Good to see you all again! I'm back from a writer's block on this fic with a new attitude! Plus there is a new vote poll deciding on pairings! And the votes were in for Kushina's fate and she will be brought back to life, how is a secret.
Naruto's L'Cie Status Report:
Crystarium Stage: Stage 4 after his fight with Gaara, it was recently unlocked so he has yet to unlock any more abilities.
Abilities: Blitz, Ruin, Launch, Thunder, Water, Sparkstrike, Aquastrike, Fire, Cure, Esuna,
Role Levels: Commando Level 2, Ravanger Level 1, Medic Level 1, Sentinel Level 1
Personality: Pretty much the same or even more childish at times, reports from Lightning mentions that one time during training at a certain location that when he became serious, his cruelty to enemies reminds her of a man with silver hair. Who the man was is unknown as she refused to tell his name. Her report on that unusual cruelty says that it was like he had become "a soulless, killing machine that reeked of death". Planning to have Inoichi Yamanaka to check his mind to see what is wrong.
C'ieth Mode: After defeating Bituitus the Pillager, Naruto is infused with the power of the Undying and is able to transform into a C'ieth of the Undying class. It temporarily doubles the Crystarium Stage's levels at the cost of slowly losing one's mind and soul so Naruto is very cautious about using it and uses it only as last resort. Speed is enhanced greatly while strength slightly increases, probably due to the fact that Naruto is built for speed as he demonstrated in the Invasion of Sound-Suna by eliminating the remaining army in a yellow flash. Naruto can use it twice in one day but when he uses it a first time he'll become severely tired and can no longer use his normal chakra. Rumors say that if he uses it a second time, he'll lose control of himself and go berserk, killing anything alive while using Kyuubi's chakra. No one has seen this second stage yet but no one is willing to try, and all of heaven help them if they ever have to fight it.
Summons: Odin; It is proclaimed that Naruto can summon Odin after his little fiasco time traveling in the Vile Peaks during his training but from Lightning's reports say that when they tried to summon Odin in a special training room designed to help L'Cie summon their Eidolons and battle to prove their worth, the Eidolon refused to come forth. The result was intense pain for the young L'Cie as he was put in critical condition. Lightning heard the voice of Odin saying that Naruto must find his "true -", the last part is unknown since Lightning muttered it and is speculated to be involved with the truth or something of the sort.
Outfits: Naruto has a habit of dressing up in style, though what types of outfits besides what he usually wears as a L'Cie since the outfits he wears always vary. The main question is how he gets them. Though he does seems to add extra parts to his usual attire when he gets an idea to improvise.
Shinobi L'Cie outfit-Naruto's everyday attire since he became a L'Cie. He wears knee-high brown boots, black Anbu pants, a brown shirt, and black fingerless leather gloves; he also wears a short-sleeved long white coat with flames at the edges of it in memory of his late father. He also has a green shoulder pauldron on his left shoulder with two red strips on it. He also sports a red cape like Lightning's on his back on the left side of his coat. He has a black sheath on his belt that is hung behind him that holds the Blazefire gunblade; he also has two more on his left and right sides that are also hung by his belt when he acquired the Gladius and Edge Carbine gunblades.
Gunblades: Lost advance technology in weaponry that is short to mid-range in combat. Naruto and Lightning are able to wield these weapons with grace. Sword mode is short range, meant for close combat while gun mode is used for medium range. Making bullets for them are difficult and any plans on replicating these weapons for Konoha's usages are prohibited by the Hokage by Lightning's request. Another reason why we can't replicate the weapons is because the metals that were used to make them are rare and valuable as a chakra crystal like the one that Tsunade of the Sannin has in her possession. Plans for recreating the gunblades for Konoha is a failure.
Weapon Status:
Blazefire Saber Level 1, Strength: 15 Magic: 15
Gladius Level 1, Strength: 25 Magic: 13
Edge Carbine Level 1, Strength: 8 Magic: 20
Report on Naruto Uzumaki-End
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Lighting woke up in Naruto's bed with said person who was still asleep and was currently snuggling close to her like a young child would with their mother. Quietly sighing, she used the replacement jutsu to switch herself with a pillow that was on the floor and went to her room to change. Before she left, she checked Naruto's brand and noticed that no arrows have grown yet, so she had enough time for training. Lightning smiled cruelly at what she had in store for him with his Sentinel role as she changed. Naruto suddenly woke up with a shiver down his spine. "Why do I suddenly fear for my life?" he asked himself as Lightning walked in with her usual soldier attire on. The look on her face immediately answered his questions as he felt the impending doom. "Good to see you up, now get ready. We have some training to do." Lightning said as she left leaving Naruto to get ready.
*Konoha Hot Springs*
"Um, Lighting? What are we doing here exactly?" Naruto asked as Lightning said nothing and suddenly picked him up by the shirt and with all of her strength, threw him over into the female hot springs with a loud splash confirming his landing. "Now the fun should start in 3-2-1…" Lightning counted down as she heard Naruto scream for his life as he ran out with the purple haired Anko wrapped in a towel summoning venomous snakes that are currently trying to bite the boy who was currently dodging for his life only to jump in the air to avoid being dog piled by one Hana Inuzuka's triplet ninja-dogs the Three Haimaru Brothers as the owner of said dogs was in the air in her own towel attempting to claw out Naruto's eyes if he didn't draw Gladius from his left sheath into his right hand and used the flat end of the sword as a shield as he was screaming apologizes as they landed.
"Sorry! I'm so sorry girls! I didn't mean to crash land during your relaxation time!" Naruto shouted out as he was currently using his Sentinel role to avoid getting bitten by Anko's snakes or Hana's dogs as he was forced to also draw out Edge Carbine out from the right sheath with his left hand and dual wielded it with Gladius and use both gunblades to deflect the oncoming kunai knives. "Where the hell did they pull those out of? They're only in towels! It completely defies logic!" Naruto thought as he narrowly escaped a kunai that scratched his cheek in the same spot where Anko got him during the second part of the exams as he started to bleed there. "Oh! I wonder if your blood will be even tastier than last time." Anko said with a giggle that unnerved him a bit as he avoided a claw swipe from Hana. "Hey, aren't you Kiba's older sister?" Naruto asked recalling her once when he first came to the Ninja Academy and meet Kiba for the first time.
"Yeah, that's right. I heard you used his own nose against him with a fart." Hana said with a deadpanned expression as Naruto chuckled at that part while avoiding the triplets that were using the Fang Rotating Fang jutsu that cut a few strands of his hair as he leapt onto the rooftops. "Damn it Light, why the hell did you have to throw me into the hot springs when these two were relaxing." Naruto said muttering under his breath knowing she would give him the "best way to train" excuse again. Though her methods are good, they are equally suicidal as well. Said Master L'Cie was currently watching this on top of a tree a good distance away from the hot springs with Jiraiya of the Sannin who was currently writing in his note pad after getting good views of Anko's and Hana's figures. Said note pad was burned by Lightning that glared menacingly at him causing him to whimper in fear as they went back to watching Naruto.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Naruto repeated over and over as he was cornered at last with Anko and Hana who decided to team up as Naruto had his back against a wooden fence. "Give it up gaki, just relax. This won't hurt…much." Anko said with a crazed look on her face as Hana gave her an "are you crazy? Oh wait you are." look as Naruto was trying to find a way out of this mess. Before he could even think of anything, the fence he had his back on suddenly gave into his weight causing him to fall backwards into another bath house. "Damn it, I seem to be having a lot of bad luck as of late." Naruto said out loud as suddenly, loud cries of "Naruto-kun's" were heard causing his skin to turn pale white as he slowly turned his around to see what was behind him.
*Konoha Shopping District*
Here is the everyday schedule of the people of Konoha as they walk around, buying groceries or shopping for clothes. For one Sasuke Uchiha, this was the place he is usually seen running for dear life as an army of fan girls were chasing after him claiming they want to "love him". He knows if he's caught, he'll suffer a horror far worse than death. A rumor was that his older brother Itachi was caught by a group once and suffered an unimaginable horror that lead to him being an emotionless person for the rest of his life. And the one thing Sasuke was determined to do is not get caught by them, he refuses to suffer a fate like his brother and he would kill himself if he did. As he continued to run like a bat from hell, Naruto joined in with him also running for dear life as he had his own group of fan girls after him which completely surprised Sasuke.
"You too dope?" Sasuke asked as Naruto was running even faster, "Shut up! Less talking more running!" Naruto shouted as Anko and Hana who were fully dressed again joined in the chase still wanting revenge on Naruto for ruining their bath time. On top of the Hokage Monument, Lightning chuckled at the sight while Jiraiya was currently laughing his ass off at the sight of the two most popular boys of Konoha running from their fan clubs. "Oh this is too much for me!" Jiraiya said as he clutched his stomach and rolled around as Lightning looked kind of disappointed at the moment until she saw Naruto switched himself with a Shadow clone to lead the swarm of fan girls, Anko and Hana away and got inside an air vent in some strange building. "Jiraiya was it? What building does that air vent lead to?" Lightning asked as Jiraiya looked at the building and started laughing even harder than before.
"That's a movie theater, and right now every teenage girl is there to watch some popular chick flick." Jiraiya replied continuing to laugh making Lightning raise an eyebrow. "Why would that be…oh…now I get it. Time for some revenge, and it will be sweet." Lightning said smiling sinisterly at sweet revenge slowly coming around. Suddenly a beeping sound was heard as she pulled out a communicator and noticed it was from Naruto. She slowly and carefully placed it in her ear as she winced from Naruto's shouts that she had to put the thing at arm's length to not lose her hearing. "YOU JERK! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU THREW ME INTO THOSE FUCKING HOT SPRINGS?" the young L'Cie demanded as Lightning stifled a laugh, "I needed to increase your speed and agility, I was lucky to find just the thing…a pissed off kunoichi that will kill anyone who ruins their relaxation. Anko was good but I didn't expect Hana Inuzuka to be there or even the army of fan girls that are chasing you. Though it was fun watching you running for life." Lightning said.
She could feel Naruto glaring at the communicator in his hand and she decided to add more fuel to the fire. "Oh and that air vent you decided to go in, bad idea." She said as a "huh?" was the only reply from Naruto. "Right below you is a bunch of girls around your age that are here to watch a chick flick of some sort." Lightning said. "Oh boy…" Naruto said from the communicator as Lightning heard screeching noises and Naruto's screams as he fell from the vents. "Naruto, what's going on? Status boy!" Lightning ordered as Naruto spoke up. "Don't worry Light, I fell from the ventilation." He replied as Lightning sighed. "Nice knowing you shrimp." Lightning said as she could feel Naruto's confusion. "Huh? What do you mean-ARRGH!" suddenly, Naruto was screaming as Lightning heard it from the communicator. "What's going on?" Jiraiya asked as Lightning shrugged. "Maybe he's been caught by fan girls." Lightning said causing Jiraiya to shudder at that. "Even worse than getting neutered." The super pervert said making Lightning wonder what can a mere fan girl can do to make a guy fear them.
Her answers were heard as Naruto's voice was heard.
"GAHH! UGH! AAH!"
"What the hell?" Lightning said wondering what's going on in the theater.
"GET AWAY!"
"May you rest in peace Naruto." Jiraiya said putting his hands in prayer and bowed his head in respect.
"AHHH!"
Suddenly, there was static on the communicator as Lightning tried to recalibrate the device only to get even more static on the thing.
*Naruto's apartment*
Here we see a Moogle laying down peacefully in Naruto's bed with everything there nice and clean until it heard the door smash open startling the Moogle as it started flying in the air.(A/N: the Moogle in this version is from the Dissidia 012 version). When the Moogle went to see who was at the door, it saw the boy he was assigned to take to the Mirage Arena when he wants but noticed something strange about the kid. The poor boy's clothes were torn and he had kiss marks on his face and down his neck, also the door was broken off its hinges.
"Great Ceasar's Ghost, kupo! What happened to you, kupo?" the Moogle asked as Naruto wiped the kiss marks off his face and neck and shuddered. "F-fan girls, they did this. They even took my socks, without even taking my boots off." The L'Cie said shuddering even more as he recalled it. "How is that even possible kupo?" the Moogle asked as the boy quickly put the door back up and used any furniture he can to hold/barricade the door. "I have no idea how but I have a feeling that the fan girls from the theater are coming here." Naruto replied making the Moogle raise an eyebrow. "If the theater is on the other side of Konoha, kupo. Then how did you get here so fast kupo?" the Moogle asked. "You'd be surprised how fast you can run when you face something a terrifying as that." Naruto said as he collapsed onto the floor trying to catch his breath.
The Moogle sense a familiar energy inside of the young L'Cie and realized it anywhere. "Ah, I see you have been infused with Cosmos' powers kupo!" the Moogle said making Naruto raise an eyebrow at that. "Cosmos' power?" the boy asked confused as the Moogle nodded its large head. "Yes, if I recall correctly you are now able to use Thunder Lady's attacks too as well." The Moogle said as Naruto got up and started thinking. "Cosmos, the goddess of harmony. For me to inherit the power…did I somehow get it when I was chosen as Lightning's successor? I'll have to ask her about it later." He thought as he realized something else. "Does this explain why I can't summon Odin by any chance?" Naruto asked as the Moogle nodded its head. "Correct kupo. He told me until you've found "her" he won't assist you on your journey as a L'Cie." The Moogle replied causing Naruto to sigh until he heard the faint sounds of the Fan Girl Screech™, this made him panic as he grabbed and shook the Moogle. "Take me to the Arena now! I do not want to know what else those crazy fan girls are going to do to me!" Naruto shouted as the Moogle was getting dizzy.
"Alright kupo! Could you stop shaking me first kupo!" the Moogle asked as Naruto stopped shaking him and suddenly, they were enveloped in a light and disappeared just as the fan girls broke in through the ceilings, window, and barricaded door. "Where did he go?" asked one of the fan girls.
Naruto and the Moogle were floating in a strange floating station somewhere in space as Naruto sighed in relief. "That was a close one, I wouldn't survive another one of their "kissing feast" if we stayed any longer." Naruto sighed as he looked around. "So…where's the arena?" Naruto asked as the Moogle floated to a computer screen and gestured to it. "Just choose a tournament you want to be in and stand in the middle of the hub to be teleported there kupo." The Moogle said making Naruto excited as he looked at it with curiosity. The only challenge there was called A New Threat, it was a one star rank meaning it was meant for beginners as Naruto chose it and walked into the center, just then he felt something trying to enter his mind as he held his head in pain.
"Calm yourself boy. It is me." The voice said as Naruto's eyes widened. "Odin? Is that you?" Naruto asked as the Eidolon spoke in his mind again. "Correct. I am here to tell you that if you participate in tournaments or in another world of the 13 Legends, you can wield my powers and only my powers thanks to Cosmos' powers." Odin said as Naruto nodded his head. "So you're trying to say that I am able to use your powers without summoning you if I'm in these tournaments or in another one of these…"13 Legends" at will? What's the catch?" Naruto asked suspicious of what he must loss in exchange.
"Hehe, clever boy. In exchange for being allowed to use my abilities courtesy of Cosmos' powers, you cannot obtain any Crystogen energy to develop your L'Cie powers as they and your "ninjutsu" as you call it are sealed during these tournaments or in any other world of the 13 Legends. Though through Cosmos' powers you can use only certain abilities of your L'Cie nature. You can only use certain abilities from Commando, Ravanger and Medic roles like my original summoner Lightning did." Odin explained as Naruto realized what was happening, Lightning had told him stories of the war between Harmony and Discord and how most of her powers were sealed and allowed to use certain ones in those battles against the Manikins. Though he was curious of the "13 Legends" that Odin keeps talking about since he never heard of them. "What are these 13 Legends you keep talking about exactly?" Naruto asked as he could have sworn he heard the Eidolon laughing. "That is for me to know and you to find out." Odin said as Naruto was starting to feel Odin leaving his mind.
Just as he felt the presence about to leave, Odin spoke one more time. "Make sure to find "her" if you do want to summon me into a battle again. If you do, then you will be in for a surprise when using Gestalt Mode." Odin said before his presence completely faded away. "Don't worry, I'll find "it" soon. Though I wonder what he has in store for me in the Gestalt Mode once I can find "her"." Naruto muttered to himself as he had a small blush on his cheeks as he was teleported into the arena. As Naruto found himself in his destination, the place looked like some sort of shrine as he noticed a group of strange beings there. He heard a beeping noise and noticed a strange metal band on his arm as it opened up to reveal a screen that showed something interesting. "This is my status huh? Not bad selection of abilities for now." Naruto said as he looked at them.
Naruto Uzumaki: Level 1
Bravery Attacks based on current Paradigm
Commando (on Ground): Blitz
Commando (in Air): Smite
Ravanger (on Ground): Fire
Ravanger (in Air): Watera
Medic (on Ground): Cure
Offensive Attacks
Ground: Razor Gale
Air: Crushing Blow
This made Naruto raise an eyebrow, "Odd, some of these abilities are beyond my L'Cie Crystarium levels right now and...Never mind, I guess Lightning started out like this too. And Bravery attacks? What do they do again?" Naruto thought as suddenly the band began explaining the basics of Bravery attacks on what they do and how they change the tide in battle along with the Offensive Attacks and how they deal actual damage to enemies. "Okay…Looks like I get to practice on these abilities on those things then." Naruto said as he began to engage a pink one in battle. To his surprise though, it was an exact carbon copy of Lightning save for the palette swap as this Lightning was made of pink crystal. "Manikins, mindless dolls that only know death and destruction to the point of no return. Better be careful, these things can break rules since they weren't summoned by the two gods." Naruto thought as he began his battle with them.
*With Lightning*
Lightning was looking around for Naruto everywhere, from the ramen stand to the Forest of Death in search of the blond L'Cie with Jiraiya. "Any luck?" the super pervert asked as Lightning shook her head no. "I even tried to communicate with him telepathically and it seems my connection was blocked." Lightning said as they began to think as they overheard some fan girls of Naruto's talking out loud. "I know, we check his apartment again and he wasn't there." One of the fan girls said, "Of course! He was last seen there and was cornered, next thing we know he's gone like he was taken to some other planet or something." Another fan girl said. From this conversation, Lightning pieced things together and recalled there was a Moogle living there that would take Naruto to the Mirage Arena for some challenges. "Never mind about finding him, I already know where he is and he'll be back by the end of the day completely exhausted." Lightning said as she turned around and started heading back to the ship leaving a confused Jiraiya alone.
*With Naruto*
Naruto was seen in the Chaos Shrine Arena looking around for any enemies. Before sighing in relief, "No matter how many you take down, more spring up…I doubt many others can get pass this many." Naruto said before he noticed another Fleeting Flash Manikin appeared at the throne of the shrine in its battle position. In response, Naruto pulled the Blazefire Saber in gun mode aiming at the Manikin before sensing another presence nearby he looked to his right to see a False Warrior Manikin ready to aid the Fleeting Flash. Naruto turned his head to the left and let out a sigh. "This is not my day." Naruto thought as he began to fight them.
*Lightning at the moment*
As Lightning was currently cooking something for dinner when Naruto got back, she felt like someone was going in the same situation she was in when she had to battle the Manikins when she was a warrior of Cosmos. "Strange, for some reason I felt like Naruto was copying what I said at the time when the Manikins were still running amuck in World B." Lightning thought before shrugging it off and continued cooking.
*Back with Naruto*
After dealing with the last of the Manikins, Naruto made his way to the top of the Chaos Shrine Arena and noticed a purple armored warrior with a spear. He looked at the armor and it had the appearance of a dragon, the man noticed the boy and Naruto could feel the power from the man. "So you're the contestant huh?" the man asked as Naruto nodded. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and you are?" he asked. "Kain, Kain Highwind. A Dragoon." Kain said as Naruto recognized the name. "You're the one who took out his own teammates during the 12 Cycle to lead them to the final one." He said as the legendary Dragoon nodded his head. "Yes, now prepare yourself." Kain said attacking with his spear making Naruto leap away. "What the hell?" Naruto asked as Kain looked at him.
*Final Fantasy Soundtrack: Saber's Edge*
"Forgive me, I have no choice…" Kain said as he got into his battle position as Naruto did the same as he drew his gunblade. "Kain. What are you doing?" Naruto demanded as Kain appeared in front of him. "Spiral Blow!" the Dragoon shouted as he used his spear and knocked Naruto back making him hit the invisible wall. "Such strength! Do Dragoons always have this much power?" Naruto thought as he sucked it up and got down as Kain started dashing towards him. Naruto leapt in the air and countered with Smite. "Stay down!" he shouted as he scored a blow and made Kain crash into the floor which gave away as he fell to the throne chamber of the Chaos Shrine with Naruto landing a good distance away from him.
"Not bad for a rookie, but I'm not done yet." Kain said as he leapt into the air with his lance glowing with electricity. Naruto had a bad feeling and leapt back just as Kain shouted "Lance of the Covenant!" as he threw the spear, it nicked Naruto the exact moment he dodged and he felt its power. "Must avoid that one at all costs." Naruto thought as he shifted to Ravanger and casted Fire three times as they began seeking out Kain who dodged them only to get attacked by Naruto in the back as he used Launch to throw Kain into the air. "Have some more!" Naruto shouted as his gunblade turned into the fused form of the Zantetsuken blade as he used Razor Gale just as Kain flipped around in the air recovering and braced himself for impact as it broke his guard and hit him hard as he crashed into the wall. Naruto quickly switched to Medic and started to use Cure repeatedly to restore his bravery just as Kain recovered and landed on the ground with his feet.
Naruto noticed Kain crouching down and felt Kain charging an insane amount of power which made Naruto immediately switch back to Commando as he noticed a strange crystal bell with four wings on it behind a pillar and made him curious. "Flight!" Kain shouted as he leaped high into the making it difficult for Naruto to see as he instinctively started dashing towards the bell. If he had stayed there any longer, he would have been flattened into a pancake as Kain landed at the exact spot where he was at a few seconds ago leaving a huge crater in his wake. Kain looked for his opponent and noticed Naruto grabbing the four winged crystal bell. "He absorbed an EX Core?" Kain muttered to himself as Naruto felt his body feel a lot different. "What's going on?" Naruto thought as he looked at the band as it displayed information on the EX system.
"Wind!" Kain shouted as he twirled his lance around conjuring a power wind that was heading towards Naruto. "Oh crap!" Naruto shouted as he dodged it only for Kain to be in the air with his lance to be once again charged with electricity. "Lance of the Covenant!" Kain shouted as he threw the lance and it hit Naruto directly in the chest as he was forced to feel the pain as thousands of volts of electricity coursed through his body before being flung back from the force and crashed into the wall. "Urgh, such raw power…" Naruto said before coughing up blood as he clutched his side in pain, "…If I ever face another Dragoon again I'm being more careful cause those attacks fucking hurt." He said before gritting his teeth as he willed himself up with Kain looking at the boy. "You can still stand? Please give up; I do not want to kill you in this fight." Kain said as Naruto spat some blood on the ground.
"There is no way I'm giving up. That is my nindo, my ninja way!" Naruto shouted as he another Ex Core with two wings behind him above the throne room as he ran up the wall to get it with Kain in pursuit to make sure the boy didn't get it. What Kain didn't expect was Naruto stopping and using Smite to smash Kain downwards before absorbing the EX Core and felt this other energy inside him ready to explode any moment. "Not your lucky day!" Naruto said as he activated his EX Mode: "Awakening of the Beast" as he transformed into his C'ieth Mode. "No mercy!" Naruto shouted as the Kyuubi's red chakra coursed through his body making the visible veins on Naruto's C'ieth Mode turn from blue to red as he charged using his chakra arms to pull Kain close to him as he punched and kicked the Dragoon repeatedly 11 times before flinging Kain into the wall.
Suddenly, the world froze a bit as Naruto felt his strength increase suddenly as the world started moving again as Kain used Jump and leaped high into the air again. Naruto jumped a bit backwards as Kain landed where Naruto was once at and summoned the Zantetsuken swords and prepared his attack. "Who are you watching?" Naruto asked as he used Crushing Blow on Kain as suddenly, he felt all his hatred he had inside of him from years of loneliness and the hate from the villages and unleashed it all at Kain. "Lose everything!" Naruto shouted as he activated his EX Burst: Wrath of the Maelstrom.
Suddenly they were both in a different dimension with a blue field. "Know my pain!" Naruto shouted as he blew fire out from his mouth as it hit Kain. Naruto wasn't done yet; he gathered more chakra into his throat and let out a sonic roar that slammed Kain like a train as Naruto appeared behind him conjuring a twister fueled by Kyuubi's chakra and threw it at Kain as he was relentlessly thrown around in there like a ragdoll. Once Kain was thrown to the top where Naruto was, Naruto's left claw was set aflame as he punched Kain with incredible force. "Return to darkness once again." Naruto said as his shadow stretched revealing the Kyuubi was emerging from Naruto's shadow and snarled at the Dragoon. "End his misery." Naruto said coldly as the massive fox gathered black and white chakra as it spiraled into a black sphere and fired it as it turned into a concentrated beam of energy as Kain was devoured by the light. Once the light died down it showed Naruto back to normal as he had his back turn while Kain was lying on the ground. "Don't underestimate me." Naruto said as he turned his head to the side looking at Kain.
Suddenly they were back in the Chaos Shrine and Kain was kneeled on one knee as he breathed heavily. "You win…" Kain said, admitting defeat. Naruto placed his gunblade back into its sheath and walked up to Kain with an arm stretched out. Kain took the arm and Naruto helped him up, "Sorry about that, I didn't know what was happening to me with that power." Naruto said as Kain shrugged it off. "No problem, besides I was holding back." Kain said making Naruto's eyes widen. "Of course I didn't expect that kind of power from you. For once in my life, I felt true fear because I never felt such evil before." Kain said looking at Naruto skeptically. "I won't ask, but make sure not to lose control of it. I'm sure you don't want to hurt anyone you hold dear when using that power." The legendary Dragoon said as Naruto nodded his head slowly as he looked at his hand and made a fist with it.
"By the way, congratulations on wining this tournament kid." Kain said as suddenly, a Moogle came in with a trophy. "Congratulations kupo! You have won the A New Threat tournament kupo." The Moogle said as Naruto acquired a unique trophy which was actually a card showing a blue silhouette of Lightning on it. "By the way kupo, there's another prize for you kupo." The moogle said before looking at Kain. "Alright, a deals a deal." Kain said as he presented his lance to Naruto. "What's going on? Why are you giving me your lance Kain?" Naruto asked confused. The moogle answered his question, "That's not the real Kain Highwind kupo. A special Manikin of him was created for this occasion and the original Kain gave it his old armor and lance until it found the "one"." The moogle explained. "Huh? What do you mean?" Naruto asked as Kain's Manikin spoke up. "He means that you are the one who I can entrust with my original's lance until you find someone worthy of wielding it. I'm sure you are aware of the other Naruto's by now." Kain said.
Naruto began thinking, which path would wield the lance again? That's when it hits him, "So the one who follow's Fang's path will one day wield your lance? Talk about awesome!" Naruto said as Kain's Manikin chuckled. "Yes, but until this other Naruto masters his own L'Cie powers, do not give him the lance…And on top of that make sure Fang doesn't get her hands on it, I still recall from the Original's memories of her trying to get her hands on it." He said as Naruto chuckled. "Okay you got it, consider this a promise, and I never go back on my word because it's my nindo." Naruto said as he took the lance from the Manikin as it slowly started to fade away. "Thank you, now I can rest in peace now." Kain's Manikin said before fading away from existence. Meanwhile in the realm of the Fourth Legend, the real Kain Highwind smiled as he gained the memories from his Manikin. "I'll be expecting a rematch one day Naruto Uzumaki." The famous Dragoon said before walking off.
*At the ship*
Naruto returned to the ship with Kain's Lance on his back as he got inside. "I'm back." Naruto said as Lightning poked her head from out of the kitchen. "Welcome back kid, so how was the Mirage Arena?" she asked as Naruto groaned. "Tiring, I had to deal with an annoying swarm of Manikins for a tournament." Naruto said as Lightning noticed the lance on his back and recognized it anywhere. "Naruto, where did you get that lance?" she asked as Naruto was making his way to his room. "A Manikin of Kain's gave it to me, it's his original lance and I'm in charge of giving it to the one with Fang's path once he's mastered his own L'Cie powers." Naruto said before going into his room as Lightning nodded her head and went into the kitchen before realizing what he just said. He had just battled a swarm of Manikins and somehow acquired Kain's Lance. "I'll ask him later, from the looks of it those Manikins did a number on him." Lightning thought not realizing it was Kain who did that to Naruto.
Well that's a wrap folks! Next chapter will involve the encounter with members of the mysterious organization called the Akatsuki and the legacy of the spiraling sphere!
Kain's Lance: a black spear that once belonged to a legendary Dragoon.