I do not own Naruto nor do I own final Fantasy 7, nor any of these characters.

Rated M for mature- due to language and adult themes.

This is a crossover that I have been working on, pairing to be decided but not a major factor in this story. Also this will be a slow fic.

AUG Codon Factor

Cold that's all he ever felt now. The war, if it was ever declared as such, was over. His Sensei Kakashi dead, his best friend killed by Uchiha Madara. All because one insane man called Uchiha Obito wanted revenge for a mishap. A simple misunderstanding that had killed so many good people, it made him sick just thinking about it. But as time had flown on so too did people's feelings and knowledge of that tragic decade. Where once everyone would mourn throughout the streets of Leaf and set up shines for the dead, was now a place of peace.

Vendors yelling out their goods in musical notes, men and women, both noble and ninja alike would converse in the streets. Buildings flourishing and expanding, getting higher and higher towards the heavens with their very tips. "Naruto we have a meeting." Turning his head, bright blue eyes looked towards the largest building currently in Leaf.

"Ah. Thanks." Replied Naruto as he got up from his seat at his favorite roman stand. Huffing Naruto ducked his head and exited the small shop. Squinting as the sun hit his face. He didn't know why they needed him there. It wasn't like he could give them the miraculous answer they were no doubt seeking. Walking through the large crowd Naruto could already see the plague at hand even here so far north.

Looking up at the large towering faces of the past Hokages, he had to wonder if this was somehow a curse they decided to bestow on the still living. After all who wouldn't want to curse the still living that kept bring the dead back from the grave?

Reaching the tall building Naruto nodded to the ninja guard as he entered. Bypassing the lower ranked ninja Naruto headed eight flights up where the meeting was to be held.

"Good morning Naruto." Ino said as soon as Naruto touched upon the cold marble floors. "Good morning Ino. How's the family." The woman blushed as she pulled out the latest pictures of her one year old daughter. "She's beautiful Ino." Naruto smiled at the one year old in the picture.

"Naruto," Ino said softly as she took the picture to her chest. "What will happen, do you think?" Naruto looked up into Ino's oceanic eyes, pleading for him to answer her silent plea. Feeling his insides squirm Naruto glanced away from the new mother. What would they do indeed.

Forcing a smile on his face he told her everything would be fine. Not looking back he entered the tall double doors where the Five Hokages were now seated. The five powerful nations have signed a peace agreement right after the war. Opening up new trading routes and schools for both ninja and non ninja civilians, along with stricter laws regarding missing rogues. It was truly a peaceful time, well until it started. "Naruto." Garaa"s deep voice seemed to echo in the large room, prompting Naruto to slide into a leather chair at the head of the table. And so this final meeting marked the end of the great ninja nations.

It had started just one year ago under a full moon and a sky filled with stars of the dead leaders and brave men. They had at first passed it off as a small meteorite shower, until strange things had started happening soon after. It started with the elderly becoming ill and dying soon after, then the children and the weak following. Strange new floral and wildlife also changed, mutated into twisted things not of this realm.

Since the eight beasts passing from this world Kyubi, who was still inside Naruto, had only one thing to say, evil. And it soon turned out the thing was pure evil indeed. Hidden in its rock formation from the stars, this new being plagued the world destroying it within and exterminating the human population. They had no warnings, no way to defend themselves from this thing that wished for only destruction. How does one kill a plague that turns skin black and rotten, which makes blood boil from the inside?

They had already sealed the monster in its tomb, but it was too late, and Naruto knew that as did many others. As days turned into weeks and weeks into months, Naruto watched silently as friends and family fell to the plague. Ino and her daughter gone, Hinata his beloved gone, and so too was his last hope. Naruto soon realized that while everyone around him was becoming sick and weakened, he stayed the same.

"Naruto look at you. You're too young to frown. " Looking up, he faced his last connection to his past. Her hair was an unnatural gray and her skin was spotted with black dots. Sakura looked like an eighty year old not the spry twenty three year old young woman that she was. "Hey Sakura, how are you doing? Are you hungry or do you need to go to the bathroom?" Naruto whispered hoarsely while he leaned down to look at his best friend, his first crush.

"Cut the crap Naru and tell me the trust, is my son alive." Pleaded Sakura, she grasped the white bed sheets, breathing weak and wispy. Smiling sadly Naruto nodded his head, having to look away from the once proud woman. Sakura's first born was one of the first to fall victim to the curse about a year ago, but due to her sickness, she had started to lose memory and limbs.

"And where's Rock Lee, that ungrateful husband of mine. Did you know that he was supposed to give me flowers two days ago." Sakura's weak voiced carried on as Naruto nodded his head, not looking at anything else but at her face. Her eyes had clouded over a while ago indicating the final stage in the plague.

The next few minutes would be the worst. Without thinking he reached for her remaining hand, ignoring the cold skin and the loss of fingers. "Sakura, I love you. You will always be with me." Looking up Sakura for the first time smiled and squeezed his hand. "Naruto remember back when we were first team 7 and Kakashi had us do that bell test…" Breathing becoming labored Naruto did not look away as she lay dying right in front of him. "Remember to look down… down… Look…" And that was it. There were no other words to be spoken; just as Hinata had died so did Sakura, right there in that bed.

Breathing heavily Naruto shut his eyes tightly and held onto his friends hand as he silently cried. He cried for all his friends and loved ones. He cried out of anger and pity and self loathing. What was he going to do? He was all alone now. He must have sat there in that small room looking at Sakura all night, for when the sun peaked through the curtains it was only than that he moved.

His body sluggish and his mind blank, he exited the small hospital room. Not looking at the dead lying in the corners or in the rooms he moved on. Exiting the hospital and navigating the quiet streets. Naruto left the Leaf village and the silent dead. In the forest he finally let out his built up rage and anger. Yelling at the top of his lungs, Naruto hit and crashed through the now alien forest.

Blasting anything that moved in his line of sight. "Why do I deserve this you mother FUCKERS. Was it something I did! Huh, YOU FUCKERS." He shouted and ranted, finally falling on the thick soil as his energy drained.

Pounding the ground he finally asked the one question that he wanted answered. "Why, why them and not me." Of course he didn't get anything from his little rant; no divine creature would show up magically before him. Sighing he got up and moved on.

Eyes forward he watched dark green leaves and twisted bright green flowers in his wake. The trees were thinning and becoming taller. It was harder to jump through the forest now as ninja once did. The ground was also different, saturated with green sludge and dead plant life. Putting one foot forward he rubbed at his empty stomach. "Well it looks like it's just you and me now Kurama." Laughing brokenly Naruto took one last step before he felt his being shift and his balance become out of whack. It only took him a second to realize that he was falling.

Yelling he fell into some sort of green sludge that reached to his chest, burning his insides and turning his skin icy cold. "Shit, this wasn't here two weeks ago." Trying to wade through the sludge he found that he could hardly move his body. Grunting with effort he also found that while his hands and body were stuck the green sludge was not. It was sucking him in like a swamp would.

"This is just great. Kurama give me a hand here." Feeling no answer coming forth and having the sludge reach his chin, he seriously thought of just letting go. It would be easy and while not pain free, he would be free of life and with his loved ones again. But he promised to life on for Sasuke and Hinita. Pushing with all his efforts he made his body move an inch while the green sludge had reached his mouth. Cursing and spitting out the vile lumpy liquid he took a small step and slipped.

"Naruto…"

Naru."

"Naruto." Opening his eyes he was greeted with a warm green light.

All around his weightless body was nothing but green with white specks interweaving around the green. Blinking he turned his head when he caught soft whispers that seemed to come in and out of his hearing range. "Naruto over here brat." Turning his head he saw a shadow withdraw from the green, taking shape as a large four legged creature. "Kurama?" Snorting the shadow shook its large body.

The white specks in the green waves had migrated over to the body, creating an illusion of the nine tailed beast. "I am going to do something that I will probably regret once I reach the higher plane. But I…" Sighing loudly Kurama looked directly into Naruto's shocked blue eyes.

"I want you to live and not be plagued by me." Frowning Naruto tried to take a step forward. "Kurama it wasn't your fault that I was immune to the plague." Shaking its white head the beast slowly started to dissipate. "Kurama." Naruto shouted voice strained and cracking. He knew instinctively that if he let Kurama disappear he would never see the nine tails again.

"Live and find your own way, brat. Let the past be forgotten in this new life." Trying to thrust his body forward Naruto raised his hand to the white lights, eyes wide with panic. "Kurama, you bastard fox get back here. You're all I have left." Naruto wrenched out through his raw throat. Watching in horror as the nine tails disappeared.

"Come back." Just as the last of the lights left so too did his vision, hearing only the soft whispers from the planet as he was taken away.

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