Chapter 4: "Operation Reclaimer" Part One
The airship hovered near the top of Mt. Corel. Everyone was assembled on the deck. The party was split into two groups. Naruto, Barret, Cid and Nanaki were the strike team while Gaara, Cait, Vincent and Yuffie would remain on the Highwind. Naruto's team boarded off the airship and made their way to the reactor. They reached the entrance of the reactor, only to hear a train's horn.
"Oh boy!" said Nanaki.
"Da-mn!" was the reaction from Barret as a train with five carriages hurtled out of the reactor.
[Cue song The Chase of Highway [FFVII ACC Version] by Nobuo Uematsu from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete OST]
"I bet you the Huge Materia is on that train!" said Naruto. Barret shook his fist at the escaping train. "NO! You damn boneheads!" he yelled. Nanaki looked between Naruto, Barret and Cid. "Now what will happen?" he asked. Cid turned to face him. "Hey! Don't you know who I am? I'm Cid - That's who the hell I am! Now just let me handle it!" He then rushed inside the reactor followed by Nanaki and Barret. While they got their hands on an engine for themselves, Naruto flipped through some handseals before saying, "Fuuton: Tobikumo!" The small cloud formed under his feet just as Cid's liberated train roared out of the reactor. Naruto directed the cloud to catch up with the train.
Once he settled the cloud beside the train he looked at Cid, who was figuring out the controls. Barret was siting in the carriage behind the pilot when he asked, "How can they even drive this?" Cid didn't turn around. "Don't ask me… I don't know!"
"What?" yelled Barret in a shocked voice. Cid gripped the only two levers. He set the left one up and the right one down. "Don't worry! I can handle this kinda stuff!" he said in confidents. He alternated the levers and felt the train speed up. Cid turned around and adjusted his goggles. "No sweat!"
"I'm going ahead to take care of any nasties that might get in our way!" yelled Naruto so he could be heard before speeding up and heading to the enemy train. He whooshed quickly up to the first train. He got out his phone and dialled Gaara. He answered quickly. "Gaara, I need your team to evacuate Corel within ten minutes. Cid's going to try to stop the train before that but I want to be sure. Can you do that?"
"Can do!" came Gaara's voice. All of a sudden there was the sound of many whirring blades and Naruto looked up to see the Highwind zoom over his head toward Corel. Naruto quickly boarded the last carriage. One Shinra grunt was guarding the area. Naruto body flashed behind him and knocked him out easily. The next one had three soldiers on top. They were taken care of quickly. The third one was a little tougher as it was a huge red giant with an even bigger sword. Naruto summoned his sword and used the Bolt materia. A lightning bolt three times bigger than normal slammed into the giant from the sky. Naruto at first wondered why it was so powerful but pushed it out of the way. Now was not the time.
The giant swung it's sword at him but Naruto dodged. Seeing as this wasn't going to be solved by using regular magic he tapped into something more advanced.
"Kyuu-chan! Push some of your chakra into the sword!" he yelled out.
"You got it Naruto-kun!" she said back as the sword glowed red. More and more of Kyuubi's chakra enveloped the sword until the blade was glowing bright yellow. Naruto activated the second stage of his Kikangan and flashed to the side of the giant. He swung the sword with both hands and struck the monster in the side. The sword didn't sever the giant, but it did set it on fire and launched it off the carriage.
The next challenge was two of the same type of robots. Naruto saw the final carriage had a completely different robot on it so he jumped high into the air and came down on the two machines, slicing them in half before jumping forward and slamming the sword into the last obstacle and letting off another bolt to send electricity coursing through it's circuits. By this time the others had caught up and had jumped over to the train.
Cid passed Naruto and stood behind the soldier who was driving. Hearing some sort of scuffle behind him the man turned to see Cid, Barret, Nanaki and Naruto grinning evilly at him. "What the! You… you guys!"
"Alright! Just hand over the Huge Materia!" commanded Cid. He didn't look like he would so Cid pushed him off the train.
"Now that we got the package, how do we slow this thing down?" asked Naruto.
"Just shut up and keep quiet! If we keep this up, we'll crash right into North Corel!" Cid yelled back before he jumped into the cockpit. "Let's see… If we alternately use the levers to accelerate then…" Cid grasped the two levers. "It should brake if we move the levers up and down simultaneously!" He tried it out.
"Hey, it's not working!" called Barret from the back. He was right. In fact they were gaining speed.
"Fuck! The other way!" Cid swore. "Just watch, this time, I'll…" he tried that but all it did was make the matter worse as the train lurched forward again. "Hey… HEY HEY!" bellowed Barret as he tried to stay on the train. Nanaki was having the same problem. "WHOOOOOOOOAAAA!"
"SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTT!" came Cid's voice as they saw the town up ahead.
Naruto decided to try his luck. He jumped onto the engine and pressed a button he saw. Huge amounts of stem poured out of the engine, making sure that they weren't getting any faster. Then he activated his second level Kikangan and flashed through seals for a bloodline jutsu. He focused an insane amount of chakra into the seals, making the golden chakra flare strongly around him, and said, "Art of the Fourth Dimension: Field of Meditation!" He released the jutsu and a massive golden bubble expanded around the train. Almost straight away the train started to slow down quickly. In a matter of seconds the train stopped.
Naruto stopped the jutsu and powered down. He stood there, panting heavily for a minute before taking a deep breath. The others all saw what he had done but were too surprised at what had happened.
Naruto turned to the rest of the group and smiled softly. "Heh, seemed it worked." He stepped off the train and saw how close it had been. The engine was barely touching an old rusty cart in front of the town. Naruto sighed in relief. Meanwhile Barret, Nanaki and Cid were getting out too. The three walked over to Naruto.
"Wha, what did you do?" asked Nanaki. Naruto smiled. "A new jutsu I learned recently. It allows you to quickly stop moving objects. However you need to be in contact with the object so it wouldn't stop bullets and depending on the size of the object it eats away at my chakra quickly." Everyone looked amazed at this bit of info. Naruto then turned around and motioned with his hand to follow. "C'mon guys! Let's find what we've been looking for."
It didn't take long to find it. The package was in the carriage closest to the coal cart. After removing all the coverings the four friends looked at a large case. Naruto lifted the case and laid it on the ground before opening it. The sight they saw brought small gasps from everyone.
In the case was a large cluster of green crystal. It wasn't shaped like materia. The shape was a raw form, as if it had only just been dug out of the earth. And the crystal was pulsing strong waves of ancient power. This was it. The first Huge Materia.
Naruto picked it up to examine the materia closely but as he touched it, a small piece broke away and fell to the ground. Naruto placed the Huge Materia back into the case and picked up the small piece. This Materia was normal, but only in shape and colour. The kind of power that radiated from it was anything but normal. It felt like pure destruction. Gazing into the materia, the image Naruto saw inside was a burning green sun of energy just asking to be released.
'Kyuu-chan, what is this materia? It feels so powerful,' asked Naruto in the depths of his mind.
"Damn! This spell is known as one of the 10 strongest spells in our records. Scan it. You'll find all the info you need."
Nodding silently Naruto positioned his G-watch in front of the materia and activated the scan. What he saw shocked him.
-Materia Scan-
Spell: Ultima
Element: Non-Elemental
Description: The Ultima spell is rated in the top ten of our strongest spells known and in the top five in destructiveness. If powered up enough, the spell could obliterate a quarter of a planet. Use extreme caution when using this spell. Only use small amounts of energy to generate this spell.
Rank: Upper S-class
"Wow! This materia sure packs a wallop!" exclaimed Naruto, causing the others to gather round to see. Barret was the first to get over his shock.
"Holy shit man!" was all he said. Cid and Nanaki nodded.
"Well, I'll let Gaara know that we've secured the package." said Naruto as he pulled out his phone. He contacted Garra and advised him on the situation. Then the group of four walked into the town.
As the four walked into town the people were just starting to filter in. One of the men walked up to them and addressed Naruto.
"Thank you very much for saving our town. It's not much but it's all we have. How can we repay you?" he asked. Naruto shook his head.
"No reward is necessary. We're just glad we stopped the train in time," said Naruto. The man smiled before looking at Barret.
"Seems like you did some good this time," he said gruffly, but without the harshness from before. Barret looked nervous. "Well just stay out of trouble." And with that, the man left. Barret visibly deflated after he left. Naruto turned to the three.
"C'mon. Let's go, guys."
"So where next?" asked Nanaki when everyone was on the Highwind once again.
"A place called Fort Condor," said Naruto as he looked at the small map on his mobile phone. "Should be South East from North Corel. On the southern area of the eastern continent."
"I think I've heard of that place," said Yuffie who was looking much better after taking a Tranquilliser, curtesy of Naruto. The small cat was sitting on her shoulder looking slightly worried about her new master. "It's a large fort where the people living inside it protect a large bird called a Condor that roosts on top of the reactor. But that's all I know."
"Well Cid, you have our destination," said Naruto.
"Roger that," he said and started up the airship.
Condor was a small mountain on which a reactor was placed on top. Perched on top of the mako reactor was a huge brown bird. It seemed to be protecting something but it was impossible to see what it was.
The path into the mountain was easy enough and the group of four reached a large cave. A rope hung down from an opening in the ceiling. Cid and Barret climbed up the rope while Naruto and Nanaki used speed, jumping power and chakra to reach the top.
The next chamber was a little different. It was smaller then the cave below. There were a few pipes up against the walls. A rope ladder led the way to the next chamber. The room above was more homely. There were electrical lights, a television, even a small well. There were two passageways leading further into the mountain. In one corner there was a round table with a small gas lamp on top. An old man was siting at the table and seemed to be thinking about something. Naruto and the group walked up to the old man. He turned around and smiled tiredly.
"Hmmn, now this is something. I never thought anyone would ever climb up here. Any minute now, this will be a battlefield against Shinra. You kids better get down before you get involved." At this piece of information, everyone blinked.
"A battlefield, we can't overlook that," said Cid.
"That's right," agreed Naruto.
"We would love to help you fight them," said Nanaki.
"Hell yeah!" said Barret, waving his gun arm around.
"It appears you have a problem with Shinra too. After all, you climbed up here," said the old man.
"Uh, not quite," said Naruto. "We got a hold of some intelligence from Shinra that said they were collecting large chunks of raw materia. We need to keep them from getting the materia at all costs. One of the places that they were going to was here."
The old man nodded and pulled out from underneath the table a case. He opened it and inside was a piece of materia that was almost identical to the Huge Materia they picked up in North Corel. Only this one was coloured red.
"This is what you need?" he asked. The group nodded. "Well you can have it under one condition."
"What's that?" Naruto asked.
"That you help us fight off the Shinra."
"We already agreed that we would help you with that," said Nanaki.
"Then I suggest you go talk to my son upstairs. He'll tell you what you need to do." And with that he closed the case and tucked it back underneath the table. Naruto turned to the rest of the group and nodded. They then made their way up to the top room.
This room was quite different. It was a wooden hut with a long window that looked out across the mountain. A man with a white bandanna on his head was currently looking through the window. As soon as he heard footsteps behind him, he turned sharply around to see Naruto, Cid, Barret and Nanaki.
"You here to help?" he asked. Everyone nodded.
"Well you're just in time. Take a look out there," he said. Naruto peeked out of the window to see a mass of blue and red beings near the bottom of the mountain. The man gave him a pair of binoculars and with them Naruto was able to come to a rough estimate of 1500 Shinra soldiers. Most were the normal grunts. There were quite a few robots like Roboguards, Airbusters and the like. There were also a few of those small helicopters that Naruto had beaten while escaping from the Shinra in Midgar. And finally there was a huge robot at the back that looked like a proper challenge. This battle was not going to be a walk in the park.
"That's a lot of guys to defeat, but I have a way of creating better odds for us," Naruto said. The man looked slightly confused, but nodded all the same. "We'll leave everything to you."
Naruto then opened the door on one side of the shed and stepped out into the afternoon light. The noise from the enemy could be faintly heard on the wind, but that didn't faze him. Cid, Barret and Nanaki walked out of the shed to watch what Naruto had in mind.
Naruto flipped through several handseals while focusing a large amount of chakra into his hands. He then finished the last seal and called out the name.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Kitsune Medium Army!"
Naruto then slammed his hands onto the ground and a large seal array spread out from his hands and a massive cloud of smoke rose up from the seal. Almost immediately the constant wind that swept around the mountain banished the smoke to reveal quite an impressive sight.
The kitsune company of 87 strong was very impressive. All the foxes had toned down their sizes considerably but they still looked larger then life. Twenty of the six-tailed kitsune were dressed in the same sort of armour that Naruto remembered Starscream wearing, however this armour looked different. The metal looked far stronger but still was quite flexible. It was a bit more polished then its predecessor; reflecting the light strongly. The design was the same however.
The Stealth squad of 16 kitsune were quite different. Their armour was completely black with black leather around the metal plates to almost completely reduce the metal clinking. Their fur was black; their eyes were black. In fact the only reason Naruto could tell which one was the squad leader was that he had seven tails. That and he was standing in front of his squad.
The remaining seven-tailed kitsune were like the others normally, only their armour was light coloured to show their superiority in status. The 10 long ranged kitsune attackers were dressed in heavy looking armour of the same alien metal. These guys looked like tanks. They were obviously used like catapults, using their foxfire in large amounts and high density to knock down buildings or to help break the enemy ranks.
The thirty brightly coloured five-tailed kitsune were different again, but not just in colour. They were wearing robes instead of plate armour. But if one were to look closely, they would spot chain-mail in the same metal as the others in plate-mail poking through the robes. Their fur colour was red for the fire casters; grey for wind users and blue for the water manipulators.
And finally the commander for the battalion, an eight-tailed kitsune, was in humanoid form. His armour looked reminiscent of the knight armour that the Honour guards wore. But instead of white, it was dark grey stained. He walked up to Naruto and looked at him with neon blue eyes, before bowing and introducing himself.
"I am called Slipstream. Myself and the regiment I command are at your service, Taishou-sama," he said in respect.
"Thank you Slipstream," said Naruto. "This mountain is about to be under siege. I and my companions have agreed to help these people in fighting off the besiegers. I need you to call over the captains of the stealth party and elemental attack squads as we discuss the strategy."
"Hai!" said Slipstream before turning around and barking a few orders. Most of the army stood at ease and sat down to wait for further instructions while the four captains trotted over. Naruto addressed the Stealth captain first.
"I need you to send your subordinates to infiltrate where the enemy is stationed at the present time. We don't have much time so I need them to find out exactly how many are out there within 10 minutes of you arriving there."
The black seven-tailed kitsune nodded. "Zulu squad is on it, Taishou-sama," he said before he relayed the orders to his soldiers. They immediately jumped to their paws and shot off with scarcely more than a whisper of the wind. The captain turned back to Naruto and waited.
"Ok, this is how we'll do it," said Naruto and he shared his strategy with the commander and captains. The plan was very simple. Omega squad (that's the long-ranged eight-tailed kitsune) would break up the attack lines when the enemy would charge.
After the survivors get past the bombardment area Omega squad will continue with the artillery fire to slow down the heavy machinery, while Alpha (20 normal 6 tailed kitsune), Beta (10 normal 7 tailed kitsune) and Chaos squad (Naruto, Nanaki, Barret and Cid) will engage the bulk of the army.
Squads F, S and L (the elemental kitsune; F = Fire, S = Wind and L = Water) will support Alpha, Beta and Chaos squads. Zulu squad will go behind enemy lines and assassinate the enemy commanders. Omega squad and the commander will guard the shed while Alpha, Beta and Chaos squad will pick off the machinery stragglers before all squads save for Omega will converge on the Behemoth class assaulter. (AN: That's the boss.)
At that point Zulu squad returned and the lieutenant of the squad reported that there were 750 grunts, 500 mobile machinery weapons and 250 members of SOLDIER. Warnings were given out about these soldiers and then the plan was put into action. As the kitsune moved into position, Naruto walked back to his friends.
"You're really good at this," said Barret.
"I'll say," agreed Cid.
"You make a fine General," complimented Nanaki.
Naruto smiled. "Thanks guys," he said.
"Oh, by the way. I contacted the Highwind and they're able to bring in an air strike. Only one though, so I thought we'd use it on that big ass red thing," suggested Cid.
"Good idea. I'll tell the commander this. We'll fall back and let the Highwind deal the finishing blow," said Naruto before going off to find the commander.
Ten minutes later everyone was ready and Naruto, who was observing the enemy, saw that they were starting to move.
"Ok," said Naruto before taking a deep breath.
"Omega squad! Begin the attack!"
Each kitsune in the Omega squad lifted their tails so that their tips were over their heads, facing forward and in a circle. From inside each circle a swirling mass of blue fire appeared. The foxfire grew until each ball was the size of a basketball. Then the kitsune launched the foxfire and the balls of blue fire sailed through the sky, heading to the enemy lines. Naruto was looking through the binoculars and grinned as the first volley almost totally decimated the first wave with large explosions. But there were still quite a number that were able to escape.
As the second volley fired, Naruto raised his arm and yelled "CHARGE!" The ground began to rumble slightly as thirty large foxes rampaged down the mountain with Naruto, Cid, Barret and Nanaki amongst them. When they met the enemy, they engaged instantly.
The first soldier came Naruto's way and he summoned his sword and ducked under the bullets that shot toward him. He struck out and left the guy dissolving into lifestream energy. Then the second came; then the third, then fourth.
Barret was having a field day with blasting the Shinra soldiers. He was concentrating so much on the soldiers in front that he didn't notice one creeping up behind him until it was too late. He spun around when the soldier's shadow fell over him. He tried turning his gun arm around quickly enough but it seemed that he wouldn't be quick enough.
Five searing hot projectiles shot from behind him and slammed into the soldier, exploding on impact and sending him flying back several meters. Barret turned to see a red five-tailed fox lower his tails. The fox nodded at Barret before rushing off to support others in need, leaving Barret standing there, slightly slack jawed, before he remembered where he was and continued his assault, but now more careful about who was behind him.
Cid was taking out soldiers left, right and centre with his spear. The six-tailed grey fox next to him was back to back with Cid as they tore the enemy a new one several times over. All of a sudden a Roboguard came in and started to attack the duo. Cid hopped back a little before he jumped up high and came down hard with his spear into what he assumed was the head. The Roboguard stumbled slightly as Cid held on and jammed his weapon in harder, before jumping off altogether and landing beside the fox. In turn the kitsune opened his mouth and from it came a concentrated beam of foxfire which penetrated and speared right through the head where all the computations were going on. With its brain fried, the Roboguard shuddered once and then collapsed.
Nanaki and a seven-tailed fox were tag-teaming. The two were speeding through the chaos, slashing tendons and clawing throats everywhere. They were like a blur to the enemy. One of the chopper machines spotted them and let off a burst of machine gun fire, a few bullets crashing into the soldiers. Nanaki and the fox split and moved into a pincer move. The fox came in first, slashing across the complex machinery before Nanaki used a Bolt materia that Naruto managed to liberate off the girls before they left. A powerful Bolt 2 spell struck the chopper and fried everything in a five meter area. This included killing three soldiers. The chopper's blades on top blew apart and flew off, thankfully none hit any friendlies. The soldiers who weren't fast enough were killed instantly however.
After another ten minutes of battle, almost all the grunts and machines had been destroyed. No casualties so far. But the battle wasn't over yet. Hurrying over the charred remains of the poor bastards that were hit by the foxfire cannonballs were the elites; members of SOLDIER.
"FORM UP!" roared Naruto and all the foxes plus Nanaki, Cid and Barret formed an unbroken line to face the next lot of enemies. "CHARGE!" yelled Naruto and everyone on the battlefield rushed to meet the new threat.
Meanwhile on the opposite side of the battlefield, the commander was looking in shock as he watched the carnage that was happening. This was supposed to be an easy mission. Intelligence at HQ told him to expect little resistance. The commander was no idiot and he was definitely not overconfident. He never overestimated his foes. He knew there would be a chance that the bumpkins here would gather up some form of resistance. He even took two and a half regiments of third class SOLDIER's with him to be sure. But this… for a force this skilled he would of requested several companies of third class and a few regiments of second class. And those… those monsters seemed to be fighting for their enemy.
"What's the status of the Behemoth?" he asked to his second in command.
"Sir! It is ready for deployment, sir!" replied the man. The commander nodded. "Tell them to move forward," he ordered.
"Sir!" said the Corporal before relaying the order to the technicians overseeing the massive machine. After two minutes the Behemoth started to move toward the battle.
'It's a shame that it will be worthless in the end,' thought the veteran commander who knew that the robot would only buy some time, but that was all it needed to do.
"Private! Get on the horn with Shin-Ra HQ! Tell them that we need reinforcements immediately!" he ordered to the soldier next to him that was connected with Shinra back in Midgar. When the Private didn't respond the commander turned to face him.
"Didn't you hear me? I said contact…" Any words that were to follow that instantly died in his mouth as he saw the look of horror that was on the Private's face and the blood that was cascading out of his chest from several large gashes across his chest and one across his throat.
"What the…?" whispered the commander before he saw a black humanoid shadow with seven tails jump in front of him and then he knew no more.
Back at the battlefield, the battle was intense. Blood was everywhere; thin lifestream rivers were intertwining with each other: heads were rolling (courtesy of Naruto and Cid) and there was a lot of screaming. By now the enemy had lost roughly nine tenths of their SOLDIER force and the Kitsune army had lost half of their forces, the unconscious and severely wounded bodies were instantly sent back to the summoning realm.
Naruto was having a tough time as several third classes had ganged up on him. His tail was out and his Kikangan was flaring. He flashed over to the first victim and swung his sword around, severing the man in two across the hip. He quickly moved on to the second and using his bloodline limit, he was able to duck under the sword swipe from his adversary and slam his sword into the man. He quickly withdrew his sword and waited for one to make a move. Eventually one of the brash rookies charged in with an overhead strike. Naruto neatly sidestepped him and crushed his head with the flat of his sword as he swung it like a baseball bat. He then charged up three Firestorm Rasengans, one with each hand and one on his tail and slammed each one onto the remaining three enemies. They were blasted back 20 meters, burning anything in their path with intense hot flames. No kitsune of course.
Nanaki was spewing fire spells everywhere he saw the maroon coloured vest that signalled you as a third class SOLDIER. He was on a good roll as his new friend; the black seven-tailed fox and a grey wind casting kitsune were backing him up nicely.
Cid and Barret were doing well as well. They and a few 5, 6 and 7 tailed kitsune were in a rough circle facing outwards and killing anyone who got close. In the middle were two mage kitsune, a water and a fire one, wounded badly. They had not fallen unconscious and so had not been dismissed back to their world. There were enemies closing in and it was getting tough. But just before they were completely overwhelmed, Naruto and Nanaki arrived at the scene and tore through the advancing enemies.
"Looks like you're in a tough spot here guys," observed Naruto calmly as he lopped of someone's head.
"We're fine here, but the foxes in the middle need tending to," said Cid before jabbing at the next third class.
"Got it!" said Naruto and jumped over everyone to land where the two wounded kitsune's were.
"Don't worry guys, I'll get you up and going soon," assured Naruto before flipping through a familiar set of handseals.
"Divine Rebirth no Jutsu," spoke Naruto before placing a hand each on both foxes. His hands glowed and before long their wounds were healed and the two mage kitsune were back on their feet. Naruto shook his head slightly before a cry from Nanaki sounded through the air. Naruto's head snapped to the direction of where the yell had come from, and saw something big. Very big.
It was the Behemoth. It stood, towering over everyone, easily 150 feet tall. It was hard to imagine how something like that could even move. But here it was.
"Shit that's a big motherfucker!" swore Cid.
"Damn right," agreed Barret, who was usually the first to swear out loud.
Naruto brought out his phone and dialled a new number he added. It was Slipstream's number.
"What are your orders, Taishou-sama?" asked Slipstream.
"I need you to attack the Behemoth while we fall back. The Highwind will come in and deliver an air strike so we need to be clear of the blast radius. When I give the signal, fall back," said Naruto into the phone.
"It will be done, Taishou-sama!" Slipstream replied before he hung up. Then there was a roaring noise that came from the top of the mountain and everyone turned to see what was making that noise.
There, standing in bright armour, and over 100 feet tall, was Slipstream. He looked magnificent, powerful, and ready for battle. He then pounced in the direction of Behemoth and engaged the robot.
"EVERYONE! FALL BACK TO THE SUMMIT!" yelled Naruto over the loud growling and mechanical whirring of the titanic battle. The remains of the Kitsune Army, Cid, Barret, Nanaki and Naruto began their retreat to the shed. There Naruto met Omega and Zulu squad.
He turned to the captain of the Omega squad. "I need you to create a ball of foxfire that will serve as a signal," said Naruto. The captain nodded once and formed his tails once again into the same formation as before. A ball of foxfire, smaller and less dense, was formed and then the captain launched it high into the air.
Gaara was anxiously waiting for the signal as he; Yuffie, Vincent and Cait Sith watched the massive battle between the giant fox and robot. Then suddenly a small ball of blue fire was launched from the mountain and the ball exploded in the air above the duelling titans.
"That's the signal! Go! Go! Go!" yelled Gaara and the Highwind moved forward.
Slipstream was having a hard time bringing this thing down. He thought that the Highwind wasn't necessary but apparently Taishou-sama was right in this. A light caught his eyes and he looked up to see the foxfire flare explode above them. With one last slash Slipstream jumped away, shrinking in midair until he was back to his humanoid form, his dark grey hair and tails fluttering around him as he plummeted back to the summit.
Naruto saw the Highwind roar over his head, heading for the massive machine in the middle of the war zone.
"Bring the rain!" he said passionately. As soon as his words left his mouth, a large barrage of missiles exited the right side of the airship. The missiles, over twenty, smashed into the Behemoth. The machine was engulfed in a humongous explosion that sent out a large shockwave. Black clouds of smoke erupted from the flames and for a few minutes, no one could see anything. But it seamed than it needed more than that as the Behemoth walked out of the flames. It was critically damaged. Dark grey smoke was billowing out of several large holes.
Not wasting any time the second missile load out fired out of the left side of the Highwind. Again the missiles reached the target and again a massive explosion was created. But this time, after several seconds, a few secondary explosions could be seen through the smoke and flames. Then, finally, an enormous explosion occurred, followed instantly by a plume of green, mako fuelled flames that shot up towards the sky.
"We did it!" shouted Naruto and started jumping for joy. Unconsciously he pushed chakra into the sword and summoned Kyuubi. They both looked at each other for a split second before hugging each other, shouting "We did it!" over and over again.
The conflict that would later be called 'The Battle for Condor' was over.
