And the update is here! Well, I don't really have anything to say today besides a thanks to Flair the demon dragon king for the idea of Aki (you'll find out who he is in this chapter).

Well then, sit back and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Avatar the Last Airbender and some of its original dialogue.

Normal talking: "Lightning"

Talking in head to someone/something: "Lightning"

Thoughts: Lightning

Powerful spirit talking/demonic talking: "Lightning"

Powerful Spirit thinking/demonic thinking: Lightning


Naruto normally had peaceful mornings. He'd wake up to the sun hitting his eyelids or his eternal clock would sound off, even if Sora was visiting it was always a calm awakening. Today, however, was different. He had awoken in a very un-prince-like way and vowed to never let Jiraiya know lest he be tormented for the rest of his life.

He woke up on the floor, his face slamming itself down before his body.

After a groan of pain he slowly sat up, rubbing his face with a wince. He'd never fallen out of bed before, ever. He felt completely embarrassed, his pride slightly scorched. He tried to get to his feet onto to fall again.

Confused, he held himself up using his bed and quickly looked around. The room seemed to be on a large tilt with all the furniture sliding towards the wall. Luckily, the bed was held down by screws and nails but he couldn't say the same for the rest of his things. He watched with an oddly blank expression as his things crashed and flew everywhere. How he hoped that he could get some sucker to clean up the mess. He dreaded the thought of doing it himself.

Sighing, he let go of the bed and slid expertly towards the wall. The door flew open when he twisted the knob and he easily slid out to the wall and braced himself with his hands. Fallen crew members had looks of total bewilderment as they stumbled and fell from left to right. So this wasn't a normal occurrence. He was glad this hadn't happened to him his last trip to the North Pole.

He heard a shriek in the room next to him, a loud thunk, then topped by a stream of curses that would make sailors blush. For a minute he stared at the door and sure enough it opened and out slid a thoroughly pissed off Sora. She flew into his arms and he held her tight.

"Good morning to you too." He said.

She glared up at him, her eyes betraying her tiredness and her hair slightly frizzy from sleeping. She slowly padded it down. "This is anything but a 'good' morning, Naruto."

He sighed, shrugging. "Well, I can't disagree with you there."

"What the hell's going on?"

"I don't know, but I sure as hell am going to." He said, slowly making his way down the tilted halls, closely followed by Sora as they stepped over fallen and dazed sailors.

Climbing up the stairs proved to be somewhat a challenge. The tilted steps were slightly soggy from the morning ocean air that made it hard to climb when they were standing right side up. The two stumbled somewhat before they finally reached the top.

"DAMN ICEBERGS! I HATE THE COLD!" he heard the Captain shout.

The two turned and sweatdropped at the sight of the scarred man screaming and shaking his fists at a large iceberg that held some of the boat up from the water. His voice grew higher and higher with each shout, resembling a small child throwing a temper tantrum. The crew looked slightly embarrassed both at their mistake in navigation and their Captain who didn't seem to want to stop for a long while if the infinite amount of curses that flew through his lips were any indication.

Naruto turned to a crewmember. "What happened?"

The man looked slightly startled at being addressed before bowing politely. "I'm sorry if we've caused you any disturbances, Prince, Princess."

"I fell out of my bed." Sora said bluntly, yet she didn't glare at him. While it annoyed her that they were stuck she knew that navigation through the Poles were shaky and risky at best. They could avoid all the icebergs but it astounded her that they managed to hit the largest one she could see.

The sailor blinked at her comment. It was rather uncommon for noble and royal women to speak of such gracelessness. Then again, this was Sora who was speaking, a woman who spends most of the day sparring with the Queen who neither hides such slipups either.

"We got swept by the current into it. I apologize again." He bowed.

Naruto waved him off. "It happens." He said, walking over to the Captain, ducking to avoid a fist that flew in his direction. "Captain-"

"-AND BURN YOUR WIFE AND CHILDREN-"

He stared at him…when he starts yelling things like that to an iceberg of all things you begin to realize something's wrong.

"-SEND YOU TO THE DEEPEST DEPTHS OF HELL TO BE DEVOURED BY THE KYUUBI AND-"

"CAPTAIN!" Naruto shouted causing the man took look at him.

"Oh, my Prince!" he spoke, startled. "I suppose a traditional 'good morning' would not be appropriate at the current time."

Naruto chuckled and shook his head. "No sir." He looked to the large block of ice. "Can you get the boat free?"

"It would take a while, maybe a day or two."

He shook his head. "I don't have that amount of time." He muttered.

"Use fire."

"Good morning to you too, Kyuubi."

"Yeah, yeah, spare me the formalities and use fire already you stubborn kit. The sooner you do the sooner you get a hot piece of white haired vixen!"

Naruto blushed, shaking his head and growling low in his throat. He really didn't have a choice if he wanted to get there on time. He sighed and gestured for the men to stay back.

He closed his eyes and concentrated, feeling the heat build up in his chest. Opening his now red eyes, black and crimson flames surrounded him in a furious tornado. Sora smirked slightly while the other men stood wide-eyed at the display.

Naruto moved his hands in a smooth motion, letting the fire follow his fingertips and shoot itself towards the pillar of cold. It connected with a large and powerful blast, blowing their cloths and hair back and forcing the resting snow into the air, blinding them. When the snow in the air cleared they saw the iceberg starting to fall apart, releasing the ship and letting her float once more. The crewmembers cheered.

He turned and grinned at Sora who rolled her eyes. "Showoff." She said half-heartedly.

"You used fire! I'm so proud of you kit! So proud indeed!"

"Go away."

"NEVER!"

"Good job there, Prince." The Captain said, smiling at his country's heir. Naruto turned and smiled gratefully at the distraction from the Great Spirit who was screaming in his head to listen to him. "Thanks to you we might just get there on time."

"It was nothing." He said dismissively, turning and heading over to where Sora was leaning over the edge, examining the world with a childish curiosity.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" he said somewhat quietly, eyeing her out of the corner of his eye.

She could only nod, her eyes examining every snowflake that fell, every glacier and formation. They sparkled like a diamond necklace, only purer and untouched by mortal hands. She loved it.

It was hard to believe that only yesterday they were just entering North Pole waters. The temperature was already cold but it hadn't been snowing nor had there been anything like this yet.

However, the scene was quickly destroyed when the snow started to turn black and gray. Blinking, she held out a hand and a black snowflake fell onto her hand.

"…Naruto." She said, warning in her voice.

He looked up and turned to the sky, his eyes narrowed as he too held out a hand and let one fall onto his hand. He growled when he recognized it at soot, ash. "Fire Nation." He growled causing Sora's eyes to widen before she hissed out something inaudible but he was sure it was by far from flattering.

"Captain!" he shouted, his voice unusually calm and hard. "When will we arrive?"

Sensing the urgency in his Prince's voice, the Captain only took a minuet to calculate. "Within the hour my Prince."

"Make it faster if you can."

"Understood." The Captain bowed before turning to yellow at his sailors.

Naruto turned to look at Sora who stared back. After a moment he sighed and arched his neck to look at the sky.

"…I don't like this."


Yue gasped and clutched her head as the full moon turned to a bloody red. Sokka's eyes were instantly on her. "Are you alright?" he asked worriedly.

"I…feel faint."

"I feel it too." Aang said, sitting on the head of Oppa as he held the reigns in one hand and his head in another. He looked up at the red moon in distress. "The Moon Spirit is in trouble."

"I owe the Moon Spirit my life." Yue said, removing the hands from her head to rest them on her knees. She looked down at them as they clutched her dress.

"What do you mean?" Sokka asked, leaning forward.

"When I was born I was very sick and very weak." She said, closing her eyes as her past flowed through her lips. "Most babies cry when they're born, but I was born as if I were asleep, my eyes closed. Our healers did everything they could…they told my mother and father I was going to die. My father pleaded with the Spirits to save me. That night, beneath the full moon, he brought me to the Oasis and placed me in the pond. My dark hair turned white, I opened my eyes and began to cry…and they knew I would live. That's why my mother named me Yue, for the moon."


Naruto watched, his eyes narrowing as the moon turned red, casting its raging color onto the world below. The crew behind him started to panic as this happened, Sora standing calmly beside him.

"…What do you think is happening?"

"I don't know."

"Kyuubi."

He heard the great beast yawn in his head. "What, kit. I was sleeping. It's night you know."

"The moon is red."

"…what?" all tiredness faded from the Great Spirit's tone.

"The moon is red. Are you not seeing this?"

"I'm in a cave at the moment, kit."

"Do you know what's going on?"

"My guess is that the Moon Spirit is in trouble."

That didn't sound good. Naruto peeked over at his fiancée before turning to look at the moon again. "Can you lead me to her once we arrive?"

"Of course I can. Once you arrive alert me."

"Will do."

"What'd Kyuubi say?"

Naruto turned to Sora. She always did have a sixth sense for when he was speaking to the Great Spirit and he couldn't fathom how. "The Moon Spirit is in trouble."

She blinked. "Who would be stupid enough to harm a Spirit?"

"I'll give you one guess." He said.

"Ooh! If I get it right do I get a prize?" a playful yet familiar voice asked.

The two turned to see a boy around twelve sitting on the ledge with a large smile on his face, swinging his legs back and forth. His long, dark blue hair that reached the small of his back was pulled into a low ponytail, his bangs circling his childish face. His eyes were different colors; one was the deepest of black and the other the darkest of blue. His dark blue coat was sleeveless and the back split into two from the butt down. His pants were black and he had bandages wrapped around his wrists. A large sword rested on his back and a tattoo of a dragon circled around his right arm with its head located at the center of his hand. From first glance at the childish boy you'd never guess his real age was eighteen.

"Aki." Naruto smiled at his friend. "It's not that I don't enjoy your company but what are you doing here?"

He smiled, leaning back over the water on dangerous levels. "Your father sent me."

Sora raised an eyebrow. "And what's a General of the Royal Army doing here?"

Aki was the youngest yet most talented General in the Empire's Army. He became a General at the age of seventeen. Don't let his childish looks fool you. Aki was a hurricane compact into a bottle. Anger him and he will explode. Speaking of his height is also a danger zone.

The eighteen year old was a Lightningbender but wasn't a very good one. Despite this he's a demon when you put a weapon in his hand; no one matches him in weapons. Despite his little control he can channel lightning into blades and make strikes more deadly but other than that he could be considered a Non-Bender.

He was nicknamed the Blue Dragon by the Empire. No one who knew who he was challenged him nor did they mention his growth problem unless they wished to die. The only ones who could tease him about his height were the Royal Family.

The blue haired boy beamed at her. "We intercepted a Fire Navy ship and found out they were going to raid the North Pole. Your father sent me as backup just in case." His smile faded as he looked at the moon. "Though I'm not sure I arrived in time."

"How'd you get here?" Naruto asked. "I don't see any ships that could've carried you."

"Oh, that's easy." Aki put two fingers in his mouth and whistled, the sound echoing off the walls.

A large sound followed after, a mix between a screech and a roar. A figure in the sky came bounding down to earth. The crewmembers who saw it shouted out as they thought it was going to ram them at the speed it was falling. However, before it could hit them large wings spread out and stopped it in the air beside Aki.

The creature was as large as a dragon. It had the body of a lioness though it was a male with large golden wings spread out from its back. Its mouth was a bird's beak, powerful and sharp, and its front feet were talons. Around its neck was a chain necklace with a Kyuubi ornament.

"A Thunderbird…" the Captain muttered, looking at it wide-eyed.

Naruto narrowed his eyes at the ornament and turned to the General with annoyance flowing off of him. "Aki…why's my Thunderbird with you?"

Aki's grin merely widened as the Thunderbird seemed to recognize its master and flew over to him. "I borrowed him."

"The definition of borrowing is asking to use something before using it. This is stealing."

"It's not stealing. The Emperor told me to use Storm so I did. I did not steal your birdie."

Naruto scowled at him slightly as Storm landed next to him and nudged his face with its beak. He turned and smiled at the Thunderbird and tapped started to pet its large head.

"How are you boy? Did you miss me?"

The creature purred at the touch of its master, nodding its head slowly at the question. Opening its electric yellow eyes it turned to face Sora who was looking at the creature in wonder. Naruto noticed this.

"This is Sora, my fiancée." He introduced. "Sora, meet Storm."

Sora let a small smile form on her face as the Thunderbird stared at her before walking over to her. She tensed slightly but stood still. The bird sniffed her before sticking out its tongue and licking her cheek as a sign of acceptance.

Aki pouted. "He didn't warm up to me that fast. He was clawing and biting at me for hours before we got him to let me ride him."

Naruto grinned. "That's my Storm!" he praised causing the Thunderbird to roar at the approval.

Aki's lower lips stuck out. "Why are you so mean to me?"

"Because you steal my things."

The small man huffed. "I did not steal your Thunderbird."

"Who says I was only talking about him?"

Aki fell silent and blushed before turning away, mumbling about how he always returned the things he took.

Naruto shook his head and turned back to the red moon. "Captain, how much longer?"

"Not long."

"Be more specific."

The Captain turned and grinned at him. "Not long at all." He said, pointing to the nearing large chunk of ice only for him to groan when he saw it surrounded by Fire Nation ships. They'd have to find a secure place to dock.

Aki looked towards the battle and grinned. "Looks like I'll have some fun while I'm here." He chuckled. "I'm getting new toys today."

Naruto shivered. Aki's toys were NOT toys. "Just play your game away from me alright?"

Aki nodded furiously. "Got it. Oh, I can't wait for the blood to fly!" he laughed.

The Prince shook his head, ignoring the last comment. "Kyuubi."

"Yes, kit?"

"Time to work your magic."


"I am…a legend now." Zhou said, throwing his hands up into the air, basking in the future glory to come, with the Moon Spirit trapped in a bag. "The Fire Nation will for generations tell stories about the Great Zhou who darkened the moon. They will call me Zhou the Conqueror, Zhou the Moon Slayer, Zhou the Invincible!" he cried out, his voice becoming more and more passionate with each word.

He gasped when Momo jumped onto his head and started scratching his face and pulling on his facial hair. "Get it off!" he shouted. "Get if off!"

Just as the men reached for the Lemur it flew away and landed on the Avatar's stretched out arm before crawling to the bald boy's shoulder. Aang, Katara and Sokka readied themselves for battle, quickly tensing into fighting stances.

"Don't bother." Zhou scowled, holding up the bag and pulling his hand back, ready to burn the Spirit to death.

The Avatar's eyes widened and he quickly dropped his staff and held up his hand in surrender. "Zhou, don't!"

"It's my destiny to destroy the Moon and the Water Tribe." He said, not moving from his preparation to burn the Spirit.

"Destroying the Moon won't hurt just the Water Tribe, it will hurt everyone. Including you. Without the moon everything would fall out of Balance. You have no idea what kind of chaos that would unleash upon the world!" the Avatar spoke, his hands not moving from their place of surrender in the air.

"He is right, Zhou." Iroh spoke, standing atop one of the two bridges next to the Oasis.

"General Iroh. Why am I not surprised to discover your treachery?"

"I'm no traitor Zhou. The Fire Nation needs the moon too. We all depend on the Balance. Whatever you do to that Spirit I'll unleash a new ten-fold!" he shouted, going into position. "Let her go NOW!"

Zhou's teeth ground together for a moment before he realized he couldn't win. He signed and knelt down, letting the spirit flow back into the Oasis and the moon's soft color returned.

He was angry. Why should he, the Great Zhou, be forced to defy his destiny and let the Moon Spirit live? It was supposed to be destroyed by him. How dare they mock him! His fury started to show on his face as he stood before he unleashed fire from its hands, the flames heading straight towards the Moon Spirit.

Everyone's eyes widened at the sight as the flames rushed towards the Spirit. In that second there was a loud thunder crack and a flash of red zoomed by them, causing their hair and clothes to blast forward in the aftershock.

Zhou couldn't express his surprise when a hand flew out of the flames and grabbed his face. He didn't have time to. He felt the back of his head slam into the ground, creating a large crater, before he blacked out.

Iroh, angered at what just happened, unleashed a fury of flames onto the Fire Nation soldiers. They never stood a chance.

Once that was taken care of, all eyes turned to the newcomer who was covered in a burnt cloak. The figure let out a sigh before turning to face the group. "Well, that was a close one." the figure, obviously a boy, spoke. His hidden eyes lingered over the koi fish.

"Who are you?" Sokka demanded, everyone in battle positions again.

A smile formed onto the stranger's face. He looked down at himself and sighed. "I can't use this anymore." He mumbled, undoing the cloak and letting it fall free.

Katara's face lit up while the rest just blinked. Yue smiled.

Before them was a handsome and firm teenager with spiky blond hair and eyes as blue as the sky. His smile widened when he saw Princess Yue, his whisker marks slightly bending to accommodate the grin.

Sokka saw this and stood protectively in front of her. "Who. Are. You." He demanded again.

"Sokka." Yue hissed, gently pushing him to the side. "Stand down."

He blinked. This man had just taken down Zhou and she wasn't even worrying? "What, but-"

"It's nice to see you again, Naruto."

Sokka's jaw dropped. This was Prince Naruto Namikaze? He was nothing like he pictured. Katara felt her face heat up as she stared at him. Aang, however, was watchign him with a calculating look. For some reason this man, Naruto, gave off a faint feeling of a Spirit and he didn't understand why. Humans didn't feel like Spirits.

Naruto grinned and walked over to her, pulling up her hand and kissing the back of it. "And it's nice to see you again, Princess."

"Wait, hold up!" Sokka shouted. "You're the Prince of the Lightning Empire?"

At this, Iroh's eyes widened and he stared at the youth. He could indeed see Minato in him. He had heard his nephew speak of the Prince before but he never believed it…until now that is.

The blond faced the boy and smiled. "Yes." He answered before bowing to them all. "My name is Naruto Namikaze, Crown Prince of the Lightning Empire. It's an honor to meet you all."


Rage: There you all go! Naruto has arrived! What do you think of Aki? Rage wants to know! XD Review if you like and no flames please!