Uzumaki Naruto found a small spring of glowing, greenish blue liquid in a cave at Wave Country while out exploring. Thinking it's some plant nectar, she drank it and a world of pain and soon, power and knowledge followed. She just drank the Lifestream itself! FFVII X-Over SOLDIER Type!Fem!Naruto
Arrival
'I hope that we get more of us soon because four of us against the whole world's band of idiotic humans is so not fair!' Genesis whined. 'WEAPONS we are but even we have limits too!'
The Planet's response to his whining?
He's 'born' in Konoha's river.
'Uggghhh...my pounding head...' he moaned as he got off the river, waterlogged and sopping wet. He was a tall, beefy man with slicked back long black hair, a strong, broad musculature and wore Military Fatigues. 'A lot of stuff is flowing into my head. Uhhh...I feel like having a hangover.'
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Angeal Hewley is seriously wondering what the hell is going on.
Last he checked, he was d-e-a-d capitalized, italicized and bold. In his mind at least. So why is he back to the living world? He looked at himself on the reflection to look at himself. He's how he used to be...before he died. At age 25 although he looked older than his age suggested though. It was the running joke in Shinra that he's an old man. The old man of the trio between himself and Genesis who were the same age and Sephiroth who was shockingly the youngest...23. How old was he when he became General again...?
What was he doing out here? Why and what for? He sighed as he pinched himself. Ouch! He is sooo alive alright! 'What's going on?'
'Hello.' Angeal looked behind him to see Naruto, holding a bathrobe and slippers. 'Heehee, Genesis will definitely like seeing you again mister.' Angeal's eyes widened at this. Genesis?! 'Come with me. It's a story not really advisable for the public to hear.' next thing Angeal knew, he and the girl became dust, to his freak-out. Before he could, they were gone, and flowing as dust towards her house, and re-materialized in her living room. He was gawking at her when they were done and still frozen stiff even when Naruto threw him a bathrobe and slippers.
'Get changing, you're making my floor wet!'
And so, five minutes later...
'So I'm changed with my current clothes in your dryer...' said Angeal as he sat on the couch. 'Tell me everything please. The dead don't just come back to life! And are they injecting children with mako nowadays too?' he swore as he took note of her glowing eyes.
'Angeal...it's been 6000 years.' Naruto told him and the revelation SHOCKED him. '6000 years since you died. The world you know of, and it's history is long gone so the insanity and global disasters Shinra caused will never be repeated ever again. Technology of 6000 years ago no longer exists. Things here are simple, and powered by electricity. No longer powered by Mako. As you can see from my house alone, humanity is starting to prosper again. But the Planet will ensure that this current humanity isn't smart enough to discover Mako again, and definitely smart enough to tinker with human lives again. Materia is no longer in use. Mana is called Chakra now, and we use it to do elemental magic and other tricks...like this.' and she made six clones of herself and transformed into various animals. 'And humanity is now separated into villages. Ninja and civilian villages...'
And Naruto gave him a thorough lecture, drawing the info she needed from her parents' knowledge. It took her...five hours to explain, along with answering Angeal's questions about the new world he's in. Finally...
'What about Genesis? Why is he still alive since you know of him?' Angeal asked her as she ordered a clone to make them juice.
'He is now under the employ of the Planet.' said Naruto. 'He is now a WEAPON, going by the name Crimson. 8000 years ago, when Jenova fell to the Planet, the Planet created colossal lifeforms called WEAPONS named after jewels, Ultimate, and Omega that works as an emergency failsafe, with the other beings before it working to terminate the threat the Planet senses. However, due to the disaster caused by Sephiroth when he went insane upon learning that he's also an experiment, all WEAPONS awoke to find and destroy him. However, they cause destruction in their wake in their search, so my mentor Cloud Strife and his friends back then killed them all and two years after that, Omega, when Deepground, Shinra's dark secret killed all humans not tainted by Jenova cells to create a pure Lifestream to trick the Planet that it's in danger.'
'Awakening Omega will cause the being to absorb all life of the Planet and go to space in search of a new Planet to inhabit in safety. However, Vincent Valentine who was infused with Chaos WEAPON, the Squire of Omega is the only one who could stop it. With all WEAPONS dead, the Planet chose humans dedicated to it's safety and strong enough to fight for her as new WEAPONS. Genesis was chosen because he wanted to repent for the crime of causing Sephiroth's insanity, with the latter ending up destroying the Planet using the Black Materia that summoned the ultimate black magic, Meteor, and tainting the Lifestream using his remnants. Cloud was chosen because he qualified to be one of her champions. Vincent Valentine because he is now Chaos and Shelke Rui who became a WEAPON due to her ability to communicate with any network. Computers, the human body systems, and the Lifestream. They've been guarding this Planet for 6000 years since Deepground, watching over the Planet and eliminating idiotic humans whose actions nearly caused ecological or planetary disasters. You're one of them now Angeal. You're chosen by the Planet to protect her too. You're cleansed from Jenova's taint, and you still have your previous abilities as a SOLDIER. The perks of ahem, Semi-Godhood is that you can do anything you want. However, if the Planet senses that you are straying, she can easily take those powers back. Just to tell you that.'
'Semi-Godhood...am I still human, not a monster?' Angeal asked her fretfully as Naruto smiled.
'The monster in you, the Jenova cells are gone forever. You're a human chosen to become a Guardian.' she said, patting his shoulder. 'The Planet has long recovered from the Mako Reactors so the Lifestream is plentiful once more, as it grows through the memories and experiences of all living things that return to it when their time is up. Especially now that ninjas came to being a thousand years ago. Training to become more powerful means that when they die, the power they have will return to the Planet is stronger than the spark of life they got when they were born into the world. The Planet is recovering through us. It's now your job to protect the recently-recovered world we live in.'
'Oh...but how do you have Mako when you said nobody knows of it anymore?' Naruto looked sheepish at this.
'Uhhh...while on training in another country, I thought Mako was plant sap seeping out of tree roots from the ground and I was hungry, OK?' Angeal's jaws dropped from horror. 'I drank a lot of it and next thing I know, my whole body's on fire...ahahahaha...'
'And to think, to be fair you didn't know of Mako's existence...' Angeal choked. 'Getting exposed to Mako or drenched in it is bad enough, you directly drank it...?' he whimpered. 'I'm surprised you're still alive!' he sputtered out in horror while shaking her.
'Well, the Planet saved me from my stupidity. She warned me not to drink anymore or I'll become a Makonoid.' said Naruto. 'She also helped me with my Mako Poisoning by making it less painful. I managed to cover up my new changes with Cloud's help, making up a cover story everyone bought.' she explained. 'Well, my mentor went who-knows-where and it's been a month since he's out. They probably found a big threat somewhere.'
'Heee...so what is Cloud training you in?' Angeal asked her kindly. 'In return for letting me stay here, I can help you out.'
'He taught me swordsmanship basics and left me drills to do until he gets back...then I can learn sword techniques from him.' said Naruto before sighing. 'But the Chuunin Exams are at noon...oh well. I'm a ninja so I'll manage. Thanks to Mako, my shortcomings are fixed and I trained in other skills...the only downside is the humongous appetite that came along with it. Everyday Cloud and I can eat a whole pot of rice and a lot of meat fit for one's last day on earth...'
'Well, that's the downside. I know how you feel.' Angeal chuckled. 'Back at SOLDIER, we were known as colossal pigs, too.'
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Angeal looked outside the windows while Naruto cooked a huge breakfast with her clones. Indeed, the world he knew of is sooo different compared to now. Everyone looked like Wutaians too. He felt the odd duckling out. At ten o'clock, Naruto took a peek from her kitchen. 'Angeal! Breakfast is ready!' she called out.
'Coming!' and upon going inside the Dining Room that also happened to be in the kitchen as well, there were six platters of meat and vegetables, and two pots of rice, and soup. 'It reminds me of the old days...mealtimes are so huge too.' Angeal smiled wistfully as he took his seat. 'Er what's this white thing?' he asked, pointing at the rice.
'That's rice.' Naruto told him. 'It's a staple food these days, accompanied by side dishes. On their own they're tasteless, but when eaten with a side dish, they can become really good. It also makes us full quicker. There are different types and colors too. Just that they don't sell them here though so all you'll see is white rice.'
'Humm...food changed too huh?' Angeal mused while still scrutinizing the rice. 'In the old days, things are fried, stewed, steamed, boiled, broiled and soup. I never saw rice and to think I was a farmer before SOLDIER. Things sure change.'
'Let's hurry because the exams will start soon...it's 10:30 already and eating all this will make us take quite a while.' said Naruto as they began eating their meal err feast. Angeal had heard from his would-be temporary pupil about the Chuunin Exams. It started with an impossible exam that can only be answered by cheating without getting caught by rows of proctors checking both sides. Five times caught, you're out. It was a test on gathering intelligence without getting caught by the enemy. The second test was survival in a deadly forest with carnivorous and poisonous animals, bugs and plants while carrying a random Heaven and Earth scroll, and they have to fight other teams to get a complete set and head for the tower without opening said scrolls or else. This was a test of trustworthiness and reliability while carrying trusted items. Third test is of course, combat test and eliminations because only the best can make it to the finals. And fights can take so long depending on one's skills and strength.
Soon, he'll get to see ninja in action. Well, today's ninja that is. Ninja in Wutai are nothing more than spies and scouts in black, and trained only to escape and sneak around.
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The arena...
'Hey there, who's the beefy guy?' Asuma greeted as Naruto led Angeal to sit with him.
'He's my temporary trainer until Cloud gets back.(Angeal noted the rather mangled pronunciation) This guy is Angeal.'(Anjiru? Why is his name being mangled too?! It wasn't mangled a while ago! Maybe it's how they pronounce it? But still...)
'Oh, don't worry, he'll be OK with us.' Asuma assured her. 'Now get to that ring, there's only five minutes left before the show starts.' the girl nodded and vanished in a flash before appearing on the ring.
Now it starts.