84 centimetres taller. His birthmarks were smoother, almost invisible, and his hair had grown even longer. And… He had become hot. Muscular, with a fine face… Even if his trademark grin never left his personality, but a lot of girls among the villagers seemed to forgot about the Kyuubi, when they looked at him with heart-shaped eyes. His clothes were now a normal Jounin uniform… Well, only that… His Jounin jacket, instead of green… Was orange. His forehead protector was still at his righteous place. He walked out of his villa with Jiraya and sat down. The portal was going to open soon… Well, since the medallion told them in the second year that they would be automatically transported to the tournament location, they guessed that they would have to wait for another portal to appear.
"Well… This is it, then."
"How do you feel, brat?"
"… Excited. And ready to kick ass."
"Eheheh… I knew it was something like that… Uh?"
Suddenly, two white portals appeared in front of Jiraya and Naruto. Two… So, audience and fighters were to go in different places, before the start of the competition. The two of them got up and observed the two portals.
"Well… Let's go, then."
"Yes. I'll see you in the battles, kid."
"Of course… Ero-sannin."
Saying that, Naruto and Jiraya entered their portals. Naruto immediately found himself in another place. He was in what seemed like an enormous waiting room. There were chairs, sofa and tables with snacks and drinks. The entire room was white. There were several people standing, eating or sitting on the sofa. They were a lot less than the first time Naruto had experienced worlds travel. That meant that a lot of people were visitors, last time. Or maybe a lot refused. Or got killed during the wait. Who knows… The people in the room were around thirty, more or less. Naruto immediately recognized Sonic. A giant talking blue hedgehog faster than most of the ninjas he knew was not a thing that could be easily forgotten. And then… He saw the blonde deity that paralyzed him. This time, he had no more goggles, but he had his eyes closed.
"… Well, what to do, now… Wait, I guess."
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Cloud Strife had never been a man who liked to fight, if not needed… Well, he wanted to become a hero, when he was young. At sixteen, only fighting was in his head. But there was no space for a battle-lover, in time of peace. His first dream got crushed. But he still wanted to become a great soldier. That dream too was crushed when his idol, The Sephiroth, got nuts and swore revenge on the entire humanity. Then, he became the ice statue, as many call him. Then, his heart began to open a bit when he met a certain flower girl. Maybe she was the ointment for his heart. Too bad that Sephiroth did what he did. From that time, even if no one knew, he has been stuck into the past. He kept on living and to fight for his friends and even the world, but he was always regretting his past actions. He was maybe the most powerful being on his planet… But he couldn't save the girl he loved. So, he didn't like fighting if not needed, but neither disliked it. But he certainly wasn't the kind of guy who wanted to enter a silly competition between 'heroes'. He had already decided to not enter it… But he changed his mind. When? When the gold giant said that the winner of the tournament would be granted whatever wish he wanted. That caught Cloud's interest. He had a wish to express. A wish that could free him of his past. So, he decided to enter the tournament. When he got back in his home world, he found the medallion. The time granted to him to prepare was one week. In that time he got to know that practically all his friends and even some fans were have been selected to be the audience. So, there he was. Waiting with his eyes closed… When the voice of that little girl caught his attention.
"Hello! I'm Skuld! Do you remember me?"
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Naruto turned around while drinking some strange liquid, named Coke, reading the bottle, to see that little 'hammer summoner' girl, named Skuld, if he remembered right. She hadn't change one bit. All the people in the room turned towards her.
"Well, I'm here to give you instructions! Well, the first part of the tournament will be a fighting tournament!"
"A fighting tournament…"
"But before entering it, you must divide into teams of four people. Yes, the tournament will be a team tournament! You're exactly 32, so that means that you will be divided in 8 teams! 4 teams will enter group A, and 4 will enter group B! The rules are simple! Each team will fight the other three ones once! In the end the two teams with the more wins in the two groups, that means 16 people, will enter the second turn of the competition! Now, find yourself partners, guys! Once you've finished, you will be transported to your rooms! See ya!"
And saying that, Skuld disappeared. Naruto cursed silently. That was the meaning of that party of three years ago. To make new acquaintances to form a team. He didn't know anyone apart Sonic… And him too he had talked to him only for about thirty seconds. What to do, what to do… And the worst thing was that he was even ashamed to talk with anyone. But someone solved his problem. Someone tapped lightly his shoulder. He turned around… And he froze. In front of him was… The deity. The god with the big sword like he had began to call him, since he didn't know his name.
"… Yes?"
"Do you want to team up with me?"
"!"
Naruto was, to say the least, surprised. This was the same man that paralyzed him three years ago because of his power… And Naruto's weakness. And then… He was there… Asking him to join his team!
"… Why are you asking me?"
"You don't want to?"
"No! It's only that… Why me? Don't you… Remember me?"
"Yes. You're the kid who bumped into me and got paralyzed by my aura only."
"Ehm… Right. So, if you remember, why do you ask me to join your team?"
"First, because you're the only one I know, around here. And second, do you believe that I can't sense that you've gotten stronger?"
"… Right. Sorry for the silly question."
"And even if you were weak, since these will be team battles, it doesn't matter as long as I can fight. By the way, the name's Cloud."
"… Well… Okay. I'm Naruto." "… I don't think he says that because he's full of himself… And he's probably right. Even if I don't get paralyzed anymore, I still can sense… That he's more, more, more powerful than me. I'm glad that I don't have to fight him, for now."
Naruto stretched his hand to Cloud, but Cloud simply turned around crossing his arms in front of his chest, his giant sword slightly swinging with him. Naruto sweatdropped, sighed, and returned his arm in the right place.
"Now, we should find two more team-mates."
"WHO'S THE SUPER SMALL SHRIMP? I'LL KILL YOU!"
"Hey! I've only said that you're short!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
"?"
"?"
Naruto and Cloud turned around to see a golden haired guy fighting with another one with short brown hair… The golden haired guy was wearing a long red coat above black clothes, and a pair of black boots and white gloves. His long golden hair were tied in a simple ponytail and his eyes were golden as well. He was around 170 centimetres of height. The other one… Naruto recognized it. He was the boy with who was getting drunk three years before. Same brown hair, same gold circlet around his forehead… Behind him, three people were observing the fight. A blonde dressed like a monk, a handsome guy with blood red hair, smoking a cigarette, and another guy almost completely dressed in green with a strange lens covering one of his eyes. Suddenly, the blonde monk took out practically of nowhere a Harisen, and bashed both the guys on the skull.
"Stupid monkey and stupid shorty!"
"I'll… Kill you…"
"Hey! Sanzo, that thing hurts you know!"
"Seems like the boy, here, isn't used to these things…"
"Ahahah. They're both very lively, right?"
"Ehm… Do you need help?"
"? Hey. I know you."
"Ehm… I was the boy who got drunk with your friend, here?"
"Uh? Hey! Right! You're that blonde haired boy! I've never managed to catch your name!"
While Naruto approached the brown haired guy, Cloud watched him not moving from his spot. After all, this was a thing that could get them to know more people. Naruto helped the brown haired guy to get up.
"The name's Naruto. What's yours?"
"Goku! They are, from the left: Sanzo, Gojyo and Hakkai! We were a team in our world and we are in this competition… As bad as this can be."
"That's my line, stupid monkey."
"Still copying me…"
"Nice to meet you."
"So… What happened?"
"Well, the boy here wanted to ask one of us if we were going to team up with him."
"We were going to politely answer him that we were already on a team…"
"When monkey, here, made a comment on his height, and he got mad."
Suddenly, the four of them disappeared. At first, Naruto was surprised, then he remembered that Skuld said that once a team was formed, it was transported automatically to its apartment. So, he thought that was what happened. He then kneeled to check the golden haired guy.
"Hey. You okay?"
"… Yes, thanks."
The blonde haired guy got back on his feet. He was around eighteen, knowing that he was short for his age.
"Well… What's your name?"
"Edward. Edward Elric."
"I'm Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki."
"… Hey."
Suddenly, Cloud talked. He had approached the two guys, as inexpressive as ever.
"And you are?"
"Cloud. Cloud strife. Me and Naruto are in a team. We're looking for two others team-mates. Would you like to enter it?"
"Eh? Like this? Without knowing anything about my powers?"
"I don't care. Just don't get in my way. I just need a team."
Edward's forehead twitched, and Naruto sweatdropped, while Cloud turned around and walked away. Needed last team-mate.
"… I feel like the urge to kill him…"
"Ehm… Welcome aboard…"
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While searching for the last team member, Edward and Naruto began to talk about random things. Their respective worlds, hobbies, things like that. It was like the first time Naruto entered a genin team. They did something similar.
"Alchemy? Interesting… So, that means that you're some kind of genius!"
"Eheheh… They call me the Full Metal Alchemist…"
"Right… Uh?"
Suddenly, they saw Cloud walking back to them… Alone.
"Still couldn't find anyone?"
"Nope… But few people are left."
Saying that, the last two teams disappeared, leaving Cloud, Naruto and Edward… And a fourth figure on a sofa. He was dressing strange black and white clothes, and by his side he had a big bad-ass sword, not big as Cloud's one, but it was high as him. He had orange hair. He was snoring loudly.
"… Don't tell me that…"
"I believe that this guy was asleep, when he got here."
"… Hey."
Cloud tapped the orange haired guy on the shoulder. He immediately woke up, yawning loudly.
"Yaaawn… Where am I?"
"… You're at the competition. You know, that inter dimensional thing…"
"Oh, yes… WHAT? AND I GOT HERE WHEN I WAS SLEEPING?"
"Actually, yes… By the way, we were supposed to make a team for the first phase of the competition. We're the last left…"
"So, that means we're a team."
And then, they disappeared from the waiting room as well.
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They reappeared… In a beautiful house. Well, it wasn't a house… It was more like a mansion. A typical oriental one, like one you would see in India or Thailand, or maybe Arabia… It was enormous. And the first thing the four noticed was the crowd of beautiful girls dressed as desert dancers.
"Welcome!"
"…"
"… I THINK I'M GONNA LIKE STAYING HERE!"
"Man…"
"Asano would love this place…"
Continue…
In the next chapter…
Our friends explore the world they're into, and they find out some things and the name of their first enemies. Stay tuned!