Eureka Seven Re-Evolution
Final Chapter: NARUTO
November 25th – 10:24AM– Streets– Konoha – Hi no Kuni
"What do we have here?"
Madara sat in the cockpit of the RA272 Nirvash while looking at the two LFO standing in front of him. To the left, a black and blue LFO looked back at him while on the right a black one with pink lines.
"This ends here, Minato!" Sasuke stated as his LFO prepared to attack.
Anemone on the other hand looked a bit troubled "Why are you doing this... father?"
Madara simply laughed at this "First off, I'm not your father; I'm someone above Namikaze Minato!"
"Then who are you?" The girl asked quietly. After hearing something like that, who wouldn't?
"My name is known to many... I'm Madara, Uchiha Madara"
Sasuke stared incredulously at the IFO in front of him "That's not possible! Madara is dead!"
"Everything is possible, young Uchiha!"
Sasuke clicked his teeth "This guy thinks he can play us…"
Madara spread his arms mockingly and makes the sign known as 'come to me'
Anemone growled at that sign and finished Sasuke's phrase "…Let's prove him wrong!"
Both shot forward with Anemone going for a hand to hand approach while Sasuke stood back launching missiles from the Kanon's back.
"Pitiful!" Madara shouted as he blocked every strike from The END while dodging the missiles with Anemone's LFO.
"This isn't working…" Sasuke muttered as he prepared a Jutsu through the LFO. To the outside, black flames flickered to life in the LFO's hand which Sasuke condensed into a sword "This better not blow in my face… Enton: Kagutsuchi!"
The LFO that Sasuke piloted flew forward and rounded on the fighting forms of The END and RA272 Nirvash. With a swift turn, Sasuke slashed Madara's LFO, clearly surprising him.
The tactic went well; Anemone distracted the man while Sasuke prepared something powerful to attack. It worked as Sasuke managed to chop off one of the arms that were unprotected by the Susanoo.
Seeing how it ended, Madara backed away and frowned. He would not underestimate their team work once again.
Just as he prepared to attack once again, Sasuke rushed toward him up front, black flames sword in hand. Madara chuckled and focused the Susanoo Armor into one thick blade which met Sasuke's.
Using his eyes, Sasuke looked at RA272 Nirvash and bathed it in black flames "Amaterasu!"
Dispelling the blade Madara chuckled as he covered his LFO in Susanoo once again "Is that all?"
"For my part, yes" Sasuke replied as he flew away as fast as he could and shouted "NOW!"
"On it!" Anemone shouted as she concentrated all the power of her LFO "Vascud Crisis!"
A red wave of energy flowed out of The END and flowed into the Pseudo-LFO.
The wave crashed upon Madara and dropped him to the floor, pressing the RA272 against it. All the while it tore through the Susanoo while destroying some plates from the RA272 Nirvash. Madara during this was screaming in pain as the wave tore at his mind.
'What is this!? This was not meant to happen! This is not my end! Not after so long! I will not fail! I WILL NOT FAIL!'
Meanwhile in the depths of the Pseudo-LFO a green glow shone over the red that flooded the giant…
November 25th – 10:25AM – Hi no Kuni
"I'm coming, guys! Wait for me!" Naruto shouted as the Nirvash Spec V3 flew at full speed toward Konoha.
As fast as he went, everything seemed slow as time ticked down.
He needed to get there, fast.
" A green light!?" He saw in the distance "What the hell I am missing!?"
With that in mind, the yellow and purple haired teenager pushed faster toward his destination.
He would not fail…
November 25th – 10:25AM– Streets– Konoha – Hi no Kuni
"What's going on!?" Anemone shouted over the explosion of lights and debris that covered Konoha.
Sasuke grunted as he put pressure on Kanon to stay still, but the fierce wind moved the LFO several meters behind "That guy… he's exploding with Trappar… what is he doing!?"
They didn't have to wait for much longer as the wind and the sound stilled
"This… is what I've always wanted… this is the path to perfection…"
"That voice… Madara!?" Sasuke noted a bit shocked by the tone it carried. It was more guttural and held a metallic edge.
The smoke and debris faded away to reveal something that looked completely different from what they expected.
The Pseudo LFO was completely covered in green cubes of Quartz and its form was completely unstable. It changed constantly, its arms falling away and sprouting over and over with a sick squelch.
The head, or where it would be, changed shapes and directions constantly in epileptic flashes.
But soon, as the giant took a step forward, the quartz started melting away to reveal a white covered RA272 Nirvash that had green pulsing runes over it body. The white covered its body completely, not revealing even its face.
It was a grotesque show to watch, but even more, it was fear instilling. To see the Pseudo-LFO morph into something never thought before.
"I'm one with this… this body… this vessel… no, this is my incubator… my true form is to rise…" They couldn't see its eyes, but they knew it was watching them.
Anemone and Sasuke readied for an attack but all they saw was a green flash of trappar which simply blinded them and before they knew it, they were sent flying at very high speeds.
With a resounding boom, they crashed through many buildings until they came to a stop. Barely standing up, the saw that Madara picked up the Hiraishin kunai in the distance. The morphed Pseudo-LFO gripped the kunai and the white substance that covered it before melded into it, unifying the hand and the weapon.
"Isn't this better? For you mongrels to know your place?" Madara mocked them in that very same metallic voice that Sasuke came to detest "I'm afraid that I'm feeling the call… the time is coming closer… using the girl as a medium I will redefine the world as I see fit… this dance will come to a close now…"
Madara charged the Kunai with enough trappar to make it shine a sick green. With a simple swing motion arcs of energy shot from the weapon tearing everything in its path.
Sasuke could barely stand up and knew that moving was not an option in this stance. 'Dammit…'
Closing his eyes to avoid seeing the unavoidable, Sasuke missed as a figure shot from his side blocking the arcs of energy completely.
Seconds before, Anemone was struggling with moving herself but upon seeing the technique nearing her and Sasuke, everything stopped for her.
'Why… why is this happening?!'
'It's your own fault'
'Who's that!?'
'The one who's letting you pilot'
'The END?'
'That I am'
'How are you talking with me?'
'We're connected… you and me. You have traits of a Coralian, even if you were made in a laboratory…'
'We're connected… what can I do then?'
'Die for all I care…'
Anemone's eyes widened as she heard that. It was something she always feared to listen, but for a different person…
"You're dead to me…"
Now the space around her turned white and before her stood Kushina who looked at her as if she was a monster…
"M-Mom…"
"You sided with them… I tried to make you a human, but you embraced your Coralian side… I will not recognize you as my daughter… I don't have one as far as I'm concerned…"
"N-no… mother… please listen to me! Madara he-!"
"I will not listen to the voice of a thing that is like her… you're better off dead like her…"
Tears poured now from her eyes; Anemone felt lost. Her mother, the one she always chased after, the one she wanted to be acknowledged…
"Why are you crying?"
Anemone looked up recognizing the voice "Naruto…"
"Don't listen to that old witch! You have me! We're friends, remember?! We're family!" Naruto gave his cheerful smile which had the pink haired girl smile
"Why listen to someone who wants you dead?" Another voice said next to her.
"Sasuke…"
Both of them lend her their hands to stand up, something she took on. She rose to her feet's and cleared her face from stray tears…
"I'm not alone…"
"You're not alone"
"The END…" Anemone raised her head and saw that Naruto and Sasuke were replaced by The END who was staring right into her eyes "Please help me…"
"At last…"
(Insert Song – Parallel Sign – LAMA)
Trappar exploded in a pillar of light that blew everything surrounding it away.
The END was containing the arcs of energy with its bare hands, though the LFO doing so was not the same. Contrary to its dark colours, now the LFO piloted by Anemone was completely silver and its demonic features disappeared.
"I WILL NOT BE ALONE AGAIN!" Anemone shouted for everyone to hear as she pushed forward until the energy technique was redirected to the side.
Panting from the exertion, Anemone looked up to Madara who was looking in her general direction.
"Pitiful attempts to stop the inevitable"
"We will stop you" Anemone stated seriously "I will not let you create a world how you like it"
"Me neither" It was Sasuke who regained enough energy to stand beside her "You're mad, that's enough reason to not let you in charge of rebuilding the world…"
"I'm afraid this is as far as you will go…" Madara coated once again the kunai in energy and slashed at them.
"Vascud Crisis!"
"Amaterasu!"
Both sides clashed in a push of might that to Madara's surprise was even.
Anemone started walking forward as she started pushing back Madara's technique. Madara, seeing this, pushed forward as well.
The power behind the techniques was enough to level the ground and generate an explosion that blew away the nearby buildings.
Everything stilled as debris floated in the air. A green hue covered the world as Anemone walked forward, Madara mirroring her.
"You will die"
"If I die, I'll know it was not in vain…" Anemone replied as she tightened her grip on the limbs controls. "But I don't plan on dying today!"
Breaking contact between the techniques, Anemone ran to the side evading the incoming arc of energy. Swiftly, she summoned trappar to her right fist and crashed The END's fist into RA272 Nirvash's chest.
Madara skidded backwards rolling and turning until he managed to stabilize the Pseudo-LFO.
"That was dangerous" Sasuke commented as he walked up to Anemone. The END turned to look at Sasuke and nodded. "Is he down?"
"No"
Just as she said that, the RA272 slowly stood up. Anemone and Sasuke noted that the white surface of the Pseudo-LFO started cracking and the cracks were filled with green lights that shone with the force of the sun.
"It's my time… to rise once again!"
Slowly, the white covering the amalgamation fell apart letting the world see what was hidden inside.
The new mechanical creature looked to be made of green and pink goo that was actually solid enough to show defining features. The Pseudo-LFO was no head but in the center of the chest a big Rinnegan eye stared impassively at the pilot duo.
The curious thing was that the eye had a pink ring among the black ones.
A defining feature of a Coralian…
"What is that thing…?" Sasuke muttered, astonished of what he was witnessing.
"That's… Madara!? That doesn't even look like an LFO anymore!" Anemone commented, still not able to fully comprehend what she just saw.
"This… is… evolution!"
The Goo-LFO morphed into stream that flew in direction of Sasuke's LFO. Seeing the enemy coming fastly, Sasuke crossed his arms to block the attack, but suddenly found himself out of words.
The Goo pierced him straight through the chest leaving a gaping hole in Kanon.
Sasuke could barely look down as he saw the metal of the LFO melting away upon contact with the Goo-LFO.
Behind Sasuke the Goo stream reformed into its humanoid form.
"This power… the power to conquer them all!"
Madara struck the ground with his arms and from it the fingers extended under the ground as if they were roots taking place under the leftovers of Konoha and the numerous Scub Corals.
Anemone by her side ran toward Sasuke and held him as blood poured from his LFO "Sasuke… don't…"
"Save it… The bastard's too strong for us… but we… we have to hold him off!" Sasuke shouted and with the last of his strength, he managed to stand up, with The END's help "We have to hold that thing off… until he comes!"
Anemone nodded in agreement, she shared his sentiments after all. "He will stop him…"
"We're waiting for you, Naruto!" Both shouted as they charged for Madara who merely chuckled in his own metallic voice.
"It's useless…"
~ES:RE~
November 25th – 10:45AM – ?– Vodarac Lands – Hi no Kuni
Kabuto looked up to the sky and he could feel the Trappar pouring out of Konoha.
"They're duking it out, it seems…" He commented to no one in particular.
"We should be there" A voice to his side commented. The man had tan skin, brown hair and wore a white and cream colored jacket over a red shirt. Along his black pants, he wore black boots.
"Shut up!" A feminine voice said over the raging winds of the area "You know we're not useful there!"
It was a brown haired woman who wore her hair in two short pigtails. Her clothes choice consisted of a black sports bra, red pants, white boots and headphones hanging from her neck.
"You don't have to say it like that, Ruri…"
Ruri frowned at him but sighed afterwards "I know Sumner, but you know it's true"
"As much as I enjoy watching your everyday antics, we came here for a mission. The Scub Coral are coming" Kabuto told the other two.
"So who are we meeting?" Sumner asked the white haired man who guided them.
"Someone who might give us an insight about the true intentions of The Leader" Kabuto explained to them "Well… better call him by the name Orochimaru thought to be true, Madara"
"Yeah, the Uchiha bastard seems to be messing things up back in Konoha" Ruri added her two cents, frowning at the mention of Madara.
The trio walked inside the lands that were inhabited by the followers of the Coralian. Eventually they reached the cave where their facilitator. It was dark and damp, but the thin light that provided the bulbs was enough to the what was inside.
"Hello again" Kabuto started and bowed dramatically, in a mocking way to the creature that sat in a giant glass tube "Black Zetsu"
The black creature known as Black Zetsu acknowledged their presence with a hollow chuckle "Well… if it isn't the Snake's minion? What do I owe the pleasure of your presence?"
"We're here on a short timetable so I expect your full cooperation" Kabuto explained as he moved to the machines that controlled the tube "What is Madara right now?"
"So he went with it, eh?" Black Zetsu chuckled at that piece of information "Not a surprising thought if I do say so myself…"
"My summons report to me that he turned into a creature that can easily change between states of matter, from solid to liquid, in a peculiar green and pink colour, may I add" Kabuto explained as he readied the machine for what was going to be needed.
"You better tell us, you… goo?" Sumner started his threat but failed to actually intimidate the victim.
"Your threats are empty to me, Sturgeon" Black Zetsu muttered in a low tone "Why should I help you?"
Electricity coursed through the tube making the creature churn in pain.
"That, is your reason" Kabuto chuckled darkly "I suggest you start speaking"
"Damn… Human…." Zetsu recovered enough to reform into a humanoid form and decided it was time to talk "It was not meant to be like this… Madara was just an easy puppet to play with. Then the Scub Coral appeared from a portal that opened in the sky. Like a giant rock, it dropped to the earth. Madara was at the epicentre of it"
"The fall of the Scub Coral? That happened during the Shodaime era… how did he survive that!?" Ruri asked the creature who shook its head.
"That is beyond my reasoning. Madara was never the same after that. He… met something… something talked to him, whispered sweet words. He did not abide to the original plan. That is without saying that the Biju disappeared from the face of the earth. Madara decided to divert his attention from his original purpose, Tsuki no me no Keikaku… His ambition turned into madness over this… Trappar. Madara lost himself to it, I don't know what he did to himself, but I know one thing. That boy, Minato… upon meeting the memory of Madara was changed and his body became the vessel of what Madara expected to be…"
"So he's using Minato's body?" Kabuto mused over the creature's words "What did he turned into, I ask once again…"
"A transcendent being… As far as I know, Madara spilt words about Trappar not being from this world, about it not being in the normal order of things… I never thought them to be true… but there are certain elements in the world that I know for a fact do not belong here, certain people who were never meant to live" Zetsu explained, though he looked at Sumner and Ruri who flinched under his gaze "Madara plans to change the world, the Scub Coral has that power… and to accomplish it, to bend Space and Time… the way they came, he needs to reach Eureka's heart… control the girl, control the destiny of the world"
"I believe we have what we came for" Kabuto stated as he turned off the machine.
"You must know, whatever outcome there is, this are the last minutes of this earth… Madara or… the Half Coralian boy… they will change the world…"
Kabuto ignored the creature and told Ruri and Sumner "You two know what to do. Deliver this information to Naruto as soon as possible"
"Yeah…" Sumner said as he walked away, following Ruri who already left the cave "We're coming people…"
With that said both of them jumped into the ref boards and flew away.
Kabuto looked after them, all the time wondering if he would see the next day "I will have to wait then…"
He closed his and never saw as the Scub coral surged under the ground he sat on.
Or maybe he decided to ignore it…
November 25th – 10:45AM – Outskirts – Konoha – Hi no Kuni
"What… What happened here!?"
Destruction was the sight Naruto met upon arriving to Konoha.
Simple as that…
Scub Coral scoured the whole area and Naruto couldn't help but stare at where once stood proudly a very powerful village. In the distance, where the stadium once stood, Naruto could see the Scub where Eureka stood floating.
'Naruto, the humans are no more…'
"What do you mean?"
'The Scub Coral, it absorbed the human inside of it'
"Absorbed… why… what happened!?"
'Someone triggered the Scub's defence mechanism. With it, someone can alter reality as you know it. That's why the Scub absorbed humans, to move them safely between realities…'
"And Eureka…?"
'She's the medium… The Trigger if you will'
"She's covered in green… what the hell happened!?"
"War happened…" A voice said to Naruto's left. Turning the Nirvash Spec-V3 to the side, Naruto had to cringe at the sight in front of him.
His breath hitched upon spotting the heads of the LFO that belonged to Anemone and Sasuke.
"War against me!" Madara shouted proudly.
"W-WHAT THE HELL!?" Naruto shouted almost losing it "YOU DID THIS!?"
"That I did… they were pests… I could not tolerate their presence anymore"
"What are you!?" Naruto asked in sheer fury
"What I am!? I'm a superior being now! I'm Uchiha Madara! You… you may now me as the leader or Minato…" The Goo-LFO chuckled as he could imagine Naruto's face at that revelation.
"What… what did you do to yourself!?"
"I evolved… now with this power I will reach her heart and change the world!"
It did not take Naruto long to decipher that her was none other than Eureka. He gritted his teeth and shouted for everyone to hear "I WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU!"
November 25th – 10:46AM – Streets – Konoha – Hi no Kuni
"I WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU!"
Sasuke chuckled from his position in the ground. He could barely move and that movement was just breathing "He came…"
Anemone, who sat beside Sasuke smiled and said "He's going to destroy him"
"I have no doubt" Sasuke said while letting out a smile as well. He looked at the sky and saw Naruto and the Nirvash flying toward Madara who flew in direction of where the stadium once stood "He's a dobe… he's reliable guy"
Feeling something on his hand, Sasuke looked over to the side and saw Anemone gripping his hand while crying.
"I have no regrets" She said while the Kute-Class Coralian approached them.
"Me neither"
November 25th – 10:50AM – Streets – Konoha – Hi no Kuni
Naruto sent the Pagoda flying one after the other with the task of nailing Madara who changed into his stream form and dodged every attempt at its life.
"To survive my corrosive nature… I'm impressed, Naruto! Fight me on even grounds! I will destroy all your hope! I will take her!"
That made Naruto madder than before and started fighting without any sense of coherence, which was Madara's task.
"I will kill you!"
"Let's dance once more!"
It went on and on. Naruto and Nirvash traded punches with Madara, none of them giving an opening for the other to take.
Seeing his chance, Naruto ducked inside the space he resided and Nirvash did the same in synchronization. Immediately Naruto sprung forward and tackled Madara.
Or tried as the madman liquefied and flew around Naruto where he reformed and kicked the white LFO.
"Damn… that ability of his… I can't hit him like this… Nirvash, any idea?"
'Energy based techniques should suffice'
"Let's get on with it then!" Naruto shouted as he extended his hand, the Nirvash doing the same, and formed a Rasengan which he pushed into the Goo-LFO.
It tried to liquefy, but the energy wisps made painful for the Transcendent. The organic machine screeched in pain, Madara's voice reverberating along it.
Seeing Madara on the ground, Naruto decided that it was time to rescue Eureka.
Seeing Naruto turning around, Madara got up as his form shifted constantly and wildly "I will not fail… not after so long!" Extending its body into a stream, Madara flew over to the Nirvash which turned around just in time to block the Goo-LFO with its spear.
But that was what the madman wanted as he slithered along the spear until it reached the area where Naruto stood inside the Nirvash.
Naruto could do nothing as the goo picked him up and threw him away from the Nirvash, like at breakneck speed and toward the sky.
With that done, Nirvash fell to the ground lifelessly. Curiously, upon being separated from Naruto it reverted into its Spec-V form.
Madara chuckled and looked down at the giant LFO before gripping his own arm and ripping it apart which, upon falling to the ground, floated up and formed a sphere.
"Keep Naruto away from the LFO. I want no interruptions"
The blob shone brightly as in agreement before going silent as Madara left toward Eureka.
He had work to do…
-With Naruto-
He flew away, not by his decision, but against his will. It was Madara's will that sent him flying away from Nirvash, his only hope.
Seeing that he was getting tired, Naruto de-activated his Coralian Mode to save energy for what he wanted to do.
Seeing as if he fell to the ground from this altitude he was going to die, he straightened in the air and decided to use Fuuton: Atsugai to soften his landing.
As he made his hand seals, he noted something coming from the side and before he could blink, he was tackled and held by someone.
"What the hell!?"
"Yo, Naruto! Didn't think you were this suicidal!"
Naruto was held over the shoulder of someone who was flying in a ref board… Wait a minute, he knew this board…
"Sumner!" Naruto exclaimed happily to see his old friend again "You're here!"
Sumner smiled and motioned for Naruto to come down from his shoulder "You're bigger, that much I know! And you thought I would miss this?"
"You're here, so she's…?"
"Naruto!"
"Ruri!"
Ruri came flying besides them and waved at him "It's been a while, whiskers!"
"How did you guys get here!? And how were you not absorbed by the Scub!?"
"We simply avoided the ground and the Kute Coralian!" Ruri shouted over the winds "We have important information for you!"
"Get in!"
Sumner looked in front of them and wondered "Who said that?"
When they crossed the clouds in front of them, they managed to see the Gecko-GO in all of its glory. The hatch was open and the trio hurried over.
Moondogie sighed in exhaustion "You guys are lucky I was here"
"Yeah, thank man" Naruto commented as he entered the cabin area.
"Thanks as well, Moondogie" Sumner commented as he bumped fists with the blonde haired pilot.
"I didn't expect you guys around here, I wouldn't fault you two if you were somewhere else…" Moondogie commented as he set the Gecko-Go in autopilot.
"We have much to talk" Ruri said as she took seat on the lounge table "That guy over there has the Nirvash under watch while he destroys the world as we know it. What are we going to do?"
"I've been watching the fight with that Madara guy from afar" Moondogie commented as he brought up a video feed "His cellular composition changed drastically upon transforming. Now he can pretty much melt anything it comes in contact with"
"Yeah but he commented on me being strong enough to survive his touch" Naruto commented as he threw away the diver he got from Renton. It was holed from contact with Madara.
"I have a theory" Moondogie commented "His composition is now made of a heavy saturation of Trappar and Chakra, so it simply burns through whatever it touches… unless you can match the output of the same kind of energy"
Sumner jumped in realization "That's right, it's because Naruto is Half Coralian!"
"Oi did everyone know that!?" Naruto asked a bit annoyed at the missing piece of information he got to know recently.
"Eh I learned of it about twenty minutes ago" Sumner rubbed his back while Ruri sighed in exasperation.
"Of course I knew, Holland knew and Talho did too" Moondogie looked toward the screen "Now let's focus on this. The blob protecting the Nirvash will attack anything that approaches it"
"So we need a diversion" Ruri sighed for sixteenth time in the last ten minutes "I'm in"
"I'm going too" Sumner said as he stood up and walked next to Ruri "Ah yeah we had to tell you something, Naruto!"
Naruto turned to the brown haired man with a questioning look "What is it?"
"Zetsu said that you needed to connect with Eureka's heart to end all of this!" Sumner said and seeing Naruto's confused stare he explained "We meet this creature that knew Madara in the past and explained to us how everything happened and what he planned to do!"
Ruri took it upon herself to continue from there "You have to reach to her heart in order to use Scub Coral to bend the reality. That way you can solve this"
"W-What!? Why me!?"
"It makes sense" Moondogie said as he looked at Naruto with a tired smile "You got to Eureka's heart before anyone could do it. Before meeting you she was pretty much stoic and quiet. She only piloted and only obeyed orders. Never have I seen her smiling or doing things on her own volition before"
Naruto stood silently looking at the man he called friend. If that was true… "I will do it… Eureka would do the same for me"
"That's the spirit!" Moondogie praised as he sat in the controls of the Gecko-Go "I will drop you in the Nirvash. Sumner and Ruri will entertain the blob while I will divert Madara's attention"
"Let's do it!"
Ruri and Sumner went toward the hangar bay to depart in their Ref Boards, leaving Naruto and Moondogie alone.
"It's incredible to believe…" Moondogie commented as he watched ahead of himself "Sumner and I are the only ones left from that ragtag group who met Eureka in the past…"
"What?" Naruto asked not knowing of the fate of Holland and Talho, but fearing what he supposed to be true.
"Holland, Talho, Matheiu, Sumner and I were the one who found Eureka after she was born from the Scub…" Moondogie reminisced "She was simply a blank slate, someone who did not know anything… we cared for her, but when it became obvious that he villages wanted her for her possibilities as a pilot and to experiment on her, we let our differences fade and we became one team…"
"Wow… I didn't know that" Naruto commented. The blonde man turned to Naruto fully and barked out.
"You will protect her at all costs!" Moondogie shouted in a commanding tone. Surprised by the voice of his tone Naruto jumped back, but after registering what he was just told, his eyes steeled and he nodded seriously.
"You can count on me"
Moondogie kept looking at him and nodded "Go now"
-With Madara-
Madara had his hand looming over Eureka's body. His fingers extended into her body, melding with Eureka's own goo.
"It won't be long before her will is crushed… and then I will start… the world will be how it was supposed to be!"
-With Sumner and Ruri-
"How crazy are we to actually be doing this!?" Sumner shouted as the blob followed them wherever they went. Jutsu did not work on the thing as it simply absorbed it and grew larger and faster.
It was not his greatest moment.
"Very" Ruri affirmed his question/statement "We're far enough I think"
"Yeah but I don't want to die like this!" Sumner exclaimed "Let's kept flying!"
"Wasn't planning on it!" Ruri smiled as she followed after her husband.
-With Naruto-
"How crazy am I to actually be doing this!?" Naruto said as he jumped from the Gecko-Go. Green light covered him as the Coralian features took place in his body.
Naruto opened his purple eyes for the world to see and shouted "Nirvash! Let's go for her!"
With those words, Nirvash's eyes shone green and it rose from the ground once again 'At last, Naruto…'
"Let's go!" With that said, he fell toward the Nirvash Spec-V who turned toward him with open arms. Naruto fell toward the chest area where he went right through it into the cabin where he could control Nirvash's moves. Upon noting that the Nirvash was in its Spec-V form, Naruto asked Nirvash about it.
"Nirvash…"
'The energy provided by Spec-3 to evolve further was spent fighting Madara. We will have to fight in this form"
"Guess better than nothing…" Naruto muttered as he motioned for Nirvash to move forward.
Above him, Moondogie rubbed his forehead in aggravation "Why the hell am I doing this!?" He shouted as he propelled the Gecko-Go in direction of Madara.
It didn't take long to see the gooey creature looming over Eureka.
"Take this!" He shouted as he deployed the rockets that where sent in the man's direction.
Perceiving the danger, Madara looked up and twisted his body in a way to form paths for the ammunition sent his way. Unfazed by the barrage of rockets, Madara extended one of his arms and followed the Gecko-Go as it rapidly traversed the sky in zigzag motion.
"No one will stop me now!"
"We'll see about that" Moondogie shouted as he pushed the Gekko State ship to its limits "Stupid overpowered villain with cliché's phrases…"
All the while, Naruto stalked closer toward the Scub Coral containing Eureka with the task of retrieving her. As of its de-evolution, Nirvash could not fly anymore, so he was forced to play ninja while walking in a robot that weighed over hundred tons.
Not easy…
"Found you!"
Naruto dodged as fast as he could the tendril that went after him "Nirvash! Evasive manoeuvres!"
'On it!'
As one of the streams of goo came to him, Nirvash stuck the spear on the ground and used it to jump above the attack. "It was close!" Looking at the spear below him, Naruto wondered "Nirvash, the thing touched the spear and it's still intact… Can we actually touch Madara!?"
'No. Instead of a partial coverage over the whole body I opted for a local full protection of the spear'
"So the key is the spear!" Naruto grinned as he came down and picked up the spear stuck to the ground "And to not get struck by the asshole! Got it!"
Upon landing Naruto swung the spear in a horizontal arc effectively destroying the tendrils coming after him, and by repeating the process, he started moving forward toward.
"I will not let you ruin what I managed to achieve!" Madara raged as he decomposed into hundreds of tendrils that went toward Naruto while one was left protecting Eureka.
"This is going to be hell…" Naruto muttered as he saw a shower of green death coming toward him and Nirvash "We can do it, Nirvash…"
'I agree'
He was close to her; he was not going to surrender just like this! With the last of his strength, he pushed forward and mimicking the Nirvash's movements, both started traversing the filled covered in deathly obstacles.
Nirvash waved through the oncoming tendrils that pierced straight through the ground upon contact and surfaced not long after again giving chase.
With the force of thousands, Nirvash used the spear to not only tear tendrils into nothing, but to help strafe to the side and to jump above danger.
With the assistance of Moondogie over the Gecko-Go, Naruto managed to make an opening for him to get to her…
"No!"
Naruto did not foresee this, but Nirvash did.
Tendrils exploded from the ground and wrapped around the LFO.
The corrosive substance burned through the Nirvash causing not only him pain, but Naruto as well "ARGH!"
"That's it… it was all it took…" Madara commented as he reformed over Eureka's position "A little planning was all that was needed"
"Nirvash!?"
'Naruto, he planted this technique on the ground from the beginning. It was a trap' Nirvash explained the blonde teenager 'This will kill us…'
"We have to find a way!" Naruto gritted his teeth through the pain.
'…I have…'
"…Nirvash…"
'…'
"… No…"
Without his command, Nirvash pushed his hand inside the area were Naruto resided and extracted his pilot 'Farewell, Naruto… We will meet again… Save her…'
"N-N-Nirvash!" Naruto shouted as he was thrown out of the LFO in direction of Eureka.
Naruto watched as slowly Nirvash's eyes stopped shining that lively green and as the LFO he came to care for was slowly melted into a useless piece of junk.
"NIRVASH!"
Feeling the wind wiping around him, Naruto turned around and looked toward Eureka while shedding tears of sorrow.
(Insert Song – Shangri-La (Ex-Remix) – Denki Groove)
As he flew he formed a Rasengan and filled it with Trappar making it bigger and stronger.
"Take this! Odama Midori Rasengan!" With his new jutsu, Naruto tore through the tendrils that threatened to touch him.
He was face to face with her…
"Eureka…" Naruto said as he touched her green face which started glowing until he was blinded by the light "I'm here"
November 25th – 12:30AM – ? – Konoha – Hi no Kuni
"I'm here…"
Eureka looked up at hearing that voice. Could it be?
She stood up and saw the state the place was in. The area was distorted in a sickly purple colour with tendrils of a green substance taking root in the ground.
This was the least of her worries as the tendrils, as if detecting her movement, shot up and caught her by her arms and legs.
"Argh!" It caused her pain the contact with this thing "N-N-Naruto… help…"
The substance started covering her body and she would have been left without a way out if it wasn't for him…
"EUREKA!"
Now she could barely see as the goo started covering her face but he came and cut the goo holding her that creeped from the sky.
"I'm here…" He said as he started ripping the goo from her body, even if it heavily burned his own "Tch… this thing is annoying!" He said and with a final push he managed to tear everything away from her body.
"Naruto…? You're alive…" She said as tears formed on her eyes "And you're here!" She cried as she hugged him tightly.
Naruto was a bit surprised by her actions, but ultimately gave a soft smile and patted her back "I wouldn't let that creep put a hand on you"
"Naruto" She cried happily "How are you here?"
"Heh, not even something as stupid as dimension jumping will stop me!" Naruto proclaimed cheekily which earned him a punch on his shoulder "Ow!"
"Be serious" Eureka scolded him with a cute pout.
"Yeah… well this Scub Coral is the key to bend Space and Time and Madara wanted to use it! So I had to come here to save you!"
"Madara?" Eureka asked as she did not know who this Madara was "Who's he?"
Before Naruto could answer someone did for him.
Behind them stood proudly a man who looker to be in his thirties. He had long black and spiky hair that neared his backside. He wore what looked like samurai armour that was entirely red. The shocking part was that he possessed eyes like the one the Goo-LFO had.
"You're… Madara!?" Naruto asked as his face contorted into an image of rage and fury.
"That's who I am" Madara smirked at the two who, in his eyes, were inferior to him "I will not let a meddling brat like you ruin the plans that I have been orchestrating since the beginnings of the village era!"
"I will not let you have Eureka!" Naruto shouted as he positioned in front of her.
"I never said I would take her peacefully" Madara said as his eye pulsed with energy and formed a skeletal and ethereal structure around the man "I will show you the power of Susanoo"
Naruto and Eureka had to jump to the side to avoid being stomped by a giant foot. Even more they had to keep moving to avoid the swords of flames that Madara swung at them.
"Run, Eureka! I will take him on!" Naruto shouted as he prepared his strongest technique.
"No!" Eureka shouted at Naruto who looked over to her questioningly "Don't do anything! Just dodge! He will bring his own downfall!"
Naruto stopped at that moment. To not do anything? Against an opponent like Madara you needed to retaliate!
But looking into her eyes, Naruto could not help but nod at her request "Then let's divert his attention!"
Eureka smiled and both shot off in different directions.
"I don't know what you're planning but you will fail, like all who fought me in the past!" Madara proclaimed as he brought down the swords toward Naruto and Eureka respectively.
With a quick Shunshin, but shinobi managed to dodge the attack, if barely, but that was what Eureka was looking for.
Instead of hitting them, Madara hit the ground, he damaged it.
That was something you could not do…
They were inside the Scub coral after all.
The ground started trembling and Naruto scurried over to Eureka where he held her in a tight protective hug "What's going on!?"
"The Scub Coral was injured" Eureka stated as she looked at a Confused Madara who looked around him "Like any organism, the Scub Coral will purge the source of the injury"
Naruto's eyes opened wide in realization "That's why you told me to not attack! To not risk of injuring the Scub!"
Eureka smiled as her plan worked perfectly "That's right"
Naruto was in bliss "The girl I like is sooo smart!" The blonde teenager did not see the girl he liked blush madly at his compliment.
Madara meanwhile questioned the origin of the earthquake until a great eye opened in the sky above him. The Uchiha looked up and had to flinch at the freezing cold stare that greeted him.
"What is the meaning of this!?" Madara shouted as he as his body was enveloped in a vortex of energy that tore at him. From the fierce output of energy, Madara's body started disintegrating "NO! NOT LIKE THIS! I WAS SO CLOSE! I WILL NOT DIE! NO!"
To Eureka and Naruto, when the vortex disappeared, Madara simply disappeared.
"So he's dead?" Naruto asked out of curiosity and carefulness.
Eureka looked up toward the eye which was looking right at them, more specifically Naruto. He girl shook her head and Naruto wondered if she was actually speaking with the eye, which he now recognized as a Coralian one.
"Yes, he's dead now" Naruto was shook from his thought by Eureka who was looking at him with a sad smile "Is it true, Naruto?"
"What?" Naruto asked, not knowing what had her so sad.
"What happened to everyone…"
Now Naruto knew what was going on "Eureka…"
"It was my fault, right?" She asked as she looked down to the ground.
"No, Eureka, it was that Madara prick!" Naruto told her but saw no response to it "Why do you think it's your fault!?"
Eureka started crying "I wished for everything to end! I wanted to stop seeing people die because of him! The Scub decided to end humanity in response!"
Naruto looked shocked at that "But then those Kute Coralian that attacked everyone…"
"It was because of me!"
Naruto stood silently looking as she wept for what seemed like hours, but were seconds before doing something suddenly.
Eureka felt as a pair of strong arms wrapped around her "Naruto…"
"Eureka… there's something I've been learning since I started this journey. I made so many mistakes…" Naruto said to her ears as he held her in a tight embrace "But those mistakes are balanced by my right choices… one of them being deciding to stand by your side the moment I knew of your true nature…"
Eureka had her eyes wide open while hearing the person holding her so close.
"That was by far my greatest choice… and I think that whatever mistake I made can be made up because in the right moment I made the right choice…" Naruto parte from Eureka and looked at her in the eyes "Eureka… making mistakes is very human! People told me that you were a Humanoid Coralian… they made you great as you are! They made your better!"
"But why can I make a mistake if I'm based in humans and not be worried about it!? I made a mistake and now everyone paid for it!" Eureka shouted at him.
"By making mistakes, one can become a better person for learning of them… that's the human nature and virtue I guess… we learn from our mistakes and become better for that…" Naruto told her while smiling "We can change that. From a mistake we can make something better come from it. The Scub can bend space and time… we can bring everyone back!"
Now Eureka's face turned into one of sorrow "Naruto…" She looked at him, not knowing what to tell him.
"Eureka" Naruto stood up and extended his hand to her "Let's do this, for everyone!"
'Naruto… do you know what you're asking for…?'
(End – Song)
Both jumped at the third voice that joined the conversation. They looked down to see Nirvash in its Larvae Mode.
"What do you mean, Nirvash?" Naruto asked, not knowing what he was missing.
'This piece of Scub is but a minuscule part of what it's truly meant to be'
"What?" Naruto asked a bit out of words "What do you mean a small part?"
"Naruto, this Scub Coral is only a piece of the original Scub Coral. It does not have the power its counterpart does" Eureka explained to him "It cannot change anything…"
"So… Madara's objective was for naught? And our way of turning everything back to normal as well!?" Naruto asked, the gravity of the situation finally dawning on him.
"We can't bring anyone back, Naruto" Eureka sobbed as she curled into a ball in the ground.
'I'm sorry, Naruto. I would have told you, but I had to make sure you saved her. Without motivation, you were lost in rage'
Naruto stood motionless before falling to his knees while smashing the floor "DAMN IT ALL!" Naruto cried out in anguish. All the accumulated stress over the last day had its toll on him and he was finally letting it out… "Why are we here then…?" Naruto looked at Nirvash who looked a bit taken back by Naruto's tone.
'Naruto, I'm here to change it all' this confused both of them 'This piece of the Scub fell apart when a counterpart of me was transporting the original one into another time-frame of the world we come from'
"What do you mean?" Eureka asked as she was clueless as Naruto in this one.
'The original Nirvash departed from Earth to move the Scub Coral into a different timeline to protect his pilots in future circumstances' Nirvash explained in complete seriousness 'A piece of the Scub fell apart and was lost in the Limit of Worlds, reaching this realm in the process. Anything related to the Scub Coral was never meant to be in this world'
Naruto looked at the diminutive LFO and asked "Then you mean that you… the Coralian… Eureka… all of it was never meant to exist here!?"
'Precisely. To avoid further problems, the Original Nirvash implanted in the Scub Coral memories of the people it met in the past to help with the process of recovering the Scub Coral. Novak, Yuki, Sturgeon… they were never meant to be born on this realm, but they did because of the memories that Nirvash implanted in the Scub. Upon impact, these memories were scattered through the lands for one day to meet and protect the most important memory, Eureka'
"What about of me?!" Naruto asked Nirvash "My mother is a Coralian!" He declared shocking Eureka who did not know that "If Sakuya was not meant to exist, then did I exist at all!?"
'You're a special case, Naruto. You're a merge from the memories whispered from this world along the ones from the Scub. One Thurston Renton would have surged have you not. The Scub, upon arriving, erased many important lines that would have tied you to the destiny of this world have it not appeared here'
"So… I'm just a copy?" Eureka asked Nirvash, a bit distraught at the idea of not being someone of her own.
'Yes and no. Because you were born in this realm you exist and you are your own persona, but when I'm finished with what I was originally tasked, I'm afraid I cannot assure you of anything'
"What do you mean by task!?" Naruto asked as he stood up and picked up the diminutive LFO "WHAT DO YOU WANT OF EUREKA AND I!?"
'I will take the Scub Coral from this realm, for good. This will return the world to the guise it was meant to be. I need both of you for it'
"But… then Eureka will disappear!" Naruto shouted, arriving at the first logical conclusion "No, I will not do that! I cannot imagine a world without her!"
Eureka looked at Naruto and smiled at him "Naruto… thank you for thinking that of me…"
Naruto heard her and turned in her direction "Eureka… you're the best girl I ever met… I don't want to live without you!"
"Why…?"
"Because I…" Naruto said before stopping. He thought of everything he went through with her. From meeting her in the cabin of the Nirvash to training alongside her to rescue the Gecko State. From her confession of her true nature to the moment he rescued her from Minato and when he came back for her.
It was all for her…
His decision was made…
"Because I love you, Zita Eureka!" Naruto said while closing his eyes, nit daring to look at her. For some things he was brave and strong, but for a confession, not so much.
"Naruto…" Eureka said with the widest smile anyone has ever seen "I… love you too"
Naruto opened his eyes and was shocked to see the most beautiful girl he ever saw looking at him in pure happiness and bliss. They were so close… Naruto had no time to think about kissing her because she took the initiative and gave him the best kiss he ever had, mind you the first one.
The moment was short, but it felt long. He felt all the love she felt for him in that kiss. Naruto could feel her love. The contact between their lips sent him flying into a new world of sensations and he knew for a fact that she was the only one he would ever be with.
It wasn't long before they parted away and smiled at each other "Wow…"
Eureka blushed a bit "D-D-Did I do it right?"
"It was amazing" Naruto said, still in bliss turning around to face Nirvash "Do you see, Nirvash. I'm not letting her away from me"
Nirvash was about to retort when both felt a change in the air. Turning around, Naruto saw Eureka smiling at him while shining brightly.
(Insert Song – Know Your Rights – LAMA)
"Eureka!?"
"Because I love you, I know this is the correct choice…" Eureka said as she walked toward Nirvash and kneeled beside him "This is not a mistake, because I do it for you… and you will be better after this…"
"What the hell are you talking about… no… no, no, no!" Naruto realized what her intentions were and quickly stalked toward her but could not get further as some kind of energy barrier surrounded her and Nirvash "Eureka!"
"I'm sorry, Naruto… but I'm doing this for you…" She looked at him in the eyes while she was crying "I'm doing this because I love you so much… you did so much for me… it's my turn for me to do this for you!"
'Protocol Started'
Nirvash transformed into its Spec-V3 form while Eureka floated up with her arms extended to the sides in a T form. Nirvash seemed to contain Eureka between its hands as goo much like the one Madara was made of trekked up her body until it reached the backside and started forming butterfly wings.
"Eureka!" Naruto started slamming into the barrier with all of his force. He tried fists, kicks and jutsu, but it did not work at all "Damn it, Eureka! Don't leave! Please!"
'Memoirs detected…' From Eureka seven spheres of light came out and floated in an orbital way around Nirvash 'Seven memories of Eureka obtained…'
"NO! DAMN IT! NIRVASH DROP THIS DAMN BARRIER! EUREKA! NO!" Naruto shouted as he doubled his efforts to break the one thing keeping him from the one he loved "I WILL NOT LET YOU GO!"
'Beginning process… RE-EVOLUTION'
"EUREKA!"
Everything became filled with green light…
-Outside-
From outside the Scub Coral one could see as a pillar of green energy, most likely trappar that tore the heavens apart. To the sides of it, glyphs of different colours and sizes rotated in an orbital sense until they converged inside the pillar of Trappar.
In the middle of it, stood Nirvash in its form Spec-V3. The green of its body shone in a way that gave it the appearance of a divine creature.
As if it was not enough, the pillar started expanding as Nirvash poised its arms upwards.
The Trappar Pillar expanded and took in everything in its path. It covered forests, deserts, sea, everything, but more importantly, the Scub that surged from Madara's actions.
When it covered the whole planet, the process started reverting, leaving the world without the Scub that covered it. The wave returned into the Nirvash who absorbed it all inside it.
The light filling the world vanished and the lush forest of where Konoha once would be filled Nirvash's vision.
'It is done'
In the ground he could see Madara looking up toward him. He could not see him, but he could sense him.
This was most likely the place where the Scub Coral landed in the past.
With that done, Nirvash departed the world through the Limit of World, to never return. But as he was leaving, he heard a soft sob and Nirvash knew he had to leave before he committed an error he would not regret.
~ES:RE~
"… And that finishes the brave story of a warrior who fought for what he thought true, for what he considered precious and what he loved…
Never in his life did he thought that it would end like this, but the world became a…"
(End Song)
"Did it become a better place to live…?" A blonde teenager wondered from where he sat in front of a desk, paper in hand where he was writing.
'Naruto… What the hell are you doing?"
"Ah! Kurama! I was just writing a novel! I don't want to continue the Icha-Icha series, so I will honour Ero-Sennin with this!" Naruto said happily as he raised his manuscripts "This is a master piece!"
'Naruto… he would be abhorred by that thing! There's no voluptuous woman of nude scenes! Hell you even omitted Tsunade save for a mention by the emo Uchiha! You even antagonized your own mother! What is wrong with you!?'
"Eh… Dunno I think it's a story the world should know of" Naruto commented as he looked toward a drawing of a green haired girl with a fond expression "And with Sai's drawings this will be a hit story!"
'Naruto… Are you really willing to share with the world this? I don't think it would be right' Kurama commented as he rested in the seal.
"It would be a message to the world, in a sense…" Naruto explained with a far off look.
'… You still expect her to be real?'
"She was real, Kurama. As much as you or me" Naruto stated seriously with a light frown.
'I still don't know how you rejected that Hyuga chick over a fantasy dream'
"Hinata is fine, but…"
'She's not Eureka, I know' Kurama sighed as he became annoyed with the subject 'Naruto… you know that I think this… world you imagined is nothing less than a figment of your imagination during your lonelier days?'
"Then how did I know about Zetsu or Madara still being alive during Dad's time? Or that my Dad is Namikaze Minato?"
'Still you did not guess who your mother is'
"Come on, Kurama! Give me a break!"
"Dealing with Kurama again?" A voice said from the window of his house.
"Sakura-Chan!" Naruto greeted his friend "How's it going?"
"Tsunade-Shishou is running me dry in the hospital, but otherwise I'm fine" Sakura smiled at him. Sakura is a young woman of eighteen years of age and had the peculiarity of having pink hair.
"Well… I'm finishing the manuscripts for my story!" Naruto said proudly while waving the stack of papers.
"Manuscript you say?" Sakura asked as the atmosphere turned dark "You don't mean by chance one of those… Icha-Icha?"
Naruto paled at that one "NO! It's a fantasy novel based on real events and real characters!"
"Really now?" Sakura looked at him with a hard stare before sighing "Anyway, Kakashi-Sensei wants us in the Hokage Tower in ten minutes. See ya later"
With that, Sakura left the house. Leaving Naruto to sigh in relief "That woman one day will kill me"
'Don't let that weak girl kill you… it will look bad on me'
"Thanks for caring for my safety, Old Friend!"
'Anytime'
"Anyway, I better go, but before going to meet Kakashi-Sensei, I'll be going to the publishing house" Naruto said as he picked up the manuscripts and stuffed them into an envelope "Wait a minute… I forgot a name for the story…"
'What about 'the tale of an Idiot with overly productive imagination!''
"Won't do… doesn't seem to be an attractive name to- OI! I'M NOT AN IDIOT!"
'My point proved'
"Some friend you are… well I'll go with what I had in mind at the start…" Naruto picked up a pen and wrote in the envelope "Eureka SeveN: Psalm of Planets… seems like a good name as any I guess…"
Naruto picked up the envelope and walked outside of his house. As Naruto walked away in the distance he took notice of his surroundings. It was a nice day, the sky was blue and you could see everyone happy. Konoha seemed to grow after the war and the people learned to understand each other…
'Maybe it did become a better place… they had to struggle to find this better place, but my place isn't perfect unless… unless she's here…'
Naruto smiled sadly at the sky before leaving with one thought 'Sayounara, Eureka…'
'Arigatou!'
-BREAK-
Ending: DAYS ~PIANO HOUSE MIX~ – FLOW
-END-
Well finally finished!
You know i had to rewrite the final confrontation like ten times so please don't kill me!
I'm willing to admit that I took much more time than i made you expect, but i wasn't comfortable with how the story was ending, and as i did not want to do anything that you would dislike, i made the decision to take my time for this.
Anyway here it is, the final chapter!
Yeaahhhhh!
At last motherfucker!
Okay… add the beeep over the last sentence, please
Anyway this story is done for and I'm quite pleased with the result, if a bit expected I suppose.
REVIEWS:
-DocSlendy-
DocSlendy: Digimon? Well that could be fun!
Me: Of course! Now that this is released I can get on with this project!
THOSE ARE ALL THE REVIEWS I GOT
Now before you leave I have two things to tell you.
First I would like to thank you to all of you readers who took a little time from your lives to read my story.
I know it's not the best story out there, that it doesn't have thousands of followers or reviews, that it isn't a god-like Naruto from minute one, that has a fucking harem or that is famous for being a stereotypical story of FanFiction, but I tell you that I'm happy down here, because I know that the small group that follows this is not only loyal, but shares a similar likes to me, let's be honest, this one is one of the two Naruto/E7 stories active, the other one you can see in the category page.
To all of you, Thank you.
Second there is the subject of my stories.
Silent Hill Extreme will be continued as previously said, but after my final exams which will be after July 30th. After that I have two weeks which I will use to the extreme… sorry for the bad pun.
Then after I finish, I don't think it will take long, I will post my bleach/digimon project which will be epic… at least in my opinion Hahaha.
Aside from that I've been toying with several ideas… too many… part of the reason why I could not finish… anyway I might have something for you guys soon.
Bye Bye!
-UPDATE-
Decided to scrape the epilogue, didn't like where it was going. If you wonder what would have happen, PM me and I'll answer, but I don't like it one bit.
As of now the story is concluded.
BYE!
