So, we are now in the sixth phase of this fic, which is great, providing that the reviews have yet to come.

Disclaimer: Masashi Kishimoto and Mitsuo Fukuda owns Naruto and Gundam Seed respectively.

Hiroshi would eventually have a mobile suit based on the Wing Zero, but it would have DRAGOONs. Naruto would have something as well, but I think that someone else would have Epyon.

Phase 06: Awakening

Ezalia Joule was finishing with the meeting regarding the issue of finding and recuing Siegel Clyne's daughter. She was about to go home when a ZAFT aide came up to her.

"Ma'am, there is a message for you from Commander Le Creuset." she said as Ezalia followed her into a computer room and typed in a code. When she was done, Ezalia then went on to a computer terminal and checked her messages. In an instant, Le Creuset's face appeared on the screen.

"What can I do for you?" Ezalia asked the masked man.

"Well, Ezalia." Le Creuset started from the Exodia. "We have found out yet another connection to young Naruto's family tree. I have called you because it also concerns you and Yzak."

Ezalia's face then grew wide as she started to listen. "Go on."

"Well, your mother has turned out to be a member of Naruto and Hiroshi's clan and she married your grandfather. They had you and it looks like you inherit the newtype gene." the masked man explained. "Which would also mean that Yzak is also a newtype."

Again, her face grew wide as she realized what he was saying. "So that means Naruto-san's father is my cousin?"

"Correct, and both boys were byproducts of the Ultimate Coordinator project." Le Creuset explained as Naruto and Hiroshi appeared on the screen along with Yzak. "Ezalia, here are the boys."

"Yzak, how are you doing?" Ezalia asked her son as Yzak responded.

"I'm fine, mother." Yzak replied as Naruto and Hiroshi looked at the screen. "It seems that I have met my cousins, mother."

"Ah, so you must be the two lost boys that Minato was talking about." Ezalia replied as Naruto nodded. "I had never known your father since I was stuck elsewhere instead of with him. I heard that your mother had used you two for a project."

Naruto nodded again as Hiroshi spoke up. "Ezalia-oba-san, it's true, but we were treated worse than the average coordinator in our father's hometown."

"I gotta go, all right? Be good, you three and we'll see each other again." Ezalia said as the link went off. She then went back towards the outside gate as she went back to the ZAFT base.

Hiroshi then started to listen to what Naruto's life story went as Yzak, Koyuki and Athrun also listened. "So, how was your life, Naruto?"

"Well, I was sealied with the Kyuubi no Yoko when I was just born." Naruto replied. "The villagers were treating me as if I was the demon itself, which I'm not."

"That explained my father's reaction when I talked to him." Athrun said.

"Well, for twelve years, I was abused, beaten and discriminated. But I have never been shot at, since the villagers didn't even own a gun." the blond masked boy continue as Le Creuset heard the conversation. "Until I had Iruka-sensei as my mentor. He was good to me and Mizuki-teme was mean to me."

"I hate to say it, but Mizuki is a member of the Earth Alliance that is stationed in Alaska." Hiroshi replied as the older masked man joined them. "Go on."

"Well, I graduated from my academy with low grades, which was because of the bastards. Anyway, I had my first team with Sasuke-teme and Sakura-teme and my jonin sensei was Kakashi-sensei." Naruto continued to explain. "We did our missions together, and took the Chunin Exams together. But Sasuke-teme started to go crazy when Orochimaru gave him the cursed seal. He was an avenger from the start and he got worse as time went by. Finally, when he defected, I went with my friends to get him back. But my teammates were almost dead, and I was the only one remaining. So, when I got his ass back, I was exiled. That was when I met Mamoru-sempai and my true teammates, Commanders Asuka and Musashi."

Hiroshi whistled as Le Creuset shook his head. "Sometimes humanity can rear its ugly head. That is why we have this war right now."

"I also had ero-sennin as my true mentor besides Mamoru-sensei." Naruto said as Hiroshi opened his mouth.

"You had Jiraiya-sama as your sensei as well?" Hiroshi said. "Boy, you must be lucky."

"Since you didn't want to be their punching bag anymore, they try to kill you?" Yzak asked angrily as Naruto nodded. "Those bastards! If I had known, we would have destroyed Konohagakure with our machines!"

"Calm down, Yzak." Le Creuset said as the hotheaded pilot gritted his teeth. "Let's be thankful that Naruto has lived to avenge his abuse."

"So you mean, the Konoha Freedom Front and the Earth Alliance are after us, but for different reasons?" Hiroshi asked as Naruto nodded again. "Well, we may have to kill them."

"We can't be too desperate to kill them, Hiroshi." Le Creuset said as the elder Namikaze then walked out of the bridge and into the corridor. "For instance, your desperation plays right into their hands. Another thing is that you and your ship would be an asset in helping us track down the legged ship."

"I know that, Creuset." Hiroshi said as they arrived at the hangar. He got on the Avatar and started to leave. "Just stay in touch with me."

"All right." Le Creuset replied as the Avatar launched out of the Exodia.

"Why didn't you tell me that Naruto had an older brother?" Tsunade asked angrily as they were sitting down in the cafeteria. "If he had known, that would lessen his abuse."

"The council hated Minato's clan because he campaigned against Danzo's methods of ruling the village. Some of them were even calling for his execution." Jiraiya replied bitterly. "Plus the fact that Minato and Kushina conceived Hiroshi would have made a dangeroud impact on Iwa and Kumo. Luckily, Hiroshi went to live in Kiri, but that was only because he had the death sentence handed to him by Koharu and Homura."

Tsunade then glared at the table. "It wouldn't help as well, since Hiroshi is a Newtype. All of our villagers, except the ramen owners were diehard LOGOS loyalists. Anyone would have been killed if they spoke out against LOGOS and Blue Cosmos."

"Hiroshi has also trained under the Sandaime Mizukage, which was pretty rare, since he hated anyone with a kekkei genkai." the toad sannin replied as Kakashi came by. "Something wrong, Kakashi?"

"Naruto's changed for the worst, Jiraiya-sama." Kakashi replied. "Just by looking at the situation where he just threatened the life of an enemy pilot over the Earht Forces' threat over Lacus Clyne. It seems that he doesn't care if he dies, as long as Lacus-sama is safe."

"Well, we can certainly blame the madman that they have for a CO." Jiraiya replied angrily. "That Mu fellow seems to hate him."

"Yep, Rau Le Creuset is the man that anyone would fear." Kakashi replied again. "Some fo his actions shocked everyone, especially the girls."

"Hinata was crying so hard last night, because of Naruto's actions. Sakura had a nightmare about it, and Ino was moping around while staying in the Archangel." Tsunade reported. "Well, if Naruto had done that to any of us, we would have been dead for sure."

The Archangel's infirmary was even more quieter than usual with only one patient in the hospital bed. Flay Allster had fainted after seeing her father litterally get blwon up by the mystery ship's positron cannons, a feat that was accomplished while hiding behind the Mirage Colloid.

"Where am I?" Flay moaned while Ino and Shikamaru were administering her medicine.

"You're in the infirmary, Flay." Ino said as she placed her medicine on the bedside counter. "You've fainted for three days."

"Three days? What about my daddy?" Flay asked.

"He's already dead, thanks to that unknown ship. It wasn't a ZAFT ship, that's for sure." Shikamaru replied as he saw Chouji and Neji come by. "Whoever was the captain of that ship must have been one deadly opponent."

"Yeah, but do we have to put up with the bastard?" Neji said angrily as he saw Sasuke pass by. "I mean, thanks to the mystery ship, Sasuke has joined us for a moment."

"Well, I don't know how Sakura would react, since her two former teammates are dying to kill each other." Chouji replied.

"Those bastards, I'll make sure they pay!" Flay said angrily as she looked around. "Why didn't Kira protect my daddy?"

"He was busy fighting his friend Athrun." Neji replied as the last Allster then gritted her teeth.

"The next time those lefties show their faces, I'm going to kill them!" she snarled as the younger Uchiha appeared.

"I know, I'll kill the dobe and all those traitors along with it." Sasuke replied, causing Neji to glare at him. He then noticed the glare and activated his Sharingan. "You interfere, and I'll kill you too."

"As I will also kill you too, teme." Neji replied as Sasuke left the hospital bed and running by Mu. "Mu-san, how are you?"

"Well, I certainly didn't notice that boy trying to kill you." Mu said as he sighed. "Well, that explains why that Sasuke fellow is an elite mobile suit pilot."

"Yeah, the GAT-X111 Revenge is the machine that is based on the Strike, but it's painted purple." Shikamaru explained. "Reminds me of that chakra that Orochimaru's guards emitted."

"I can certainly see that there is an emnity between the boy and you guys." Mu replied as Kira came along with Flay glaring at him. "Uh oh."

Flay then started to speak. "You didn't make any attempts to fight, did you?"

"What are you talking about?" Kira asked.

"It's because you're a coordinator too!" she yelled as Neji slapped her face.

"That's enough!" he yelled. "Kira was fighting his best friend, which was a painful thing to do, since they're on the opposite sides of the battlefield."

"Well, I can see that I wouldn't care anyways." Flay said nastily as Kira then started to get angry.

"WELL, I can certaily see that I shouldn't be your friend anyways, you bitch!" Kira yelled as he stormed off, killing intent emitted the same way that Yzak emits. "And you can go straight to hell for all I care!"

Neji then went after the boy as he started to cry. Kira went to his room as Neji followed behind.

"Kira!" he said as Kira started to cry. Ino and Shikamaru as well as Chouji soon followed him as he started to sob. "Are you all right?"

"I couldn't protect them!" he sobbed. "I couldn't!"

Ino then patted his back as she sighed. "Reminds me of Naruto, protecting his precious people. But that may not be a reality since he's the enemy."

"Well, let's hope that he doesn't end up running to ZAFT and joining the fight just because of this incident." Neji replied.

"If Kira joins ZAFT, we're doomed, even with Sasuke around." Chouji replied as he sat down. "Still, we'd better keep the two enemies separated."

Athrun had returned to the Vesalius after a long discussion with Naruto about his history. he ran into Lacus as she was playing around with her Haro. He was essentially thankful that Naruto had brought her back safely, but he was still disturbed at how was he going to sacrifice his best friend just to keep her safe. He noticed the pink robot ball that came to him as Lacus was following it behind.

"Hello, Lacus." Athrun said as he hugged her. "You shouldn't be wandering around like this. The Vesalius is a warship after all."

Lacus nodded. "I know, but Mr. Pink is always open the door, even if it's locked."

Athrun shook his head. "If I known that would have been a problem, I would have altered the program." He then turned to her. "It must have been difficult for you, Lacus. Being used as a tool by the Earth Forces."

"Well, I was actually treated well, thanks to your best friend." Lacus replied, causing Atrhun to grit his teeth.

"Kira is a misguided fool who is being used by the Naturals." Athrun replied. "He justifies it with 'protecting' his friends."

Lacus then shook her head. "I've met some of Kira's friends. They're not that bad, and I've also met some of Naruto's friends."

"Apparently, Naruto and Kira are confused. But it seems that Kira is struggling more with who to choose." Lacus replied.

"Lacus..." Athrun said as he became speechless.

"Kira didn't want to fight you, Athrun." Lacus said as Athrun sighed. "And the friends that Naruto is now fighting is trying to drag him into their unit."

Athrun then left her as Lacus went back to her room.

With the Vesalius gone somewhere, Naruto and Yzak had shared the command of hunting the Archangel down with Hiroshi joining them as well, although twelve Orichalcos class ships had joined the elder Namikaze's little trip as well as numerous amounts of ships. Yzak was talking to Naruto as the Gamow's captain listened.

"We got them." he said. "If we act now, we can destroy the legged ship as well as the gray ship."

Nicol wasn't sure what to make of the plan. "Sure, we can get to the legged ship, but we only have ten minuted before entering the range of the Eighth fleet. It's a good thing that Commander Namikaze's older brother has a huge fleet."

Naruto then sighed as he looked at the screen. "We also have to be extra careful now that the Archangel has another pilot."

"Yeah, that was Commander Uchiha's younger brother." Rusty replied on the screen. "Sasuke was his name."

"Great, the Earth Alliance pilot that can even give Commander Namikaze some problems." Dearka replied as he shook his head. "But at least Commander Uchiha will be dealing with him."

The pilots then saluted as Naruto's face vanished from the screen. They had no idea that a new power that is yet to be discovered would come into play, the power that would eventually spell defeat for them.

The Archangel and the Goddess were still traveling towards the Moon when they began to show a display of hatred towards the Uchiha pilot from the Montgomery. Neji even threatened him with death if he would ever harm anyone again. Sasuke replied with activating his Sharingan as he glared at the Hyuga.

Unfortunately, there was no time to display hatreds, for the Archangel had detected something huge.

"Radar wave interference!" Romero Pal called out. "N-jammers displaying."

"What is it?" Murrue asked as Asuma and Gai along with Neji and Sasuke went into the hangar to get into their mobile suits. "The pilots can get into the machines just in case."

"Six ZAFT vessels, the Gamow, the Firebolt, Lawrence, Exodia, Endeavour, and the Thunderbird detected!" Chandra replied.

"Mobile suits detected." Tonomura replied. "Commando, Blitzkrieg, Guillotine, Vengeance, Ballista, the Duel, Buster, Blitz and the Tsukuyomi appearing on our screens!"

"Launch the mobile suits and mobile armors immediately!" Murrue ordered as the pilots were ready to launch. Neither combatant would anticipate a heated battle that would result in a possible death.

Meanwhile, Naruto was leading the mobile suits as they detected the Archangel launching the mobile suits. He was itching to kil Sasuke for getting him exiled.

"When we get to the Revenge, I want to deal with him." he ordered as everyone replied back with a 'yes, sir'. "Let's see if we can kill him."

"Well, we are going to sink the legged ship and destroy the gray ship as well." Yzak said as he tore after the Strike.

Naruto then spotted the Revenge as he opened up a link with Sasuke. "Hello, teme."

"Dobe, I will kill you!" Sasuke yelled, cursed seal activated and purple chakra surrounding the mobile suit. The Revenge then fired its beam rifle as the Commando deployed its gunbarrels. The younger Uchiha then gritted his teeth as he was surrounded by the power of the gunbarrels. Naruto then replied with blasting his beam rifle and the leg. Sasuke then griited his teeth as he yelled out a war cry. "DIE!!!"

The Revenge then got out its beam saber as he charged towards the Commando, but it was distracted by the Vengeance as it fought off two mobile armors that Asuma and Gai were piloting.

"These guys are even worse!" Rusty yelled out as he didn't notice the Revenge sneaking up on him and suddenly found out about it. "Not a chance!"

"I'll kill you!" Sasuke yelled as he slashed at the Vengeance and the Revenge took a hit. Naruto then tried to intervene as the younger Uchiha almost stabbed him. Finally, the Commando then turned into a mobile armor as it damaged the Revenge."Damn you, Naruto!"

Sasuke then took out his frustration by taking out an Armor Schneider and beheaded the Vengeance. He then destroy Rusty's beam rifle and shield as the Vengeance suddenly went helpless. Naruto then charged towards him with killing intent as he fired its beam rifle. Sasuke then charged towards him with saber drawn, about to impale him when Rusty went in front of him, taking the blade.

"Rusty!" Naruto yelled as Rusty struggled to stay alive after Sasuke stabbed him. The Vengeance then exploded in front of his eyes as Naruto's eyes then turned blood red with a fox's slits. "I'll kill you, Sasuke!"

Behind him, an orange seed had burst as Naruto started ot charge towards him.

"SASUKE!"

"NARUTO!"

Both mobile suits then slashed at each other with the intention to kill as the Commando destroyed its arm holding the beam saber. Naruto then proceeded by infusing his chakra into the Commando's fist as it aimed a punch on the Revenge's chest, mortally wounding the younger Uchiha. Itachi then noticed the Revenge being torn into pieces as his younger brother struggled to survive, but he didn't die.

Meanwhile, the Duel was having a hard time with the Strike as it dodged every beam attack. Yzak gritted his teeth as the Duel then clashed with the Strike's shield.

"I got you this time!" he yelled as the Duel had slashed at the Strike, but it clashed at its shield instead. Kira then charged as it clashed with the Duel.

"I'm not about to be defeated here!" Kira yelled as his beam saber clashed with the Duel's saber instead. In the midst of battle, the Blitz then sneaked around the defenses as it tried to slash at the ship. As Kira was about to aim a finishing blow, he heard his friends' voices.

"Kira! Kira!" Miriallia yelled. "The Blitz had gone beside the ship!"

Kira then yelled, "No! The Archangel!" Images of his friends had raced on his mind, including images of Flay. Behind him, an amethyst seed had burst. "The Archangel, I won't let you destroy it!"

Yzak then aimed a salsh on the Strike, only to see it moved. He then gritted in frustration as the Strike had aimed the salsh at his hip. "No way!"

"Stop it now!" Kira yelled again as he charged towards the Blitz as it aimed a kick at it, knocking him out. Nearby, Shinosuke and Amaya were rushing to its aid.

"What had just happened?" Shinosuke said as Amaya fired her beam shotgun at the Strike.

"I think that the Strike's pilot had activated the SEED." Amaya replied as Naruto then opened up a communciations link with them. "Naruto, what happened?"

"Rusty died, the teme killed him." he gritted his teeth as it slashed at it with the beam saber. "Yzak, now's your chance!"

The Duel then aimed his beam rifle at him. "Now I've gotcha!"

Kira then drew an Armor Schneider and thrust it into the Duel's gap, but not before Yzak's mind was racing elsewhere.

"I can't die now." he said as he gritted his teeth. "NOT NOW!!!!"

Behind him, a silver seed had burst.

"I WON'T DIE AROUND HERE!" Yzak yelled as the Duel grabbed the Strike and stabbed it with its own Armor Schneider, causing Kira's cockpit to fry.

"Ahh!" he yelled as the gash appeared on his face. "It burns! It burns!"

Yzak then gasped as he realized what he had done. "Wow, I didn't realize that I can do it. I can beat the Strike!"

The ZAFT machines then retreated as the ships sent out its retreat signal and they returned. The Archangel's mobile suits and the Goddess' mobile armors then also retreated as Sasuke and Kira were smarting over their defeats. But relief had gone over them as a fleet of Earth Forces ships had arrived. The Eighth fleet had arrived at last!

The Archangel and the Goddess had met up with relief as the rest of the fleet had gone over them. In the midst of the relief, Naruto and his friends are promoted to the special forces and inducted to an elite unit. Yzak's training under his newly discovered cousin would now begin.

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Commando, lead the path to our future!