A blue dragon bearing armour of the purest white. His body shimmering as if he was a star himself. The Eidolon slowly moved, jerking his head to the side as the large spear-like horn that adorned his head slashed the air. It was hard to say if this Eidolon was mechanical or organic, the blue skin under the armour rippled with every movement that the dragon made, but Fang knew. Watching as the gem on the summon's breastplate glowed as he howled one more time, the clouds clearing in the sky, that this dragon was her Eidolon, just evolved.
Bahamut Quasar...
Fang looked up at the mechanical dragon that floated above them. His echoing cry still ringing in her ears. Had Bahamut changed because she had changed from a Dragoon to a Holy Dragoon in this world? She looked to Lightning but even the soldier was speechless. Fang was tempted to push her to summon Odin, to see if he had changed when they came to the Fourth World. Slowly the Eidolon landed behind Fang, Scarmiglione already pushed to the edge of the mountain by the blinding light alone. Fang turned to face the Eidolon, the dragon lowered his head to face her.
"Because I changed... you changed." Fang breathed as she touched her summon. Grinning she turned around and faced the undead fiend. "Stand with us!"
Bahamut Quasar roared, taking a stance identical to the normal Bahamut, clawed hands at the ready while floating about four feet in the air. Scarmiglione snarled at the Holy Dragoon while Lightning moved to stand beside her. The group fell back behind the white dragon. The twins looked up in awe, Bahamut Quasar was shining like he was the sun himself. The Hallowed Father was living up to his astronomical name. They watched as Lightning held her gunblade out, it reflected Bahamut Quasar's light, eventually glowing itself as it began to transform.
"Carve us a path." Lightning growled as the light shattered from her weapon, showing the group its new form; the Omega Weapon.
Fang grinned as she looked up at Bahamut Quasar one more time before spinning her lance around and taking on her summoning stance once more, her lance glowed as it transformed as well. The Thirteenth's Kain's Lance.
"The Defiers of Fate." Tellah breathed out. "To see them in the flesh. I never thought it would be possible." he smiled softly. "Then to be granted the opportunity to see and Eidolon none other has seen before, we are truly lucky."
Naruto just stared, dumbfounded, didn't Lightning and Fang say not to give themselves away? To say that they were from a different world? He scratched his head, confused. No, they never said they were from...wherever they originally came from, he never actually asked. [He was now kicking himself for such a stupid mistake.] They said they were from the Thirteenth Legend, whatever that was, he'd ask later.
"I think we should let them have the fight." Cecil stated, standing in front of the group with his Deathblade in hand. He would protect the group to the best of his limited abilities. Naruto tightened his grip on Gungnir. How we wished that he was a better Ravager, or a Commando, anything that would make him more than a mere 'Toothless Dragoon'. He hung his head slightly, he couldn't fight, not on the levels of Fang, Lightning and Cecil, nor could he cast simple magic on Palom's level!
He had to prove himself at the Chuunin Exams, prove to Fang that he could carry the Dragoon pride, prove to Lightning that he wasn't afraid of a L'Cie's fate.
"Idiotssss!" Scarmiglione shouted, failing his arms around. "A mere dragon cannot defeat me!" he lunged forward, Lightning being the faster one moved to intercept blocking the physical blow. Fang jumped back and raised her hand over her head, Scarmiglione threw Lightning back and unleashed his gas attack, Naruto brought his hands up to shield his nose but ended up watching in awe as the gas avoided them.
"Shell." Tellah breathed out. "Fang cast Shell on us!"
Finally Bahamut Quasar moved, crying out his battle cry he swooped down on the undead fiend, crystal-like claws at the ready. Scarmiglione took the slashing blow and staggered backwards, the Black Mage and the old Sage in the background raised their staves into the air as fire rained down upon him, scorching his body. Fang charged in, changing her style from Syngergist to Commando, her body buffed with Haste and Bravera as she struck the rotting skin with her lance. The moment the Holy Dragoon cleared back Lightning dove in, cape snapping in the air as her Omega Weapon glowed. She ended her combo flipping back as her gunblade transformed into it's rifle form. On cue with the echoing gunshot Bahamut Quasar shot an Inferno creating an expulsion. The two L'Cie backed up as the Eidolon moved in, slashing in a circular motion, creating a whirlwind with his movements.
"Lightning!" Fang shouted out as the ground beneath Lightning's feet glowed momentarily with a bright purple glyph. Farron swung out both hands and Cecil found his weapon aflame.
"Let the flame wash away your bloodstained past!" Lightning shouted to the Dark Knight. "We can't deal the finishing blow, but you can!" she turned to her partner, they nodded in unison.
Lightning charged forward, her weapon glowing as she placed her free hand on the hilt, slowly she pulled them apart the weapon splitting into two weapons and forming into Odin's massive hooked blades. Lightning took one step and pushed her body into a spin, thunder rained down upon the beaten and dazed Scarmiglione, having never gotten the chance to deal a crushing blow the entire battle. The solider slashed away before launching him skywards, Bahamut Quasar struck next, performing a perfect airborne combo and slammed Scarmiglione down. Cecil charged forward and jumped up striking down the fiend, he howled out as Cecil kicked him to free his blade, the undead monster falling down the side of the cliff. Slowly the group gathered around the edge and looked down.
"Did that do it?" Naruto asked, hesitant. They looked at each other then to Cecil who had removed his helmet.
"You have my thanks." he said. "Without you two, we surely would have loss."
"Ehhh..." Fang frowned crossing her arms. "It was nothin'."
Naruto frowned however, was that the request the Cei'th Stone had asked for? No it didn't seem right, there had to be more to it than slaying Scarmiglione. Naurto turned to face Fang and Bahamut Quasar. The glowing dragon had finally touched down on the ground and kept his head low begging for Fang's touch.
"Such an amazing Eidolon, I wish young Rydia was here to see him." Tellah sighed as Fang reached out to pet her dragon. The beast made a sound of content before turning to nudge Lightning with the horn on his head. The woman smiled.
"Thank you." she muttered, this possible the dragon smiled before disappearing in whisps of golden light. The group of seven stood together nearing the summit of Mount Ordeals, Fang and Lightning's cover was blown, however.
"So the Defiers of Fate eh?" Palom asked, a little too smug. "I knew you were different! But to be from the old legend! How old are you guys now?" Porom smacked her brother as soon as the words left his mouth.
"It's rude to ask a lady her age!"
"Sorry!"
Fang chuckled slightly as the group started to walk again, they were almost at the top now. "I'm much older than Light here, and... well, I'm not exactly sure how old I am, it's been a long time."
"Man... I wish I can become immortal too."
"Palom!"
"What?"
Lightning shook her head at the twins' banter, it was cute in it's own way after all. She looked to Naruto, this entire adventure should have been about him, but it ended up being about Fang and Bahamut Quasar. Frowning she read the expression on the boy's face and crossed her arms.
"What's wrong?" she asked in almost a snarl. Naruto looked downwards. Drawing an idle pattern in the ground with Gunginr. "Naruto."
"I'm starting to have doubts." the blonde muttered. "I wasn't good at school and now, after watching everyone fight, I don't think I'll be a good Dragoon."
"Cheer up kid, you can't compare yourself to anyone here." Tellah stated, slapping the young Dragoon on the back. "Fang and Lightning are different, living legends." As he said this Lightning idly played with the hat on her head, looking away. "All of us here have been training and learning for as long as we can remember, you boy? You just started. You have the legendary Gungnir in your hand. You boy, are destined for greatness, I know it."
Naruto looked up, a smile graced his features as his hand ghosted over the brand on his arm, it burned slightly but not in a painful way, looking at the Holy Dragoon and the Red Mage, he smiled. Nodding at the group he looked to Cecil, the man smiled.
"We're near the top." he muttered taking the lead, turning to Lightning he nodded, the group unable to see the smile behind his mask. "Thank you." he held his sword up the flames still surrounding it. "Without you guys none of this would have been possible."
"Yeah, yeah, save it for the top mate." Fang waved him off, Cecil nodded once turning to the rest of his team. Palom ran up to Lightning and tugged on her cape.
"You gotta teach me! Teach me what the old man can't teach me!" with that Porom smacked him upside the head. Groaning and rubbing his head he turned to his sister who simply crossed her arms. He smile weakly, scratching the back of his head. "Sorry."
"Let's go." Cecil muttered, dropping his dark helmet to the ground. The group followed him soon reaching a pillar near the mountain summit. Cecil walked closer to it and touched it with his gloved hand.
My son...
"Did anyone hear that?" Naruto shouted out instantly, on guard, Lightning smacked the back of his head. He groaned while Cecil frowned.
"My son?" he asked again, the pillar opened up, showing them a doorway. Fang snarled but the Dark Knight had nearly no control of his actions as he walked in. The group followed him, leading them into a while room with a mirrored wall. Cecil stared at his reflection.
I've been waiting. Sorrow fills me. I shall entrust you with my power. And grieve that no other way remains.
A sword appeared before Cecil in a flash of blinding light, it slowly started to float down before him. He reached up and grabbed it. With that his armour started to shimmer, melting away and leaving him in something new. White armour with purple accents, he looked at himself in awe, but looking back at the mirror he could still see his former self.
Part from you past! Conquer your Darkness within!
The Dark Knight walked forward, emerging from the glass to take up his blade against the Paladin. Fang and Lightning drew their weapons but Cecil held out his own hand.
"No need to rush to my aid. This is my fight. I need to amend my past guilt." He held up his blade and charged the Dark Knight. The black entity took the blow without much as a stumble, quickly casting Darkness upon itself. Spinning the Deathblade in his hand the knight slammed it down upon the ground throwing a shockwave at the Cecil and the party behind him. The Paladin brought up his shield to defend. Grunting when he took the hit, he staggered back, but he noticed that the energy never went past him,
You must not hate.
Cecil looked up in time to see the knight upon him, he brought up his sword to block the attack, quickly parrying the blow and going in for a stab, his sword only clanged against the darkened armour, throwing him off balance.
"What do you mean?" he asked aloud, blocking each attack the Dark Knight threw at him. Grunting he made a wild slash that was easily avoided. The Dark Knight chuckled and launched another energy attack that Cecil rolled out of the way; Lightning ran up and deflected the attack with her own blade to protect the group.
A hero will not raise his sword against his enemy.
Lightning wanted to comment, she really did, but she never moved her lips. Cecil stood up slowly, finally understanding what the voice meant. Holding his shield and sword close he watched the Dark Knight, soon it charged him, Cecil blocked the blow with his shield as he swung his sword.
"Beneath the blade... comes judgement!" he shouted as the knight shattered under the blade of his sword. The group watched in awe as the darkness disappeared, Naruto flinched slightly, feeling a pain in his head. Removing his glove he saw nothing, frowning he looked over to Cecil.
Well done. Now I put my spirit into the power of Light and entrust it to your hands. Receive the last Light left in me! My son! Stop Golbez!
"Wait!"
They never got an answer as the room began to glow, consuming them all.
FFXIII
He awoke with a groan, slowly picking up his head from the grassy ground. Wait... grass... where they not on a mountain?
Naruto quickly sat up, ignoring the pounding pain in his head to look around. He was back in the forest, Lightning and Fang on the ground beside him. They were back into their traditional clothing so they had to be back in his world. Scratching his head he saw Gungnir on the ground beside him and a helmet. Blinking he took the item and inspected it.
"So that was our first Cei'th Stone mission. Funny we completed it even though Cecil defeated the darkness." Fang muttered as she was now sitting up, looking at Naruto with her arms crossed. "That there, boy, is your reward."
"A Dragon Helmet?" he asked, confused, but he tried it on nonetheless, a perfect fit with a visor that covered his eyes. He could see Fang smirking as she ran her hand through the unconscious Lightning's hair.
"You no longer look like a toothless Dragoon. Tellah was right, you're bound for greatness kid."
"Even though I look the part, I don't think I can fight the part." He muttered holding up his lance.
"You're still young, mind you I was younger when I had my first hunt, but that doesn't matter." Fang waved him off. "We're done training you as a Commando, we're gonna hafta work on your Ravager skills until the start of the exams. Since you can't use your ninja stuff, that's gonna be the next best bet we got."
Naruto frowned.
"Fang... there is something I wanna talk about, my focus. I don't know what it is, and I don't know how much time I got to do it. I don't wanna become a Cei'th, I just... I just wanna do what I gotta do."
"That's the thing." Fang muttered back. "A Focus isn't given to you in clear cut words, you just get a glimpse. When Anima branded you, what did you see?" she asked, Naruto frowned a bit.
"This large, dragon knight, it kinda looked like a monster, but it was wielding two large blades like Lightning's Zantensuken. It was fighting a beast with ten tails."
Fang ran her hand through her hair and sighed.
"The beast, like stated, is Ragnarok, but the way you described it, it's not the same Ragnarok I became with Vanille." She crossed her arms. "The beast takes on a merged form of the L'Cie's Eidolons, so the one summoned to save Cocoon was Bahamut and Hecatoncheir." She frowned. "I think the one mentioned could be Bahamut and Odin. So why were you given the focus if Ragnarok is to be Lightning and myself?" she looked at Naruto. "You have the nine-tailed fox within you... so you might be a key to getting to that ten tailed beast."
"We won't know right away." Lightning's voice floated upwards. Fang removed her hand from Lightning's hair as the soldier stood up. "There are other things that we should concern ourselves with right now."
"Like his exams?" Fang asked back as she stood up. "It doesn't matter if he passes them or not, it won't get us any closer to completing his focus!"
"But it's a step forward!" Lightning shouted back. "We all know Ragnarok is needed to complete this focus, and, you and I will do that deed, but you said it yourself. Naruto is the key to finding the other part of the focus, all we know it might come to us!"
"So you're saying we just wait around and wait for that beast to come knocking on the front door?" Fang shouted back. "That's like waiting for Atomos to leave the Mahaba'ra Subterra! It's not going to happen!"
"But Naruto has Kyuubi. I bet; there is something out there is after those demons. That something will find us and lead us to the one we seek." She looked at the boy who looked confused. "That's why we need to train him, not only that he can continue his chosen profession, but also, if something is out there, it won't kill him."
"Thank you ever so much for the support Lightning." Naruto muttered, earning a small sarcastic smile from the soldier. Fang fell back against the grass.
"We should head back to the village. We don't know how much time was lost during that quest; we might have less than a week." Lightning sighed running her hand through her hair. Naruto got up and left the forest towards the main road that wasn't too far from where they were. Fang sat up and smiled at Lightning.
"You had fun."
"I'll admit, it was nice seeing Cecil again." Lightning muttered, but before she could say anything else, Naruto came running it.
"Bad new... the exams... they're today... right now!"
A/N: Another poor chapter... apologies, however back to Naruto's world, back to the exams means I can finally push forward with important stuff.
So I've gone through everyone's requests for Naruto's summons, I responded to everyone I could with my two cents. I do have an idea what I'm gonna choose, but I'll write out the ones requested that are possibilities for this story. (You can again, write to me and state a case to why I should choose one Eidolon over another.)
Valefor, Diablos, Ifrit and Fenrir
The reason why some, like Carbuncle, were excluded is because they are Fal'Cie or I didn't find them suitable for Naruto. Yes, several said Knights of the Round, but imagine trying to get that to Gestault without going all Power Rangers.
