To clear up a misunderstanding, Naruto doesn't have as sister. It's his mother who has a sister and some of the other questions I've been asked will be answered in future chapters. Sorry for any confusion that may have happened on my behalf.

On a final note, I do not own Naruto, the Persona Series, or Fly Me To The Moon. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto, Shin Megami Tensei, and Frank Sinatra respectively.

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"Persona!" thought/mind speak

"Persona!" demon/Persona speak

Chapter III

*Gekkoukan High*

Naruto was sitting on one of the benches in the gymnasium in his kendo gear after going a few matches with a couple of the new recruits as they wanted to try their luck with the feared Demon Blade. It was actually the one time he didn't mind being called a demon as a form of respect instead of ignorant fear and hatred.

"You whipped those two pretty good, Naruto," said one of the other members of the Kendo Team as he removed his helmet to reveal his sweating face, "just what I expect out our captain. What's your secret?"

"I honestly don't know really." Naruto said with a smirk that accompanied his chuckle, "I just read what my opponent is going to do next, find an opening, and then rush them. Another thing is that somehow I feel at home in the Kendo Team; it feels right to hold a sword in my hands."

The member chuckled as he said, "You really are something Capn'. But I can't argue with you there about that feeling when holding that sword. I guess it's just that some of us have remnants of that old samurai blood."

"Don't tell Mr. Ono that theory," Naruto said as he couldn't help but notice Minato entering the gym and watching the current match before leaving, "we may end up having actual samurai duels instead of competitions if he gets involved."

Both students laughed at the joke before the coach decided to have the team call it a day after introducing a few students who had decided to join the Kendo Team and introducing them to everyone.

In the locker rooms, Naruto stood in one of the showers as the water ran down his naked body to wash the sweat and exhaustion away. Naruto grabbed the loofa and lathered soap on it and began to wash his upper body until he reached the large circular scar on the right side of his torso near his shoulder.

"Once again…" Naruto said as he began washing over the scar on his torso and its matching twin on his back. As the process was happening, a powerful, electrical, tingling pain coursed through his body even after he had finished washing the areas. The scars were constant reminders of what could have…should have been his last day alive when Sasuke rammed that Chidori into his chest. Naruto wanted to forget his past, but the scars were just large signs telling him that he could never forget the past in the forms of the electrical tingles he would feel whenever something were to touch them be it fabric or just plain water.

Those scars were always the reason he would already be in gear before the other members of the club would arrive and why he would be the last to get his shower after everyone had left. Aside from Kichi and the doctors who would see them, the only ones who knew of the scars would be Mitsuru and Takeharu. Those two were also the only ones who knew just how Naruto got those scars as the doctors were only told that the blond was lucky when he was impaled by an electrical rod.

The electrical rush died down to a slight tingle, signaling that it had calmed down enough to allow Naruto to finish his shower without agitating it badly again. The scars had also dug down into his psyche as all three of his Personas shared a common weakness to electrical attacks that the attacks would send his body into a fit of seizure-like twitches. Only Mitsuru knew of this as she would just tell their teammates that the enemy had shocked his body real badly.

After his shower and getting dressed, Naruto walked out towards the school gates when he saw Minato and Kotone walking next to him.

"Hey Naruto-kun!" said Kotone as she smiled, "Minato and I joined the sports clubs; I'm in the Volleyball Club while Mina-kun's in track."

"Nice choices," Naruto said with a proud smirk, "I'm glad you two decided to take up the offers as any sports club here will be beneficial."

The duo chuckled as they remembered what Naruto had told them a few nights ago with their little initiation…

Flashback

[Dark Hour]

*Dorm*

The group was stunned when Naruto had told them that they passed after nearly coating the entirety of the blond's body in paint.

"What do you mean we passed?" Junpei asked incredulously, "We could barely touch you before Minato got that shot in!"

Naruto shook his head and said, "That's true as I have been fighting the Shadows longer than you have, but I wanted you four to understand the lesson I had hidden with this little initiation is that we are to work as a team. A wise man once said, "Those who break the rules are trash, but those who abandon their teammates are lower than trash." A previous teacher I once had had told me this philosophy, but he himself had never followed it as he had played favorites."

"The only reason you were able to beat me," Naruto continued as he sat on the edge of the roof, "is that you used teamwork to get an advantage over me by allowing Minato a proper opening to hit Jinn's weak spot. You also had to have noticed that by facing me on your own was dangerous as I was able to toss you around until you worked as a team. While you may be able to defeat some Shadows on your own, you cannot defeat a horde of them alone as such an attempt could be suicide. You must be able to rely on your teammates for support as each of you have individual skills that will be beneficial to the team be it healing or attack skills."

"So we each have to contribute our own weight to the team?" Yukari asked with a hint of reluctance as she stole a quick glance towards Mitsuru.

"Yes." Naruto said with a blunt tone, "It doesn't matter if you are at each other's throats 24/7, we are a team so we're expecting you to at least get along and tolerate one another during our activities."

"Now then," the blond said as he got to his feet, "I say it's about time we call it as we will need our rest for a few days before taking a trip to Tartarus."

[End Dark Hour]

Flashback End

*Iwatodai Station*

Naruto, Kotone, and Minato had gotten off the monorail and headed towards the dorm as they had passes some of the people at the stores.

"So Naruto-kun," Kotone asked curiously, "tonight we'll be going to that Tartarus place, right?"

"Yes," Naruto answered as tonight was the night and with the number of Persona users in SEES, now would be a good time to explore the place, "I will tell you that we have never actually been any further than the entrance floor as we never had the numbers on our side, but now that we do, we can do some real exploring. I'll go ahead and say to hold off any questions as all will be explained once we are there."

"Okay." Kotone said as she and the two boys continued down the path until she asked, "So how many Persona users does SEES have?"

"Well," Naruto said as he brought a hand to his chin, "when SEES was first formed, there were only four of us and we only fought Shadows that had wondered outside of Tartarus until a certain incident had caused one of our members to leave. Then Yukari arrived and she hasn't been an active member for real long actually before the two of you arrived and gave us that massive surprise when you awakened your Personas. Junpei is our most recent member so that would be about…"

Naruto counted on his fingers real quick before he said, "…six. But of course with Bakahiko's injury, we're temporarily down to five until he's fully healed."

"What caused the one person to quit?" Minato asked with a lazy look in his eyes.

Naruto cringed a bit before he said, "There was…an accident that happened during a fight with a Shadow that caused some…permanent collateral. We really don't talk about it much as it was pretty bad and SEES was shaken up during the aftermath. Anyway, we're almost at the dorm so once we're there just take care of any business, studying, relaxing, or whatever, until we bring you to Tartarus."

The trio remained quiet as they continued towards the dorm, each of them with different thoughts about what Tartarus looked like.

*Gekkoukan High*

Everyone approached the gates of their school late at night with the darkness of the night surrounding the building, almost giving it a haunted look.

"Why are we back at the school?" Junpei asked with visible disbelief on his face, "THIS is Tartarus?"

"Wait for it…" Naruto said as he pulled out his cell phone as the clock revealed that it was 11:59.

11:59.57

11:59.58

11:59.59

12:00.00

[Dark Hour]

*Tartarus; Entrance*

It wasn't a minute after the Dark Hour had gone into effect when the groaning and clanking sound of metal shifting about echoed from the now changing buliding. Minato, Kotone, Yukari, and Junpei watched in shocked fascination as the once normal high school was now a towering skyscraper that looked like it could almost touch the moon that now stood before them.

"Wha…Wha…" Junpei asked with shock still evident in his voice as his eyes were still on the tower, "What happened to our school!?"

"Pretty surprising to see that the school you go to almost every day transform into what can shortly be described as the Shadows' nest." Naruto said with a slight joking smirk.

"Their…nest?" Junpei said as he was now looking at Naruto.

"We have never actually explored Tartarus," Mitsuru said as she stood unfazed at what had happened to the school, "but now with the number of members who can use a Persona having increased, we can now properly conduct an investigation of the tower."

The group soon entered to find a stair case leading upwards to what looked like a series of clocks, a motorcycle, and an odd device. As they walked, Naruto saw something catch Minato's and Kotone's attention as the two walked off to the side. The two then just stood on the side with a distant look on their faces before Yukari and Junpei approached them.

"Are they alright?" Akihiko asked as this behavior was a bit odd.

"Maybe there's another side effect to awakening a Persona?" Naruto said as the new Persona users were now approaching them.

Mitsuru remained silent at the idea of hallucinations after awakening a Persona.

"Sorry about that." Yukari said as she and the others stood before the senior members, "You were saying Senpai?"

The Kirijo woman nodded as she said, "As I have said, beyond these stairs lies the labyrinth that is Tatarus. Inside are rooms that are constantly changing each night so no two paths are the same."

"First we'll have you get a feel of this place." Akihiko said with a smirk, "Why not go have a look around?"

"By ourselves!?" Yukari asked with surprise.

"You're not going to go far for tonight," Naruto said as he looked at Mitsuru, "Mitsuru's going to be giving us the info about the place and Shadows while I'm going with you four should there be any trouble."

"We're also going to appoint a leader to make the necessary decisions." Akihiko said, catching Junpei's attention.

"…one of us?" the young boy asked quietly before a large smile grew on his face, "Oh! Oh! Me me me! Pick me!"

Akihiko looked at the group before he pointed to Minato and Kotone and said, "Those two are in charge."

"What!?" Junpei asked incredulously at the boxer's decision, "They don't look like leaders!"

"But they had fought them before." Yukari countered as she and the others, save for Junpei, remembered that night.

Junpei looked at the girl in pink with a shocked and questioning look.

"Also…" Naruto said as he looked at Junpei and Yukari while pointing his Evoker to the side of his head, "can either of you summon your Personas without hesitation?"

The two looked nervous as Junpei said, "O-of course I can; no sweat!"

We'll see about that, both Naruto and Kichi thought as the group, minus Akihiko and Mitsuru, climbed the stairs and into the labyrinth.

*Tartarus; Thebel*

Everyone looked around as they entered the first area, weapons ready for the Shadows to attack.

"So this is it?" Junpei asked as he tightened his grip on the katana.

"Hope I don't get lost…" Yukari said with a slightly worried tone in her voice.

"Can you all hear me?" Mitsuru asked through the special walkie-talkies before Naruto picked up his.

"Loud and clear, Cuz." the blond answered.

"Good," Mitsuru said as her voice echoed from the device, "I'll be providing audio backup from here on out."

"Wait…" Junpei said with slight surprise, "Can you see inside here?"

"It's an ability of Mitsuru's Persona, Penthesilea," Naruto answered for his cousin, "and with how this place is just as random as the lottery, we need to have someone on the outside so that they can see ahead."

Yukari quietly mumbled something to herself before Mitsuru said, "Based on your current location, you five should encounter the enemy at any given moment. It shouldn't be too difficult, but still proceed with caution."

"That is where I come into play." Naruto said as he pointed to himself, "If you need me to, I will have Jinn teleport us back to the entrance should the going get tough. I'll also jump in during battle if need be so that you can get a breather."

The other smiled at Naruto's support before Junpei looked at Kichi.

"Why's Kichi here?" he asked as he pointed to said fox, "Can she use a Persona."

Naruto kneeled and began to pet Kichi as he said, "Nah…she's my lucky charm!"

I'm more than your lucky charm, the fox thought to herself as the others just face faulted at the blond's answer, and you know it.

The group began exploring for a little bit before Mitsuru chimed in.

"I'm detecting a Shadow not too far from your location!" she said as everyone looked to find a small black blob slithering around, "If you time your attacks right, you can gain the upper hand in combat."

"Alright!" Junpei said with great bravado as he charged the monster, "Let show this bastard what for!"

The group charged the Shadow as the creature soon donned a blue mask with the Roman numeral I on it. Naruto stood by as the four began to attack the Shadow as it was a pretty weak monster, but a good starting point for the four new recruits. The fight was short-lived as Junpei dealt the final blow, causing the Shadow to dissolve away.

"Alright, who's da man!" the teen cheered as he got in a victory pose with Naruto slowly clapping his hands.

"Not bad," the blond said as he approached the group, "but remember that fighting Shadows is not going to be as easy as 1, 2, 3; you have to stay on your toes."

Everyone nodded before exploring further into the maze until they found a set of stairs.

"There should be a staircase nearby." Mitsuru said as her voice echoed from the walkie-talkie, "Do you see it?"

"Plain as a clothed person at a nudist convention." Naruto said, getting a chuckle from Junpei and Minato, as the staircase was indeed standing right before the group.

Ignoring her cousin's crude joke, Mitsuru said, "Those staircases are the only way to proceed through Tartarus. Ignore them for now as I don't want you to go any higher than today."

"Killjoy." Naruto muttered to himself before everyone continued their exploration of the area.

The group continued to explore until two Shadows attacked them, but they were quickly taken down when Junpei had used his Persona, Hermes, and easily destroyed them as his Persona slashed the two monsters with a simple slide with his wing-like blades.

"That three for Junpei Iori!" said person cheered as he was breathing a bit heavily, "How's that!"

"Good job, but there's one thing you need to know." Naruto said as he looked at Junpei, "Personas have two different kinds of skills: Attack skills and Spiritual skills. Attack skills, such as Hermes's Cleave skill, uses up your stamina and if you keep using skills like Cleave or Kill Rush, you're not going to last long in a battle without any form of healing. Spiritual skills, such as Orpheus's Agi skill, uses up your energy, which is safer than using your stamina, but you also need to keep an eye on your energy so that you won't find yourself deep trouble if you can't use any elemental attacks or support skills like Dia." Everyone nodded after Naruto had finished his small lecture before continuing their journey through the maze.

After finding a few helpful items within chests hidden in the maze and another battle with a group of Shadows, Naruto noticed that the group was starting to get winded while they were also a bit stronger.

"How's everyone doing?" the blond asked as they traveled deeper through the maze, "Don't push yourself as our health can affect the battle in a drastic way…just be careful if you get sick."

"Wait." Mitsuru said as the group appeared at a fork in the path, "Usually there are more Shadows in the area. I believed you gained enough experience in battle so we should head back to the dorm as there should be an Access Point nearby that will allow you to return to the entrance, or you can ask Namikaze to have his Persona take you instead. Since there are no enemies around, feel free to explore on your own as there might still be some items laying around."

"Alright," said Minato as he looked at the group, "let's split up from here, but be careful."

Nodding, everyone went their separate ways as Mitsuru contacted Naruto.

"I want you to guard the stairs to the next floor as I don't want them to go any higher." Mitsuru ordered as said blond rushed towards the stairs.

"On it." Naruto answered as he then said, "The new recruits aren't half bad. With a little more training they could probably catch up to us, and considering Minato's and Kotone's power, those two would probably be pretty beastly."

My thoughts exactly, Kichi thought to herself as she and Naruto arrived at the stairs, the power those two have is unreal if they have another surge like that night.

The fox was still surprise at just HOW strong Minato and Kotone could be and it did raise a few flags for her. No one person could be that strong without either pure natural talent or raw and suicidal training.

Perhaps there's something more to those two, Kichi thought as she sat on the first step and waited for something to happen, but what?

"I found the Access Point." Minato said as his voice echoed from the walkie-talkie, "We should head back for now."

Kichi remained silent as she and Naruto headed towards Minato's location with the others soon following. She still couldn't shake the feeling, but she knew maybe more could be revealed in time.

*Tartarus; Entrance*

The group appeared after the Access Point briefly glowed to life before shutting down.

"Welcome back." Mitsuru said with a small, confident smile on her face before adopting a serious tone, "So, how was it?"

"No problem." both Minato and Kotone answered in unison.

"I see." Mitsuru said with confidence, "If you gained confidence like that, then we shouldn't have any problems in the future."

"Never knew I had that kind of power!" Junpei said confidently before slumping his shoulders a bit, "But I'm seriously beat…"

"That's because you were bouncing around so much." Yukari said as she was breathing heavily herself, "Although I'm still trying to catch my breath…"

"That's the Dark Hour for ya." Naruto said as he was unfazed, "One night of running around at this time will take a lot out of you. It's almost like running a marathon right after climbing Fuji. You'll get used to it though."

"Now then," Mitsuru said as she headed towards the entrance, "we should head back to the dorm as the Dark Hour is almost over."

The group agreed and left the labyrinth so they could greet the new day.

[End Dark Hour]

*Gekkoukan High*

Naruto was practicing with the Kendo Team, showing them the many attacks and guards to use in competition, when he saw Akihiko enter.

"Take ten everyone." Naruto said as he removed his helmet before approaching the boxer, "'sup Senpai?"

"I was planning on having Minato or Kotone visit Officer Kurosawa and get some equipment." Akihiko said as he looked at the blond, "Care to join?"

"Nah." Naruto answered as he pointed to some of the newer members of the Kendo Team, "I still need to beat the crap out of some of the new guys here, but thanks for the offer."

Akihiko nodded as he said, "Alright, I'll see ya back at the dorm."

Naruto watched Akihiko leave before seeing a few girls enter the gym and sit at the sidelines.

Great…Naruto thought as he recognized the group of girls from his little fan club, guess I'll have to deal with them as well. Fan girls are just as bad as Shadows when it comes to mobs.

The blond could feel his eyebrow twitching as the girls held out small flags while two of them held up a banner that said "Namikaze Fan Club" while Naruto's face was dead center with hearts surrounding him.

Maybe I should have taken that offer…

*Paulownia Mall*

It was nighttime as Naruto had stepped out of Mandragora, a karaoke bar that he frequented, and took a seat at one of the benches.

"Another good night." Naruto said as he took a drink of water from a bottle he had. He always loved visiting the place and singing some of the songs that were available while many people who were there had also commented on his excellent singing voice. That was one of the things he loved about Mandragora as everyone there always supported him, including this one guy in a suit from that shopping channel. He felt so free as he wasn't being looked down upon or treated badly, even if it was mostly because he was related to the Kirijo Group.

Taking out his cellphone, Naruto noticed that it was getting late so he decided to head on back to the dorm just in case S.E.E.S. took a trip into Tartarus. As the blond walked towards the dorm, he was still feeling the small energy high from his karaoke session and decided to sing a little bit…

Fly me to the moon,

Let me play among the stars.

Let me see what spring is like on,

A-Jupiter and Mars.

In other words,

Hold my hand.

In other words,

Baby, kiss me.

Naruto couldn't help but add a little spring into his step as he was really feeling good tonight and continued singing…

Fill my heart with song,

And let me sing forever more.

You are all I long for,

All I worship and adore.

In other words,

Please be true.

In other words,

I love you!

Naruto continued to walk and sing through the night, unaware of a pair of eyes watching him.

"His voice is so pure!" Fuuka said as she felt a chill run down her spine at how smooth the blond's voice was, "It's like I can feel his joy and energy from his voice alone!"

Fuuka blushed as so many thoughts entered her mind and she couldn't help but sigh at Naruto's charms while said blond was still unaware of her.

I…the young girl thought as something came across her mind as her face felt warm from the blush she was sporting, I think I have a crush on Naruto-kun.

How will things play out for SEES from here on out? How will Fuuka and Naruto get together?

If you're wondering why I chose Fly Me To The Moon, I only chose it for Naruto to show how much he loves his new freedom. I may have mentioned this before, but we can only imagine what our favorite blond had to go through and we can be sure it may not have been a pleasant ordeal. So why not enjoy the new freedom with a song?

Don't forget to rate and review!

Ja ne.