To all of those reading this, I present the next chapter, my longest one yet. Been stuck with moving and lack of internet so I decided to give you a real big chapter to read. Again, reviews are much appreciated and I seriously hope I get a few this time around, the last two chapters I only got one each so it makes a guy wonder if he's screwing up or not.

Daybreak

Naruto sat on top of the Diggers home, eyes watching intently as the sun slowly rose in the sky, a celestial symbol of the cycle of life and a reminder that the darkness can never win for good, that all things must be in balance. Closing his eyes Naruto sighed in contentment, feeling the warm rays from the sun as it began it's slow climb to the zenith of the sky. Naruto grinned widely as he felt a pair of arms wrap around him from behind, the large pair of breasts letting him know it was Brianna that had found him this morning. Every once in a while, the blonde shinobi snuck out of bed to watch the sunrise and every time one of his girls managed to find him just as the sun peaked over the horizon. Naruto leaned back and relaxed, the half were cheetah content to just hold the man that had saved her life as the pair enjoyed the sun rise. Moments later a tired Gina climbed a ladder, crawled towards Naruto and settled in his lap, resting her head against the chuckling man's chest. "Still not much of a morning person, eh Kirei?"

Gina mumbled softly as she put her arms around Naruto's waist, pulling herself closer to her new pillow, not wanting to give up her comfortable spot. Brianna leaned forward and kissed Naruto's cheek, resting her chin on his shoulder as she watched the sun continue it's climb. "So, are we ready for today? After all, we're probably going into a war zone."

Naruto looked over his shoulder and cocked an eyebrow at his girlfriend. "We better be ready, I've been in a war and it's not pretty. Ever moment could be your last, all you can do is push on and do your best to fight through the madness. I'll be with you girls all the way, I'm not going to let any of you die, even if I have to sacrifice myself to make sure that happens. And you both know how I feel about promises." Brianna sniffled and buried her face in Naruto's neck while Gina's tears soaked his shirt covered chest, neither of them wanting to even think about losing Naruto after having just found him. Naruto thought back on the last twenty four hours, the final day before his new family and himself rode into the unknown.

Chapter 11

Flashback - 24 hours ago

Naruto panted slowly and looked at the state of the newly repaired Pit of Boom... well, the once newly repaired Pit of Boom that is. Now that he had managed to crack the Hiraishin no Jutsu's final hurdle he had been practicing it almost none stop after the quartet's return from their impromptu temporal war. 'Adding in a new jutsu isn't like slapping a new set of tires on a car. I need to think of ways to incorporate it into my fighting style, as well as my other new surprise I managed to acquire.' Naruto grinned as he looked at the now worse for wear room, having a good feeling on his preparations for the upcoming fight. Grabbing a towel that had somehow managed to escape the carnage, Naruto decided to check up on Gina and the others. A quick hand seal later and Naruto vanished from the room, the only indication that he had been there was a brief flash of light and the steaming remains of the far wall.

Lab 1

Gina sighed, finally deciding it was time to stop putting of her next task. The young genius approached the closed doors that led into her once pristine lab and sniffled softly as she thought about the attack that would have most likely gotten her killed... if Naruto hadn't been here. Gina closed her eyes and smiled softly as she though of her boyfriend and all that he had done for her and her sisters in the short time they had known him. 'I need to do something nice for him, after all he does so much for us it's almost not fair.' Gina opened her eyes again and finally cycled the lock for the doorway, sighing once more as she looked over the decimated lab equipment in front of her. Moments later Gina felt a pair of arms settle on her head as the person behind her used her as an arm rest, causing Gina's eyes to settle on a deadpan expression. "What do you want Brit?"

"Well I thought I'd come and see how you were doing on the hyperdrive! We still need to get Stripe back after all, it should be ready tomorrow, right?" Gina looked at her grinning younger sister with a flabbergasted expression, not understanding how the girl could even ask such a question at a time like this.

"Sis, the lab is gone... GONE! Everything I was working on is destroyed and buried, I didn't even have enough money to replace pieces of my toolbox!" Brittany crossed her arms under her breasts and sighed, a look of apology on her face as Gina's face fell towards the ground, her hair covering her eyes as she she sniffled a few times.

"Look, Gina, I'm sorry that your lab got messed up. I'll help you out in anyway I can, look I already started by making you lunch! It's your favorite..."

Gina sniffled again, reached forward and Brittany placed the brown bag she had brought with her in her older sister's outstretched hand, a mumbled, "Thanks Brit, I'm sorry I snapped at you..." causing the were cheetah to grin. A moment later a loud ringing echoed through the destroyed room, causing Brittany to grin as she pulled out her phone. "Charlotte! So, did she go for it? Awesome, it's a deal! See you soon, later!"

Gina looked at her younger sister with caution as she put away her phone, the large grin having never left Brittany's face. "Sis, what was that call about?"

Brittany's grin was even larger as she put her arm around her older sister's shoulders."Trust me, you'll thank me for it later. Let's get started cleaning up in here... hey, where's Naruto? He'd be perfect for this. I mean, one hand sign and poof, instant work crew!"

"That's true, but he's been busy getting ready for whatever we're going to be facing on the planet. He needs to focus on that while I focus on the scientific side. He's already done enough, it's time to show him that we can all stand on our two feet and help him as well." While the two girls began to sort through the destroyed lab, Naruto grinned from his perch in a darkened corner, having heard the entire conversation. The shinobi knew what it felt like to show people that you weren't helpless and respected them both in their decision. As both girls turned towards their daunting task., a flash of light was the only announcement of Naruto's departure.

Armory

Brianna yawned loudly and stretched her arms over her head, boredom settling in as she waited for the automated systems in her lab to finish the final stage of construction. Her latest project that had been developed by her and Gina specifically for this mission, since none of them had any idea what they were in for both girls wanted to make sure they did everything they could to be prepared, including having Naruto increase his arsenal with something more... modern. 'He may have come from a culture that was severely low tech in every day life, but Naru sure has adapted to the way we do things here quickly. Time to throw him into the deep end of the technology pool and see how he likes it.' Just as Brianna was about to lower her arms, a new pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist, causing the young woman to tense for a moment until a familiar scent reached her nose. Spinning around Brianna leaned forward and kissed Naruto quickly, a brilliant smile on her face as her arms went around her boyfriend's neck.

"Hey stud, how did the workout go? Ready to kick some bad guy ass?" Naruto grinned and kissed the tip of Brianna's nose as he nodded.

"Of course I am, the real question is did you get the items you have both basically ordered me to use finished?" Brianna was about to answer when a loud buzzer went off, causing a smirk to appear.

"Honestly, you have the best timing, it's all done. Behold, one new suit of armor, crafted to our specifications and with the ability to work with your powers! That time we spent analyzing your chakra after you revealed yourself was instrumental in it's creation!" Naruto looked at Brianna with a cocked eyebrow, remembering the testing that she had brought up.

Another Flashback – Ten weeks ago

Naruto walked into the main lab, smiling at Gina and Brianna as they were prepared their equipment to run some tests on his chakra, hoping to make some sense from the abilities that the shinobi had shown. Both girls were confident if they got enough information they could whip up something that could use Naruto's chakra as a power source, all they needed was some hard data to start the process. 'May as well, after all they both are determined to understand everything around them and having a mystery like chakra staring them in the face would probably drive them nuts.'

Gina turned around and smiled widely at Naruto as she rose from her seat and walked towards her blonde hero. Gina grabbed onto one of Naruto's arms and guided him towards the regeneration tube that she and her sister had set up for this phase of testing. Once the pair were standing in front of the tube Gina let Naruto go, stepped back and bite her lower lip then grinned at the oblivious shinobi.

"Ok, Naruto... your clothes will mess with the readings, so I need you to strip!"

End flashback

Brianna opened the pod behind her while Naruto crossed his arms over his chest as he stepped closer. A metallic chest piece hung suspended in the air as well as a pair of bracers that would extend from his knuckles to his elbow and finally a pair of sleek armored boots that would reach Naruto's knees rounded out the armor package, causing Naruto to nod in satisfaction as he finished his initial inspection. "So this is what you both want me to use for this next mission eh?"

Yet another Flashback – Two days ago

All four of the occupants of the house had been discussing the upcoming mission to retrieve Stripe and trying to guess at the type of opposition they would face. During the discussion about possible combat in orbit around Aebra and the idea of Naruto using some form of power armor came up, Naruto jumped to his feet in excitement, having decided to find a way to fight in a vacuum. "Nah, all I need is a chamber that is in a complete vacuum like space and I'll be set! I'm sure I can whip up a seal to make it possible. Any chance you have a place like that around her that I can use Gina?"

Gina's expression went from contemplative to furious in seconds. Standing quickly the young genius slammed her hands on table, wanting to make sure she had Naruto's attention. "Absolutely not! Even if I did have a vacuum chamber for you to use, I am not letting you try and create a technique that allows you to survive in space! What if you get knocked unconscious? Then what? Your technique could fail and you die! And from what you've told me a seal like that would take a constant stream of chakra to maintain, your not a bottomless battery of chakra right now and you could run out in the middle of the fight!" Gina crossed her arms under her breasts and glared at her smiling boyfriend who was seated at the kitchen table, calmly eating the snacks that they had laid out for the discussion.

"Come on Gina, what do you think is going to happen? Your acting like I going to get defeated by some kind of unknown evil galactic military force that enslaved multiple races hundreds of millennium ago." Gina and Brianna both glared at Naruto for several seconds and the still somewhat slow shinobi realized that yes, that was exactly what they were afraid was going to happen to him. After a moment of reviewing his options, Naruto placed his elbows on the table, rested his head in the palms of his hands and sighed, knowing that he wasn't going to win this argument. "Fine, I won't fight in space without some form of protection that you two will make for me... happy?"

Naruto sighed as he felt two pairs of arms hold him close and he couldn't help but think, 'Gah, it's impossible to be annoyed with people that are this concerned about me... damn you both, I will get my revenge!.'

End flashback

Naruto hmm'ed critically at the jet black armor before him, inspecting the workmanship and nodding at the fact the armor flexed under his fingers when he pushed against it lightly. Brianna put her hands behind her back and bounced happily as she began her explanation on the new fighting gear she had prepared for her boyfriend.

"So, like we discussed the main components are made up of a material similar to a very high tech chain mail that Gina and I call call flex-weave. There is some tension because of the built in circuitry and how the weave is made but it still has a pretty good amount of give, something that you'll need when you go full out. The scans we performed on you before show that even when your not molding chakra you're emitting a low level field of the stuff naturally and this baby will take advantage of that. Think of it like a constantly recharging battery, you can force chakra into the system but you'll have to stop all techniques during the few moments that you're doing that. The on board systems are constantly monitoring your surroundings for any projectiles and high output energy that approach within a meter. If anything is detected that could breach the armor the chakra that's stored in your power system will cause the endangered area of the suit to go rigid and also reinforce it with chakra, dispersing the attack across a larger area and hopefully minimizing any damage. We don't know how powerful these guys are and you need to either wait for the unit to charge after taking several hits or stand their like a target dummy while you do it yourself I'd recommend that you avoid multiple, consecutive hits. The setup you see here is your standard armor mode, useful for most fights. The system also responds to several voice commands, one of which is 'Flight mode'. When this is said the armor accesses the hyperspace pocket we created for you and will reconfigure automatically into... this."

At a touch of a button on the pod's control panel a flash of light appeared, obscuring the armor. When it cleared the chest piece now sported a pair of spaulders and were connected with the new gauntlets that replaced the bracers. The streamlined boots were replaced by a set of bulkier boots that appeared to have several vents on the back of each. A headpiece that looked similar to the one worn by Naruto's old captain Yamato appeared, sporting a dark visor to protect his eyes. "Your chakra is now channeled and forced through the flight system, providing propulsion via the thrusters on your boots and the secondary thrusters on your back and thigh armor. The gauntlets are used to help with pitch, yaw and roll, just like that Ironman movie we watched a few weeks ago. Also, you have a headpiece that deploys in this mode, allowing you to see airspeed, a standard HUD with a decent targeting computer and a com system. Since your chakra is powering the flight systems your jutsu usage should be extremely limited while your flying for now, but I think you have a few things you can use to make up for that, right?"

Naruto grinned as he remembered the movie they had watched, the ability to fly had eluded him for a long time but with this... well, a ninja cheats all the time right? 'I'll just look at it as making use of what's available in this period of time, but I still think I can figure it out... eventually.'

A final push to the controls and multiple armored sections appeared, causing the suit to be an entirely enclosed unit and gain a significant amount of bulk. The boot thrusters were still there but the thing that caught Naruto's attention was the fully enclosed helmet that sported a v shaped red visor. "And finally, if you ever find yourself in a situation where your in outer space we've got you covered! This is EV mode and it will deploy automatically if a sudden drop in pressure is detected. It's good for six hours of breathable atmosphere, but we both know if your somehow thrown into outer space you probably won't be there that long. Same limitations on chakra usage I'm afraid, you'll just have to show that amazing adaptability and creativity again. Plenty of time to get in, do your job and get out. And I still say you should let me put some weapons on this thing, it's just dying for a plasma cannon or two, not to mention a full spread of mini missiles!"

Naruto sighed as he looked back at his excited girlfriend, a pleading look on his face. "Hime, I seriously think the two of you are over reacting, I mean I'm sure I can come up with a technique that allows me to fight in outer space without needing all this gear..." Naruto trailed off as Brianna began to glare at him again, causing Naruto to do a complete 180 on his previous statement. " ...but what I really meant to say is that it's amazing and I love it, does it come in orange?"

A triumphant smirk replaced Brianna's angry visage and she shook her head. "Nope, sorry stud, no orange. But, I did cook this up for you. When your in the standard armor mode it'll be available, when your in either flight or EV mode it'll store itself in hyper space." Brianna held the last item she had made and the ecstatic expression of Naruto made it worth the extra effort.

A low beeping noise from a monitor on the wall got Naruto's attention as Brianna pulled up the security camera feed from the front porch. Naruto grinned as he saw that Penny was standing at the front door, waiting to be let in. Rubbing his hands Naruto waggled his eyebrows at Brianna and grinned. "Oh, lemme go get her, I got the perfect way to do it." Brianna giggled , nodded, and a moment later Naruto disappeared in a flash. Watching the monitor, Brianna burst out in laughter as Naruto appeared behind Penny and slowly snuck up on her, his arms raised and poised to grab the unsuspecting girl in a bear hug. Turn on the microphone so she could hear what happened, Brianna was rewarded with a scream of fright as Naruto struck, his strong arms trapping her as the pair disappeared from the front porch and flashed back into the armory. Penny continued to scream loudly until she saw Brianna laughing her head off as she held her stomach. Turning around she was met by the smirking face of Naruto as he gave a two finger salute and then disappeared in a flash. Penny's eyes widened and her jaw dropped as she turned back towards Brianna and furiously pointed at the spot Naruto had just vacated.

"Did he just... wait a minute, what the hell is going on here!?"

Gina and Brittany continued to sort through the disaster that was once Gina's lab, finding several items that managed to survive the attack and placing them to the side. Moments later Penny burst into the destroyed lab, advancing on Gina with a manic look in her eyes "Penny? What the heck happened to you?"

Penny stood in front of Gina and took several deep breaths as Brianna entered the room and leaned against the door jamb, content with watching events unfold. "Gina, your boyfriend...what the heck is he? Cause I know the teleportation he just used on me was not magic, it had a completely different vibe to it and there was no incantation! Brianna won't tell me a thing and I'm seriously freaking out here!" Gina grinned at turned her focus on Brianna, who shrugged in response to her unvoiced question.

"He was probably bored. You know how he gets when that happens." Just as Gina was about to answer Penny's question, a disembodied voice decided to add it's two cents to the conversation.

"I wasn't bored, I just felt it was time to get Penny back for what she tried to pull at Taco Hut." Gina grinned as she placed the plasma torch she was using on the ground and crossed her arms under her breasts.

"Naru, you know your not supposed to scare my friends. None of them know who you really are yet. Now come out and apologize to Penny." A sigh echoed across the room and Penny looked towards the shadowed ceiling where the voice was coming from, wondering what would happen next. A moment later a hand landed on her shoulder and Penny screamed as she jumped towards Gina, causing the young genius to laugh as her previous rival clung to her in fear. Naruto grinned sheepishly and scratched the back of his head as he faced the frightened girl. "Naru! Bad shinobi, bad! Penny, ignore the man-child for a moment and I'll answer your question. You remember all those legends we found around the world regarding a lost continent, specifically the ones about a hidden village named Konoha?"

Penny looked at Gina in confusion for a moment and nodded slowly. "Yeah, some kind of hidden militaristic village on the continent known as Mu... but, there's no geological evidence of a lost continent where it was rumored to have been located..."

"That's true but forget about that part for now. Do you remember what kind of people were said to inhabit the village?" Gina grinned as she saw Penny focusing on her memories of her multiple expeditions and the scarce info both of them had encountered in regards to Konoha. Moments passed as Gina's once rival put together all the pieces that Gina had laid out before her regarding Naruto and a look of amazement began to grow on Penny's face. The shock of the revelation caused Penny to fall backwards on her ass, completely speechless at the latest twist presented to her. "Oh... my... god... who are you?"

Naruto walked towards the stunned Penny, crouching down in front of her and grinned at the shell shocked girl. "Uzumaki Naruto, time lost Sage of Konoha. I was selected to become the 6th Hokage before I disappeared due to an... accident. Nice to finally meet you."

After Naruto's revelation of who he was, everyone had relocated to the living room upstairs and Penny had been provided with the short version of Naruto's little sealing mishap and arrival at the Digger's home. After Gina finished the story Penny was literally bouncing on her feet at the implications. "Gina, this is a huge discovery! How come you haven't told anyone about it yet? At the very least the Explorers Society should be notified!"

Gina shook her head and looked at Naruto pointedly before responding to Penny. "Naruto's the last of his kind, I'm not making him into some kind of side show attraction just to get credit for discovering that Konoha actually existed, especially since it appears to be missing with no way to get there. Besides, I want him all to myself, I'm ok sharing with my sister but I ain't sharing with the society, if word got out that he existed then they would be all over him, especially all the ninja that are members." Gina grabbed Naruto's arm possessively and sandwiched it between her breasts, causing the young man in question to blush lightly.

Penny narrowed her eyes at Gina and smirked. "Fine, I give up, I won't try and convince you to announce this earth shattering discovery. Anyways, I came by because I have a few things that may interest you. I heard about your lab, I'm sorry that it got destroyed by Peachbody but I think this may help." Penny handed over a security card and a key, causing Gina to look at the items quizzically. "These will let you access my lab at the beach. It should have everything you need to get your own lab sorted out. Brittany over there was kind enough to offer a deal, your access to the lab for personal lessons to turn Charlotte into a bodyguard." Brittany grinned and gave her sister a big thumbs up, Gina's expression turning into one of quiet amazement at the thought her sister put into the gesture.

"Also, it's on of the locations where I have been working on a new hyperdrive together with the Atlanteans, we've got everything all set for the trip to Aebra. They've created a hull for us to use and final components are being installed as we speak. We will be prepping and launching from Atlantis tomorrow morning so don't be late, ok?" A quick hug between scientists and Penny was out the door, leaving Naruto and his girls to calm down a ecstatic Brittany once she realized they were ready to getting Stripe back. After they managed to get Brittany somewhat relaxed, the group got some take out so everyone could relax and they all decided to make an early night of it, anxious to get going on their impending rescue mission.

End Initial 24 hour flashback

Naruto purred loudly in his chest as he held Gina in his arms and Brianna wrapped her arms around his neck from behind him. The trio sat on the roof until the sun rose fully, shining brilliantly in the early morning, signaling the beginning of a new day. "Ok girls, time to go and wake up Brittany, it's time to get ready to leave. Next stop, Atlantis"

Meanwhile, in the Aebra system

Stripe stood on the bridge of El Dorado, gazing upon the star system that contained his home planet, Aebra. It seems that someone had expected trouble to come knocking on said star system and prepared accordingly, a Dynasty outpost had been setup as a type of 'guard dog', not only to attack anyone trying to enter the system but also to warn the main forces on Aebra about the upcoming visitors. Stripe rubbed his chin in thought as he saw several fighters patrolling around the outpost, something about the situation seemed off to the young prince.

"Well Stripe, it appears that the Dynasty has not regained it's monstrous iron clad might after it's return to our galaxy." Jan commented as she continued to man the sensor station on the main bridge, sounding relived that El Dorado appeared to have caught a lucky break.

"Jan, use a magnetic graviton pulse to scan the local area, I have a bad feeling about this."

Jan nodded and activated the pulse wave, moments later the display that had appeared to be promising for the returning Kryn became a much greater worry. Multiple ships that appeared to be cloaked appeared on the screen, causing Stripe to cross his arms over his chest and sigh.

"Battle stations."

Back on Earth

Naruto had been the first to reach the car, meaning he finally got to drive it again. This of course started an argument at who would sit shotgun with him but this was resolved in a time honored tradition, one that had been used for centuries to settle these types of arguments. Moments later Brittany was jumping in joy, having won the challenge handily. "HAH! Scissors beats paper girls! I get shotgun with my buddy Naruto, into the back with the two of ya!"

Naruto grinned as his girlfriends began to grumble softly from the back seat. Activating the car Naruto raised it in the air, pointed it towards the Atlantic and hit the gas, sending the group on their first step towards Aebra.

"So Cheets, I bet you can tell me all kinds of stories about Gina and her adventures that she hasn't shared with me yet."

Back with El Dorado

Stripe watched anxiously as El Dorado continued it's assault on the forward outpost they had encountered. Resistance was heavy but the city ship was holding it's own, despite the fact they no longer had shields (Bad Brit!) and their main weapons had been destroyed during their landing on earth several thousand years ago. Just as things were looking up an alarm sounded that send Jan into a panic.

"Hull breach in sector 2-A! Internal sensors show... we have been boarded!" Stripe's eyes narrowed as he pulled out his personal com, his eyes never leaving the view screen that had switched to the corridor where several members of the Dynasty were gathering in as he communicated with his chief of security and current head priestess.

"Captain Taris, we have some uninvited guests aboard our city. Rally the men and cut off sector 2-A, no one gets in or out. Jazelle, I also want some acolytes to assist us in case there are any... surprises that we encounter. I will meet you all there and we will see what can be done about this... Dynasty of Stars."

Stripe made his way to the entrance of sector 2-A and several of the men blocking off the corridor follow him. Moments before the group entered the corridor a pair of acolytes appeared, having run the entire way of their labored breathing was any indication. Stripe halted his group, giving the panting pair a moment to catch their breath. "Take a moment to catch your breath, I need you both to use your powers to divine the location of our target." Stripe's mind wandered for a moment, wondering how Brittany was doing on earth at this moment. 'Well, at least she's safe.'

Meanwhile, in the car

Gina was shaking in fury as she aimed a high powered pistol at her smirking sister that was sitting beside Naruto, her anger was so great it was as if it was rolling off of the young woman in almost palpable waves. "Brittany, utter one more word and I will not be held accountable for my actions! How dare you tell Naruto embarrassing stories about me!" Brittany grinned evilly as Brianna wrestled the weapon from Gina's hands and turned her attention back to Naruto.

"So, like I was saying, back in the sixth grade..."

Naruto sighed, knowing this was going to be a long trip. 'But, the stories are good blackmail material, thanks Cheets. I will use them at every opportunity... I mean, only in the most dire of situations.'

Back on El Dorado

Stripe stopped for moment, wondering what that chill he felt run down his spine was about. 'Maybe I should have brought Brittany with me, then I could have kept my eyes on her.' As Stripe and his entourage entered sector 2-A the young prince turned to the acolytes "Well, any luck locating our quarry?"

The more senior of the acolytes, Roleya turned to the Prince and nodded. "Yes my lord, I have located them... they are RIGHT HERE!"

Faster than anyone could react Roleya's arm lashed out, her fingers stiffened as she stabbed them into Stripe's stomach. As Stripe fell to his knees the form of Roleya ripped her hand free, shimmered for a moment and a faceless woman appeared, one who began to study the blood now staining her hand. Stripe's guards and the remaining acolyte were frozen in shock at the scene in front of them.

"Alas, the Prince of the Kryn is no more, slain brutally before even setting foot on his home world. You should feel honored, young prince. Only the most dangerous or feared are given a swift death at my hands."

Stripe held a hand over the bleeding hole in his abdomen and glared at the assassin as a trail of blood leaked out of the corner of his mouth. "I-I'm going to guess yo-you're Rielda, assassin of the Dynasty?"

The now identified Rielda placed a hand on her hip as she turned to the dying prince. "Hmm, I see my legend has... wait, this is wrong... you have no shadow!" Looking at the ground Rielda saw the pool of forming blood but Stripe was not casting any type of shadow. A sudden presence behind the assassin had her spinning around, her clawed hands tearing through the wall where she had felt the new arrivals.

"Ah, my apologies assassin, but you weren't even close to hitting me. I had hoped to resolve this peacefully, but it appears you have left me no choice. Everyone, stay back, this is my fight." His piece said there was a rippling effect behind Rielda and two people appeared. Stripe along with Jazelle stood facing the would be killer of El Dorado's leader, causing the now cornered Rielda to growl in anger. Stripe launched himself towards Rielda, ready to defeat the intruder when she began to move, catching Stripe off guard at how fluid she was, as if she were dancing instead of fighting and the power she wielded as every surface she touched shattered on impact. As soon as an opening appeared Stripe moved in, intent on ending the fight quickly, but his instincts were crying out to him to not touch this woman! As his fist stopped short of the assassin's face the surprise she felt was reflected in her stance.

"Is something wrong young prince? Why do you not strike me? Have you given up all hope?"

Stripe narrowed his eyes as he stood, finally realizing what was happening. "Hmm, you truly are a superb assassin. Your disguise field allows you to reach and target and once you have your very touch is death. You're using a kinetic disruption field, a weapon powered by your very movements. Anything that you touch or that even touches you is destroyed. Clever, very clever, but it won't be enough to stop me." Rielda lunged forward, her hand thrust towards the determined Stripe. Raising his right arm, the bracer on the prince's arm sparked momentarily and a sphere of white light rapidly formed directly in Rielda's path. The moment the assassin touched the sphere in her path she was violently thrown back, causing Rielda to shake her head in annoyance. Stripe took up a ready stance as soon as the sphere disappeared, a smirk settling on his face. Rielda hissed as she lunged forward once more but Stripe was ready for this, dodging the wild attack and creating another sphere directly behind his opponent and with an amazing show of agility the Kryn Prince did a back flip directly over his opponent, placing himself in her path once more and depositing another sphere in front of her. Rielda's eyes widened as she was thrown back into the first sphere that Stripe had just created, now the once feared assassin was doing an excellent impression of a ping pong ball, bouncing back and forth between the two spheres of light and showing no signs of stopping any time soon.

"Telekinetic spheres. By myself I would be hard pressed to defeat a member of the dynasty, but I carry that which your kind fears greatly, ancient artifacts that were created for a singular purpose, to fight against your kind and allow the bearer to triumph! One of the several artifacts I wield created these spheres for me and as we can see, they work wonders against an opponent that employs a Kinetic disruption field." Stripe stood over the defeated assassin when her kinetic disruption field lost power, depositing the disoriented woman to the ground.

"Stripe, what will we do with her? I have a feeling that our normal brig would not be able to contain Rielda for very long." Jazelle stepped forward, ready to assist her prince if the apparently defeated assassin so much as breathed incorrectly.

"Worry not, I think I have a solution to our problem." Stripe was about to raise his hands to his crown when he felt a trio of new presences behind him.

"I am afraid I will have to stop you, Stripe'Gia. Mother, your claim on the Prince is now null and void at your loss, we are leaving." As Stripe tried to activate his crown and change the invading Dynasty members into stone statues they all vanished, as if they had never been aboard at all. Stripe fell to a knee, the stress of using his artifacts finally taking their toll on the man. Stripe pulled his com device out, wanting an update on the situation.

"Jan, what's happening with the battle with the Dynasty outpost?"

"Well Stripe, while you were tracking down the intruders, the fighters we had been fighting pulled back, allowing us to pass the cordon. We are now on our way to the interior of the Aebra system, we should reach your home world in approximately 12 hours." Stripe sighed as he cut the channel and tried to stand, nearly falling forward before he was caught by Jazelle and one of his guards.

"Stripe, you have barely slept these last few weeks, we will inform you of any changes, as head priestess I am ordering to you your quarters to sleep. We will need your strength when we reach Aebra, your no good to your people if your dead on your feet." Stripe looked at Jazelle and grinned softly, nodding his head as he was helped back to his room to rest.

Back on Earth

Naruto kept a tight leash on his laughter lest it burst forth and ruin the tenuous peace in the car. After Gina escaped Brianna's grip twice she had finally been tied up by the half were cheetah and left to stew in her seat. Brittany had simply grinned evilly and said one ting to her bound sister. "Payback for all the time's we've almost gotten flattened on those crazy expeditions of yours sis. Now, behave, we're almost there."

Naruto chuckled as he maneuvered the now submerged car towards their final destination, Atlantis. A flashing light on the car's control panel caught his attention and he triggered the com system. "Unidentified vehicle, identify yourselves."

"This is Ginamobile Mark VIII, requesting clearance to land. Princess Tyr should be expecting us." A terse reply to land in docking bay one was Naruto's only answer as he followed the instructions. As soon as the car touched down both Brittany and Brianna leapt out of the car, stretching their sore muscles from a 8 hour car ride. Naruto jumped out and was about to walk away when he heard a voice that stopped him cold.

"Aren't you FORGETTING someone, dear?" Naruto chuckled nervously, as several technicians that were in the landing bay tried to hold in their laughter at the scene before them. Naruto turned back towards the car and the bound form of his other girlfriend. Gina had a very annoyed expression plastered on her face as she gave Naruto the look. Naruto reached into the car and grabbed hold of the ropes used to incapacitate Gina and used them to haul her out of the car. Putting her over his shoulder Naruto continued walking towards Brianna and Brittany without a care in the world, even though he could almost feel the anger rolling off of Gina again. "Naruto... UNTIE ME, NOW."

"If you promise not to kill, maim, assault, attack or injure your sisters in anyway, I'll let you go. After all, we need them for the mission... now, afterwards, they're fair game. Do we have a deal?" Gina kept her head held high for several moments before giving in, all the anger in fight she had replaced by resignation.

"Fine, I give up. Just let me out of these ropes, they're starting to chafe." Naruto grinned and set Gina down on her feet and quickly freed her, cutting the rope with a kunai. Gina sighed and massaged her wrists for a moment then squeaked in surprise as Naruto pulled her close to him and kissed her hard, his arms wrapping around her waist as she squeaked in embarrassment at the show they were providing to their audience. Moments later Gina's eyes slowly closed as she got more in the mood and her arms wrapped around Naruto's neck, deepening the kiss as she ran the tip of her tongue against his lips, demanding entry. Naruto made a purring sound in his chest as he gave in, both young people not caring about anything else other than each other in this moment. Several minutes later Naruto and Gina broke apart, panting as they held each other in their arms. Naruto grinned and cupped Gina's cheek, the now calm scientist closed her eyes as she nuzzled against it and moaned softly. A click and a flash from behind the pair woke them from their content state, causing the pair to turn towards Brianna and Brittany. Both girls were grinning at them in victory, a camera in a smirking Brianna's hands.

"Wow, mom is going to love that one! But I dunno how dad will react to it... heheheheh." Naruto narrowed his eyes at Brianna and stalked towards her, grabbing the camera before she had a chance to dodge and tossed it to Gina. Naruto then grabbed Brianna and began to kiss her as well, making the previously smirking girl lean into him as if her legs had given out on her. After the pair separated Naruto give her firm ass a light slap, causing the young woman in his arms to jump and giggle.

"Now now, no telling your dad about what happens between the three of us, remember? So, lets go see Penny's ship, we need to go and get Stripe." Releasing Brianna the blonde shinobi walked past Brittany and entered to complex, leaving 3 surprised women behind him. Brittany crossed her arms under her breasts and smirked at her two currently zoned out sisters.

"And you say that I'm too crazy about my man? Well, at least I know you girls have found the right one for you, he's one in a million. Now come on, after that display I need some loving as well so we need to get a move on and find my muffin!"

Penny was hunched over her computer station, working on the last details that needed to be resolved before the ship she and the Atlanteans had designed could be launched. "The thrice damned holo force field system is still lagging! I hate patching tech between different systems like this!"

"Well Gina is here, I'm sure she can get the two different system's to 'play nice' together."

"Oh, that's great, thanks for letting...me..." Penny trailed off as she looked over her shoulder at the grinning face of Naruto, who she had no clue had snuck up on her. One scream later and Ace came barreling out of a side chamber, wondering what had happened to his girlfriend. The scene that met his gaze caused him to step back a moment, completely confused at what he saw. Penny had her arms around Naruto and was spinning him around like he was a stuffed toy, switching between talking a mile a minute and giggling insanely. Just as Ace was about to step in and stop his girlfriend from... doing whatever she was doing a hand gripped his shoulder and stopped him. Looking over his shoulder Ace's eyes widened at the fact an exact copy of Naruto was stopping him from moving.

"S'ok, she's just geeking out about the fact she's getting to see a shadow clone for the first time. She should be calming down right about... now." True to Naruto's declaration Penny stopped spinning the clone around and began to examine him more closely. Looking back at Ace, Naruto grinned at his surprised expression. "What? Didn't your girlfriend tell you? I'm a super power shinobi from a legendary land from the past, I make any and all current ninja's look like toddlers."

"Oh... s'cool bro." Naruto blinked in surprise then grinned, giving the pilot a one armed man hug.

"HAH! You're the first person to instantly accept that! You're awesome man, I can see we're going to get along just fine." Naruto grinned as the Diggers finally caught up and saw the scene in front of them. Gina walked towards Penny and gave her a light hip check to move her further away from the clone she was examining.

"Penny, that is an exact copy of my boyfriend, right down to the memories he has. So hands off, he's still mine... and Brianna's." Penny chuckled as she turned back to her terminal and entered several commands.

"Well, now that your all here, ready to see our ride?" At several excited nods Penny entered the final command and the room was bathed in brilliant lights, showing them the previously hidden ship. It was a sleek design, similar in design to a SR-71 but much more futuristic. Brittany and Brianna both looked at the ship in awe and were not afraid to voice their impressions.

"WOW! Awesome!"

"OOOOO! AHHHH!"

Gina grumbled as she leaned against Naruto, impressed by the ship but not by how her sister's were reacting. "Brit has never Oooed or Ahhed at any of my inventions before... and is Brianna trying to say I'm not awesome?" Naruto grinned and kissed the top of Gina's head as she voiced her annoyances.

"S'ok Hime, I think you're awesome. And your inventions always impress me." Gina closed her eyes and snuggled in a bit closer to her man as Penny continued her explanation on the craft.

"Everyone, feast your eyes on the Visigoth, the first hyperdrive equipped ship from Earth! With this baby we should be able to reach Aebra in about 24 hours and once we're there that's where this baby can really show what it's made of! It's sub-light speed engines are a new design of mine that give it a huge edge in speed, this added to the maneuverability of the ship make it as deadly as any advanced tactical fighter in the world... WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Everyone followed Penny's gaze as the original Naruto began leaping towards the vertical craft, stopping as he stood on the nosecone of the ship. Crouching down there was a brief flash of light and Naruto made his way back towards the group, a clearly annoyed Penny looking at Naruto expectantly for answers.

"It's ok, I didn't damage the ship at all, I just wanted to add a little... insurance policy." Penny kept her gaze on the blonde shinobi as she continued her lecture on the new craft.

"As I was saying, all of these features combined with the weapons I received from Brianna yesterday makes the Visigoth one of the most deadly ships I have ever seen. There is just one problem that needs to be fixed and your the perfect person to fix it Gina. The ship uses a holographic force field projector, but since I optimized it to run on the Visigoth it's been running like a dog. I thought since your an expert with A.I. algorithms you'd be able to find out what's causing the issue." Gina took the offered tablet, looked at the info for a moment then gave Naruto a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Be right back Naru, this shouldn't take too long." As Gina exited the launch bay to begin the process of resolving the issue with the holo systems, Naruto walked forward and stood beside the only other male in attendance, idly noticing Brittany walk out of the bay, presumably to see what her sister was up to.

"So, you can fly startships too huh? Is there anything you can't fly?" Ace shrugged as he took a drink from a can of pop, his free hand holding up a similar can for Naruto. The blonde grinned, took the proffered can and took a long gulp, the cold liquid hitting the spot. As Penny continued to talk about the limitations of the craft Naruto glanced at Ace from the corner of his eye. "So, you and Penny huh? She seems like a handful." Ace grinned as he also looked at Naruto from the corner of his eye.

"Hah, like you're one to talk dawg, chillin with both G and Bri, that's gotta be a mess an' a half my man." Naruto laughed loudly and crushed the now empty can, throwing it into the nearby waste can with perfect aim.

"For any normal guy, sure, but remember, solid clones. I'll let you make your own assumptions about that." Naruto patted the man lightly on the shoulder and walked toward Brianna, holding her from behind as Penny finished talking about the ship. Ace looked at the man and could only think one thing.

"Damn, lucky bastard."

Just as Naruto was walking towards the girls. Penny was pointing towards a darkened corner of the launch bay. Everyone not occupied(Gina and Brit) turned and saw a multicolored robot make it's way towards the group. As the robot drew closer Naruto's eyes widened, his senses telling him that there were lifeforms inside of the unit before the group... but it was even shorter than Gina, how could there be multiple lifeforms in such a small robot?

"Hullo laddies and lasses! We be the last part of the assault force that ye be needin for this venture! Lads, let's be showin'em th' goods! Reconfiguration!" A mechanical 5 beat tone was heard and the robot separated into... 5 shoes? Penny sighed as she shook her head at the incredulous expressions everyone wore.

"I was commissioned last year to build a prototype robot for the leprechaun nation, they were in the process of creating a highly specialized combat team known as the Vaultron Force. They wanted a robot that could reconfigure parts of itself into the assorted shoes you see here. I still for the life of me can't figure it out though... why would they want me to design them to look like shoes?" Penny rubbed her chin as everyone looked at her as if she had grown another head. "Oh come on, stop looking at me like that! It was a rough year, I had to do something to make ends meet!"

Naruto crouched down and looked at the assembled footwear in confusion. "A high top shoe, a ballet slipper, a combat boot, a... flipper? That's not even a shoe! And a slipper? Come on, calling them all shoes is a real stretch of the imagination Penny." Just as Naruto finished speaking a hatch at the rear of the ballet slipper flipped open and a small form hauled itself out of the mechanical slipper, gasping for air.

"Damn ye McKeith! I be needin some AC in there, that slipper be a sauna!" Naruto leaned forward until he was an inch from the small woman that appeared out of the slipper, his blue eyes unblinking as he studied the being in front of him.

"Sorry bout the question... but what exactly is a leprechaun?" The small weight appearing on Naruto's shoulder didn't faze him, but the three inch blade resting lightly on his jugular did. Looking over Naruto saw another leprechaun, one dressed as a stereotypical ninja holding a sword at his neck. 'Dammit, now I'm cursed with midget shinobi wannabe's! Damn you karma, this is to balance things out because I'm so kick ass ain't it? Well, fuck you too!'

"I'd advise you to step back from the Princess big man, or me boyo there could be lettin his hand slip and we'll be havin a wee mess on our hands." Naruto looked over at the apparent leader, another leprechaun with a four leaf clover on the left breast of his uniform and a truly awesome beard. Narrowing his eyes in irritation Naruto glared at the leader then smirked.

"Really? Well, Mckeith was it? I think we'll see about that." Once his last word was uttered, Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke, causing the leprechauns to all look around themselves cautiously while the ninja leprechaun picked himself off the floor. Brianna sighed and looked over at Penny.

"You know, as much as I love the guy, I seriously think he has a problem. Every time we meet someone claiming to be a ninja he does this. Please tell Naruto these guys are allies or this could get messy."

"Relax Hime, I'm not going to educate them like I was with Daishi. I'm just going to... assess them. After all, I am the tactical commander of this mission so I need to know what they can do." Each piece of the Vaultron force combined again to form the powerful looking robot from earlier. As the gestalt scanned the large launch bay it's right arm lashed out, grabbing a kunai before it could hit the joint in it's arm the weapon had been aimed at.

"Oh ho! So you do have some skill I see! But, I'd throw that away if I were you, the explosive tag is about to go off." Vaultron quickly tossed the kunai into the air, throwing it's arm over the head module as a bright flare blinded it's optic sensors. Naruto dropped down from the ceiling and waded in, using taijutsu to test the unit's speed, strength, agility and adaptability. Naruto's initial look of superiority slowly changed to one of surprise and then admiration as the gestalt was able to keep up with him trading blows back and forth and managing to block or dodge a large number of Naruto's hits. Sliding back form a powerful exchange of blows, the Vaultron team and Naruto stared at each other from opposite sides of the launch bay and at the same time both beings made their move. Vaultron launched themselves towards Naruto, who after a moment held up his hand and was holding a spinning blue orb of energy before he raced towards his current foe.

"Faith and begorrah, he be a shadow dancer! Pink Heart, Yellow Star, form Blazin' Shillelagh, now!" The Vaultron gestalt's hands slammed together as they rocketed towards Naruto and as they pulled apart they formed a blazing cudgel of energy that was brought up to meet Naruto's attack. Naruto's eyes widened at the motion then a wide grin settled on his face as he slammed his rasengan into the newly formed weapon. Leprechaun magic battled against shinobi chakra and the results were equally impressive as a massive explosion of energy sent both fighters sprawling to the far sides of the launch pad again.

Both combatants slowly stood, gazed at each other for a moment, then stalked towards each other. As the pair stood face to face, Naruto's stern visage didn't move an inch as he held out his fist towards Vaultron. A moment later Vaultron did the same and both combatants... bumped fists before nearly collapsing in laughter. Naruto continued to laugh as he put his arm around the automaton's shoulders and grinned at his stunned friends. "Awesome, these guys are the real deal. Makes me feel safer working with people I can trust. How about you guys, do my skills pass your little test?"

"Aye laddie, we be knowing the pecking order around these parts for sure now, don't we team?" At the chorus of agreements Naruto walked over to a shell shocked Penny and Brianna and grinned at their expressions.

"Ah come, it's nothing to worry about. Ace, tell'em man, if you had to work with someone that was supposed to be as good a flier as you and that person assumed he had command, wouldn't you want to make sure he could actually out fly you or at least keep up?" Both girls looked over at Ace, waiting for him to agree or disagree. Ace looked at Naruto with a look of betrayal, but the man refused to leave a bro hangin.

"That's exactly what'd happen dawg. It's a guy thing, sorry girls it's just what we do." Brianna looked at Penny, Penny looked at Brianna and both girls immediately marched towards the entrance of the launching bay. Just as they were about to exit Gina and Brittany appeared, a victorious smile on the young genius' face as she held up the tablet she had been given earlier.

"I'm all done with the force... what the heck happened here? What did we miss?" Penny and Brianna each grabbed a girl to describe the situation that had occurred. Ace glanced over at Naruto and winced.

"Man, you are in so much shit for that stunt you just pulled! I hope you got a way outta this man cause it's gonna take some serious sucking up to fix this." Naruto sighed as he put his hands on his hips, wondering if he would ever understand women.

'I doubt you ever will.'

Naruto's eyes widened as he focused on his mindscape, immediately standing before the crystalline structure that was holding in Kurama, positive that he had heard his partner cracking a joke at his expense. Just this morning when he had checked the seal mechanism there were still two more rings to go. But now, one ring was gone and the last had almost completely cycled through, only a few sections remained of the final ring, allowing more of Kurama's energy to seep through to his chakra coils and apparently letting him have an idea of what was happening. Naruto placed his hands on the seal and concentrated for a moment, trying to understand what had caused the drastic change. A moment later and Naruto grinned, patted the remainder of the final ring and left his mindscape, much happier about the situation than when he had heard his partner's voice.

'I'll have to thank the Vaultron force for that fight, the blast of magic when their cudgel hit the rasengan somehow managed to cut the time to releasing Kurama by a significant margin. Who knows, if we run into anything crazy out there I may just be able to introduce them to my partner... and the dangers of trying to piss us off.'

Exiting his mindscape Naruto turned back to the Vaultron force and cocked his head to the side as he looked at them. "Mckeith, I need a word with you, walk with me." A small door opened up and the Vaultron force's leader jumped down and the pair walked towards the far edge of the landing bay while Ace looked on quizzically, wondering what was going on. A few minutes later the pair returned and Naruto helped his height challenged ally back into his portion of the Vaultron gestalt, the silence between the two further confusing Ace. At Ace's inquiring glance, Naruto smiled and nodded his head, showing that everything was alright. "Now that we've resolved that issue, I just need to survive the onslaught of Hurricane Gina and Tsunami Brianna... this is gonna take some fast talking." A sudden idea of inspiration came to Naruto and he tapped out a sequence on a small pad he had been given by Brianna. Moments later his newly designed armor appeared and attached itself to his body, proudly displaying the symbol of Konoha on his chest. Ace looked at the man in confusion and Naruto merely said, "Well, they made it so it should make them happy I'm using it... but on the off chance that negotiations fail some extra layers of armor between me and them wouldn't be a bad idea."

1 hour later

Naruto had managed to smooth things over with the girls... somehow, and final preparations were underway to launch the Visigoth. As the final checks were made, Princess Tyr watched the group of her friends enter the bridge of the ship and sighed. Garen watched in interest as the Princess fretted while she stood out of the way of several technicians. Standing beside his lady, Garen leaned closer so that only she could hear his words. "Princess Tyr, why don't you want to see them off in person? If I didn't know better, I'd say you were avoiding the heroes of Atlantis."

"You know me too well Garen. I... I feel ashamed that all I can do is send them off to rescue Eldorado in it's time of peril, while I stay her safe with my people. They risk their lives for their friends, as we should as well."

Garen sighed as he looked his Princess in her eye and grinned. "My lady, we have done our part, if we had not then this would not have been possible. We have given them the doorway and key to their adventure, but it is they who would argue that we should leave this to them. Be that as it may, I have a feeling that we may yet be able to assist our friends."

Moments later the Visigoth was launched from the bay, a pillar of fire the only evidence that the ship had even been there. Princess Tyr sent a final prayer for a safe return out to any being that was listening, placing her trust in her friends that they would come back.

On the Visigoth

Naruto grinned from his seat in the back, looking over at his neighbor to his right. Gina on the sensor station was making her final checks and ahead of him Brianna was manning the weapons station. Naruto had a kunai out and was spinning it around on his hand, the flashing metal never cutting his skin or flying free as he used his chakra to keep a tight lease on the deadly tool. Looking towards the front of the bridge Naruto could almost see the glee rolling off of Ace as he punched the engines, pushing everyone back in their seats as the G forces climbed rapidly.

"KEVIN, SLOW DOWN!" Ace grinned as he increased their speed again, sending the Visigoth into the upper atmosphere and blackness of space at over five thousand kph. Once the planet's gravity relinquished it's hold on the ship Ace turned to Penny and flashed her a grin.

"Sorry Penny, what did you say?" Penny silently glared at her boyfriend as she decided what to say to him. Finally deciding to let the matter go she addressed the ragtag crew of the ship.

"Never mind, 'Ace', now that the inertial dampeners are working we can make our way to the hyper space jump point, I'm sending you the... wait, what's that noise?" A banging sound could be heard from a compartment in the aisle, causing everyone to look at the panel in worry. Penny finally screwed up the courage to check and see what the problem was and as the panel rose she pointed her finger directly into the face of Charlotte.

"CHARLOTTE?! I told you to stay behind, this is way too dangerous! Wait... where are the supplies that were in here? What did you do with them!?"

Brittany placed her had on Penny's shoulder in an effort to calm her down, seeing the woman start to get frustrated with what was happening. "Penny, it's ok, she wanted to help, so what if we're missing some supplies, they weren't that important were they?" Penny bit her lower lip as she turned towards Brittany, wondering how to break the news to the excitable woman.

"Um, I'll let you decide that... after all, this is where I stored all of the tuna for you and Brianna."

Brianna and Brittany both had looks of pure horror on their faces, which of course caused Charlotte to burst into tears, afraid she had angered the two fishaholics. Both Brianna and Brittany sighed as they looked at each other, then hung their heads in shame. Naruto took pity on the girls and got Charlotte's attention. "Hey Charlie, s'ok, I think the girls are ok on taking a short break from fish, right girls?"

Penny let out a huff in irritation and turned back to her terminal again. "Alright, settle down, we got a long flight ahead of use. Kevin, punch it."

In orbit above Aebra

Stripe leaned over the terminal and focused on the information that his crew had found. "Nothing? Nothing at all?" Turning to his right Stripe saw the saddened expression of Jan as she nodded.

"That's correct Stripe. There are no signs of civilization, no surviving cities at all on our scopes... I'm.. I'm sorry Stripe, it appears that the Dynasty has wiped out all trace of your people... wait... on the horizon, there's a city! Coastal, heavily fortified, it's most likely the capital, but wait... Dynasty forces are advancing on them! They will not be able to withstand the onslaught for long!"

Stripe took a deep breath, steadying himself so that he was prepared to do what must be done. "Jan, take us down into the middle of the city. We will support our kin and drive the Dynasty back, back to the pit from where they crawled out of. Prepared the city for war!"

Riogen watched as his army advanced on the final bastion of Kryn on the planet, his troops eager to finish the kill and end the assault on the planet. 'Father has orchestrated this war masterfully, allowing the Kryn to retreat to a single point of resistance... a place that will become their tomb should they fail to surrender.'

As the Dynasty Warlords and Gigas' marched forward, Riogen began to feel pity for his enemy, saluting them for their resolve to never surrender. As Riogen watched the outer walls crumble under a vicious barrage of energy blasts, the thunderous sound of a ship rapidly descending from orbit caused the leader of the Dynasty ground forces to look at the newest player on the field, the city ship of El Dorado. A shining beam of light leapt from the rapidly descending ship and Riogen soon saw who was coming to meet him head on.

"Ah, the Prince of the Kryn, your strength must be great to have bested Rielda! Come warrior, there is too much at stake for me to let you pass!" As Riogen leapt skyward towards his prey, the Prince extended his hand in front of him and created a white sphere of energy where both combatants would converge. While the Prince was thrown back into the air, Riogen tsk'ed as he was thrown towards the ground, his momentum broken as Stripe charged another attack.

"Stand aside and I will spare you! Either way I will reach the surface and save my people, by any means necessary!"

'His power and control... astonishing! I have been completely defeated in mere moments. Though I am more sage than warrior this should not be possible. I believe it is time for me to allow those that are more suited to warfare to take the stage and finish what I have started.'

As Riogen began to fade away, Stripe never saw the massive shadow behind him until it was too late. The Gigas raised it's hand and slammed the Prince into a nearby building, stopping him from advancing any further. Stripe's consciousness was fading fast, but a single thought echoed through his mind.,

'Oh man, Brittany is going to kill me when she hears about this.'