Summon! Angel's Reprieve.

By: Awlric Hayell

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Sephiroth. I wish I did, but I don't. Now back, ye money-grubbing lawyers! Back I say!

Summary: In one last ditch effort to get Sasuke back, Naruto uses his last secret: the tiny summoning scroll he always carries on his left shoulder. What does it summon?

Chap 1: Falling angel

The Battle to take Sasuke back from Orochimaru was taking a turn for the worst. Naruto, a one man army in his own right, had stormed the Otogakure village, killing half of the defending Oto-nins in the initial charge. By the time he finished with the rest of them, though, his near infinite chakra reserves were nearly depleted.

"Chikusho." Naruto growled, breathing heavily. His new black and orange sweatsuit was ruined. Ripped, torn, cut, and burned, It looked as if it had been through hell and back. The skin beneath the suit was unblemished, though, due to Kyuubi's healing chakra.

Across from him, on top of one of the undemolished buildings, stood the new Sound Five, plus a Dark, angsty, and brooding Uchiha Sasuke (But that was normal), And the ever-maniacal, Sharingan obsessed, former Sannin, (and suspected homosexual pedophile (O: Hey!)) Orochimaru. They were fresh and untouched, having let the rest of the village act as expendable pawns in order to wear Naruto down.

"Ku ku ku ku ku," Orochimaru chuckled evilly. "Did you really think you could stop me, Jinchuuriki?" Naruto growled at the verbal jab. "Did you really think you could take Sasuke–chan from me?" Sasuke glared at Orochimaru.

"Of course I can, Hebi-teme!" Naruto shouted angrily, clenching his fist. "I promised to bring Sasuke-teme back, no matter what! I'll even use IT!"

At this Orochimaru laughed long and hard. "Hehehehe. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! It?! I was the one who unleashed It on Konoha! The Kyuubi is mine to control! And besides, you barely have enough chakra left for a henge, let alone the control for it."

Naruto was taken aback at Orochimaru's comment. 'Kyuubi…is that true?'

Kyuubi hung his head in shame back in the cage in Naruto's belly. "Yes. It's all true. I…am ashamed."

Naruto suddenly grinned. 'Heh. I knew you weren't all bad, Kyuubi-teme.'

Kyuubi snarled. "Watch it, gaki. I'm one of the nine demon lords of Sekai. If word gets out that I was controlled by a mere mortal, I'll be the laughingstock of the demon community."

Naruto smirked. 'Heh. Right, teme. But you owe me.' "Let's get down!" Naruto shouted before focusing his remaining chakra (and some of Kyuubi's) into the tiny scroll charm and starting the handseals for summoning. AS he invoked the summon scroll, words flowed into his mind and he repeated them aloud.

"Estuans Interius

Ira Vehementi

Sors Immanis

Et Inanis

Veni, Veni, Venias

Ne Me Mori Facias!

Venias, Sephiroth!"

Orochimaru laughed. "He's going to try to summon?! He doesn't have enough chakra to summon even a tadpole!"

Sasuke, intrigued by what his former best friend had up his sleeve, activated his Sharingan to copy whatever it was. To his surprise, he was unable to copy it. 'The hell? Does the dobe have a Kekkei Genkai or something?' Thinking back to the many times his former teammate did something seemingly impossible. 'Have I ever actually tried to copy any of his techniques? Well, there was that time on the bridge…no, I was unconscious. But in the Forest…nope, he was gone most of the time. Oh yeah, Kakashi's test…wait, I didn't have my Sharingan then.' As he tried to remember a time when Naruto used a Jutsu that he (Sasuke) could copy, he came up with a blank and realized that Naruto only ever used a few jutsu. Although… "Orochimaru…he's focusing his chakra into that scroll charm. Whatever technique that is, I can't copy it."

"Eh?" Orochimaru glanced at Sasuke questioningly. "What was that, Sasuke-chan?"

Sasuke sighed. "How many times have I told you not to call me Sasuke-chan?"

"3,672 times, Sasuke-chan"

Sasuke sweatdropped. "Oooookaaaay…It looks like he's finishing up."

"Eh?" Orochimaru turned back to Naruto. "So he is. Let's see what he does."

"But…Orochimaru-sama…" Sound Five member #3 started before being cut off by a quick silencing jutsu.

"Shush. I'm being entertained."

The other's almost facevaulted at that, but refrained from doing so for fear of their master's ire. They settled for a very large group sweatdrop.

Nearing the end of the handseals, Naruto reflected back on the time when he first received the charm.

FLASHBACK

(Middle of a clearing, Naruto's childhood)

A tall figure with long white hair smiled down on the back of the oblivious hyperactive child who had so recently caught his interest. "Hello, Naruto-kun."

The orange jacketed child spun around in surprise. "Se-nii-chan! Where were you? I've been waiting."

The figure chuckled. "Naruto-kun, you know my name is Sephiroth. Why must you insist on shortening it?"

Chibi-Naruto pouted. "But Seph..Sephiro…Sephiroth is too hard! Se-nii-chan is easy!"

Sephiroth chuckled and mussed Chibi-Naruto's hair good naturedly. "Well said, my little fox. Now, shall we walk?"

Chibi-Naruto grinned brightly. "Yay! Let's go, Se-nii-chan!"

Smiling gently, Sephiroth picked up Chibi-Naruto and put him on his shoulders. "Where to, Naruto-kun?"

Chibi-Naruto thought cutely for a second. "That way!" He shouted, pointed in a random direction (coincidentally, in the direction of Konohagakure).

Sephiroth nodded and started walking through the bushes and around the trees. After a few minutes of silence, Naruto finally asked a question. "Se-nii-chan?"

"Hmm?" Sephiroth answered, rolling his eyes up to look at Naruto.

"What did you mean when you called me little fox back in the clearing?" Yes, Naruto has quite the grasp of language for his age.

Sephiroth thought on how to answer this delicate question. "Well…I suppose it has something to do with those whisker birthmarks of yours."

Chibi-Naruto rubbed his cheeks thoughtfully. "You mean these? I got no clue why, but everyone seems to dislike them."

Sephiroth chuckled lightly. 'At least he doesn't suspect yet.' "Not all, Naruto-kun. What about that young Hyuuga girl who has been following you around?"

"Eh?" Naruto queried. "I didn't notice anyone."

Sephiroth held back the urge to sweatdrop and/or facevault. 'Well…perhaps later…'

As they came within view of the Konohagakure gates, Sephiroth stopped and set Naruto down. Sephiroth then knelt to Naruto's eye level. "Well, Naruto-kun, this is where I must bid you good bye." And was surprised by an extra-strength tackle glomp from a crying child.

"Don't go, Se-nii-chan!" Cried Naruto, clinging to Sephiroth's trenchcoat.

Sephiroth laughed softly and carefully removed the chibi, setting him back on the ground. "I'm very sorry, Naruto, but I'm running out of time and chakra."

Naruto looked up, tears still staining his cheeks. "Huh? Cha-ka-ra? What do you mean?"

Sephiroth sighed. 'That's right. He hasn't gone to the academy yet.' "Well, Naruto-kun, chakra is what makes up life, the universe…well, everything. It's what is anchoring me to this plane of existence, and that tether is about to snap, for lack of a better term." (A/N: I have always wanted to do something with chakra and 'life, the universe, and everything'. grin)

Naruto blinked twice, no longer crying. "Plane of eksistense? What's that?"

Sephiroth chuckled at the mispronunciation. "Well, I guess you could say I'm out of this world."

"You're an alien?" Came the unexpected deadpanned reply. Sephiroth laughed out loud.

"No, no, nothing like that. I'm from a world much like this one. I 'died'," Sephiroth frowned at the memory of Cloud's final blow against him. "And ended up in a realm inhabited by giant talking animals. Being the only humanoid there, I decided to make the best of it and obtain some allies. Next thing I know, I'm being pulling through a rift (right in the middle of tea with Manda-san, too) and end up here, at the twilight between city and forest."

Naruto brightened up. "Hey, I remember that! I was being chased by the villagers for something, and somehow I ended up outside the city gates and passed out at the edge of the forest. When I woke up, I was in the clearing and you were there."

Sephiroth smiled. "Yes. I found you that day and watched over you in the forest until you woke. I found myself intrigued by your spirit. In many ways, you reminded me of someone I once knew…" Sephiroth began to fade. "I don't have much time, Naruto-kun. Here, take this scroll! Sign it in blood and keep it with you at all times!"

Naruto looked at the tiny scroll quizzically. "What the heck am I suppose to do with this, Se-nii-chan?" He asked the transparent Sephiroth.

Sephiroth simply smiled. "I'm sure you'll find out in time, Naruto-kun. Be strong." With those final words, the one-winged angel of sorrow, Jenova no Sephiroth, faded without a trace but for a memory and a tiny scroll, soon to be signed in blood and a symbol of the most notorious prankster in Konohagakure since the Fourth Hokage.

END FLASHBACK

Naruto grinned at the memory. 'I guess I'll have to thank Ero-sennin for this later, as he taught me what I needed to know.' "Summoning Technique: Angel's Reprieve!"

While Naruto was completing the jutsu, one of the new Sound Five, a twitchy, homicidal maniac swordsmaster by the name of Ginji Akari, let out a wordless war cry and charged Naruto, nodachi unsheathed and ready to gut the orange-clad ninja. Orochimaru sighed. "Well, Akari-kun always was a bit overeager . Let him test the water." The rest of the Sound Five (and Sasuke) nodded in agreement.

Naruto's shoulder scroll burst into two balls of swirling yellow light, quickly moving to intercept the crazed swordsmaster, who was just about to bisect Naruto. It seemed for a moment that Naruto was about to die a painfully quick and messy death when, in a flash of light and with the resounding clang of two swords meeting in battle, a figure appeared. He was tall, slender, with long, silky white hair and piercingly green-blue cat-slitted eyes. His aristocratic form was adorned with black leather: Leather pants, a leather shirt, and a leather trenchcoat with high collar and light-gray shoulder pads. Akari's nodachi appeared to be floating in the space just in front of Sephiroth's outstretched hands, until Sephiroth looked up and smiled as a 9' long katana appeared in his hands in a flash of light, blade to blade with Akari's nodachi, holding the other sword at bay.

"Hello." Sephiroth said in a dangerously low and silky voice. "You are going to die now."

End Chapter!

Well, what do you all think? Sufficiently original enough? I think that it is…and hey, this is only half the story! Tune in next time as Sephiroth hands the Sound Five their asses on a silver platter. Please leave reviews for the next chapter to go up.

Preview:

"Come," Sephiroth stated, smirking. "To your untimely demise."

Sephiroth jumped to the left to dodge a chakra blade wave that would have bisected him. "Well, well," Sephiroth drawled, turning to face his attacker. "It would appear that Cloud-kun hooked up with that ninja girl and had himself some descendants."

(A/N: wording may change in the next chapter. Thou hast been warned.)