Summary: She found him on the beach of Besaid when he was on the verge of dying. She sheltered him and nursed him back to health, despite not knowing who he was. What a man like him could do to repay such kindness? Become her guardian, shield her from dangers and blast Sin's head off if it tries to go near her, simple.

Naruto/Yuna

"Naruto" Normal Speech.

'Naruto' Normal Thought.

"Rasengan" Jutsu/Power/Technique.

"Naruto" Demonic/Dragon Speeches.

'Naruto' Demonic/Dragon Thoughts.

A Fishcake Guardian

Arc 1

The summoner and the ninja

Chapter 3

Cloister of Trials.

Sin.

It was the name of the creature that had been threatening and terrorising the world of Spira for the past one thousand years.

In addition, from what he learnt from Yuna, Sin was the punishment for their ancestors relying on machina, or machines, and becoming a hedonistic society.

Summoners were people who embarked on pilgrimages across Spira to pray to the fayth of each temple to obtain the power of the Aeons they created. All summoners' goal was to obtain the Final Aeon and to use its power to defeat Sin, because apparently, said Aeon was the only being powerful enough to defeat the creature and bring forth the Calm, an uncertain amount of time of peace in Spira between Sin's defeat at the hands of a summoner and its next public appearance. The first Calm lasted five hundred years, with subsequent periods being shorter, as Sin mysteriously kept coming back, stronger than before.

Apparently, it was stated in the teachings of Yevon, which apparently was Spira's religion, if the people of Spira atoned for their sin, then one day Sin would disappear and not regenerate upon its next defeat.

Nearly all the peoples of Spira follow the teachings of Yevon, calling themselves Yevonites, save for the Al Bhed, who were viewed as heretics by the autocracy for their use of machina, a practice forbidden by the church.

However, it was not what he worried about.

In the long history of Sin terrorizing Spira, there had been four periods of time known as the Calm, and conditionally, Yuna's father, High Summoner Braska, was the latest defeater of Sin. However, his Calm only lasted less than a year, as Sin returned and started destroying Spira again, driving Yuna to become a summoner and follow her father's footsteps. Because of who her father was, Yuna was believed to be the most potential summoner to defeat Sin and bring the next Calm.

However, from what he could see, it was basically a suicide mission, because no matter what happen, no matter how strong the Final Aeon is, the summoner will still die in the end. When he asked about it, Yuna only shook her head and said it didn't matter, as long as she could bring hopes back to the people of Spira.

He shouldn't expect anything less from a devout follower of Yevon, but still, it was a very noble of her. At the age of seventeen, she was only a year older than he was, and yet she had already carried the hopes and faiths of millions on her shoulders. In a way, Yuna reminded him of himself during the pain invasion and the climax of the Fourth Shinobi War.

He had never met or seen Sin before, but it sounded very powerful and terrible.

Still, it couldn't be as terrible as Juubi, right? He would love to give Sin a try and see if it could handle a full power Bijuudama to the head. If possible, he would love to help Spira getting rid of the beast before returning back to his world.

That's the reason why that morning he intended to summon Gamakichi and ask him to tell others about his plan, so they wouldn't bring him back for the time being if they had already figured it out a way to do that. Elemental Nations had finally found peace, but Spira hadn't. He wouldn't be Naruto Uzumaki if he left a world at the mercy of a menacing beast forever.

But he needed to talk to Yuna about it first.

"Good morning, Naruto-sama."

The moment Naruto walked out of the inn, the villagers greeted him with the same respect they had for Yuna, bowing their heads deeply with their hands in front of their chest, palm facing as if they were holding a sphere. Naruto couldn't help but groan in annoyance. Ever since he summoned Gamakichi, Naruto had been given the same kind of respect Yuna, a real summoner, had. Apparently, since he could summon a gigantic creature with the size of a medium-size mountain, toad or not, they believed him to be a summoner, much like Yuna. Summoners were highly respected around Spira, as they're those who risked their lives and went on journeys, or pilgrimages to defeat Sin.

"Uh… Guys, for the last time, I'm not a summoner. Yuna is." He tried to reason. It was the thing he had been trying to tell them since last night "Yuna summons Aeons, Gamakichi is not an Aeon. He is simply an oversized toad that can talk." In a way, they weren't wrong when they called him summoner, after all, the toads of Mount Myoboku was indeed summonings, and the ones who signed their contracts and summoned them in battle were, obviously, call summoners "Just call me Naruto."

Fortunately for them, they didn't have to response to that request of Naruto when Wakka arrived and came to their rescues, carrying a blitz ball in his hand

"Ah, good morning Naruto." The reddish-orange haired man greeted before looking at the village, who all greeted him with smiles "Good morning, everyone. Naruto, what are you doing so soon in the morning, ya?"

"I have something in mind and want to tell Yuna." He answered and Wakka nodded his head in understanding "Speaking of which, I haven't seen her since last night, do you know where she is?" Yuna was usually the centre of attention of the village, so it's not that hard for him to find her.

"Oh, you don't know? She has gone into the temple's Cloister of Trials with Lulu and Kimahri to pray for the fayth and become a summoner earlier this morning." Upon saying that, Wakka and the villagers made their religious bowing gesture before he continued "She went to sleep early last night, so you probably couldn't see her around ya."

"Is that so?" Naruto crossed his arms together "So… we wait?"

"Yeah, we guardians help her pass the first trials, but after that, the rest is up to Yuna."

"So what are you doing out here? You're her guardian too, right?" Naruto couldn't help but ask.

"I'm out here training blitz with my team, the Besaid Aurochs." Wakka declared proudly while spinning the ball on the tip of his index finger. Seeing the confused look on Naruto's face, he asked in surprise "You didn't know what Blitzball is?"

"Well, beat me! Aside from the fact that you use this ball as a weapon, I have no idea what it is." Naruto shrugged, making Wakka drop his jaw in shock as his casual reply.

"You know, Yuna told us you're not from around here, which explain why you didn't speak Spiran at first." And that was a huge understatement "But seriously, are you sure you didn't hit your head somewhere? Blitzball has been around for so long, and yet you have no idea what it is?"

"Where I came from, we don't have time for sport, at least, not in this form," Naruto explained while scratching the back of his head. He then took the ball from Wakka's hand and observed it very carefully "So what is so special about it anyway?" It was a spherically-studded ball about thirty centimetres in diameter. The ball was also light, extremely so, but he had seen Wakka using it to strike down a plant-like fiend with ease. Maybe there was something magical about it, but overall, it looked completely normal for him.

"Ever since Sin emerged, Blitzball had become Spira's main form of entertainment, and is embraced by the Yevon faith." He said, bowing "The annual blitzball tournament is a festival where all the peoples of Spira overcome racial barriers to banish thoughts of Sin from their minds. This is the only time! The players fight with all their strength; the fans cheer for their favourite teams. Everyone forget pain, suffering... Only the game matters. That's why blitz has been around for so long. Least that's what I think."

"Least that's what you think?" Naruto repeated, before shrugging "Well, sound interesting enough, so how do you play it?" He bounced the ball on the ground before exchanging it between his hands.

"Definitely not like that." Wakka laughed while shaking his head "You see, you have to play it underwater." Naruto raised an eyebrow at that, but then reminded himself that he was currently staying in a different world where he still had much to learn "The objective is for the player and their team to kick the blitzball into the opposing team's goal, while the opposing team simultaneously defends their goal and attempts to steal the blitzball to make an attempt at the player's goal."

"Sound simple." Naruto nodded "So you're basically a part time guardian and part time blitzball player, two of the most important jobs in the world, interesting life huh?"

"I supposed." Wakka said sheepishly while scratching the back of his head "What about you Naruto? What do you do?"

"I'm a Shinobi."

"A what?"

"Shinobi." Naruto repeated, "You don't have ninja around here?" Wakka shook his head in confusion "Well, basically, we're mercenaries. We would on job requests from people who wanted our help, regardless of what it is, anything from simple chores like cleaning the floor, escorting an important figure, to assassination of high profile targets. You name it, and we did it, for the right price."

"So basically, you killed… people for money!?" Wakka asked in disbelief and Naruto nodded his head "What are you thinking man? How can you possibly live a life like that."

"Well, it's our life you know." Naruto shrugged, crossing his arms on his chest "You either live a normal life of a civilian or become a Shinobi and work for your village, being a part of something bigger. Shinobi and Kunoichi, female ninja, are trained from a young age in combat. I myself had been trained since five years old." Wakka widened her eyes in horrification. How could someone train kids to fight at such a young age "I must admit that our lives aren't the most colourful, but I can't change them, only make it better… somehow." He trailed off. He didn't know how things were going to be after the war, or how it was currently, but he hoped that it was for the better. Now that the villages had united into one, there's a chance that Elemental Nations would finally know peace.

"Well, you know, Naruto, I don't know about your life and I probably won't know a thing about the hardships you have to come through…" Wakka said as he placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder "But there is one thing that I can tell, is that you're a good man, just like what Yuna said about you." Wakka then crossed his arms on his chest "You know what, ya? A young man like you doesn't have to live a life like that. Have you ever thought about a normal life before? I mean… look around," he said, looking at the village of Besaid Island "isn't it peaceful around here ya?"

"With Sin roaming freely around, destroying every city it comes across?" Naruto asked, amused.

"Hey man, that's not something you should joke about." Naruto simply raised both of his hands, making no comment "What I'm trying to say… is that if you want to have a peaceful life, don't you think that this is the perfect place for a start over?" Wakka shook his head "You're young, maybe even younger than Yuna, you still have a whole life ahead of you. Don't you ever want to have a simple life, to have a family, to have children and to raise them, not as a mercenary or a killer or an assassin or a Shinobi or whatsoever, but as a normal man, ya?" Naruto shrugged, but he had to admit, it was a rather pleasant thought.

"I hope it's that easy" Naruto said with a heavy sigh. All his life Naruto had dreamed about becoming the leader of his village. His parents died the day he was born, and Naruto grew up knowing nothing about them. He was hated by the villagers of Konoha for what he had inside of his body, and because of this, loneliness was something Naruto was very familiar with.

The past seven years he had been doing everything to prove himself, and to have the acknowledgement of the people of his village. Along the way, he gained friends, people who cared about him and believed in him. They became what Naruto could call his family, and would do anything to protect them.

Could he leave all of them, his friends, his family, his dream and everything he had worked so hard for, behind and start a new life here at Spira, where, like Wakka said, he could start a simple, normal and peaceful life, something Naruto wasn't sure he could have once he return to Elemental Nations?

"Anyway man, that's something for you to decide." Wakka spoke up, pulling Naruto out of his own thoughts "Anyway, I need to meet up with my team right now, so if you don't have anything to do, feel free to come to the beach and blitz with us. It's fun, so why don't you give it a try?"

"Alright then, maybe I will give it a try… as soon as I finish breakfast." Wakka grinned and nodded his head.

"Oh, I almost forgot…" Wakka was about to walk away when suddenly he remembered something and decided to turn around to ask Naruto "You're more or less a fighter, ya? You don't use machina as weapons, right?"

"Machina?" Naruto shook his head "No, we Shinobi have never found much use in them. We have our own Shinobi gears, weapons to fight in battle, but more or less we fight with our own abilities." Naruto replied shortly with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Thank Yevon for that." Wakka said in relief while making the bowing gesture "So, see you later then."

Line Break

"Alright Naruto, let's try it." Wakka cried, waving a hand above his head before holding both of them in front of his chest, palms facing away from him. Naruto stood a few feet away from him with a smirk on his face, his hand holding the blitz ball "Give me your best shot."

"Here you go." Doing what he was told, Naruto dropped the ball and kicked right into it the moment it was within reach, sending it toward Wakka

"Not bad, bro." the reddish-orange haired man caught it and smiled "Here, try catching this." He kicked the ball, and Naruto caught it easily. Too easily to be exact "It would be a whole lot different under water, but since you can react to and catch a cannonseed with your bare hand, I don't think that would be a problem." Wakka pointed to his teammate "Now, try to pass it to Jassu. Try kicking it harder this time."

"Well, you ask for it." Naruto nodded and turned to the short blond haired man standing at the far side of the beach. He had been introduced to Wakka's team Besaid Aurochs this morning. Dropping the ball, Naruto kicked it so hard that it nearly disappeared from sight and reappeared when air friction slowed it down, passing Jassu's head and heading to the ocean while going up.

"Uh, my bad…" Naruto raised his hand. Maybe he shouldn't kick the ball that hard.

"Wow… for real, ya?" Wakka asked, excited when he saw the ball kept travelling for two more seconds before falling down "You have potential, maybe you should join our team."

"Nah, don't think that's a good idea." Naruto grinned while shaking his head "I will get the ball." He volunteered before walking toward the ocean.

However, before his feet could reach the water, a person suddenly emerged from the sea, looking around in confusion before the ball fell down and whacked him bluntly on the top of his head, forcing him to yell out in surprise. He spun around sluggishly, vigorously rubbing where the object had made an impact. He seemed to quickly notice the people standing on the shoreline.

"Oh man…" Naruto muttered while scratching the back of his head, hoping that he wasn't hurt by that harsh impact.

Then he tried to swim toward them, but before he could reach further, the object that struck him suddenly bobbed past his line of vision "Blitzball!" he cried, his eyes lit up with pure delight and clutched the ball firmly in his hands.

"HEY! YOU OKAY!?" Wakka yelled while waving his hand in the air.

The young man dropped the ball and waved his arms in return "HEEEY!" He then dived back into the water before shooting up out over the surface, bringing the ball with him into the air. The young man twisted his body around and kicked the ball, sending it colliding back to the Besaid Aurochs' captain, who moved his head to the side to dodge the ball.

"Whoa-ho." Wakka gasped in amazement as he turned his head back to look at the young man who was swimming toward them.

"Professional player?" Naruto asked when he saw the look on the taller man's face.

"Yes." Wakka grinned, crossing his arms on his chest "Not many players can do that a move like that."

As he approached them slowly, Naruto got a chance to get a good look at him. He didn't look much older than Naruto was, and had blue eyes and dishevelled blond hair with spiky layers. He wore a yellow jacket with a white hood, dark pants with one shorter and one longer trouser-le, a black glove on his right hand, a gauntlet on the other, with blue pauldron and armour over his left arm. He completed his outfit with a dark dungaree-type outfit he wore over his other clothes, fastened with a black belt that had a metal chain

He rubbed the back of his head awkwardly as the whole team of Besaid Aurochs turned in and surrounded him, completely awe-struck. "Yo…Hiya…" he said meekly while scratching the back of his head.

Wakka stepped forward and greeted him with a stunned smile "You wanna…try that move…one more time ya?" and he did. "Whoooa!" the team murmured, watching with wide eyes as he sent the ball speeding off again like a bullet over the sea. They'd never seen a shot like it, being performed with such ease before.

The redhead folded his arms contentedly "You're no amateur! Who you play for ya?" he asked with a chuckle.

Tidus beamed proudly "The Zanarkand Abes!"

Their faces dropped instantly began to mumble dubiously around him with suspicious gazes, while Naruto could only look at the man in confusion. Hadn't Zanarkand been destroyed over a thousand year ago?

"What team you say again?" the redhead inquired with narrow eyes, unable to believe his ears.

The blond screwed his face up prudently "I meant…forget that…" he retorted shaking his head "I… er… got too close to Sin and my head's all foggy-like." he explained loosely. "So I don't know where this place is…Or even where I came from…." His head dropped despondently. The team gasped in horror at the sudden mention of Sin. It was clear that these people were all too familiar with the carnage that it was capable of.

"Sin's toxin got to you." Wakkar confirmed gravely "But, you're still alive." he added hopefully, dispelling the bad vibe in the air "Praise be to Yevon." He and the rest of the team bowed. Wakka then told his team "Alright team, back to practice!" His teammates nodded their heads and immediately got back to their positions "I'm Wakka, and this is Naruto." he introduced, turning back to Tidus, taking his hand tightly in a firm handshake."I'm the Coach and captain of the Besaid Aurochs!"

"Nice to meet you." Naruto greeted casually with his hands in his pockets.

"I'm Tidus, nice to-" Tidus would've gratefully returned their friendly introductions, but his stomach beat him to it, growling like some kind of caged beast.

"What? You hungry?" Wakka quizzed with a cheeky grin, gesturing for Tidus to follow him "Alright, back to the village. I'll get ya something!"

The rest of the morning passed quickly after that.

Line Break

The more time passed, the more worried he became.

After taking a short lunch break, Naruto walked out of the inn and decided to search for Wakka and ask if Yuna was okay. Quickly spotting him walking into the temple with Tidus, Naruto decided to head to the place as well.

It was his first time inside the temple, and he couldn't help but feel amazed at the impressive structure, because while he had seen many great places in his life, the temple was fascinating, to say the least.

The building was made of what seemed to be some form of chalky blue stone that shone inertly in the glowing rays of the sun while extending down over the extent of the exterior was the great clamshell roof, which was big enough to cover the long path leading up to the temple entrance itself.

Slowly the young Shinobi passed down the long searching path leading up to the entrance. As he ventured closer he felt a cold breeze escape the dark chamber within, a breeze that chilled his very bones to the core. A great weight bore down upon his shoulders as he stepped foot in the threshold, a weight that seemed to inhabit the dense air.

Instantly a strange song enveloped him, filling his ears with its sweet melody.

"Who is singing?" Naruto couldn't help but ask, turning his head around but couldn't find any singers. Shrugging his shoulder, Naruto made his way further into the place, meeting a large circular room with a dark stone floor. The middle of the cold, hard surface covered in ancient symbols, all of which were completely unreadable to Naruto simply because he didn't know how to read Spiran.

The whole place was dim, being lit by only by the red glow of two torches illuminating the staircase at the far end of the room.

The curved walls at either side were adorned with many rows of statues, set above each other; statues of many people all dressed in ceremonial type robes. However, his attention was drawn toward four specific great statues, two standing either side of the staircase. They were huge in stature, towering greatly over the others. Above these leaning out of the walls and reaching to the ceiling were two even bigger idols, one was a scantily clad woman adorned with pieces of jewelry hung down from her body. The other was an extremely masculine man that wore thick armour.

Some people of the village were scattered about, all kneeling and worshipping the strange idols, and upon seeing Naruto, they all greeted him with their religious bow. Simply raising his hand to greet them, Naruto turned his attention toward Wakka, who was talking to Tidus about the temple.

"Hey Wakka, how's Yuna doing?" He asked concernedly, but Wakka only shook his head with a deep expression on his face.

Sighing longingly, Naruto decided to take a trip around the room, proceeding toward one of the four statues, he settled with the one on the far right. It was a statue of a man with long hair, standing proud and prone in a large robe made of broad overlapping petals or leaves that fell in points, and had long wide sleeves that fell to cover the hands. He held a long staff in his hand and wore a strange, complicated design hat on his head.

"It's Lord Braska." Naruto turned his head slightly to the side and looked at an old monk as he walked toward him. "It's been ten years he became a high summoner."

Braska?

"This is Yuna's father?" Naruto asked, slightly surprised. The Monk nodded his head to answer his question.

In a way, one could say that Yuna kind of remind him of himself. Their fathers were both big deals, and they had all sacrificed their lives for the sake of peace, leaving their children behind to continue their legacy. Maybe it was the reason why he felt so comfortable around her, not just because of her personalities.

"You could at least go see how they are doing…" Naruto was drawn out of his thoughts when he heard the voice of another monk.

And to his expectation, Wakka was the one who answered that question "We can't interfere! It's rule!" He argued.

The monk persisted, his voice steeped in worry "But…it's been nearly…."

"It's been nearly a day already." It was an elder man, a villager, who said that.

"Is it particularly dangerous in there?" Tidus questioned while scratching the back of his head.

"Sometimes, yes."

"Why don't you go in and help?" He continued, surprised at Wakka's laid back approach.

"There're already other guardians in there…" Wakka replied looking sidelong at the blonde "Besides, it's forbidden." Listening to their argument, Naruto grew anxious and began to walk around impatiently.

"Hey, but what if something happens!" he exclaimed completely vexed "What if the summoner…dies?!"

And that was it for Naruto.

"The precepts must be obeyed!" the monk decreed furiously in an attempt to halt the blitzball player.

"Like I care!" Tidus turned on his heels and charged forward, leaving the whole temple to gasp in horror at his action. However, before he could make it anywhere close to the doors, Naruto appeared beside him and knocked him out of the way with a simple push of his elbow.

"Stay down, Tidus," Naruto said, pointing his hand at Tidus.

"Hey! What's wrong with you man?"

"Thanks, Yevon we have you here with us, Naruto-sa… what are you doing?!" The monk cried out in shock when Naruto pushed the door open and invited himself in. As soon as the doors were closed behind him, Naruto started running and making his way through the dark hallways inside.

After awhile, he arrived at a room that was a lot smaller than he'd thought. In fact it was more of a box room with three tall slab walls. His eyes widened slightly when he saw no door and realised there was no way out.

"This must be the Cloister of Trials Yuna and Wakka were talking about." Naruto nodded his head, looking around the room as he carefully examined it "Alright, show me what you got." He said challengingly as if there was someone else there beside him.

As if to respond to his challenge, the walls lit up. Naruto took a step forward and observed strange symbols and glyphs appear upon the huge stone slabs before his attention was drawn to the other side of the room, where a large, bizarre compass shape symbol appeared and glowed dimly in a fluorescent green hue.

Reaching forward, Naruto placed his hand on it, wondering what would happen.

The glyph pulsed momentarily in a flash of cerise light, and in the corner of his eye, Naruto saw the white symbols upon the side wall fade away and was replaced with a smaller replica of the compass. Taking this as a sign, Naruto approached the symbol and once again touched it with his hand. Naruto took a step back as the wall shuddered, and dust spewed from its sides as it began to move slowly, hoisting itself up, revealing a path with staircase led to down underneath the temple, lit by dim torchlight much like the room he was in.

The way through the trials from here, he found was simpler than he'd expected. Naruto couldn't stop himself from wondering how the place had got its name; because it was far from a trial to him. Most of the oncoming pathways were blocked by sturdy wooden doors, which Naruto could simply knock down with a punch in Sennin Modo but decided he didn't want to have the villagers of Besaid Island at his throat. He discovered many spheres around the room, and all he had to do was insert them into the right hole, also all around the place.

After several doors and puzzles, Naruto found himself facing another dead end. There were no symbols or glyphs to touch and no doors to be entered. However, there was a pattern in the middle of the floor, adorned with majestic colours.

"Hey!" before he could take another step, Naruto heard a voice and turned around to see Wakka advancing toward him with a weak smile on his face "What's gotten into you?" the captain questioned in a chiding manner.

"I want to make sure that Yuna is alright, is there anything wrong with that?" Naruto asked, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Nothing, but you should know that only summoners, apprentice summoners and their guardians can enter here." Wakka shook his head "It's a tradition, very important."

"Well, you know, last time I check, everyone around here believes me to be a summoner," Naruto responded casually.

"But apparently, you're not, ya?" Wakka asked before slapping his hand on his forehead "Ah, Lu is going to be pissed." Naruto said nothing in reply, only shrugging his shoulders "Well…now that we've come this far…might as well go all the way!"

It didn't take them long to get through the last trial and arrived at a large, circular room, being lit by many torches that adorned its rounded walls. The main feature of the room, however, was a tall sweeping staircase. It led up to an odd, almost oval shaped door, which was spectacularly formed out of pure tan coloured stone. At either side, it was lit by beautiful roseate lamps, that highlighted every contour, every wonderful cleft in the door's structure.

And standing waiting inside with, apparently more patience than him, was Lulu and Kimahri.

"What are you doing here?" She sneered coldly, raising herself from her seat upon the steps as she looked at Wakka "Didn't think we'd be able to handle it?"

"No, it's er…it's just…" Wakka stammered. Naruto popped out from behind the taller man and grinned brightly

"Yo!" He greeted the busty woman cheerily, who widened her eyes at the sight of him.

"You, what are you doing here?" Lulu asked in disbelief, her pale face dropped in mild shock "You are not supposed to be here."

Before Naruto could answer the question, a deep rumble ensued suddenly behind her, instantly drawing everyone's attention toward it.

The door was opening

Wakka and Lulu advanced to the staircase eagerly, leaving Naruto behind as he watched in anticipation. Slowly the door slid upwards, throwing blinding shafts of golden light into the dark room.

But eventually, she lost her strength to keep herself on her feet and fell forward, making everyone gasped worriedly as she tottered on the edge, before plummeting down head first.

Naruto dashed forward swiftly to save her, but Kimahri had already done it, being the one standing closer to Yuna.

With his help, the young woman stood up and steadied herself on her feet. Reaching her hands up, Yuna cast the hair brown hair back from her shoulders, shaking her head slowly to reveal her face, which was covered in sweats, much like the rest of her body.

A look of enraptured joy passed over her serene face as she announced

"I have done it!" she smiled "I have become…a summoner."

"Congratulation!" Naruto gave her a thumb up and a thousand watts smile that could lit up the entire room. However, when all three guardians turned around to look at him like he had turned insane, the smile dimmed away before completely disappear "Uh… congratulation." He congratulated her again, but with a smaller and softer tone.

Yuna smiled and nodded her head.

Line Break

Soon, they were outside and the villagers all gasped in awe as the birth of a new summoner.

When Yuna proceeded to leave the temple, they quickly walked with her outside in a hurry while cheering loudly in excitement. Following closely behind the group, Naruto looked ahead and noticed the people had now gathered together in a huge circle in the very middle of the village.

He spotted Wakka and quickly made his way through the crowd toward him

"So… is she going to summon Aeon now?" He asked and the captain of Besaid Aurochs nodded his head.

"You bet." Wakka grinned before noticing Tidus at the far side of the group. Raising his hand above his head, he called out to the fellow blitzball player "Hey, over here!"

"Wha? Ow! Hey!" Tidus yelled when Wakka jumped at him and grappled him into another playful headlock from behind. "What's going on? Who is she?" He asked while looking at Yuna, totally confused.

"That's Yuna, the summoner." Tidus gasped and had his eyes widened in shock.

"Summoner? I thought summoner was an old man."

"Not this one." Naruto shook his head.

"So what is she doing?"

Eagerly Wakka dragged the Tidus to the front of the crowd, making a path for Naruto to push through as well "Wait till you see this!" he enthused excitedly.

"I can't see anything!" Tidus complained. Wakka spun him round, releasing him roughly.

"Ready!" he asked Yuna, who was standing a few meters away from them, her magic rod in hands.

"Ok." Yuna nodded her head before turning around. Standing in the middle of the circle, Yuna raised it and held her arms outstretched about her. Slowly, she brought the staff down, holding it tightly against her

Suddenly she took a step back and the ground beneath her erupted in an explosion of intense light, with orbs of light emerged from the ground and flew into the air, making Naruto look at her in amazement. The blond continued to watch as Yuna stood still, with the light dancing around her feminine body. Soon enough, four large beams of light shot out from the ring of energy around her, heading to the sky while swirling around each other, causing the clouds to swirl around as well.

Eventually, they met and exploded in a blinding explosion of light

In a flash, a creature burst through the clouds, soaring like a speeding bullet. Naruto stood with wide eyes as the great beast removed its wings from its body and hovered over Yuna, blowing her hair back with every strong swish of its wings. With a dull rumble, it landed on its feet just before her.

Reaching her hand out, Yuna smiled as she gently caressed the red feathers that resided upon the creature's neck. The bird-like creature lowered its head down and nuzzled her hand willingly as her fingers passed through the shimmering feathers. The summoner removed her hand and turned back to the crowd as they showered her in a heavy rain of praises, all clapping and cheering excitedly. Beaming at her, Wakka and Lulu came to congratulate her, proud of her great achievement.

"Valefor…"

"Who's that?!" Naruto asked in surprise and snapped his head around to search for the source of that mysterious female voice. He could swear that he heard it in his head instead of his ears.

"Please… help us… help them…"

"I must have become crazy." Naruto slapped his hands on his ears. The voice eventually stopped and didn't say anything more, but it creep the hell out of him.

Valefor? It couldn't possibly be the name of the Aeon, right?

Also, who was talking to him?

End of Chapter 3

Yagami's note: There! Hope you like this chapter everyone. My deepest apology that this chapter doesn't have any Naruto and Yuna's interaction, but it couldn't be help because it is necessary for plot development. I will definitely make up for it in the next update, though.

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