Fox Days

by AreYouFrikkenSerious

When Naruto gets summoned to another world when his ended, will he be able to lead a life that is more peaceful and relaxed than before? Well he is Uzumaki Naruto... Pairings: Naruto Leo; Cinque Eclair. R&R with suggestions if you like. Citruses will not appear in this story.

11. Chapter 25 - Epilog Part 3

Hi all. This will be my last upload for this story, but don't be sad…I am already working on the next one.

PLEASE READ

I know I said that it was going to be a 6 Chapter Upload…That was before I reconsidered. As the Flashback scenes basically take over an entire episode I won't make that into a chapter. Also I will make the Sky Whale Arc Into two huge ass chapters, meaning it will remain a 3 chapter upload plus the epilog. Sorry for the change, but it kinda bugs me to stray of my usual upload style.

Happy reading. #ThumbsUp

Why do I keep on having to remind you all of this? Oh yeah…it will be the last time for this Fanfic…yay…Wait…there will be more fanfictions…damnit…

"Greetings." Speaking

'Hello.' Thinking

"Rasengan" Technique/Jutsu name

Chapter 25

Pastillage, Palace Garden

Adele was sitting under the Pavilion, reading a book whilst drinking tea. She looked up.

"It is a nice say today…Fi-chan…" she said.

Galette

In the Capital City of Galette everyone was thoroughly enjoying the atmosphere as well as the beautiful day. On the large screens the News was going over the recent event, where Naruto and Leo announced their married state as well as Leo expecting to the entire continent.

"The recent arranged Marriage games held by Leo-sama was very popular and we have gotten word that the unexpected announcement from her has been received with great applause all over the continent. Another Highlight of that event was Prince Leaf from Halver. Naruto-sama himself said that he possessed great potential and skill. That being said, it has been agreed that challenging Naruto-sama to an emblem arts contest is bordering on suicide as numerous witnesses have seen him use it before and they all claim that he came close to destroying a mountain, though that time he used the full power." The news reporter said.

Up in the castle

Leo, Violet and Leaf were currently in Leo's old Office.

"Have you rested well?" Leo asked.

"Yes." He answered.

"Since you came all the way from Halver, why don't you stay here for a while and have a look at Galette and the rest of the Continent?" Leo asked.

Leafs ears began twitching violently.

"Definitely." He said.

"Well, I will then see you later. Naruto has asked me to help him with something. For now, why don't you hang out with the others?" Leo suggested.

"Will do. See you later." Leaf said.

Outside the office

"So you see, I will be here for a little." Leaf said.

"Ok." The genoise and Nanami said with different expressions…more like Noir keeping her stoic face instead of joining the other three with the large smiles…

"Come by the barracks later." Gaul said. "I am sure that our men would be happy to see a strong warrior such as yourself."

"Will do." Leaf said. His smile turned to surprise when Nanami embraced him from behind.

"You are not coming with us, Gaul?" she asked.

"I would like to, but I still have work to do…anyway, even though he is a midget compared to Naruto, he is still a prince. You shouldn't be too friendly with him." Gaul told her.

"Oh right." Nanami said.

"No. I am still young, and I'm not performing my official duties now, so feel free to think of me as one of Vert's relatives." Leaf said.

"Really?" Nanami asked, playful glint in her eyes.

"That would be a lot more relaxed." Jaune said.

"We really are relatives, too." Vert added.

"Jeez…Just keep an eye on them and make sure things don't get too crazy." Gaul told Noir.

"Ok, Gaul-sama." She said stoically…with a thumbs up and a sparkle.

Shortly afterwards, Ocean side restaurant

The four girls plus one boy were sitting around a table with a large, cross eyed grilled fish inbetween them. Surrounding the fish were various other food types such as french fries, salads and dangos.

"And so…" Nanami said.

"First we eat!" Jaune said.

"A favorite of Galettian warriors…" Vert began. "Enjoy the lunch menu of the Sea Dragon Tavern!"

Leaf smiled widely…to the point his mouth was as large as his eyes…as he looked at the grilled fish.

"It is fresh from the ocean." Noir said, for once having a happy expression on her face.

"It is a popular spot for fishermen to go, too." Jaune said.

"Here you are, special Hero-brand soup." A waitress said, pushing a serving cart.

"And this is a popular menu item from Earth that Nanami taught us how to make." Jaune said.

"It is based off bouillabaisse, a popular dish from Earth." Nanami said.

"Worldwide!" Leaf said as Vert tied him a napkin.

"Come on, let's eat before it gets cold." Vert said.

"Let's eat!" the five of them said together.

Whilst putting soup in his bowl, Nanami told leaf, "Boys need to eat a lot and grow up big and strong."

"That's right." Jaune said.

"That is true." Vert said.

"Otherwise you will never be able to get Naruto to hand Leo over to you." Noir said whilst eating…fortunately everyone was too focused on the food to hear her.

"Now be careful. The soup is hot." Nanami told Leaf.

"Many thanks." Leaf said.

"It is good!" he said and began eating the soup with vigor…until he burned his tongue.

"Maybe a bit too good." Noir commented.

Sometime later

"And this is Vannette City." Nanami said.

They were currently walking through the merchant sector, looking at the wares and souvenirs being sold there.

"I bought the present I gave you here." Vert told her distant cousin.

"I see." Leaf said.

"And if you head into a back alley…" Nanami began. They soon found themselves looking at some hand-crafted wares and small food stalls. "Some people sell things a little cheaper and less fancy."

"It is amazing. It is so lively here." Leaf said.

"Oh my, it's Nanami-chan and the Genoise girls." One of the food vendors said, noticing them.

"Want to see what I've got? I got some dried fish today." The fishmonger said.

"That is great." Nanami said.

"We're showing Vert's relative around at the moment, so we'll come by later." Jaune said.

"Righto." The fishmonger said.

"I hope your cute relative enjoys his stay." The food vendor said.

Leaf was beginning to feel embarrassed.

"Y-yes." He stuttered.

Shortly afterwards, in the castle

"And this is where the knights work." Noir said.

"Uhm, is it alright for me to be here? I mean I am from another country after all…" Leaf said, looking uncertain.

"It is fine. We're with you." Vert said.

"Besides, Shinku and the others have already come here." Nanami said.

"What about Naruto-san?" Leaf asked. "Where does he train?"

"About that…" They all turned around to see Leo approaching them with Naruto. "Naruto has recently finished creating the Space Bridge Portal Seals connecting each of the sovereign palaces to a junction room inside Freedoms Passage."

"Really? How does that work?" Nanami asked.

"Basically it is Teleportation." Naruto told her in Japanese. Nanami's eyes widened.

"And does it work?" Jaune asked.

"10 minutes ago I was finished drawing the seals in Biscotti." Naruto said.

"Ok, let's go." Leaf said, overjoyed.

5 minutes later

"WHOAAAH?" Leaf said as he stepped through the portal into the Junction Room. "How is that possible? Just now I was in Galette…"

"Instant Particle Warp Teleportation using Space Time Seals that are powered by emblem arts powers." Leo said, reciting word for word what Naruto had told her…

"instant Particle…what now?" Leaf asked. She shrugged.

…not that she understood how it worked at all.

Another couple of minutes later

Leaf, Nanami, Vert, Jaune and Noir watched in awe as they surveyed the huge training field that was essentially one massive obstacle course. And running through the course was Naruto with several dozen Kilograms worth of weights on each of his limbs…and he was rushing through the course as though it were a damn afternoon stroll.

"That is some hectic training course." Nanami said.

"THAT is just his warm-up." Leo said, looking at the figure out there on the training field. The others looked at her as though she had grown a second head.

"Naruto, I think we should continue the tour." Leo called out. To Leaf's great surprise Naruto walked towards them…on the water.

"Right…I think the armory is next…" Naruto said. "Would you like to see my personal armory or the general one?" Naruto asked. Leaf, standing at the very front of the visiting group, didn't see the looks of horror on the others' faces.

"I am interested in seeing…" Leaf began. The others held their breath. "…the first option." Those who held their breath sighed in relief…until his words hit them.

"WHAT?" they shouted.

One session of Hell later

"Why didn't I choose the other option?" Leaf asked. If it hadn't been for Naruto and Leo, he would have been turned into a beast ball.

"Won't walking through there affect your pregnancy?" Leaf gasped once he was outside of the room.

"Not really. I have learned to move around in there without making the weapons fall on me. Also I am not that far into the pregnancy yet for it to affect my daily life." Leo said.

"What we will show you next is far safer than that room." Naruto said. The others shivered. "The last person to visit our chambers nearly broke her nose when she dive jumped on our bed." The collective sigh of relief echoed through the hallway.

"Well…this is very…Spartan…" Nanami commented as she entered the bedroom. All she could see was a bed, two cupboards and a small table with two chairs. The floor had a few animal pelts here and there, including the largest bear pelt she had even seen.

"I never was one for fancy things." Naruto said.

"Why is that?" Leaf asked.

"He grew up knowing nothing but War." Leo said. "And when I say war, I mean the type where lives are lost."

Leaf gasped. "How many did you…"

"Too many." Naruto interrupted his question. "Back there we lived according to the 'Kill or be Killed' principle. Those who held back never got strong enough to defeat their next opponent."

"Survival of the fittest." Nanami said. Everyone looked at her, four of them not understanding her statement.

"The strongest survive and the weak die." Naruto said. Nanami nodded.

"The driving force of ancient evolution." Leo added. The others nodded in understanding.

The mood was somber until Nanami tried lifting the mood. "But anyway, let's talk about something else." And then made the same mistake Couvert made…

Next…

"And this is the Castles Library." Leo said. Behind her Vert, Leaf, Noir and Jaune gasped in awe while Nanami nursed her bruised nose.

"It is huge…" Leaf said. Indeed, the library was at least 100 meters long by 75 meters wide and went up three stories. There were so many shelves that there was barely a space of 1.5 meters between each of them, and the shelves up to the second floor were jam packed with books and scrolls.

And walking around the the library were people wearing clothes with a special insignia that none of them had seen before.

"What does that insignia mean?" Nanami asked.

"I sent requests to dozens of countries to send some young scholars here. There are so many scrolls and books here that Naruto and I cannot go through them all to look for certain information every time a new Demon appears. Naruto has some clones working in Pastillage to add some of their library to this one." Leo said.

Some time later

"Let's head back to Galette for now." Naruto said.

"Why?"

"I think the training Battle is going to start soon."

25 minutes later

Arrows filled the sky as the two 'armies' fired towards the other. Nobody was hit though as the arrows were aimed at the targets between each army.

"Company 2, Fire!" someone shouted out, and the air was once again filled with arrows.

On a hill nearby overlooking the 'battle' stood Nanami, Noir, Jaune, Vart, Leaf and Leo.

"They seem really fierce." Leaf commented.

"True, for a training exercise it I pretty serious." Noir said. "Over there is the army that Gaul-sama is leading." She pointed to yet another 'battle'.

"The people from Biscotti are participating today as well." Nanami said. "Cinque and Éclair-chan are at the front lines."

"And the other army there is being led by General Godwin." Vert said.

"So where is the old man?" Jaune asked.

"Over there!" Nanami said, pointing towards a large man in black armor.

"Old Man!" Jaune called out as they walked over.

"Jo, old man." Noir greeted.

"What brings the five of you here?" he asked. "And who is the brat?"

"Hmm? You didn't see the marriage games?" Noir asked.

"I just got back from an expedition last night, and I've been here all day." Godwin answered.

"You haven't seen today's news?" Jaune asked.

Godwin folded his arms and tried to recall everything he remembered hearing about the games.

"The marriage games were another big success…rather, It became interesting since Naruto-san participated…well nobody can win against that guy when he is serious. Was there anything else?" he asked more to himself than to others.

"There was one other bit of news." Nanami said, feeling smug.

"One other bit of news?" Godwin said. "Oh, I heard that one of the losers was a young man who held his own against Naruto-san until they decided to use their strongest emblem arts. I'd like to see him some day." Leo giggled, to his surprise.

"Ok, here's your chance." Vert said, pushing the so called 'brat' forward.

Even Noir had to suppress a laugh at the surprised and confused expression on Godwin's face.

"Greeting, General." Leaf greeted him. "I am Leaf Land du Sha Halver, from the Kingdom of Halver!"

"He is the Warrior who made Naruto get more serious than the others and challenged him to the emblem arts finale." Nanami added.

"He is a relative of mine and a prince of Halver." Vert finished the introduction.

Godwin was so shocked his arms were waving all over the place. After a few seconds he recomposed himself.

"Oh, I'm sorry for calling you a brat earlier." Godwin said. "Even if I didn't know, that was very rude of me."

"Please don't worry." Leaf said. "During the fight Naruto treated me like his hunting prey…I thought he was going to kill and roast me." Leaf shuddered at the memory.

"Well…If Naruto were to be called an animal, he would be called a multi tailed Fox. Their species are known for excelling at hunting numerous prey types including rabbits…" Godwin said, unknowingly adding fuel to the fire.

"But they also have the habit of befriending those that should be their prey and they will never hunt their friends." Leo said, using the proverbial fire extinguisher.

"Anyways, I'm being shown around the country. I'm not here on official business." Leaf said.

"I see." Godwin said, still sweating slightly.

"You are stiff, old man." Noir said.

"I hope you can be friends." Jaune added.

"You guys are just too relaxed…" Godwin said.

"General, can Prince Leaf and I borrow the training ground for a bit?" Nanami asked.

"That is a great Idea. It is afternoon break just now. Please show our warriors the skills of their hero and Prince Leaf." Godwin told her. "I'll tell Lord Gaul and the Inu-Yuusha battle-couple."

His attendants quickly left to spread the word.

"Inu-Yuusha battle-couple?" Leaf asked. Leo laughed.

"I used to call them the 'Puppy-Hero' duo, but since Éclair has grown strong enough to give me a run for my money and she and Cinque are in an official relationship, Naruto coined the new title for the two of them." She said.

"I never knew about that." Nanami said.

"Because by the time you were summoned she and Naruto were already engaged. Also, it actually started out as the 'Baka-duo', until they defeated her with excellent teamwork." Noir said.

"And Naruto?" Leaf asked.

"He was only defeated once, and that was only temporarily. Remember the incident with the two demon blades?" Jaune said to Nanami, whose eyes widened in realization.

"What incident?" Leaf asked.

"In total, Naruto has defeated 3 Master Class Demons by himself. The third one managed to temporarily take control of his body after he removed it from its previous host. If it weren't for Leo-sama, he would have become a Master-class demon with the power to eradicate all life on the continent." Vert explained.

"T-three Demon Blades?" Leaf stuttered. "Just how powerful is he?"

"If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say when he isn't holding back he is on par with a major deity or even a God." Godwin said. "But he doesn't let his strength go to his head. He prioritizes the well being of others above his own. Now, I'd get going. The announcement will soon happen."

"Prince, let's show the people of Galette how cool you are!" Nanami said.

"Yes." He replied.

After the announcement and Vert fretting over Leafs appearance…

"Wanna bet? I'm betting on Nanami." Gaul told Cinque.

"Then I'll bet on Prince Leaf." Cinque said.

"What about you, Éclair?" Gaul asked.

"I don't bet. Though I am interested to see who is stronger between those two." She replied. She sat down to watch, pulling Cinque with her to the ground and laying her head on his shoulder. He in turn laid his head on hers and had his arm around her body.

"Begin the match!" Godwin called out.

Immediately Leaf shot a bolt at Nanami, who was jumping from log to log. The bolt hit the log she just landed on, but she managed to jump off before it hit. she then closed the distance using her ice-skate-like water-skates, dodging bolt as she went.

Leaf reloaded quickly, then took careful aim.

Nanami deflected the incoming bolt, which exploded, bloking Leaf's view and allowing Nanami to finish closing the distance between them.

Leaf blocked her first strike with his crossbow.

Nanami then went for a point blank Water God's Fist. When the dust cleared, Leaf was nowhere to be seen…on the ground…

Nanami suddenly heard Leaf reloading his crossbow…from above her. She barely had time to react to Leaf basically dive bombing her with his crossbow. Still, the only damage she received was for the top of her headwear to shatter.

"Nice." She said.

With the others

"Nanami is amazing. I cannot believe she survived that." Noir said.

"Well, she does know how to dodge, mostly thanks to Naruto." Jaune said.

"Yeah. Naruto-san can be a sadist when it comes to training…" Godwin said.

POV change, Birds eye view of the battleground

Two streaks of Green and Blue respectively clashed all over the watery battlefield, sending water geysers into the air.

With the combatants

"I'm just a hero who comes here once in a while, but I hope I can be friends with you." Nanami said.

"Same here, Hero Nanami. Same here." Leaf answered. They were currently in a trial of strength, meaning they had their weapons locked together and were trying to push the other back.

"Just call me Nanami." She said.

"Ok, Nanami-san. You can call me by my given name as well. Now, how about we end this the same way I did with Naruto-san?" he asked.

"Sounds good." Nanami said. They both separated and began charging their emblem arts to their max power.

Whilst doing so, they had a short conversation about Leo, Gaul and the others.

Afterwards they both threw their strongest Emblem arts towards the other. Surprisingly, there was no explosion, just an orb that engulfed the entire area, then shrank away into nothing.

Somehow, Noir and Jaune had gotten hold of the commentators' microphones.

"Their attacks exploded." Noir said.

"Now, let's see who is the winner." Jaune added.

Still standing on his log, Leaf had spiral eyes and had a bare torso thanks to the explosion. When he fell to his knees, the rest disintegrated.

Nanami meanwhile also had spiral eyes, but her clothes disintegrated all at once. She was too out of it to realize that there was a floating camera less than 6 feet in front of her…

"This might be no good…" she stammered as she too fell to her knees. A few moments later she tried to cover herself, but the damage was already done.

"It is a tie." Jaune said.

"Nice Fanservice from Nanami, curtsey of Leaf." Noir said.

"Mou, It kind bugs me that I didn't win, but this was fun." Nanami said, sporting a Cheshire grin.

With Cinque, Éclair and Gaul

Gaul looked over at the couple, wondering if Éclair was beating the living daylights out of Cinque, only to see him covering his own eyes using his forearm while Éclair was patting his head and saying "Good Boy!" to him.

He returned his attention to the ex-battlefield.

"Nice job, Leaf." He said.

"If it is safe to look, why don't we have another shot to see who is stronger?" Cinque asked.

"Sound good." Gaul said.

Éclair was unhappy because she just lost her warm shoulder/pillow.

In the medical tent

Leaf and Nanami were currently watching Cinque and Gaul, both in their Hero-modes, basically turn the battlefield into one huge crater.

"After this, we are heading over to Biscotti using the Seal Gate, as Naruto calls it. Is there any place you would like to go?" she asked.

"Actually, there is." He answered.

30 minutes later

Brioche was currently playing with the dogs when she heard someone approaching.

"A visitor?" she asked, turning her head.

Nanami poked her head around the corner and gave a wave. "Hina-sama, it's been a while.

"Nanami-dono, and the Genoise as well. And Prince Leaf. I heard you made Naruto become serious for a moment." She greeted.

"It is a pleasure to finally meet the Legendary Brioche d'Arquien." Leaf said.

After getting settled down

"I am surprised word of me has reached your homeland." Brioche said. "Though I wouldn't call myself the strongest on the continent. There are several swordsmen out there who are stronger than I am."

"True, Halver is far to the north, on the northern side of the continent, so we don't really know what happens in the central nations or even the other nations of the continent. We usually send out explorers to find out what goes on in those countries and it is from those people we know about you and your exploits." Leaf explained. "Though I never expected there to be someone like Naruto."

"Naruto is a special case." Brioche said. "He was summoned by Leo-san when his old world was about to be destroyed. The first time I met him he was already quite powerful." Brioche said.

"Have you tried finding out which one is stronger?" Leaf asked.

"No way. If we fought in earnest, we could destroy several mountains and then some." Brioche said.

"I'd say his most powerful emblem arts can be safely rated the most powerful in existence and the reason he cannot use it repeatedly is because of the mental strain it put on his mind, having to control the 5 base elements at once." She said.

"What? The strongest I have heard about utilizes 3 different elements, Fire, Water and Wind." Leaf said.

"He uses Wind, Lightning, Earth, Water and Fire. The only weakness in that attack is the time it takes to both charge it and the chant. It is extremely adaptive, capable of changing its form to suit different demands, such as splitting up hundreds of times to create a powerful area of attack or he can concentrate it into a single powerful beam that can eradicate anything it hits." Brioche told him.

"Not to mention he uses Primordial powers as well as chakra." Yuki said as she walked over with a pot of tea.

"Primordial power?" Leaf asked.

"In his home world he would be considered a Human demon hybrid. And judging by some of the things he does, he can well be classified as a demon…the demon of Pranks." Nanami said, remembering only a few hundred or so reports she had seen about Naruto's pranks…

After calming down and having a snack

"So we are going to Pastillage next?"Leaf asked.

"Oh, right. We haven't told you yet." Vert said.

"Told me what?"

Timeskip, evening, Pastillage Opera house

Millhi was currently giving a live performance to the people of Pastillage. Leaf and the others, including Naruto, Leo, Cinque, Éclair and Gaul, were all sitting or standing in the VIP sections, tails and heads swaying to and fro in tune with the music.

Later that night

Leo, Naruto, Cinque, Éclair, Millhi, Couvert, Becky, Gaul, the three Genoise, Nanami and Leaf were walking down a corridor, going to meet Adele and Valerie, who had offered to tell them about their adventures back when they were actively hunting Demons.

Adele began the story by listing the members of their party: Hina, Isuka, herself, Valerie and the one who had summond her in the first place, the last princess of Pastillage, Clarifier Einz Pastillage. As she said the name, she indicated a picture hanging to the side of the room. Everyone was surprised to see a person with striking resemblance to Couvert.

(A/N: those who want to know the history of Adele and Valerie, watch Dog Days'' (aka Dog Days season 3) episode 8)

Chapter 26 (aka SuperChapter 1)

Somewhere in Flonyard

A figure stood on a tree, looking up to the sky, hearing a low echo that sounded like a cross between a moan, a roar and a call of pain. As she looked up, a flying Pig landed on her shoulder.

"I know, Pega. Something is happening in the sky." She told the flying pig, now (re)names Pega.

Sharl continued looking up at the night sky, realizing that something needed to be done.

The Sky Sea was far too quiet…she feared that something had happened to the Priestess of the sky.

Pastillage Palace

Leo and Nanami were all having tea under Couvert's Pavilion whilst discussing Adele and Valerie's past.

"Anyway, Adel-sama and her friend's adventures were amazing, weren't they?" Nanami asked.

"It was a truly heroic tale." Leo agreed.

"They both saved and changed the world when they were about our age." Nanami said.

"Risking their own lives, too." Leo said, to which Nanami agreed. "We need to be like them. We need to bring good things not just to our own country, but also to the continent."

"That is true. We can't let Naruto and his Hunters do that by themselves." Nanami said.

"Leo-nee! Nanami!" someone called out to them. The two of them turned to see Becky, Couvert, Éclair and Millhi approaching.

"Good morning!" Becky said, followed shortly by Éclair and Millhi.

"Huh? Where are Cinque, Gaul, Leaf and Naruto?" Nanami asked.

"Practicing swordsmanship, I'm told." Becky said.

"They asked Naruto to train them." Millhi said.

Some distance away Cinque and Leaf were sparring with Naruto and Gaul watching.

"They can't interfere with us girls talking." She added. "…supposedly."

"I see." Leo said.

Any and all activity suddenly came to a halt as a deep roar echoed across the countryside.

With the boys

"What was that?" Leaf asked.

Cinque and Gaul had the same question in their heads.

"That is…" Naruto began.

In the city itself

Civilians were looking at the sky, trying to see what caused the noise, but suddenly froze with fear as a large shadow flew over them.

Back with the boys

"That is the Fire Dragon from the Dragon Forest…" Naruto said.

"WHAT?" Cinque and Gaul shouted. Leaf didn't say anything because their shout temporarily reverberated inside his head.

With the Fire Dragon…or rather on its beak…

Holding onto a small (in comparison) protrusion was Sharl, with Pega on her shoulder. The wind was causing her light blue hair to whip around behind her.

With the Girls

The 6 girls ran out of the pavilion, trying to see what was going on. They all smiled upon recognizing the fire dragon.

"The Priestess!" they shouted in unison as they recognized Sharl standing on its beak.

"And the Fire Dragon!" Leo added.

"Leaders of the three countries! Heroes! Naruto-sama!" Sharl called over. "I am sorry to appear so suddenly. Would you hear what I have to say?"

The tone of her voice made the people on the ground feel uneasy.

Few minutes later, Pastillage conference room

"The Sky Sea has been acting strange since last night." Sharl began her explanation.

"The Sky Sea?" Cinque asked.

"Let me explain." Couvert said, then jumped into a children's explanation using more grown up terminology, i.e. with pictures and a long star tipped stick…

"The atmosphere in Flonyard is divided into three main layers. First you have the solid ground on which we all live. Then you have what we refer to as the sky, the layer of Air between the ground and the Clouds. The topmost Layer is referred to as the Sky Sea. It is a habitat with its own eco-systems and and Biomes." (A/N: I know the explanation was different in the anime, but this is a fanfic…and Couvert is the Temporary Narrator…)

"Although it is called a Sea, there is no water up there, only clouds. It is also home to the Star Whale, a huge Flying Spirit bigger than a mountain." Couvert finished.

"We surface academics call it a spirit, but there are also theories that it's the servant of an ancient god, or a type of dragon!" Rico said.

Naruto knew what it actually was, thanks to the hoard of knowledge he had gotten from the Secret library he had stumbled upon recently, but decided not to say anything.

"It is older than people, of course, but it's also older than the True Dragons." Noir said. "The Star Whale has lived in Flonyard for a very, very long time."

'It is actually the oldest life form still in corporeal form.' Naruto thought.

"Several times a year, you can see it swimming in the sky from the surface." Vert said.

The earthlings gasped in surprise.

"And so, just like there;s a Dragon Priestess that connects the people and the dragons, there is a Sky Priestess who connects the Star Whale and the surface, it's said." Yuki said.

"If something happens above the sky, the Sky Priestess will tell us." Rico added.

"I see." Three earthling voices exclaimed.

"Well, the Sky Priestess is just a story in picture books. Nobody knows if she exists." Rico said.

"It's such a romantic story though." Yuki said.

"You can tell how the weather and temperature will change by looking at the movement of the stars and the state of the sky." Gaul said. "That might be where the legend comes from."

"That is right." Noir said.

"There is proof that one used to exist in the previous set of Civilizations." Naruto said.

To ease everyone's shock he gave a brief outline about the secret Library he had come across, leaving its location out of course.

"And there currently is one as well." Sharl said. "I have actually met the current Sky Priestess." For a moment there was silence, then everyone except for Naruto stood up, hand on the table, and looked at her.

"WHAT?!" they all said.

Pega flew through the air at their sudden outburst.

"Pega is a messenger from the stars, created by the Sky Priestess." Sharl explained.

"Wow." Couvert said.

"Explains his Unique appearance." Cinque said. Becky agreed with him.

"Pega tells me something might've happened to the Sky Sea." Sharl continued. "It might be due to the environment where the Star Whale lives, or the Star Whale itself, or maybe due to the Sky Priestess…I'd like to go see what it is. Currently the Sky Whale is above these three countries. I'd like permission from you to investigate your skies."

"Of course." Millhi answered almost immediately.

Couvert wasn't far behind…neither was Gaul.

"No Problem at all, however…" he began.

"Don't tell us you're going along." Conque said, standing up.

"If you're going on a sky adventure, we'll follow you!" Nanami added, also standing up.

"We'll be great to have around in an investigation or an adventure!" Becky added her opinion, following the other heroes' actions.

Sharl smiled at that. "I thought you'd say that." She stood up while saying, "This is the Dragons Priestess's job, but it would be good to have the Heroes along, too."

"Then Couvert, Millhi, shall we go as well?" Gaul asked.

"Yes." Millhi said, smiling brightly.

"Of course!" Couvert said, equally bright smile. "…is what I'd like to say…"

Gaul, Millhi and Couvert went from shining happy to shadow depression instantly.

"I have a bunch of work I have to do." Cuvert said as though she was telling a ghost or horror story.

"That is true for all three of us." Millhi said.

"…" Before Gaul could say anything, he was cut off by Leo.

"We need to send at least one of our leaders as a representative. You go with them. I can temporarily take over while you are away." She told her younger brother. "Besides, when my pregnancy really gets into going, I will be basically going back to working behind a desk for a while. Might as well loosen some old muscles now while I have the chance."

Sharl was surprised to hear her saying she was pregnant.

"You guys can stay in your countries." Becky said, trying to calm Couvert down.

"Besides, this is a heroes Job." Cinque said.

"That is right." Nanami agreed.

"It would be better to have more people, right?" Jaune said, getting up.

'Didn't Cinque just say it was a Heroes job?' Naruto thought.

Noir and Vert quickly got up as well, before volunteering Leaf to come along as well.

"And you'll need a researcher!" Rico said, joining the group.

"Onmitsu will be useful, too." Yuki said.

"And if my current theory is correct, you will need my help as well." Naruto said, sighing. "I just hope that I am wrong." His words troubled the others.

"Care to share with us what is going on?" Leo asked.

Naruto shook his head. "It is still a theory. I will have to have a closer look at that which plagues the Sky Whale to confirm it, but I can say this. If my theory is correct, then it is not something that can be allowed to continue."

"Then the members will be the Priestess, the three Heroes, Genoise, Rico, Yukikaze, Gaul, Leaf and Naruto." Millhi said.

"Leaf, use your crossbow and your ears to help everyone." Leo said.

"Right." Leaf replied.

"Uhm…That means…" Sharl began.

"Yes. A problem with the Sky Sea is a problem for our three countries, but for the entire continent as well." Millhi said.

Couvert added, "We'll be ready to go if there's an emergency."

"And we'll have the Priestess lead a team to investigate it." Leo said. "Got it, everyone?" she was in leadership mode now…

A collective 'Yes' was her answer.

Soon they were all standing on the Fire Dragon's beak, holding on to a rope tied to the protrusion…well except for Naruto, who was standing unaided thanks to sticking to the beak with the aid of Chakra.

He had his Claymore sealed in a scroll on his back and was in full combat armor. He just hoped that he wouldn't have to use the Claymore…

As the Fire Dragons lifted off the ground, Cinque said, "Ok, Sky Sea investigation team!"

"Off we go!" Nanami and Becky joined him. The spectators were blown back due to the strong gusts of wind caused by the wings of the Fire Dragon.

"Everyone, don't let go of the ropes!" Sharl said.

"Right." Everyone except for Naruto answered.

Suddenly everyone noticed a box behind Rico.

"Rico, what's in the box?" Jaune asked.

"A box of secret machines I prepared with the people of Pastillage." She answered. "It's filled with useful items to help with the investigation!"

"That is great!" Noir said.

Very agreed with her. Naruto was wondering how she is managing to keep her ears pointing straight up at these wind speeds.

Soon they entered the Clouds, where the turbulence really kicked in…especially when Sharl found out that the Fire Dragon doesn't like flying through the clouds and picked up the speed.

To everyone's relief they soon broke through the clouds, coming face to face with an aurora sky.

Nanami immediately got a camera out of somewhere and began taking pictures. Noir wanted to join in, but had no camera.

"So, where's the Star Whale?" Gaul asked. Sharl pointed directly ahead.

At first they didn't see it…until they took a more…broad…look at their surroundings.

"IT'S HUGE!" Cinque and Gaul shouted. They thought Sharl had been pointing at another feature in the surrounding area.

"It is even bigger up close." Sharl said. Pega suddenly flew around her, squeaking something. "Yes, it isn't as bright as usual."

"Really?" Cinque asked.

"Normally it has a more healthy color and shines like a star." Sharl explained.

"Is it sick?" Rico asked.

"If we can talk to the Sky Priestess, we can find out just what is happening at the moment." Leaf said. "Where is she by the way?"

"Inside the whale." Sharl said bluntly.

"Huh? The others asked.

"We are going inside it." Sharl said. "I remember how to get to where the Sky Priestess is."

"Is it ok? Is it going to eat us by accident?" Jaune asked.

"It's alright. From the Star Whale's perspective, this Fire Dragon is the size of a grain of dust." Sharl said.

"And I have read somewhere that it almost never eats anything anyway." Noir added.

"That is right." Vert said.

"Yeah, but I'm still scared." Jaune said. The fact that the Star Whale opened it one eye just as they passed it, easily dwarfing the Dragon and its occupants, didn't help.

Suddenly they heard something like an earthquake.

"What is going on?" Nanami asked.

"I have no idea." Sharl said.

Suddenly they saw the Whale opening its mouth and they were all, fire dragon included, swept into its mouth by extremely strong winds.

"I THOUGHT IT DIDN'T NEED TO EAT ANYTHING!" Jaune screamed as the ropes snapped and they all got separated.

An unknown amount of time later

Cinque was the first to regain consciousness amongst his group.

"Where are we…Everybody?" he called out, seeing their unconscious forms. Yuki, Sharl, Rico and Becky all woke up from his call, al all of them began complaining about them hurting everywhere.

"Where are we anyway?" Becky asked.

"Inside the Star Whale." Sharl informed them.

"Doesn't look like the inside of a living thing." Rico said.

"Even if it's dark, I'm surprised there's any light at all." Yuki said.

"There are a lot of Light Spirits. Normally it is a lot brighter…" Sharl said.

"For now, let's find Naruto, Gaul and the others." Cinque said.

"Brave Connect, On!" Becky said, lifting the spherical communication device.

After a bit of static the screen changed to show a vaguely translucent picture of Nanami, who was smiling. She clearly had had the same idea as Becky.

"Becky! Cinque!" she said, the joy in her voice far stronger than on her face. "Are you all ok?"

"We are fine." Cinque said as the members of his group stepped forward to appear in Nanami's picture.

"What about you, Nanami?" Becky asked.

"Who's with you?" Cinque asked.

"Leaf, Éclair and the Genoise." Nanami said.

"We saved Rico's precious Box as well." Jaune said.

"Thank you!" Rico said.

"Gaul is not with you guys?" Nanami asked.

"We got separated." Noir said.

"No. Neither is Naruto." Cinque said.

"Gaul-kun hung in there until the end." Becky said. "Naruto disappeared shortly before the rope snapped."

"I hope one of them at least is with the fire dragon, if not both of them." Sharl said.

"Gaul has a Hero Crystal, right?" Nanami asked. "The crystals can call to another…"

"I'm worried about the Star Whale, but first we need to meet up with the others." Sharl said.

"Yeah!" "Yeah!" came the response.

With Naruto

Naruto's internal proximity alarm was what woke him. Looking around, he found himself in near complete darkness, but there was enough light for him to roughly make out his surroundings. His senses were screaming at him to get out of there. He jumped just as something hit the location he was standing at moments earlier. Thanks to the close proximity, he got a good feel of its energy signature.

"I was right." He said, igniting a slow burning flare to light up the area.

With Gaul

Gaul woke up cold and wet next to a lake. He tried to recall everything that happened. The last thing he remembered was being sucked into the whale's mouth and landing in a lake so hard that it knocked him out.

He suddenly sneezed.

"Ah, it is so cold…I am surprised I survived even though I was out cold." Gaul said. "I guess I'm just that good…probably not…" suddenly something got his attention.

"Forest People? No, they are a different color." Gaul said, scaring the little spirits. "Sorry to intrude on your home. I will be leaving right away…" the sound of approaching footsteps stopped him.

He looked up to see a beautiful violet haired female approach him with a towel…even though she was dripping wet as well.

"Uhm…Who are you?" Gaul asked. She didn't answer but gave him the towel.

"Can I use this?" he asked. The girl smiled. Gaul felt his mental barriers being forced open with no resistance.

The Spirit people meanwhile were using the wood they brought with them (From who knows where) and made a bubbly fire where they could dry themselves off.

"Oh. That was awesome. You spirits are great." He said. "It is so warm!" he realized something. "Was it you who saved me when I was drowning?" he asked the girl. She nodded. "I see. I am from Galette. I won't forget what you did for me. Thanks."

He didn't see her smile become bigger.

"So can I ask you something?" Gaul asked. She indicated his clothes and made a wringing motion with her hands. "Ah, yes. I should dry my clothes off, yeah." He said.

"So we're inside the Sky Whale, right?" he asked. "What is your name?"

"Aria." Came the answer directly into his head.

She was shocked when she saw his expression and he was shocked because he heard her voice in his head.

"Did you just speak directly inside my head?" he asked. She looked downcast at that.

"Oh, sorry. Um, well…I just thought it was a pretty voice, and it startled me." He apologized. Her mood did a full 180 and she radiated joy at his words.

"Do you live here, Aria?" Gaul asked. Her facial expression gave him his answer.

"You don't know, eh. Then who are these?" he said, looking at the spirits who made the fire earlier. In unison they saluted him Military like.

"The Sky People. They're my friends." Aria told him.

"Are there any other humans here?" Gaul asked. Aria shook her head.

"I see. Did you lose your memories?" her face told him 'yes'.

"You must have been sucked in as well. You see, my friends and I have come from the surface to check on the Star Whale. We think something might've happened in the Sky Sea." Gaul told her. "We were heading to see the Sky Priestess, but we all got separated when we got sucked in." he turned to Aria.
"Do you know anything about this, Aria? About the Star Whale, or the Sky Priestess?"

Before she could answer he spoke again. "No, it's ok. Don't worry about it. Once my clothe dry, I'll go find my friends." Gaul said, walking over to his clothes. She looked really down at that.

Seeing her expression, he asked, "Want to come with us?" he smiled seeing her do another 180. "It must be lonely being here alone. As the Leader of Galette Lion Territory, I'll take good care of you." She smiled even brighter for a moment.

"But…" she said, surprising Gaul. "…It's dangerous now."

With Cinque and his group

"Gaul's signal is weak." Cinque said.

"Looks like we are a good ways apart from each other." Yuki said.

Both Cinque and Becky had their crystals in their hands.

"What about on your end, Nanami?" Becky asked into the Brave Connect, which she held in her other hand.

"My crystal is responding stronger than yours, so I must be closer. However, Éclair's is showing quite a weak signal, though is pulses from time to time." Nanami told them. In the background they heard Jaune and Noir calling out to Gaul.

"The Priestess must know we're inside. And the Star Whale should know as well. Normally they would speak to us." Sharl said.

"Huh, the Star Whale talks too?" Cinque asked.

"It doesn't necessarily talk…you can hear its will." Sharl explained. "If the priestess is with you, she can translate it into human language to make it easier to understand."

"I don't quite understand, but if we find the priestess we should be able to talk to it about things, right?" Cinque said.

"We need to find Gaul-kun and Naruto-san and meet the Sky Priestess." Becky said.

"I hope they are safe…" Yuki said.

Suddenly Rico screamed, stating that there was something moving ahead of them just now.

They soon found her word to be true as several shapeless forms converged together. They all excreted Demonic energy.

"Demons." Cinque said.

"I cannot believe there are demons inside the Sky Whale." Sharl said.

Before they could say anything more the demons attacked. Becky summoned Mercurios whilst Cinque summoned his Staff and hit several of the incoming demons with it.

"I don't know what's going on, but…" Rico began.

"…If they're going to attack us…" Yuki continued. Rico pulled out her gun while Yuki drew her knife.

Cinque defeated another one of the formless Demons. "We'll fight our way through! Let's go, everyone!" the others agreed.

With Nanami's group

Nanami and her group were surrounded by Demons…and they lost count on how many they had already defeated.

"These are not Demons. They are not Animals either." Noir said.

"Then what are they?" Jaune asked.

"I don't know, but they're like Bacteria or microscopic organisms." Noir said.

"Let's fight our way through!" Nanami said.

"Vert and I will open a path." Leaf said. Soon several arrows and bolts were flying through the air, impacting amongst the demons and clearing the tunnel ahead of them. Jaune grabbed Rico's box and dragged it after her as they ran.

With Naruto

Naruto…rather the tens of thousands of Narutos heard the explosions.

"Boss, get going. We will hold these suckers off." One of the clones called out.

"Thanks. And sorry." The real Naruto shouted as he sprinted towards an opening to the chamber they were fighting in.

He was deeply troubled, not just because of the presence of Demons, indeed they were only the minor reason. The real reason was because he recognized the type of Demon they were facing. He immediately knew that his theory was both true and not true.

Flashback

"Locations of Demons Sealed since the first civilizations!" Naruto read the title on one of the scrolls in the secret library.

'In the Realm of Asha there exist demonic entities known as Demon Swords. These swords have the souls and powers of the strongest and most deadly Demons sealed inside them. Unfortunately the seal doesn't block the will of the sealed demon. It the blade comes in contact with any lesser life-form, that life-form will be destroyed after having its energy sucked out and fed to the slumbering Demon. If however the Demon Sword comes in contact with a higher entity, such as a spirit or a god, the seal will break and the Demon will possess said being, morphing them into a grotesque abomination to which there is no known cure except for death. The four most vile and ghastly of all the Demon Blades are sealed away inside massive organisms or celestial objects. They are placed inside crystal chambers that convert the dark demonic energy from the blade into pure life energy.'

"Asha must be Flonyard." Naruto mused. He read on.

'The Demon of Conquest lays sealed away inside the great Leviathan, where it cannot set foot on land ever again to bring about the conquest of all of Asha.'

'The Demon of War lays Sealed away inside the Sun where it is cursed to forever enlighten the way for those who seek peace, not war.'

'The Demon of Pestilence lays sealed away in the Star Whale, where it's purified energy brings forth healing all over Asha.'

'The last and most deadly demon sword lies sealed away behind three enchanted Barriers. Each Barrier is powered by the purified energies of the Sword.
The Demon of Death lays sealed inside the centre of the Planet Asha and is cursed forever to create Life in the Realm of Asha.'

Naruto looked up at that. "Asha is not a continent but the Planet?" he continued reading.

'If any of these four blades are to be destroyed, the purified energies will fuse with the respective bodies/organisms, enabling the curses to continue on as a blessing to all life an Asha. However, they can only be destroyed if their seals are fully released.'

'Warning: One must never actively and knowingly seek out the sealed blades as doing so will greatly increase the risk of Demonic contamination when in close proximity and will eventually end with the Seals being released.'

Naruto then saw a section that was clearly more recent than the rest of the writing.

'It has been confirmed that at least three minor Demons swords have found their way to one of the 4 blades.'

Flashback end

His theory was true in that a Demon Sword was the cause of the problem. It was unture in that he thought it was a minor Demon Sword.

"Everyone, please be careful…" Naruto spoke out as he continued on running.

With Gaul

Gaul and Aria both heard and felt the tremors made from the explosions from Vert and Leaf's attacks.

"This sound…Nanami, Noir and the others are fighting." He turned to Aria. "Sorry, Aria. We'll talk later."

"Don't go." She said. "It is extremely dangerous."

"You're worried about me? Thanks." Gaul said, turning around and putting on his leggings. "But my friends are fighting. I have to go and help…"

He suddenly heard something behind them. Turning around he saw the slimy looking demons appearing.

"So this is what you meant by dangerous?" Gaul asked. "Those are monsters with no definite form."

"Those are Sickness Demons." Aria told him. "They make the Star Whale sick and bring disaster. Bad creatures."

"I see. Which means I can kick the crap out of them, right?" Gaul asked.

"But…" Aria said. "They're very strong and there are a lot of them!"

"I see." Gaul said as he walked forward. "Then we just have to defeat them and go forward so we don't get sick."

Aria's fears turned to surprise as a large blue emblem seal appeared behind Gaul. Her eyes widened when large claws appeared on his hands and feet.

"Lion King Lightning Circle" he shouted, bringing his right hand claw against the ground, sending electricity through the ground and into the demons, defeating them.

"Ok, let's go, Aria." He said, turning back to Aria. "I'll introduce you to my friends." Both Aria and the Spirit people nodded in agreement.

With Nanami and her group

Vert and Leaf had just defeated another group of Demons.

"We defeated a lot of them, but theirs is also no end to them." Leaf said.

"It is like when we fought the dragon eater." Jaune said. "Only a lot less slimy and with no…"

"DON'T REMIND ME!" Éclair and the other two Genoise shouted at her. They had all been subjected to the…side effect…of being caught by those damn tentacles.

"Could these things be the reason the Star Whale isn't feeling well?" Nanami asked.

"Maybe." Noir said.

Two sets of Bunny/Rabbit ears twitched.

"Did you hear that?" Vert asked.

"Yeah. It's Lord Gaul's voice!" Leaf said.

"He's coming this way!" Vert said.

The other 4 smiled at the good news.

"HEY! GUYS!" came the shout from Gaul.

The 5 girls and one boy ran towards him.

"Lord Gaul, are you alright?" Jaune asked.

Gaul and Aria smiled.

With Cinque's group

A Brave connect screen suddenly popped up before Cinque and Becky.

"Gaul!" Cinque said.

"Gaul-kun! Are you ok?" Becky asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine." He responded.

"Lord Gaul. I'm glad. Now we just need to find Naruto and I won't have to explain anything to Naruto-san." Sharl said. "We know where we are." The others sweat dropped, both due to her second sentence and…

"I found the path I took last time I visited the Priestess."

…the ridiculously huge arrow pointing down the passage.

"We are currently heading towards her throne room."

Gaul's group POV

"I want you to try and find the Fire Dragon and Naruto if possible." Sharl said.

"Sure." Gaul said.

"I see. They are both still missing." Nanami said.

"It would be bad if the dragon got attacked by the sickness Demons. We need to find her." Gaul said.

"Sickness Demons?" Noir asked.

"That is what those weird things are called. Aria told me." Gaul said. Both he and Noir stepped aside to allow Aria to be seen by the others.

Cinque's group POV

"Aria?" Sharl asked.

"So you don't know her either, then, Sharl?" Gaul asked.

"Sorry, I don't." she answered.

"It looks like she's lost. She can't remember why she's here." Gaul said.

"I see." Sharl said.

Sometime later

Cinque's group didn't really need the arrows anymore to find their way to the Sky Priestess's chambers…loud bangs and tremors basically told them where she was.

"Hurry, there is someone fighting ahead." Cinque said.

"Did something happen to the Priestess?" Yuki asked.

"Priestess! Sky Priestess Farine! It's Sharl, the Dragon Priestess! Open up!" Sharl called out.

The huge doors opened, letting a large amount of dust and smoke out. Through the smoke and dust they saw a huge figure. They then saw the origin of the smoke. Littering the room's walls and floor were the disappearing corpses of more of those demons.

The figure, which was already huge, stood up, showing it was just kneeling.

"Priestess, I am glad you are alright." Sharl called out.

"Of course I'm alright." The figure said. The smoke dispersed, revealing her features…and the demon blood splattered all over her clothes. "Things are getting a little tough here though." She held up a fist with a spiked knuckle duster on it.

With Naruto

Naruto landed where Cinque and his group first woke up. He was busy figuring out which way they went when the memories of the last of his clones reached him. The clones had been overrun by sheer numbers down there, but the last few clones also used some explosive tags to make suicide runs…to great effect.

"I'd better hurry." He muttered, running down the tunnel on Cinque's scent.

With Cinque's group

"She's a pretty…" Cinque began.

"…big person." Rico finished. Indeed, not only did the Sky Priestess literally tower over them, her bust was large enough for Rico to get lost in…

"Yup." Yuki agreed. They all had though that Leo was gifted in the bust size…they guessed being jumbo sized came with some benefits…

"Sky Priestess Farine, are you alright?" Sharl asked again.

"Yes. No problem at all." She said, then turned her attention to the other visitors. "You're from the surface, aren't you? Welcome. I'd love to put some tea on and chat, but…I'm a little busy now."

"Is that so? Pega said something might've happened to you and the Star Whale!" Sharl said, stepping forward, not bothered by the fact that Farine's ankles were at the same height as her head.

"I see." She said. Suddenly another demon appeared and attacked her. After stomping on it, the punched the tentacle like tendril that shot up and finished it off with a hand slash.

"Please forgive me. As you can see, the Star Whale is currently not well. When is get sick, the foul air within it comes together and appears in this form. We call them Sickness Demons. They make the Star Whale feel unwell. If the Sickness Demons overflow from within its body, they may bring disaster to the Sky Sea Islands and even the surface." Farine said.

"I see." Yuki said.

"So that's what's going on." Rico said.

"Not really." Someone called out. They all turned to see a slightly battered Naruto leaning against the door. "I guess a Whale this big needs a priestess of your size to take care of it." He commented, looking at her.

"I guess." She answered.

"What do you mean 'not really', Naruto-sensei?" Cinque asked.

"These Sickness Demons as you call them are all spawns from the demon known only as Pestilence." Naruko answered. "I didn't say this on the surface because I was uncertain whether or not the Star Whale was one of the two possible Sealing bodies used to contain and purify the 4 most dangerous demons."

"War. Pestilence. Conquest. Death." Farine said, shocking the visitors. "I didn't know anyone from the surface knew about them."

"I am sorry to tell you this, but one of your deities has come in contact with the Demon Sword sealed in the Crystal chamber." Naruto said.

"I am fully aware of that, but I am unable to detect its presence at the moment as I am currently preoccupied with the ones in this area." She said.

"The ancient scroll I read only spoke briefly about them. Conquest is inside the Leviathan, War in in the Sun and Death…I'd rather not say where that is." Naruto said. "I also know that…"

"…Normal Demon Blades cannot be destroyed?" Farine finished.

"Actually they can. Naruto-sensei is the only person in the world capable of using all 5 primary elements in a single emblem arts blast." Cinque said.

"He also has a ton of Chakra." Yuki added.

"And he uses Primordial powers as well." Rico finished.

"How surprising…My predecessor told me about the powers of the primordial energies and of chakra. Chakra is a very rare energy as it is, but I have never heard of anyone wielding any of the Primordial energies before." Farine said. "And on top of that, being able to utilize all 5 base elements at the same time…are you one of the primordial gods?"

"No. I was summoned by Leo several months ago." Naruto said, surprising Farine.

"An offworlder…interesting…"

"What will cure the Star Whale's illness?" Sharl asked.

"The Star Whale loves songs. The songs of the Star People increase its self-healing powers and allow it to maintain its health." Farine told her.

"The Star Peoples?" Cinque asked.

"Is there a country of people living inside the Star Whale, maybe?" Becky asked.

"Aria, was it?" Sharl said. "I think the girl Lord Gaul saved was one of the Star people. She seemed a little strange for that though…"

"Aria?" Farine asked. "You know Aria?"

"Yeah/No." came the answer…with Naruto saying the second option.

"One of our friends found her when she was lost." Sharl said. "Her legs seemed to be a little funny…and she didn't remember why she was here."

"I see." Farine said. "And where is she at the moment?"

"She's with a group that's somewhere else." Sharl said. "They're looking for the Fire dragon and Naruto…well, just the Fire Dragon now…since it got lost."

"The fire Dragon…Them? Have they grown big enough to carry people? It has been a while since I have seen them." Farine seemed very happy about that news. "I will find them and bring them to you. You people from the surface, please go to the Star People. We'll talk more there."

Before Yuki could ask how, Farine pulled out one of her hairs and used to it create three miniscule sized avatars of herself. They were distinguishable by the different colors of their dresses.

"One of my Avatars will guide you there as well as allow us to talk along the way." Farine said.

"It's a pleasure to work with you." The Blue Avatar said in a young girls voice.

Farine then sent the red Avatar to find Gaul's group and the Green Avatar to find the dragon.

"Brave Connect, On." Becky said…facing away from Farine.

"Yes Be…Whoa? What is with the Statue of Liberty sized woman behind you?" Nanami's voice came from the communication device.

"For one, she is less than a quarter the size of the statue of liberty. Second, you don't need to look for Naruto…he found us. Second, if you encounter a floating mini version of her, do not attack her. She will guide you to a rendezvous point. Thirdly, she sent another one to find the fire dragon. Fourth, Aria is one of the sky people. She probably just suffers from Amnesia." Becky said.

"That is a lot to say in such a short time…" Noir said.

Suddenly a beastball with wings and a tail flew towards the group of surface dwellers. Pega lifted of from its place on Sharl's head and started playing with it.

"This is Guri. Be good to him." Arline said.

"He and Pega must be friends." Yuki said.

At the time when Becky called Gaul's group

Nanami and Noir were on top of a cliff while Gaul, Éclair, Jaune, Vert, Leaf and Aria stayed at the bottom.

Suddenly Aria fell to her knees.

"What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?" Gaul asked.

"I'm fine." She answered. "My head just hurts a little."

"Everyone! We got a message from Cinque's group!" Nanami called down to them.

"We need to gather up because someone's coming to get us." Noir added. "And appartently this someone is smaller than Rico…is that even possible?" she said so only Nanami could hear. Nanami agreed trying not to laugh.

"Got it!" Gaul called back. "Let's find a place to rest." He said to Aria. "Just hang in there 'til we can regroup."

Back to Cinque's group

"The priestess is really big, isn't she?" Rico said.

"Yes. I'm a servant of the surface land gods." The blue Avatar (Let's just call her Blue). "I'm in the same position as that Fox girl there."

"I thought so!" Yuki said.

"So you are a Deity like her?" Naruto asked.

"Pretty much. A long time ago I decided to live with the Star Whale and took the job of priestess." Blue said. "Every day is so much fun. Using the water mirror I can see all around the Star Whale's body, and outside and even the Earth!"

"I see." Rico said.

"Then how is it that you didn't know about me?" Naruto asked.

"At first appearance you seem like a Kitsune, a multi tailed fox deity." Blue said. "They are very rare, but more often they are far to troublesome to deal with due to their pranks."

'Sounds familiar…' everyone thought as they looked at Naruto.

"It's just up ahead." Blue said as they approached a waterfall. They stood on the top of a tall cliff, overlooking a large lake with a strange structure at the centre.

"Ok. We're heading/jumping down." Blue said, all smiles and no thinking, much to the surprise and shock of 5 of the present surface dwellers. The sixth…

"Ok." Naruto said and walked over the cliff.

"Wait…" the others said, running to the edge, only to find him WALKING down the cliff.

"I forgot he can do that…" Cinque said. "Becky…"

"Yeah. We can carry the others down." She said. With Rico and Yuki getting on Cinque's Tornada Board and Sharl getting behind Becky on her Broom-stick…and Blue remaining on Guri's head.

By the time they were on their way down Naruto had already reached the bottom and was walking across the water. "You are slow…" he called over.

The others didn't hear his jab as they were talking about the statue nearby. Blue explained that it was a statue of the first ruler of the Sky People.

Everyone then noticed the figures swimming near the rocks near the village itself.

"Huh?" one said.

"That's the Priestess and…" another said.

"*Cough* People from the surface?!" a third said.

"And people I've seen before." A fourth said.

"And…is that guy walking on the water?" the fifth asked.

"Everyone… Priestess Farine here. I want to talk with you, the Dragon Priestess, and the people from the surface!" Blue called out.

Sometime later

The five sky people, the 6 visitors and the mini Priestess were sitting on the platform at the centre of the lake.

The 5 sky people were clearly sick.

"Are you all alright?" Cinque asked.

"You all look sick." Becky added.

"They were hurt by the sickness demons, as well." Blue explained.

"That's right." The sky person with the large glasses (aka. Glasses) said. "When the sickness demons possess you, this is what happens."

"Headaches, fever, muscle aches, etc." the one with several sea-star shaped objects on her clothes (aka. Star) said.

"The pain in your throat is really bad…" the one with pearls at the end of her hair(aka. Pearls) said.

"A lot of people can't talk at all." The youngest one (aka. Youngster) said.

"That is what is happening here." Blue said.

"We're doing better than most people." The one with the frilly shirt (aka. Frills) said.

"In the water, there are a lot more…" Pearls said.

"They're all suffering from illness." Youngster added.

"Some people can't even get out of bed." Glasses said.

"And Aria is missing." Stars said.

The visitors looked at each other.

"About that…" Blue began speaking, but was interrupted by Jaune calling out.

"Hey! Hey! Everyone!"

They all turned to see Gaul's team on a small boat being pulled by Nanami across the water…with Red Avater (aka. Red) sitting on her shoulder.

"Here we are." Jaune called out. Éclair waved as well…but it was more to greet a certain blonde hero than as a general greeting.

"Éclair! Nanami! Guys!" Cinque said.

"What is that boat?" Becky asked.

"One of my secret items." Rico said.

Soon Gaul stepped onto the platform, carrying an unconscious Aria. "Sorry. We've got a sick person here. Is there any place she can rest?" he asked.

"Y-yes." Glasses said.

"A-Aria?" Stars asked.

"What happened?" Pearls asked. "Why is she with these people?"

"Oi, don't make it sound like we are villains!" Naruto told her in mock hurt.

"Sorry." Pearls apologized to him.

"What, you know her?" Gaul asked.

"Know her? She lives here!" Glasses said.

"And she's our songstress!" Stars added.

"She is the most important person in the Star Festival!" Pearls continued the explanation.

"She went missing two days ago." Glasses said. "We were worried."

"From talking to her, it seems like she doesn't remember anything except her own name and the Sickness Demons." Vert said.

"And more than anything, she can't talk." Gaul said.

"I see." Glasses said.

"But I'm glad Aria's safe." Stars said.

"I don't know why this happened, but I'm sure if the sickness is cured, she'll get better." Pearls said.

"The Star Whale swallows many things, especially poisonous air, air which contains bad things in it…" Blue said.

"The Star Whale swallows it and purifies it inside its body. Therefore, the Star Whale purifies the sky." Red said. "I listen to its voice and the star people sing festival songs and songs of healing to maintain its health and keep the insides of its body bountiful."

"This place is usually much prettier." Glasses said, giving Frills a lap cushion.

"It's not this dark." Frills said.

"There have been Sickness Demons in the past, but when the people and the Songstress sang, they got better immediately." Blue said.

'So there have been times when the seal began weakening…' Naruto thought.

"But now, most of the Star People can't sing." Glasses said.

"And the Songstress lost her voice and memories, and is like this." Frills said.

"The Star Whale is suffering. Even I can barely hear its voice." Red said.

"I want to do something." Blue said.

Cinque's footsteps got their attention.

"Would it help if we got rid of these Sickness Demons?" Gaul asked.

The two Avatars looked at each other.

"The Sickness Demons are born from within the Star Whales body." Blue said. "It would help if we could reduce their numbers, but that wouldn't really solve the problem."

"Um, can I ask something?" Becky raised her hand like a schoolgirl.

"Go ahead." Red said.

"Does it have to be someone special who sings that song?" Becky asked.

"Of course." Red answered.

"Someone with a wonderful, kind, warm voice…" Blue said. All of the visitors minus Sharl smiled at that.

"And they need to be a great singer." Blue finished.

"Then um…We happen to know someone exactly like that." Becky said.

"Of course. There are people on the surface who can sing, aren't there?" Glasses asked.

"Uhm, whom are we talking about?" Sharl asked.

"Princess Millhiore." Naruto told her.

"She is a star known worldwide." Yuki said, petting Beckies head.

"I just happened to bring a video playback device!" Rico said.

"I thought that box contained only research material…" Naruto deadpanned. Then again, Rico was still a child and had a different definition of 'research material'…

While the others congratulated her, Rico explained, "The princess's songs are an important part of Biscotti's culture. I wanted to introduce everyone in the Sky Sea to them." She flipped the power switch. "All set!" and retreated.

A screen appeared before the device and Millhi's last stage performance began playing.

"What a wonderful voice." Glasses commented.

"That is a nice song." Frills said.

The others noticed Aria and the other Sky People beginning to glow.

"I feel better!" Stars said.

"The fever and tiredness are better!" Pearls said.

"Uhm, can I let everyone hear this?" Glasses asked.

"Go for it." Rico said.

With the Sky Priestess's main body

"I see." Farine said, sitting before three watery screens. " I'm sure she could sing the song of the Star Festival."

Back at the village

"Ok. Cinque and I will go get the princess." Becky said, sitting on her broom.

"We'll use the double hero express to bring her back at the speed of light." Cinque added.

"Ok. We're counting on you." Gaul told them.

"Leave this to us!" Nanami said.

"Priestess, please show us the way." Becky said to one of the avatars. Moments later they accelerated into the distance, guided by a small blue talking GPS…Priestess…

When they were gone out of sight, Gaul asked what their next move would be. Red told him that the village was safe for the moment, so they could spread out and deal with some of the demons.

"Now that I think of it, it is strange." She mini priestess said.

"What is?" Gaul said.

"There is a large difference in the number of demons from before the real me was attacked. It is as though a large group of them were taken care of while I was fighting…" she explained. None of them saw Naruto scratch the back of his head.

"That would have been me…I waged a large skirmish with the demons in one of the darker rooms…more like a huge chamber really…" Naruto said.

"Oh…then you must be tired. Why don't you then stay here and rest?" Glasses asked.

"That is right." Gaul agreed. "We can't allow you to always have all the fun."

The others agreed.

"Alright." Naruto said in defeat. "But if any of you encounter a demon that is far stronger than you, return immediately."

"Agreed." Gaul said.

"Defeating the smaller demons will ease the burden placed on the original me, so that will be helpful." Red said.

"Rico can be the communications HUB." Vert said.

"Stay with Aria-san." Noir told the small girl.

"Can Sharl and the Vanguard (Yuki) stay here? If something happens, I'd be worried if it was just the chief (Rico)." Gaul said. Both mentioned parties agreed. "And Naruto…" they all turned to Naruto...who was already fast asleep. "…stay here and rest…" Gaul managed.

They then split into teams, Gaul and Leaf Teaming up while Nanami, Éclair and the Genoise made the other team.

As they were leaving, they heard Sharl asking Yuki, "Is this one of his abilities? I never heard of anyone being able to fall asleep during an important meeting."

With Gaul and Leaf

After leaving the Village, the two males walked through a dark tunnel holding a Bubble-Fire Lantern.

"I hope we come across a big one so I can let loose a little bit." Gaul said.

"That's true." Leaf said. "We can't let things get too hard for the girl team."

"Well, I don't think we need to worry about that." Gaul said. "They may not seem like it, but each of them is pretty strong. They also know how to work together. Still, I am worried about Aria…' he thought.

With the girls' team

Unlike the tunnel where Gaul and Leaf were walking, the tunnel the girls were walking through was fairly luminous.

"You know, Gaul-sama was pretty concerned about Aria-san back there." Jaune said.

"That's pretty rare." Vert said. "Part of it may be that she saved him, but…" she thought for a bit, but Éclair beat her to the punch.

"Maybe it's because Aria-san's pretty."

"That's true. She may very well be Gaul-sama's type." Noir said.

"Right?" Jaune fully agreed.

Vert giggled.

"So maybe Gaul's going to be the next of us to find love after Leo-sama, Naruto, Cinque and Éclair?" Nanami asked. "Although I am surprised he didn't go for one of you guys."

"Are you kidding?" Éclair asked. "No offence, but I find it nigh impossible to imagine Gaul choosing one of these three. They're friendship is waaaaay to close for him to choose on over the other two."

"None taken." Vert said.

"We're his childhood friends and bodyguards, so we are basically family." Jaune said.

"Then we could technically call Naruto our older brother." Noir said.

"I wonder about the 'older brother' part…" Éclair said.

"Why?" Nanami asked.

"Has he ever played a prank on you?" Jaune asked.

"Well, he once put itching powder in my shampoo…" Nanami said. "But that may have been because we came off on a wrong start. Other than that he somehow managed to get a photo of me after I got my clothes shredded during my Spar with Leaf. The next thing I knew, every warrior in the Galettean military had a picture of me in the nude."

"Still better than what he did to me…" Éclair grumbled.

"Why, what did he do to you?" Nanami asked.

"I lost count of how many times she had been the target of Naruto's pranks." Noir said.

"Seriously?" Nanami asked, turning to Éclair…who was burning with embarrassment.

"Still, the best prank by far is the one he talked Leo into allowing him to pull on her." Jaune said.

THIS got both Nanami and Éclair's attention.

(Read Chapter 1, Test Four: Infiltration)

Their conversation came to an end when they heard something slithering ahead of them.

They looked ahead to see a number of demons manifesting themselves.

"Oh, there you are!" Jaune said. She already had her Halberd at the ready. Vert and Noir were also ready to bring Hell to the demons, as were Nanami and Éclair. They all also sported battle-savvy grins…

With Cinque, Becky and Blue

The two (and a bit) figures were speeding through a large tunnel, heading towards where Blue told them would be an exit.

Once outside, Blue told them, "I'll follow you to the surface!"

Both Becky and Cinque thanked her, flying into the clouds as the shadow of the Star Whale came over them.

In the Village

"I wander what happened to Aria." Red asked.

"I don't know, but…" Stars said.

"She looks like she's in pain." Pearls said.

Rico meanwhile was rummaging through her box, clearly looking for something. Eventually she pulled out a small box.

"I brought medicine, but…" she turned to look at Aria. "I don't know if it will work on her."

"The thought is what matters." Youngster said.

"Aria always watched the people on the surface." Stars began explaining. "She always watched the surface people with the water mirror."

"War games, did you call them?" Pearls said. "The ones that are like festivals."

"We do them a lot." Yuki said.

"She liked those especially." Pearls continued. "She said she wanted to go the surface someday."

"We laughed and said it was impossible, though." Youngster said.

"It's not impossible." Rico said.

"But it's all land down there, with not a lot of water, right?" Youngster said. "And most of the water there is salt water. We would never be able to live in there."

"You have a point." Rico said, before getting out a children's magnetic sketch boardand coming up with a large device that will keep the water clean as well as regulate its temperature. The sky people were very impressed to say the least.

"The only problem would be the journey there and back." Yuki said. They explained that the only people that could possibly reach the Whale were the Heroes and the leaders of the Nations who all had ancient relics that allowed them to fly.

The sky people were about to lose hope when Naruto spoke up, scaring them all as they had forgotten about him.

"Or I set up one of my Space Bridge Portal Seals on a slab here that I will connect to another wall that is near a large source of fresh water." Naruto told them.

"Why not in the water?" Youngster asked.

"Because that could potentially suck all of the water into a void." Naruto explained.

The conversation ended with the arrival of a new figure with a huge afro and tanned skin. Naruto immediately recognized its energy.

"Get away from her." The figure said, sending a blast of pure demonic energy flying towards the group. Red managed to block the attack, but was blown away. As the figure tried another attack, Yuki charged towards it, intent on denying it the opportunity of attacking. She dodged his attack on her, but didn't realize that he changed the blasts' direction and it impacted her from the side, sending her flying. She landed heavily on one of the rocks nearby, only to have her gauntlets get covered in demonic energy, then seemingly rot away. At that moment the left arm of Red's shirt also disappeared in a similar fashion.

"This is…Sickness Demon Poison!" she exclaimed.

The figure was about to attack the others before it was sent flying via Knuckle Express.

"Don't think for even a second about doing that, Pestilence (Read: Sickness or Disease)." Naruto muttered, arm still outstretched, eyes completely void of any and all emotions. A chill came over the sky people as Naruto's blue eyes shifted into the Demon Eyes.

"Give Aria back to me!" the figure shouted, shooting at immense speed towards Naruto, arm outstretched for a punch. For a minute the two of them exchanged punches so fast it appeared to the spectators as though they no arms at all. For a moment the girls managed to see the figures face. They saw a young boys face with red eyes.

"What is he? He is keeping up with Naruto…" Yuki gasped.

"He is the Demon sword that Naruto spoke about." Red said, sadly. "One of the four most deadly Demons in existence, the Demon of Sickness, Disease and Illness: Pestillence. One of four demons of death."

"Then, you are saying…" Rico began.

"…that Naruto-san isn't going to win?" Sharl finished.

"in all honesty, there had never been such an event like this before." Red said. "Never since their creation have any of the four been released from the seal." She looked at the others. "How strong is he exactly?"

Yuki sighed. "To be honest, none of us have seen his true power before, but he did manage to destroy an entire mountain…"

"Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu" Naruto called out, interrupting her. The figure was tossed around like a ragdoll by a massive water dragon.

Suddenly the figure blasted Naruto with demonic energy.

"NARUTO-SAN!" everyone shouted.

"What a nuisance." The figure said, turning away towards Aria.

"Never take your eyes of your opponent…" someone said. The figures eyes widened at the blade of a claymore suddenly erupted from out of his chest.

Holding the handle behind him was a completely unscathed Naruto.

"How?" he asked. The others would have asked the same question, though slightly different context.

He wanted to know why he wasn't dead. They wanted to know how he is not affected by the poison.

"Thankfully my family has a ridiculous healing ability, meaning that we basically are born with a near immunity to poison, diseases and illnesses. I have to admit though, yours is by far the most powerful poison I've ever encountered." Naruto told him, pouring chakra into the claymore. "Secondly, neither of us is showing their full power…most likely so we don't accidentally hurt anyone close to us, right?" Naruto indicated Aria with his head. The figure unconsciously nodded.

"I can't be…are you Verde?" Stars asked.

"Verde?" Pearls asked.

"He used to be a small spirit that Aria brought home about 2 weeks ago." Stars asked.

"So, your name is Verde?" Naruto asked the figure, now known as Verde, who was still impaled on Naruto's claymore. "Forgive me for this."

Suddenly Verde let out a shout of pain as the Seals on Naruto's sword came to life.

Soon after, Naruto was thrown back by a large shockwave, pulling the Claymore out of Verde in the process. He skids to a halt on the water surface, looking back at a critically injured Verde.

"Aria…our promise…will be…fulfilled…" he panted before disappearing.

For a moment nobody said anything…or even moved.

Finally Naruto broke the silence.

"Midget-Priestess…" he said, still with an emotionless tone. Red would have found it amusing to be called a midget, considering her real form was one that towered above them…had it not been for the tone in his voice. "Where is the crystal chamber?"

Moments earlier, both Leaf and Vert's ears heard the sound of heavy fighting in the village. Of course a certain white haired male immediately became concerned…

Chapter 27

Skies above Pastillage, Biscotti and Galette

Two streaks of Yellow and Pink/Red respectively flew across the sky.

"So the situation is, we need your songs to heal the Star Whale's sickness!" Cinque said into the Brave Connect, which was stuck to his arm.

"All right." Millhi answered. "If that's the situation, I'll head over to the meeting point now."

"Will you be ok, too, Cou-sama?" Becky asked.

"Of course!" the young duchess said. "We'll head up into the sky right away."

"Ok, thanks!" Becky said.

"Leo-san is also coming by the way." Millhi added. "She is very concerned about Naruto."

"Oh don't worry about him." Cinque said. "Knowing him, he is still causing trouble…or as he calls it…having trouble follow him around."

The four of them shared a laugh at that.

"Anyway, we'll meet you soon in the sky." Cinque said, ending the connection.

"We need to get back to the others soon. I've got a bad feeling somehow." He then said to Becky and Blue.

Star Whale, Crystal room

"Damn that bastard, getting between me and Aria." Pestilence (aka Verde) swore. He had taken considerable damage from Naruto during the last fight and retreated to the Crystal room. Before retreating though, he managed to snatch Aria.

"Aria…I am going to fulfill our promise…I AM going to find a way to bring you to the surface…"

He said.

He was too caught up in his conversation with Aria to realize his impending doom approaching.

In the Village

The two teams returned to the Village only to fins Yuki half embedded in a rock and Red with minor burns on her arm. Fortunately no-one else was injured.

Unfortunately, Aria was also missing.

"I was caught off guard." Yuki said. I made one of the first mistakes Naruto warned me about. I charged in without a backup plan." She sighed. "Now I am out of commission for a while, at least until I can move my back without major discomfort."

"Me, too…I couldn't do anything." Sharl said.

"That is mostly because Naruto attacked him before you could do anything." Yuki said.

"So, what is this Verde like?" Gaul said.

"He is very strong." Yuki said. "He managed to keep up with Naruto. Were it not for Naruto's Unique Healing ability, he would have killed Naruto. Thankfully Naruto managed to critically injure him afterwards."

"He looked like a Human, but was in fact a demon." Sharl said.

"Is that even possible?" Leaf asked.

"A disciple, yes?" Yuki asked Red, who was sitting in her hands.

"Yes. Demons who took the form of humans existed in the distant past." Red explained.

"They were highly intelligent, wielding power that was a manifestation of greed and disaster…wait…" Yuki said. Red and Sharl gasped in realization.

"We are indeed facing a disciple. One of the most powerful ones." Red said. "The demon or disciple of Illness, Sickness and Disease, Pestilence. Of course, now I remember. There were very few disciples to ever exist, only 8 if I remember correctly. 4 of them were sealed away. The other four were lost in time."

"What do you mean?" Leaf asked. Gaul nodded in agreement.

Red gave them a brief description of the four demons that were sealed, including Pestilence.

"Three of the other four were the Manifestations of Natural disasters, Drought, Inferno and Freezing. The eighth is unknown. There are no record of it other than a brief mention in rumors and ancient texts, mentioning it only as the last." Yuki said.

"Anyway, we need to go and find Naruto. He may need our help." Sharl said.

"We'll do that." Gaul said. "We have got to save Aria as well." The others agreed.

Some time later

"This way. I hear the sound this way." Vert said.

"The presences are getting stronger, too." Leaf said.

The group was walking through a dark tunnel currently.

"Leave." a voice suddenly said.

Shining the light ahead of them, they saw numerous Sickness Demons manifesting themselves in their path.

"Leave, Humans…Leave." The voice spoke again.

"It talked?" Jaune asked.

"These thing aren't talking. They're just sharing the Disciple's voice.

"You're in Aria's way. Leave!" the voice said.

"Not happening, you bastard." Nanami said. "We have something we have to do."

The Demons suddenly converged to create a behemoth of a Demon, which let out a sonic roar.

"Prince…you are one of the two I can least forgive!" the voice said. "Just die!" the behemoth raised a enormous arm to smash onto Gaul.

"Gaul, get going. I'll keep Jumbo occupied." Nanami said.

"I'll help Nanami-san." Leaf said, shooting a few bolt from his crossbow.

"Thanks. I'll let you two handle this." Gaul shouted.

Both he and Éclair pulled out their crystals.

"Hero Crystal, activate." Gaul called out.

"Chakra Crystal, activate." Éclair called out.

Both of them transformed into their older selves.

"You bastard. Just you wait…" Gaul shouted.

In the Crystal room

"Aria. Aria. Aria." Verde called out.

"Verde?" she answered. "Verde…it's you, right?"

"I'll give you back your voice." Verde said. His necklace started glowing. A glowing orb detatched itself from it and flew into the barrier orb that held Aria prisoner.

"I remember." Aria said. "I remember everything!"

Flashback, a few months earlier

Aria was walking towards the Village when Stars called out to her.

"Aria!" Stars jumped into the water and swam to the shore. "You've gotten used to this form now, haven't you?" she asked.

"Yeah." Aria answered. "I am used to it now."

"And you're with Verde again?" Stars asked.

"Yup!" Aria answered.

"He's strange for a Sky Spirit." Pearls said.

"He looks strangely Human, somehow." Stars commented.

"But isn't he cute?" Aria asked. "He is always nice to me. Right, Verde?"

Verde could only nod, but held a strong blush on his face.

That evening

Aria and Verde were watching Gaul and Cinque battle in their Hero-time modes over the Water Screen. She was more focused on the white haired warrior than the blonde one though.

"Aria." Stars called out as she entered her home. "Were you watching the surface again?"

'J-just a little." Aria answered. "The Heroes and the Princesses are so cool. And there is a wonderful prince, isn't there?" Stars teased.

"Th-that's not all, but…" Aria said.

"What do you mean?" Stars asked.

"I like to think about what I'd do if I went to the surface. That's fun too." Aria explained.

"Well, you are able to take on the same form as a surface person." Stars said. "Couldn't you go if you wanted?"

"Even in this form, I cannot get far from water, just like you guys." Aria told her. "And this year I have been chosen to be the songstress. I won't go yet, for the Star Whale and the Priestess's sake, but some day, I will go there.

Timeskip, 2 days before current time

"It is possible." Verde said. Aria looked at him from her water screen. "I'll grant your wish. I promise."

"Are you sure?" Aria asked. "There has never been a way to safely travel between the Star Whale and the surface…"

"I will find a way." Verde said. "I promise."

That night

Verde snuck out of Aria's room and travelled to a large chamber full of crystals. At its centre was a sword being suspended by numerous thread like tendrils.

'I know where the power to make Aria's dream come true is.' He thought, approaching the sword. 'The reason I was born. My true form.' He stopped just inches from the sword. 'I'll make Aria's dream come true.' With that he touched the sword's grip.

Immediately upon touching the sword, the entire room was flooded with demonic energy and Verde began to transform.

"Now I can make her dream come true." He said, opening his red eyes. He began releasing demonic energy into the Star Whale, darkening every tunnel, every room, even the star Whale's skin itself.

"The Star Whale that locks Aria away. The Village and priestess that hold her back…" Verde said. "I can make them all go to sleep."

Back at the village

Soon after the darkness swept over them, the inhabitants of the Sky Village became sick with fever, sore throats and other ailments. That is, all but one.

"What is this?" Aria asked. "What happened, everyone?" she was walking along a small lake in a different part of the Star Whale. Even from where she was, she could feel the sickness.

"Aria." A voice called out to her.

She turned around to see a youth around her age standing there.

"Verde…is that you?" she asked.

"Aria…I promised to bring you to the surface. I intend to keep that promise." Verde said. Suddenly a glowing orb came out of Aria's chest and into the necklace Verde wore. Aria collapsed afterwards.

"Now we can go anywhere." Verde said. Suddenly a massive gust of wind sent them flying far away.

When she woke up, Aria found herself in a place she didn't recognize…or that she had any idea where she was or where she came from. She looked around, seeing a large lake to her side. She then noticed the Sky Spirits approaching her and smiled. She tried to talk, but no sound came from her mouth.

"What am I doing here?" She asked herself, unconsciously speaking telepathically. Another gust of wind sent her hair flying all over the place and she saw a white haired person fall into the lake. She immediately jumped in after the person. Swimming fast, she caught the person, discovering it was a male. She felt she knew him from somewhere, but couldn't place him.

"Aria." A creepy voice suddenly called out. Looking at the bottom of the lake, she saw several shapeless objects manifest themselves. "Don't go…came and find me…"

Scared, she swam with the male to the shore.

Flashback end

Aria was shocked as she remembered everything.

With Gaul and those who went ahead

Several demonic tentacles were flying towards the group, only for Jaune to destroy them with her Halberd. Gaul jumped over her and slashed at the next bunch with her claws.

"This way." Vert called out.

"There is a doorway here." Noir said.

Moments later said door burst open.

"What the…" the group shouted. The dust was mixed with smoke and they all heeard the sound of intense fighting.

"Gaul!" a female voice called out. He recognized it as Aria's.

"Aria!" he sighed in relief.

"Naruto is fighting Verde. You have to go help them. I don't know what happened, but Verde is not a bad person." She pleaded. She was nearly sent flying by another blast as Verde flew past them, smashing into the wall on the other side of the tunnel.

"That bastard…" Gaul grew angry and charged at Verde.

"Éclair, go help him. Cinque should be here soon." Naruto said, staggering out with a heavily bleeding wound at his side. "I have weakened him enough for the three of you to be able to defeat him."

"What about you?" she asked.

"I'll be fine, though fighting him took quite a lot out of me." Naruto said, slumping down, wincing as pain shot through him.

As luck would have it, had he NOT sat down at that moment, he would have been hit by Varde and Gaul, who flew back into the crystal chamber. Unfortunately Verde's foot still hit him on the temple, leaving him out cold.

"Take care of him." Éclair called out to the Genoise and Aria before running into the room just in time to see Gaul dodge one of Verde's attacks, grab him and smash his head into the ground, shattering a good portion of it.

Verde spat out a shot of Demonic energy, which Gaul barely dodged, getting a cut on his cheek however.

In his moment of being distracted, Verde got out of his grasp and sent him flying with a roundhouse kick.

Éclair charged him, holding her own against the demon, but soon was sent flying as well with a devastating punch to the chest.

At the same time, Gaul slashed Verde with his claws, only to have to block his kick soon after.

Outside the room

"Verde…let me go to him…" Aria said telepathically, not trusting her voice at the moment.

"Sorry, but at the moment you are likely to get caught up in the fight." Jaune said.

"But still, as a demon hunter, I hope that Verde, even though he was a disciple to begin with, can be saved." Noir said.

Back at the battle

"Aria's dream is to go to the surface." Verde shouted, sending both Gaul and Éclair flying with a demonic blast. "I'm going to make that dream come true!"

"You don't have to do this; we can take her as well!" Gaul said, charging.

"But something like you will never be able to fulfill that promise as you are now." Éclair shouted flanking Verde.

Together, Éclair and Gaul sent Verde flying.

"Since ancient times, you humans have tried to exterminate us, even though we didn't do anything wrong. You were merely scared of us." Verde said.

Gaul's eyes widened in realization. "I see. You really do care for Aria…" he said. Éclair had come to the same conclusion.

"That other bastard…he knew a lot about us, but he didn't know the truth." Verde said, walking towards the two. "I won't believe in the star people or you surface dwellers." I'll make them all sleep with my power for trying to destroy the world." He sent both flying with a very powerful blast. "I will create a gentle and peaceful world, where discrimination does not exist…" he was interrupted by a infernal blast that he managed to dodge in time. Sensing another presence, he manifested the sword he used against Naruto earlier.

The new presence spoke up. "The Hero Cinque is here in Hero Mode!"

"Cinque!" Éclair called out, running up to him and kissing him. He returned the kiss.

Verde grew angry at his arrival. "Don't get in my way!" he shouted, growing taller and gaining dozens of tentacle arms.

In a tunnel approaching the village

A huge flying carpet was flying over a sea of shapeless demons.

"Seems like the situation's worse than we imagined." Brioche said. Behind her Isuka nodded.

"We'll just have to cut open a path." Leo said.

"Alliance knight, Demon Hunters and Medics!" Couvert said from the controls. "Hang on!"

"Yes Ma'am!" the passengers all shouted.

"Princess, I'm going to up our speed!" Becky told Millhi, who was riding behind her.

"Ok. Please do!" she answered.

At the Village

"They are all here!" Rico exclaimed in joy.

"The songstress from the surface is here." Red said. Rico turned around, showing she was holding Guri with Red sitting on its head. "Everyone, get the dais for the Star Festival ready!"

All the Sky people shouted "Right!"

"I have to go as well!" Sharl said.

"Pega, this way." Red called out, to everyone's surprise. "Your wings may be the key to saving everyone." Pega flew forward, allowing the mini avatar to tough its nose. "Show the Dragon Priestess Sharl and everyone else your true form." Pega agreed and began glowing, then growing.

With Becky and Millhi

"I'm Sorry, Princess, to ask you to sing in all this chaos." Becky told Millhi.

"Not at all." Millhi answered. "I'll sing anywhere, at any time." She said with a smile. "Especially if it can help keep the Sky Sea safe. There's nothing that would make me happier as a singer."

Suddenly Becky had to swerve to avoid a demonic blast coming from somewhere. They all shouted out in surprise as several large demonic spikes blocked their passage.

"NO WAY!" Becky shouted out. Just as they were about to crash into the blockade a bright light crashed through the barrier, easily destroying it. They looked around, wondering what had just happened.

"Princess of Biscotti, Hero Rebecca, I'm glad you're safe." They heard Sharl talk. Turning their head in the direction of the voice, they were greeted by the sight of a magnificent Pegasus, with Sharl standing on its head holding on to its two horns.

"Priestess-sama!" Millhi said.

"Who is that?" Becky asked.

"It's Pega." Sharl answered. "This is his true form."

Becky and Millhi looked awestruck.

"Now, let's hurry. The Star Festival will be ready soon." Sharl said happily.

"Right!" Becky and Millhi answered together.

Elsewhere

"Be careful. There are still plenty more of them!" Isuka said, defeating another set of Demons.

"Right." The Demon hunter squad behind him answered.

Leo was letting out a battle roar as she sent yet another blast at the demons with her Battle Axe. The group was in heavy combat at the moment as they fought to keep the Demons away from the Village.

Couvert was busy giving air support, whilst complaining that there was no end of the demons.

Back in the Crystal chamber

Cinque, Gaul and Éclair were having a dodging competition. The stackes: the first one to get hit by Verdes near constant attacks has to buy Naruto some Ramen.

With that in mind, they found it fairly easy to dodge the red bolts of energy.

Seeing that his energy attacks weren't being useful, Verde decided to go old school: good old fashioned melee…only to have Cinque use his Soul Weapon to burn his attack to ash.

"Let's go, Cinque." Gaul called out.

"Yeah, Gaul." Cinque called out. "Éclair, think you can make us an opening?"

"Who do you think I am?" his green haired girlfriend called out.

She promptly sent a emblem arts blast at Verde, creating a smokescreen as it hit.

"Divine Rule: Glorious Flying Slash" Gaul and Cinque said, both using their Soul weapons at their most powerful form.

Verde didn't have enough time to react before Cinque and Gaul's attack hit him.

After the explosion subsided, they walked towards the utterly defeated form of Verde.

"This is it." Gaul said.

"N-not yet…" Verde said.

"No, this is the end." Cinque agreed with Gaul.

They all heard music then.

"This song…" Verde said, recognizing it. For the first time in millennia he hears this song with his own ears…

"It is starting…The Princess's song…" Cinque said.

In the village

Millhi was standing on the dais of the village, waiting for her song to start.

When she finally began singing, the effect was immediate as the darkness receded away from her.

All over…and inside…the Star Whale

Bright orbs of white appeared, purifying any and all demons they touched.

The battles also stopped as the demons were purified and the surface people turned to listen to the song.

POV, outside of the Star Whale

The Halo above the Star Whale began shining so bright it temporarily blocked all view of the Whale itself. When the light receded, the Halo was still too bright to look at directly, but was dim enough that the Whale could be seen. It literally shone with health, all signs of its ailment gone. The Whale gave a moan/cry that could only be described as one of happiness. Soon the white orbs began appearing from its skin as well and fell down to the surface, cleansing the air as they fell.

Back inside by the village

Millhi bowed to the hundred or so Sky people surrounding her, most of them having been at the bottom of the lake, wither sick or treating those struck down by ailments.

After a lengthy applause, Glasses turned to the other Sky People.

"Everyone! Let's sing a song of Healing to the Star Whale, too!" she called out. Loud cheers of agreement answered. Soon a hundred or so plus one voices began singing the same song Millhi just sang, be they underwater or above it.. Of course Millhi couldn't resist singing with them…Even Becky, Rico, Yuki and Sharl got roped in…so make that a hundred or so plus five…

In the Crystal Chamber

Verde began crying, feeling emotions he had not felt since before becoming sealed: Joy, Peace and Happiness.

Tears fell out of his closed eyes as he heard the Sky people sing.

"The one who fought me first, before you three, what is his name?" Verde asked.

Cinque, Gaul and Éclair looked at each other, uncertain as to his request.

"It is Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto." They heard Naruto say. They turned to see him walking toward them along with Aria and the Genoise.

"You said that we didn't understand you, correct?" Naruto asked.

"Yes." Verde answered.

"Then please, explain so that we may come closer to understanding you." Naruto said.

"The four of us voluntarily sealed ourselves alongside a majority of our brethren, becoming keys that keep this world alive. Over time, many of the minor ones and those who didn't let themselves become sealed decided to take it upon themselves to make sure that there never is a time where Humans become powerful enough to challenge them, thereby destroying entire nations when they become powerful enough to be a threat. Unfortunately and ironically, they became the very things they swore to defend the world against." Verde suddenly began glowing.

"I'm going to disappear soon, so let me…"

"Hero/Charkra Crystal, activate." Gaul, Cinque and Éclair said, forming a barrier around them.

"So why did you then try to kill everyone?" Gaul asked.

"You cannot comprehend the effect emotions have on archaic power." Verde said, closing his eyes. "Our Emotions react and strengthen our powers. Love and Hate more so than any other."

"What about Primordial power?" Naruto asked. Everyone looked at him.

"Primordial Power is the origin of all power on Asha…that is…" Verde said.

"…the name of this planet during the time of your sealing." Naruto finished. Verde nodded.

"That power is only preceded by those who came before our time: The gods of creation." Verde continued explaining. "When I heard Aria speaking about going to the Surface and all the problems that came in her way, I got angry. I returned to the Chamber where my powers were all sealed and bacame what I am now."

"Verde…you didn't have to do all this just for me…" Aria said, crying.

"Is it possible for you to separate into your spirit form and the sword again?" Naruto asked.

"It is, but there is a chance that my powers manifest themselves on one of you." He warned.

"Then the others will leave while I remain behind. Don't worry. I still have my primordial power with me." Naruto said. Verde's eyes widened, then closed in understanding. Once the others had left there was a surge of power that disappeared just as quickly as it arose.

The others walked in to find Naruto standing, holding an blue orb. Behind him, suspended by demonic looking threads, was a demon sword.

"Aria-san." Naruto said, holding out the orb to her. "I think he would want you to look after him until he awakens."

Aria smiled and cried at that. The smile was shared with everyone until Naruto collapsed.

"Naruto?!" they all shouted. Their fears were relieved when they heard him snore.

"Why does he always cause trouble?" Yuki asked.

"Why is this trouble?" Aria asked.

"Not telling Leo." Cinque called out, followed shortly by Éclair, then the others, until only Gaul was left.

"What? How…OH CRAP!" Gaul shouted out. As Cinque and Éclair dragged him away.

"What is happening?" Aria asked.

"Leo is Gaul's older sister, and she has a very short fuse when people close to her worry her." Rico explained.

"The last time Naruto ended up in such a state she nearly put him back in a coma when he recovered." Yuki said.

"Now, instead of worrying about anyone, why don't we go to the village?" Jaune asked. The others agreed.

Few minutes later

With a shout of joy Aria dived from the top of the waterfall into the lake. Whilst falling, her legs fused, turning into a fish tail. She quickly swam to the dias for another round of singing…after Gaul had to explain to Leo about the state Naruto was in…

Sometime later

"People of the surface and Dragon Priestess Sharl, once again, I thank you." Farine told the visitors. "It took a while, but I was finally able to find the Fire Dragon."

Outside the Whale

The Fire Dragon was flying outside the Star Whale, with Green holding onto the protrusion, giving shouts of joy as the wind flew past her.

Back inside

"Now we don't have anything to worry about." Sharl said. "It's time to say Fair Well."

"Yes, but before that…" Farine looked at Guri with Red and Blue on its head.

"Yes." The two avatars said. Guri flew towards the floor.

"…I'd like to give you a sign of thanks for your courage and efforts." Farine finished as Guri begam glowing and growing, turning into a mean and powerful looking beast…well 'mean' until you hear its scream, which sounded like a child's joyful scream…

"What's this?" Cinque asked.

"I believe on the surface you call is a Phantasmal Beast or Divine Beast!" Farine said.

Noir and Rico went nuts by telling stories about how great these beasts were. Apparently even seeing one brought great amounts of luck. They all then turned their attention to Pega, who happened to be one as well.

Guri transformed back into his miniature state and flew over to the group.

"I am giving him to you as a sign of thanks." Farine said as Guri landed on Gaul's head, which was funny because Guri was bigger than the head.

"Then as representatives of the three nations, we accept your gift." Leo said.

"Oh, I forgot, Guri sometimes has a bit of a problem." Farine said. What the others heard though was "Oh I forgot, Guri sometime is a bit of a Problem."

"Sounds like having a Phantasmal Beast around will be scary." Gaul said before Guri took flight again and began eyeing the Genoise.

To everyone's surprise, other than Farine, Guri began speaking.

"Flat!" he said to Noir, "Pointless!" to Jaune and "Too small!" to Vert.

The three girls blinked, not understanding what he meant.

Guri then flew over to Millhi, Couvert and Leo.

"Superflat!" he said to Couvert, "Better than pointless!" to Millhi and to Lea…well his actions basically roared his opinion as he flew face first into Leo's cleavage.

Of course Leo was too shocked for a moment to do anything whilst 5 girls were becoming angry because of Guri's words towards them.

They had to wait for their turn because Leo had woken up…

Shortly afterwards

Guri was busy sitting on Gaul's head, tears in his eyes and an afro of lumbs on his head. Standing to the side were 5 pissed of girls. Leo meanwhile had forgiven the beast after just one punch.

"Hey, Guri-chan." Yuki said to him. "If you want…" she didn't finish as Guri flew over and settled on her bust, falling asleep.

"So, if he acts weird, we send him over to Yuki?" Naruto suggested. Most laughed while Yuki just smiled.

Shortly afterwards

Using Couverts super sized flying carpet the group from the surface flew past the Sky Village one more time, waving and calling their fair wells as well as getting the same in return.

"So Naruto, how long until you can set up the portal here?" Gaul asked.

"Itching to see Aria so soon already?" he teased. Gaul blushed.

"More like wondering when it would be possible to visit this place again." He said.

Leaf then heard Aria calling out to Gaul.

"Lord Gaul, look over there." He said. Gaul turned and saw Aria waving to them.

"Couvert, you think you can fly over there?" he asked. "We should all say our fair wells…"

"Not so fast, mister." Nanami interrupted him. "She saved your life, so go yourself."

Together with Leaf, "Ready, set…" Gaul got a reeeeeally bad feeling about this…

With a shout of "GO!" Nanami and Leaf activated their emblem arts, sending Gaul rocketing forward towards Aria.

Couvert saluted and shouted, "Bon Voyage!"

The others on the carpet just smiled.

Aria was surprised to see Gaul flying towards her…only to crash land. At her feet.

"Those guys…" Gaul began, but stopped seeing a hand reach out for him. It took him a moment to realize whose hand it was…he'd recognize it anytime.

Aria, with a huge smile, helped him to his feet, though if one were to look from the side, it looked like a classic scene of a knight kneeling before a royal princess he loved…

"This is the second time you saved me." Gaul said. Aria just blushed as she remembered that he was the one she had a crush on before losing her memories.

"I don't know how to thank you." She said. She was snapped out of her dilemma and blush by Gaul's next words.

"You don't need to thank me. You saved me and I saved you, I'd say that makes us even. We even got to go on an adventure." Gaul pointed behind him towards the people on the carpet. "You're my friend, just like all of them." Aria looked past him, seeing the smiling faces and the waves. Even the beast balls had smiles. "Of course the same counts for Verde."

"I want to see you and everyone else again." Aria said.

"Yeah, me, too…" Gaul stopped when Aria approached him and sealed the deal.

Back on the carpet

"Oi, Nanami." Naruto said.

"Yes." She answered.

"You know what this means, right?" she looked at him confused. "You and Becky here are the only crystal holders left who are still single…" Nanami and Becky went atomic at the implication…

"Hey look, they are completely in sync again." Leo smirked.

"We're not…" they said together. Thus began another long grilling session.

Back on the small island

Aria stepped back, leaving a crimson Gaul behind. Before she could apologize though he returned the favor.

At first she was too surprised to respond, but soon she got into it as well. They continued until they heard the grilling session come to an end.

"As soon as Naruto is ready to build the portal to this Village, I will accompany him here and visit again." Gaul promised.

"And once the portal is up and running, I will come and visit you." Aria promised as well. "Verde will also come with me."

They shared one last kiss before Couvert flew over, not feeling jealous at all, to pick him up.

Shortly afterwards

"You were looking good back there, Gaul." Leo told her little brother. She was currently sitting on the carpet, giving Naruto a lap-pillow. This was mirrored by Éclair and Cinque.

"Not really. It's not like I made the first move…" Gaul said.

"Kindof gives you a Déjà vu, doesn't it, Leo?" Naruto asked.

"It sure does." She answered.

"How so?" Millhi, Gaul and Couvert asked, though the others turned to hear the answer.

"She is the one who confessed first." Naruto said bluntly.

"At least Aria and Gaul weren't in a cave like us." Leo said to Naruto.

"That is true, but we weren't inside an ancient super sized whale." Naruto said. "And they didn't need to go hunting."

Leo blushed at the reminder. She still had those leather clothes in their bedroom.

"So, Gaul, any special design you want the rings to have?" Naruto asked.

"Huh? What rings?" Gaul asked. Most of the others face planted. Naruto and Leo held up their hands. Realizing what Naruto meant, Gaul went crimson and looked away.

"I…I don't think I am ready to go to that level with her just yet." He stammered.

"But I heard that Cats love Fish." Red said, smirking.

"I believe there is even a fish that has both their names in it." Blue said.

"Do you mean the Catfish?" Green asked.

Everyone laughed.

Once outside and after saying fair well to the avatars

"A lot happened, but everybody's safe, and it's peaceful again!" Rico said.

"I didn't get to do enough fighting, though." Couvert said. "Don't you think so, Brioche-sama?"

"Well, not having to fight is a welcoming change for once." The Brunette said. Behind her her brother agreed.

"We were able to restore peace without anyone being hurt too badly." Leo said. "I'm very glad."

"True that." Couvert agreed. "Now, we are almost beneath the clouds."

Several seconds later both the carpet and the Fire Dragons burst through the clouds and everyone was amazed to see the small orbs of light being there as well.

"Well, it isn't much of a surprise as to why your clothes are still in one piece." Naruto said. "This light only purifies Demonic energies and those items containing them. Though…"

All over the three nations

Men and women were running around, trying not to touch the descending lights, vividly remembering the last time something similar to this happened…

Back up top

"…I don't think the people on the ground have noticed it yet…"

"This is sure to cause some confusion. We had better call in the news crew and tell the people about it." Leo said.

Later that day

Millhi, Couvert and Gaul were sitting in Millhi's Pavilion with a bunch of vultu…paparazzi looking at them from behind their camera's.

The three of them explained that the event is harmless and that it could continue for several days. They finished off by stating that the floating lights were a present from the Star Whale in the Sky Sea.

Loud cheering and applause greeted the announcement.

Next day

Cinque, Nanami and Becky were standing at their respective Summoning circle locations with their respective summoners…with Éclair seeing Cinque of as well.

"You had better come visit again, Cinque!" Éclair warned him.

"You bet I will." He said, bending forward. she followed suit and their lips touched. Cinque then said his fair wells to Millhi.

Shortly afterwards three streaks of Pink, Green and Yellow made their way up into the sky.

Freedoms Passage

The entire UADAF stood assembled outside the Castle, saluting towards the three heroes leaving their nations. That included Naruto and Leo of course.

"Until we meet again, you three." Naruto said.

Sometime later

The Heroes soon found themselves at the locations they were summoned from. They were glad that they were back home, but saddened because their time in Flonyard was so short.

"So…three months eh?" Nanami said.

"What? Three months during which time to get a boyfriend?" Cinque teased.

Nanami growled at that, because he hit the nail dead on.

"Well, a lot can happen in that short of a time…" Cinque said. Suddenly Cinques Phone rang and he saw that it was Becky calling him.

"Yo Becky. Have a good trip?" he asked.

"You bet. So I guess Nanami and I have three months in which to find someone, eh?" Becky said.

"Did she have to say that?" Nanami asked. Cinque laughed.

"Well, you two will have the easy time. I will have to spend the next three months training and waiting to see Éclair again." Cinque finished.

""Ouch…"" the girls said.

"Just don't die on us due to heart break…" Nanami said. That made them all laugh.

Back in Flonyard

The Portal room in Freedoms passage shimmered on all three portals and Millhi, Éclair, Couvert and Gaul stepped through. Meeting them were Naruto and Leo, the latter two having invited them to come over.

"Did you manage to Place the Seals?" Naruto asked.

Couvert and Gaul nodded.

"Éclair had fun giving Cinque his." Millhi said, making the greenette blush slightly.

"Are you sure they will work?" Gaul asked.

"All my tests and research say they should." Naruto said.

"I feel kindof left out of the loop here…" Éclair said.

"The seals you gave those three…" Naruto said. "…will basically kidnap them." Éclair's eyes widened at that…then she got angry.

"You are going to kidnap them? What about their families?" she shouted.

"Maybe he was being to blunt about it." Gaul said. Éclair looked at him, but forced her anger under control.

"We requested that Naruto create those seals in case of an emergency, or more specific, in the case that the three of them were to die in their world, their souls would be sent to this world and a new body would be created for them." Couvert said.

"Of course they'd remember everything about who they were and all, but they'd never be able to return to the Earth." Millhi said sadly.

"Call it a second chance if you will…" Naruto began to speak before a seal on each of the leaders' hands began glowing. "Speaking of the devil…it seems like the seals did their job marvelously and the secondary function as well."

The others looked at him in shock.

"Apart from combining a summoning circle with a soul summoning seal, I made the Seal so the souls would pass through the space time continuum, where I was before I came here." Naruto explained. I only learned it the day before they departed. It was the last seal my parents gave me. It seemed like they knew what would happen…"

"Ok, so what does this mean?" Gaul asked.

"It means that you should summon them soon and that they are ready to be summoned." Naruto said. "They will arrive, possibly with some changes, with their new bodies…"

He didn't finish the explanation before the leaders and Éclair ran out of the room and down to the portal junction. Naruto and Leo sighed as they walked out onto the balcony.

10 minutes later they saw three colored orbs descend to the surface.

"I wonder how much time they got to spend with their families…" Naruto said, pity in his voice.

However, he knew that it was a new beginning not just for the three nations, but for all of Asha.

Epilog

1 year later

Naruto was busy playing with his two children, twins, Kurama and Kushina. Kurama was a fox person with golden hair with sky blue eyes while Kushina took after her mother more than anything, white hair and yellow eyes.

Leo was sitting in a chair nearby, knitting socks for the twins.

A lot has happened in the year since the three heroes had undergone the emergency summoning.

Cinque took on the characteristics of a Siberian Husky, though he still had human ears. His dog ears and tail were the same color as his hair though.

Like Cinque, Nanami and Becky kept their Human ears.

Nanami took after the Egyptian Mau cat, and Becky after a tree squirrel.

Less than a month after returning, Cinque proposed to Éclair, to which she was all too happy to agree to.

It took Naruto 3 months to prepare the Portal that he would place in the Sky Village and true to his promise, Gaul accompanied him to the Star Whale, riding atop Guri's true form.

The reunion between Gaul and Aria left the other Sky People Feeling awkward, but they all agreed that The two of them were perfect for one another.

Verde unfortunately was still in his stasis sphere.

The UADAF had also grown considerably, with other nations sending up to 500 men and women to train and learn from Naruto. By the Time Kurama and Kushina were born, he had 5 other castles built on the borders of most of the southern nations on the continent. The biggest surprise came when one of the Coastal countries offered them part of their Naval fleet and offered to send trainers to teach them about Naval warfare and afterwards made the mistake of Challenging them to a battle…Well, the Seal people were very glad that their Beast ball forms floated atop the water…

On the ground though Naruto held two more expeditions into the wilderness, finding them fit for re-colonization, though he was unanimously overruled by all the bordering Nations. Those three Nations' worth of land was given to the recently renamed Continental Counter Demon Army as their main HQ. Well, while the construction of the first major city, Ashenvale, is going ahead well, the teams that are mapping the new nation will spend the next few years on their job.

Other than that, very little changed in the everyday life in Flonyard. Nanami and Becky had found someone to live with, as did Millhi and Couvert.

During the ninth month Gaul proposed. The only surprise came from the fact that it took him so damn long to propose.

In the 10th month Cinque and Éclair had their marriage, with Naurto, Gaul and Lorrain being best men and Millhi, Becky and Nanami being best women.

To Cinque and Éclair's great relief Naruto didn't grill anyone during the wedding or after party. No, the grilling happened less than two months later when the couple announced that Éclair was pregnant.

Flashback grilling

Just after the announcement

"You two certainly work fast, don't you?" Naruto said. Both Éclair and Cinque went pale and atomic…no…atomic pale…no…pale and atomic at the same time (Whatever that term is…), knowing that Naruto was about to grill them.

To their horror, Nanami, Becky and Leo took part.

"So, how many times a day did you do it to get to this point?" Nanami asked.

And to make matters worse, the news cameras were still focused on them…and the microphones were still turned on…

The grilling also continued for an hour, before Millhi decided to come to the rescue.

Flashback grilling end

Now, things have calmed down. Naruto and Leo were learning the cons of being parents.

That didn't stop them from lavishing their kids with love.

Naruto already had plans on how to train them…he would train them in the ways of a shinobi and a Demon Hunter…

He was sure that they each had an adventure ahead of them…

And done.

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Please Note that "A Fox is Semper Fidelis" will not be a sequel, but a completely different story.