I Do Not Own Naruto or Final Fantasy VI


It was early morning and Naruto was waiting for his messenger to arrive. He was slightly irked that it was taking this long for him to arrive as he had planned on him leaving before Terra awoke, but seeing as he didn't know the young woman was going to join him until late last night his messenger probably didn't believe he needed to hurry.

"If that squid doesn't get here…" Naruto mumbled under his breath as he was getting impatient as he looked out towards the rising sun in the horizon.

"What'd you call me?!" A deep, fiendish voice spoke as a large purple octopus like head emerged from the water, just feet from Naruto.

The next thing the octopus knew was there were many stars and birds circling around his vision and a strange and painful sensation in the middle of his forehead. "You're late, Ultros."

Slowly picking himself out of the water, Ultros shook his head a few times before waving one of his tentacles at Naruto. "Sorry Pa, but Siegfried held me up. Apparently, he wants me to find the one impostering him as Typhon is helping run the arena. I found him taking in Figaro trying to get into the sunken castle with a group of bandits."

"What this about Figaro?" Naruto suddenly questioned as he sat down on the beach, taking a look back at the camp to make sure Terra was still soundly asleep.

Noticing the familiar green haired half-Esper, Ultros cringed as he was on the receiving end of her beat downs a few times before turning back to the blonde. "From what I heard, this guy that took over this small time bunch of thieves that wants into Figaro Castle so they can claim treasure."

"Hm, I wonder if that's Edgar…" Naruto thought to himself out loud for a moment before shaking his head and pointing over to Terra. "Alright, other then that, what do you know about the rest of her friends?"

Taking a few seconds to think about his answer, Ultros snapped a fish out of water before devouring it. "I don't know about much of them, but the blonde haired chick was out catching fish in the southern most island. It is rather new island thanks to Kefka reshaping world. I also believe muscle head is in a town in that direction. Forgot what the town is called though."

"Sabin is in Tzen or Albrook and Celes is on an island… Hm. Thank you, Ultros. I'll send for you when I need some more information. By the way, watch out for Siegfried. He may be your friend, but I sense something is off about him. Now get out of here, Terra is waking." Naruto stated before his eyes darted towards the camp.

Ultros noticed this as well and saw her head turn towards them and instantly knew he was noticed. "Fuck! I don't want to deal with here again… See you Pa!" And with that, he submerged just as Terra jumped up and was ready for combat as he ran towards Naruto.

"What the hell?! That octopus is still alive!" Terra yelled out as she looked out at the water, expecting Ultros to make a sneak attack.

Naruto simply sighed before placing a hand on her shoulder. "Calm down. Ultros is my pet and he won't do anything if I order him not to."

"What the… That creature is your pet! You know how much trouble he gave us?!" Terra screamed out at Naruto, ready to attack him as she reached down to her sword only to find it had magically disappeared and reappeared in Naruto's hand.

"Yeah, he is a little hellion… But I know the information he gave me was accurate. Sabin is somewhere around Tzen or Albrook, Celes is on the southern most island and it seems that Edgar is trying to get back into his sunken castle." Naruto stated as he looked at her sword carefully before frowning.

"This sword was poorly made. Whoever made it didn't know a damn thing about the making of a blade." He punctuated his statement before the handle suddenly shattered in his grip and the blade hit the ground before he stomped on it, breaking it cleanly in two.

Terra was shocked as she saw her blade be destroyed with minimal effort. She was still very, very pissed that he claimed ownership to Ultros and wanted to give him a piece of her mind, but without a blade she was defenseless if a fiend got in close before she could use her magic.

But to her utter surprise, Naruto pulled out a scroll and thoroughly scanned it before nodding his head. In a small plum of smoke, he pulled out another sword. It seemed to have a touch of femininity to it, being a very thin and curved blade and not to mention the intricate details in the handle that was colored in different shades of pink.

She suddenly caught the blade on instinct as Naruto lightly tossed it to her. "Try that one out. An old friend of mine built that for me to give it to… a special person. Needless to say, it never got to them."

Catching the remorse in the blonde's voice, Terra knew that whoever the person was had to be very important to him at one point. However, before she planned on doing anything he said, she dropped the blade to her waist as her blue eyes sternly gazed into his. "Did you have anything to do with…?"

"No, dammit. I had sent Ultros out to find you and he did. After that, it was all him." Naruto spoke in an annoyed tone as he told her a half truth. He did send him after her, but he did ask the octopus to test her and her friends' skills.

Listening to him, Terra detected a very small hesitation between his two sentences and knew he had more to say. Pointing the sword he handed to her at his throat, Terra asked him blankly. "Do not lie to me. It was you that sent him after us."

Naruto looked mildly surprised that she saw through him so easily. However, placing his hand on the blade he pushed it away before responding. "Alright, I admit I had him test your skills as I wanted to see if you were truly ready for what lied before you. …And I wanted to make sure that Banon and the others would take good care of you, not use you as a shield or a pawn."

Deeply frowning at his response, Terra was inclined to swing the sword he had just presented to her at him. She, however, retained enough control of her anger to keep from doing so. "So… Not only did you send him after us… You knew where I was this entire time and didn't even try to make contact with me!"

Sighing as this was going to be a very long day before they even searched for the rest of her friends, Naruto gave her a blank look. "Yes, I knew where you were and I thought you were in good hands so I believed my intervention to be unnecessary. And whether you like it or not, I had to know where each of your skill levels were at to see if you even had a chance to survive, which led to my belief that my intervention was unnecessary."

As he noticed Terra's eyes narrow, he knew that she wouldn't drop any time soon. It mattered not as he was going to Tzen to see if Sabin was still around the village and then he had to find a way to get to Celes since Setzer's airship was gone. He simply walked by Terra as he tried to solve this problem.

As he was walking off, Terra jumped in front of him. "We're not done here!"

"Yes, we are. If you don't want to follow and go back, that is fine with me. I, however, am going to help reunite all your friends and put an end to Kefka's tyranny. I have to right everything that I have let go wrong." Naruto stated firmly as he walked by Terra before walking into the camp and sealing all his possessions away and smothering the fire.

Just as he began to head south, he felt her slowly trailing him. If she wanted to follow him, then he was going to let her. Terra's presence would make things go smoother with the rest and finding what was left of the Espers and magicite. Still, if she was going to be angry with him the entire time really would make things difficult in the long run.

Looking back, he was about to speak when Terra cut him off. "I'm only following you because I know you meant what you said about getting rid of Kefka… I just don't trust you any longer, even if you took care of my mother in her final moments."

Nodding slightly, Naruto turned his eyes forward before dispatching a lone fiend that wanted to make a meal of him. "That is fine and probably for the best. …I'm no longer as trustworthy as I was when I was younger."

After a moments pause, Terra knew he wasn't going to speak again and she was fine with that. She was still livid about what he said and it would be very hard for her to drop her distrust for him.

However, she could tell there was sorrow in the blonde's voice, even as bland as it was. Something told her that he had suffered through his life. But that was no reason to do what he did, however, she could understand him a little more and there was enough that she knew he wouldn't betray her or her friends when they finally reach Kefka's tower.

Now the only problem was getting there…


Hours later, neither Naruto nor Terra had spoken to one another again. They both wanted the silence to end, but neither could find anything to say.

They made good time as Terra stumbled onto a very well hidden Chocobo Ranch and convinced Naruto to rent two of the birds to get to Tzen quickly, not using a single word to do so. It still took some time, but it would have taken days to reach the village without them.

"Oh… I'm going to be sick." Naruto finally broke the silence as he was slightly green and looked like he would throw up at any minute.

For some reason, Terra found this to be highly amusing and gratifying, though mainly due to what he had said earlier. She would keep that information from the others so they would trust him, however, if he pushed her too much…

In a flash of light, both were temporarily blinded before they saw the town before them smiting in flames.

As Terra hurried her Chocobo to the village, Naruto simply got of his before flickering to the entrance. Seeing she was almost there, Naruto rushed into the village to thankfully see only a few buildings on fire. He blessed the gods above as Kefka normally took out the entire village if they earned his ire.

However, there was one building in particular that caught his attention as a muscle bounded man with dusty blonde hair, almost brown in color, was holding it up. The fact that it was on fire and coming apart didn't seem to matter as he held it up.

Running up behind Naruto and seeing this as well, Terra quickly ran over to the man in a panic. "Sabin! What's going on?!"

"Hey… I'm kind of in the middle… Ugh… Just get inside and rescue the boy! I don't know how much longer I can hold this." Sabin grunted as he strained to hold the building up.

Suddenly, there was a shroud of smoke before dozens of blondes began to help ease the burden on Sabin's shoulders as Naruto stood beside him and placed some of the weight onto his. "Terra, go! I'll help Sabin keep this thing up long enough for you to get in and out!"

Looking at the blonde for a moment, Sabin felt as if there was a ton of weight taken off his shoulders as Terra nodded and ran in. He wasn't sure who the blonde was, but he wasn't going to turn down his help. Hell, he was wondering if he could make more of those duplicates of himself so he could go in and help Terra.

Terra ran through the building, breaking down each door as she went through to find the child. The ash and smoke was thick, making it hard to breathe let alone see. Still she managed but to make things worse, fiends somehow managed to invade the home and she was forced to fight them if she wanted to proceed.

Taking out the blade Naruto had given her, Terra ran towards the first fiend, a Scorpion, and sliced her blade into the fiend. To her surprise, it easily went through and sliced it in two. Not letting her surprise get the better of her, she brought her sword down through Scorpion before pointing her hand towards another and mustered a quick chant before unleashing a bolt of lighting onto the fiend, frying it instantly.

Jumping down the stairs and entering the basement, Terra came face to face with a fiend covered in a shell and without hesitation she parried it strike before thrusting the blade into its head and pulling it out. As the Zokka fell to the ground, she ran into yet another room but this time the young boy was in it, crying as he put himself in a corner as he tried to get away from the fiends surrounding him.

With a flare of magical energy, Terra transformed into her Esper form and before the two types of fiends could react, she instantly destroyed them. Seeing the boy looking at her with fear in his eyes, Terra flinched before she gently offered her hand to him as she spoke in a soothing voice. "I won't hurt you, trust me. You're mommy is waiting for you outside."

The boy was hesitant at first, but he slowly out stretched his hands before his eyes widened. "BEHIND YOU!"

Turning around, Terra was knocked into the wall as a ghostly apparition appeared behind her. Slumping down for only a moment, she got back up before she brought for another burst of her energy. "Fira!"

Flames engulfed the Nightwalker as Terra reverted back into her human form, her clothes slightly off center due to her transformation. Turning back to the boy as the ghost screamed in pain as its undead body burned, she offered the boy her hand once more. "Come on, we got to get out of here!"

This time there was no hesitation as the boy took her hand. Picking him up with the one arm and hoisting him onto her hip, Terra keep her blade out in front as she cut down any fiend that crossed her path as she ran up the stairs as flaming debris began to fall from above.

The smoldering ashes began to burn her very skin and her clothes and the boy's clothes began to smoke and she quickly dosed both of them with a weak Water spell to put out the flames while she neared exited.

At first it was just small pieces of wood falling that were cutting into her clothes and visible skin, but now there was structure beams and large pieces of the roof. Nearly being crushed by one, she sheathed her sword as it no longer was needed as fiends were being crushed by the debris. Another dropped right above her and out of sheer instinct, she to the side and put herself in front of the boy.

The beam cut into the flesh of her back and into her stomach, forcing her to drop the boy. Dropping to the ground, Terra tried to push herself back up only to feel a tug on her shoulder. Expecting it to be the boy, she was surprised to see Sabin as he held the boy safely in his arms. "Terra, can you move on your own?!"

Nodding, she pushed herself up and limped after Sabin as the house began to collapse onto itself. Running out of the door, Terra just got out as the entire house fell in as dozens of snaps were heard and the Naruto clones disappeared in plums of smoke.

However, the real one simply disappeared in yet another flicker before appearing beside Terra. Noticing the wound, he pulled out his medical kit as Sabin handed the boy over to his grateful mother. "Thank you… Thank you all… I don't know how to repay you…"

"Don't worry about it. It was the least we could do." Sabin responded in a chipper mood before looking over to see the blonde helping Terra stitch her wound as she cast a few Cure spells to aid the process, healing the wound and only leaving a scar.

Walking over next to them, Sabin smiled before noticing Terra's clothes were burnt and shredded beyond repair. If it was any more revealing, there would be nothing left to the imagination. "Damn, we better get you some new clothes quickly. I don't think you can go around in those."

"No worry about that. I have plenty of clothes on me, we just need a room for the night and Terra will be as good as new." Naruto commented before summoning a red cloak with black flames at the bottom from a scroll before wrapping it around Terra and helping her up.

This trick caught Sabin off guard for a moment before he spoke once more. "Shadow, is that you?"

"No, we just have similar abilities. I'm Naruto. Now, which direction to the inn?" Naruto stated before motioning around, not sure if the town had change since he had last been her. It had been over twenty years after all.

Sabin simply nodded before leading the way, knowing that Terra needed to rest and a room to change clothes.


As the morning sun rose and after conferring with Ultros about where the others could be, Naruto was back in Tzen with a little more knowledge about where everyone was. 'Okay, Celes is still on the island, Setzer is Kohlingen, Gau is in the Veldt training, Relm is painting in Jidoor and it was indeed Edgar trying to get back in Figaro. That just leaves Cyan, Locke and Strago… And I'm not looking forward to finding them as they all know me…'

Just outside the inn, Sabin was going through a series of kata, most likely one of the blitz Duncan taught him. Watching only for a moment, Naruto stepped in. "Mind if I join in. I'm afraid to say, I'm a little rusted."

Sabin only chuckled for a moment before nodding. "Why not? It is always best to train with another. In fact, I'm a little interested to see what you can do after yesterday. It felt like you could have helped me lift that building on your own, without your clones."

Naruto simply smirked before stretching his arms back and popping his joints. "I might have years back, but I'm slowly getting myself back into shape. To be honest, I think my clones hinder me as I become dependent on them at times."

Nodding in understand, Sabin put up a guard at his chest as he shifted his feet slightly to give himself balance. Seeing this, Naruto slid into an odd stance that seemed to combine a little of all the hand-to-hand styles he learned over the years.

This sent red flags in Sabin's mind as he knew he was dealing with a very skilled fighter as the stance itself was as perfect as humanly possible. The blonde in front of him was well trained and learned to combine different styles he learned with efficiency… And that took many, many years. Even his master's stance when he sparred with him seemed to match.

While he did learn that Naruto was older then his appearance let on, Sabin didn't think he was that much older. The only other thing that could explain it was that he was a prodigy…

Shaking his head as he was thinking too much instead of enjoying a friendly spar, Sabin decided to make the first move as he expected Naruto would wait for him to move first.

Naruto parried the first blow aimed for his head before shifted and parrying the next to the outside of his chest. Seeing his chest open, he whipped his arm forward and lightly tapped Sabin in the middle of his chest with his finger tips as the muscled bound blonde took a step back to avoid the blow.

Despite the small tap, Sabin felt like he had just taken a powerful blow to his chest. Still, it was only a tap as he taken much worse before and he easily shook it off as he followed with a kick to Naruto's right.

The quick response by Sabin took Naruto slightly off guard, figuring him to take a moment to gather himself, and he barely set up a guard to mildly block the blow with his knee. It still hurt and he winced lightly, but kept his mind on the battle as he guarded himself for a few blows to the mid section and retaliated with a hook to his chest.

Stepping back and parrying the punch, Sabin tried for a kick to the gut and succeeded to an extent as the blow did make contact. But due to Naruto's shiftiness, he managed to back off just enough that it was only a scrape.

Impressed from what he seen in Sabin so far, Naruto decide to notch up his speed a little more to see how he would adjust to the change of pace. Shifting to the side of his next punch, Naruto jumped to the side before gripping Sabin's arm and driving his knee into his stomach a few times, holding back as he wasn't aiming to give him more then a few bruises.

Sabin hadn't expected the sudden shift in speed and was unable to do more then take the blows before pushing Naruto back. He had to admit, the blonde had both power and speed but it was as he said, he was rusted. Despite his near perfect stance and movements, he was still hitting his fellow blonde with good strikes that he shouldn't.

He was no fool; Naruto's skill surpassed his from this small demonstrated. Sure, both were holding back and he knew that. The thing was, that Naruto was able to up his game without going all out proved to be the difference between them.

Clutching his stomach, Sabin stood up before motion his other hand to Naruto. "I give… You are much better then I expected."

Standing up and rubbing and clenching his stomach as well, Naruto nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I can say the same. I haven't had a decent spar like that in a while. We might have to do that more often."

"Wow, that was a show. You two sure you're okay to go today?" Terra's voice suddenly caught both of their attention before they looked over in her direction, seeing her leaning against the side of the inn.

She had decided to stick with red clothing as it was one of the few colors that she thought looked good on her. The red shirt she had flower designs along the edges while the shirt itself fit her torso nearly perfectly, if not a little tight, as it reached from her chest and under her pink sash.

On her arms, she wore two red arm bands with similar flower patterns as they were meant to wear with the sleeveless shirt. She also had picked a mixture of pink and red leggings to cover her legs as she never really liked the clothing she had before as she had no real pants…

Naruto whistled as he gazed at her before shaking his head. "Wow… I mean wow. That looks good on you."

"Yeah, I have to agree. I know your old clothes had better armor, but that looks like you were meant to wear it." Sabin added on, impressed as it really did look like the clothes were meant for her.

Blushing at their comments, Terra glared at both of them for a moment before smiling. "Thank you… Now where to next?"

"Well… We're going to commandeer a boat in Albrook." Naruto stated as if this was something not out of the ordinary making it seem like Naruto made his living off stealing boats.

Both Sabin and Terra just gave Naruto the weirdest look as if they were trying to see if he was serious. Naruto just rolled his eyes before he walked by them. "Come on ladies, we aren't going to steal a boat that's being used. …We're just going to seize the one that's docked right now."

And as he walked by them and headed for the exit, both continued looking at him for a while before Sabin turned to Terra. "Is this going to happen a lot with him around?"

"I honestly have no clue. Let's just hope they actually let us use the boat without incident." Terra growled before running after the blonde, already having a bad feeling about today.


Looking at the crystal clear water as the ship cruised through it, Terra sighed out loud as the sun began to sink in the western sky. "Naruto, we're lost."

"Quite possible. I've never captained a boat before." Naruto responded as he scratched his head as he kept searching for any land mass. "Dammit, I knew I should have gotten directions, I have no clue where it is."

"Alright, before we go any further, what is it that you are trying to find?" Terra asked in annoyance as she wanted to know what Naruto was planning. She was still highly upset that they stole this ship, but at least he had a good reason for it. At least that is what she hoped…

As he continued searching through the open sea, Naruto stopped for a moment before turning to her and Sabin. "Well, I heard there was an island out here and through various sources and I heard that one of your friends was here taking care of an elderly man. Celes, I believe her name was."

"Celes is over there?" Sabin stated before pointing out to a land mass that Naruto conveniently failed to see.

Opening his mouth to say something, Naruto shut it as he had nothing to say before he grumbled to himself as steered the ship in the direction of the island. Since Naruto was never a captain of a ship before, he had no clue how to slow the thing down as they neared the island, heading straight for a beach.

"Brace for impact, mateys! We're heading to shore!" Naruto yelled out in a deep and gruff voice, making it sound like he was pirate ordering his subordinates.

Both Terra and Sabin's eyes widened as they looked at the blonde for a brief moment, wondering if he was sane or insane, before doing as he said as the boat began to rock and shutter as it went onto land.

As it finally stopped as the ship skidded on the sand, Naruto simply smiled as both Sabin and Terra looked at him oddly. "Hey, at least I missed the cliff. That would have been a disaster if I hit that."

Neither Terra nor Sabin said a thing as they doubted they could steer the ship that any better then Naruto had. However, Terra still had to complain. "Well, you could have hired the ship captain in Albrook. That would have made things so much easier."

"Eh, he wouldn't have known where the island would have been either. Plus, I would have to pay a bundle and I really don't have that kind of cash on me. It was just easier to steal the ship." Naruto complained as Terra was criticizing anything she could at the moment.

Sabin nodded in agreement, wondering why Terra was being so critical of Naruto before he noticed a small lodge near the beach. "Hey, you think Celes in there?"

"Probably. I don't see any other houses here." Naruto stated as he jumped off the boat and landed in the sand.

Sabin quickly followed leaving Terra on the boat, rolling her eyes before she used a rope and slid down. Once she was down, she followed behind the two blondes before getting in front of them, knowing both would just barge in. Knocking on the door and receiving no answer, Terra slowly opened the door before looking in only to see a man sleeping on the only bed.

Looking in as well, Sabin suddenly spoke up as he recognized the man. "Hey, that's Cid. He helped us escape the Magitek lab after Celes teleported Kefka away from us. I think he was someone important to Celes just from the way they both talked to one another."

As both Naruto and Terra understood, Terra not being part of the group that infiltrated the lab while Naruto simply didn't follow them. Opening the door, Sabin entered first as Cid might recognize him."…Cid? You awake?"

Hearing no answer, Naruto closed his eyes in sorrow as a familiar smell made him feel nauseas. It was one he was accustomed to, but no matter how many times he smelt it, it still sent shivers down his back. It was the smell of death.

Opening his eyes as he walked in, he stopped Sabin and Terra from moving forward before walking besides the bed and checking Cid's pulse. "He's gone… Must have passed away just before we got here as his body still warm."

Terra looked horrified as death was not something she easily accepted while Sabin simply closed his eyes and muttered a prayer for Cid. However, both realized something was off as Celes wasn't here. So either that meant she wasn't here or she left.

"Something isn't right… I know Celes was here taking care of him… So where would she go after he… Fuck, the cliff!" Naruto suddenly answered himself as it suddenly dawned on him.

"What, what about the cliff?!" Terra suddenly asked, not sure what Naruto was getting at.

Sabin, however, quickly caught on as eyes widened. "Oh my god… You would think she would try to do… That, would you?"

"It is quite possible. Being stuck only on this island with only Cid must have made her believe she was the only one that survived… And being utterly alone often brings forth suicide…" Naruto spoke quietly as he let his words sink in.

It didn't take long as Sabin busted down the door and was heading north in a hurry and Terra literally transformed and flew in the same direction. Naruto simply turned to the deceased man before gently running his hand over his face and closing his eyes. "Don't worry, I won't let harm come to her, old friend."

Disappearing in a flicker, he was outside and sprinting to the cliff at full speed. Once again he was in front of Terra and Sabin and nearest to the cliff to stop Celes if she was truly planning on ending her life.

Looking up, he noticed there was indeed someone standing at the top and looked like they were ready to jump. Cursing at this, skidded to a halt as he saw it was indeed Celes and she had just thrown herself off.

Focusing chakra to his feet, Naruto dashed across the side of the cliff in an attempt to catch the blonde as she fell. But just before he could reach her, a pink blur passed by him and knocked him off balance before swooping Celes out of the air and back onto the top of the cliff.

Naruto simply fell from where he was at and hit the rocks below.

"Fuck! That hurt!" Naruto yelled out to the world as he pulled himself up into a seated position. It wasn't too bad of a fall, only fifty feet and he had worse falls from being knocked off of Gamabunta and the Boss Toad was much larger then fifty feet.

"Yeah, that looked like it did. Need help getting up?" Sabin stated as he slid down the side of the cliff to make sure Naruto was alright.

Naruto simply shook his head before pointing upwards. "Nah, I'm fine. I've fallen from higher spots before. And I think you're needed up there. It sounds like Celes is hysterical right now."

Nodding, Sabin quickly scaled the cliff, not even bothering to take the path, while Naruto stood up shakily and followed suit, however, taking the easier way up.

As he arrived, he noted that Celes was crying into Terra's chest as she released her pent up sorrow. Sabin was simply leaning against the cliff wall, watching carefully in case he was needed. Naruto decided to follow suite and sat down next to the blonde as Terra calmed her down.

It took over an hour as night had finally set in and Celes was calm enough to speak. "I… I didn't know… I thought the rest of you were dead… I believe I was the only one left…"

"It's alright, Celes. I thought the same and I bet everyone else has to at some point." Terra answered as she helped the blonde haired woman sit up. "Do you think you can walk on your own? It would be more comfortable to sleep in the ship then out here."

Celes nodded as she slowly pulled herself, staggering slightly as she was not only emotionally drained, but physically as well. Sabin quickly walked over to her and offered her a shoulder. "Thank you, Sabin…"

The big blonde only nodded as he helped her trod down the cliff as Terra stayed behind, looking over at Naruto as the other blonde gazed into the night sky. "Naruto… I don't know what to say… If you hadn't led us here when you did… She might have actually…"

"It was coincidence… Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we stopped her from committing suicide as well. I, however, didn't plan on anything like this happening." Naruto stated softly as he turned his gaze from the stars to Terra only to see her smiling.

"It doesn't matter if you did or not. …I might not have agreed with the things you did to get here, but in the end it makes little difference. You helped save her life, Naruto. …Thank you." Terra stated, feeling a little of her anger towards the blonde vanish not only for his stubbornness to come here first but also having seeing him make an attempt to save Celes, even if she did knock him out of the way.

Nodding in understanding, Naruto turned back to the stars. "I'm just doing what I can, no thanks needed. …Head back to the ship. It will be a while before I get back. …There are some things I have to do first."

Hearing the somberness in his voice, Terra had a feeling she knew what he was planning and simply nodded. She would offer to help, but she really needed to be with Celes. While Sabin was her friend too, Celes could relate more to her and the fact that she was a woman as well made things a whole lot less complicated, especially if she needed someone to comfort her in the middle of the night.

Watching Terra walk away, Naruto sighed before flickering to a batch of trees. He would make sure his friend had a proper burial.


It was early in the morning, but Naruto had finally finished digging the grave and building the casket. He already had moved Cid into the plain wood casket and had him ready to put him into the ground. All that really was left was a tombstone and that was easy as there was a lot of giant rocks around here he could turn into one.

However, he wanted to wait for Celes so she could say her final good bye to Cid. While he was a good friend of his, Cid had always considered Celes his own daughter even before she was infused with Magitek. He also knew Celes deeply love her father figure and would hate him if he didn't at least give her a chance to say her last words to him.

Just as he thought that, Naruto suddenly turned around as he felt a presence behind him only to see Celes kneeling down beside the wooden coffin. Taking his hand out of his weapons pouch, he stood beside her before placing a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

Tears gently fell from Celes' eyes as she looked at his face one last time before closing the casket lid. "Thank you, granddad… For everything you did for me… I… I just wished…"

There were so many things she wanted to say, but they wouldn't come out the way she wanted. Closing her eyes as more tears began to fall, she stood up before gently nodding to Naruto, trying to convey to him that he could bury him.

Naruto didn't need any other sign to understand her nod as he let go of her shoulder before creating a clone to help him lift and gently place the casket into the grave he dug. Using a few earth jutsu, he scooped the dirt into the grave before planting a large, flat rock as the head rest and carved Cid's name into it along with a fitting phrase.

Looking at what he wrote, Celes smiled as her tears dried up slightly. "Here lies Cid… Loving father and a great friend to all."

Sadly smiling back, Naruto nodded before standing besides Celes for a moment before offering Cid one last prayer before he stepped back to allow Celes her time.

But as he left, Celes spoke softly. "You haven't changed from the last time I saw you… Naruto. What made you come back?"

Stopping as he heard Celes speak, Naruto sighed as he knew there was a good chance the girl remembered him from his visits with Cid over the years. Closing his eyes briefly, Naruto shook his head before turning his head back to Celes. "I'm keeping my promise to Terra's mother and now another I made to Cid the last time I saw him."

"I remember that… I believe I was four at the time." Celes solemnly spoke as she looked up from her granddad's grave. "It is hard to believe that you would keep such silly promise for such a long time."

"And yet I do…" Naruto stated as he completely turned to Celes before walking to her side before placing his hand on her shoulder. "Because that is what I believe to be right. I won't go back on my word, even if it means the pain of death as my friends are more important to me then anything else."

Smiling for a moment, Celes sighed before shaking her head before gently sliding his hand off her shoulder. "We should get back. If Terra wakes and finds that I'm not there, she'll panic and probably scold you for not coming back to get her."

"Ah, it wouldn't matter. She's been scolding me anyways." Naruto commented as he walked besides Celes as they headed back to the ship.

Celes shook her head again before rolling her eyes. Somehow, she had a feeling he deserved them.

A/N: Well, that was chapter 3 and I hope you enjoyed it. As you can tell, I'm giving Naruto more of a background in the Final Fantasy 6 world to explain how some of the other characters know him and what happened to Naruto in the past, like last chapter with the flash back with Sakura. I still plan to make this Naruto/Terra and no one else. Celes will not be added to it, period. Oh, and yes, I went with Terra's Dissidia outfit as I like it way more then her sprite uniform.

If you have any questions, leave a review… Or just review period to tell me what you think so far. Remember, I still don't have a flash drive so updates will be slow as I'm still using my brother's MP3 player.

Peace Out.