Alright this is the last chapter of Saint Fox Tales. I hope you all enjoyed this long ass journey and hopefully I'll be able to finish up a bunch of my other stories before I try to start my next one. So without further ado here is the last chapter.
The Final Chapter
"Aunt Flora really is quite crafty isn't she?" Lashara mused to herself as she watched Wan's Mechanoid jump over a hole in the railway line while towing the swan behind it.
Kenshi chuckled slightly as Maria and Yukine appeared on screen. "Don't say that to Mother's face." Maria requested politely. "She'd get a big head."
Naruto snickered as he leaned against the wall behind Kenshi. "I'm not flattering her." Lashara clarified. "I'm just restating her usual craftiness."
"Isn't that what you call Flattery?" Naruto asked a snarky question getting an angry glare from the smaller blonde.
"Now, now…" Kenshi tried to ease the tension as he stepped in between the two. "Uncle please don't be like that." He muttered getting a roll of the eyes from Naruto while Lashara gave a un-lady like snort of dismissal.
Maria and Yukine had a sweat drop forming on the side of their heads as they watched the interactions over the video feed. Coughing to get their attention Maria smiled. "We'll meet again if you're still alive."
Lashara gave a little "Hmph!" before firing back. "I won't die before attending your funeral!"
Maria smiled thoughtfully "That's my line." She declared haughtily before cutting off the connection.
Lashara and the others watched as Maria's railcars began to open fire on the Tower of Babalun which quickly responded in kind. "Maria's really lighting up the scenery." Lashara noted with a smile, if she was worried about her cousin she hid it well as she glanced around at the others in the room with her. "We're going to break away soon." She announced. At her command Wan's mechanoid disconnected from the Swan and hopped onto it as the Swan dipped below the Ena Draft before taking flight under its own power.
Naruto hummed thoughtfully. "I guess this means it's our turn soon." He mused as he glanced at his charge who looked ready with a serious expression on his face.
"WE'RE SETTING OFF KENSHI-SAMA!" Wreda, Yeliss, Bwoole, and Gryino yelled happily interrupting whatever Lithia had been meaning to say. Kenshi gave them a weak "okay" while Lashara sent him a sharp stare causing the boy to laugh nervously.
"As popular as ever I see." Naruto noted mockingly causing Kenshi's face to flare up getting chuckled from everyone else save Lashara who continued to stare at him. "Get ready Kenshi." Naruto added in causing the teen to nod as he ran off.
"Having fun pops?" a voice asked startling Lashara who had stayed behind while Kenshi, Chiaia, and Aura ran off. Phasing through his stomach area Ryoko grinned toothily as she waved. "Hey there."
"Naruto explain now." Lashara demanded as she moved as far away from Ryoko as possible.
"Pops you never mentioned me?" Ryoko asked in a faux hurt tone. "How could you neglect to mention your eldest daughter?" she sniffled slightly as crocodile tears formed in her eyes.
"You don't get to pull that act on me." Naruto declared with a flat expression as he pinched her cheeks and pulled. "Lashara, please meet Ryoko, the eldest daughter of a friend of mine back home."
"Hiya!" the silver haired woman greeted cheerfully as she floated around the blonde male. "So you're the one looking after Kenshi now are you?" she asked floating up to Lashara causing the girl to stiffen up in surprise. "He's not causing any trouble for you is he?"
"There's no end of trouble with Kenshi involved" she answered instinctively. Lashara flinched slightly as Ryoko began laughing as she floated upside down.
"Ryoko we're about to head into battle." Naruto took pity on the girl and called out to Ryoko. "So unless you want to help could you come back later?"
The woman perked up as she flew over to Naruto the phased her hand through him again. "What do you want to do Ryo-Ohki?" she questioned pulling out the small Cabbit. "We came to play but it sounds like things are kind of dicey right now."
"MYAA!" the Cabbit cheered with a smile before hopping out of Ryoko's hands and over towards Lashara. "Myaa?" Lashara smiled softly and patted the little ball of fluff on the head getting a happy "Myaa!" in response.
"Looks like she likes you." Ryoko noted before clapping her hands together getting Ryo-Ohki to hop back to Ryoko's side. "We'll help out."
"Just like that?" Lashara asked suspiciously. "Why would you help us so easily?"
"You're looking after our little brother." Ryoko declared simply as she grinned at the blonde princess. "So let big sis handle things here." She grinned as she and Ryo-Ohki phased through the Swan's sides. "Ryo-Ohki!"
"MYAA!" with a cry Ryo-Ohki took her ship form. Once Ryoko was on board the two flew off raining down fire upon the Babalun forces.
"Is…is she always like that?" Lashara asked turning towards the only other person in the room with her.
"She's usually worse." Naruto noted blandly as Ryoko's laughter reached his ears. "Just…save your questions until everyone else is here…" he sighed tiredly as Lashara turned her attention to the video feed an odd expression adorning her face.
"Well with this it's unlikely we'll face much resistance heading towards the Seikishin." Naruto noted simply ignoring the odd expression on Lashara's face. "All Seikishi prepare for battle." Naruto announced loudly breaking Lashara's trance like state. "We must prevent the Seikishin's revival!"
"Masaki Kenshi!" Dagmyer's voice rang out from the central hub of the Holy Land. "I challenge you to a one-on-one duel!" Once they located him they saw that he was in his Seikijin and was holding something in his hands.
"Isn't that thing like the bomb they placed on Ceres?" Naruto questioned over the communication links.
"If Kenshi doesn't accept he plans to blow himself up huh?" Aura questioned in distaste.
"We don't have time for this though." Wan pointed out while Chiaia grit her teeth. "Every moment we waste is more time for the Seikishin's revival."
"Wan's right, Kenshi." Chiaia muttered as she prepared her weapon. "Leave him to us and go on ahead." She urged while Kenshi remained silent.
"Kenshi, if you beat him in less than a minute I won't share all the embarrassing stories I have on you in these lands with Ryoko." Kenshi's form stiffened before he hastily flew down to meet Dagmyer.
"I'm sorry Dagmyer, but for the sake of my dignity please don't get back up." Kenshi announced before striking out at Dagmyer's form with the Tenchi sword in hand. To Dagmyer's credit he successfully redirected Kenshi's first three strikes before being forced back and managed to further prolong the battle by dodging three more. However, Kenshi's attacks were quick, and precise as the seventh attack blew through Dagmyer's shield and bisected the Seikijin sending the core, with Dagmyer inside of it, flying off into the forest.
"Fifty-nine seconds." Naruto announced "Alright I'll let you off the hook this time Kenshi." There was an audible sigh of relief from the boy causing the others to laugh. Their joy was short lived though, when a wave of power washed over them. "This feeling…" Chiaia muttered looking towards the source.
"So he was only buying time?" Lashara muttered with a competitive smirk on her face. "Kenshi show me why you were summoned to this world in a time of crisis!" she ordered as Kenshi took a deep breath before moving to meet the Seikishin's charge.
As the two exchanged blows Aura and the others watched the fight in awe. "He's on par with the Seikishin." The dark elf muttered in surprise while the others remained silent.
Naruto sniffed the air and frowned. "Lashara, I'm heading out…something doesn't smell right." He noted getting a worried look from the smaller blonde. "Don't worry it's not on the Swan. Just do what you have to and don't forget to give Kenshi his reward for a job well done."
Leaving the sputtering girl alone Naruto disappeared. Once she managed to recover Lashara hummed thoughtfully as Kenshi continued to clash with Doll and the Seikishin. "A reward huh?" she mused silently to herself before the form of Babalun appeared on top of the Seikishin. "Babalun!" she shouted in surprise as the man seemed to transform into a black mass of goop that disappeared into the Seikishin.
"What the…?" Chiaia muttered as the Seikishin was enveloped in a black egg like form.
"I am Gaia itself!" Babalun's voice declared once the mass was gone showing a more imposing Seikishin. "DIE!" he roared as h fired a beam at his own tower destroying its anti-gravity devices and sending it careening into the railway.
"Maria, Yukine!" Lashara shouted in worry as she watched Yukine's Seikijin take off along with the control car of the train. "Kenshi cover them!" she shouted when Babalun began moving his beam towards the two units. With a war cry Kenshi crashed into the new Gaia and angled its face skywards giving Yukine and the control car time to retreat. "We're retreating too! At this rate we'd only get in Kenshi's way!"
"MYAA!" Ryo-Ohki cried out as she rained fire down on Gaia's head swiftly dodging any return shots as she worked with Kenshi to combat the combined might of Babalun and the Seikishin.
"Nee-san?" Kenshi cried out in shock having not noticed her. "What are you doing here?" he called out getting a laugh in response. "She's not even listening is she?" he asked with a weak chuckle.
"What is that thing?" he heard over the communication link glancing back he breathed a sigh of relief seeing the others all safe. "Kenshi what's going on?" Chiaia's face appeared on his screen as Kenshi dashed in when Ryo-Ohki let out a panicked squeak when a blast came dangerously close to her core.
"Nee-san came to help out!" he explained simply.
"That doesn't explain anything at all." Aura pointed out before shrugging it off. "However, I'll let it slide since we have more important things to worry about right now." She noted before preparing to engage the Seikishin herself.
"Don't Aura-sama!" Kenshi cried out stopping her in her tracks. "You can't engage it directly!" he warned her causing her to bite her lips in worry.
"Wan!" Yukine cried out getting the mechanic's attention. "What about that?" she asked pointing out the discarded Seikishin Prism Reactor left behind by Dagmyer.
"Can we use it?" Chiaia asked as the four girls landed around it.
"Of course we can!" Wan announced confidently. "But we need to charge it first. The Wave motion of the Seikishin's Prism Reactor is very strong!" she explained as all four put their hands on the device. Opening up communication with Kenshi Wan began explaining her plan. "We'll overcharge the Seikishin's Ahou Prism Reactor, use it to defeat Gaia!"
Kenshi quickly dodged an attack meant to bisect him before responding "No way that's way too dangerous!" he shouted out only for Chiaia to reprimand him. "You're the one in danger." She chided. "You and that other person."
"Hey I have I name you know!" Ryoko replied indignantly as her own face appeared on open communications. "Tch whatever, it sounds like you girls have a plan so make sure it works and that you all survive!" she promptly cut off communications as she refocused on dodging Babalun's attacks while firing her own.
"Don't be reckless!" Kenshi called out as he danced around the Seikishin's attacks "We'll figure something out!"
"Kenshi shut up and dodge!" Ryoko shouted as she rammed him out of the way of another attack. "Ryo-Ohki are you okay?" she called out to her bioship getting a strong "Myaa!" in response.
"Damn you!" Babalun shouted once he noticed the girls behind Kenshi. Ignoring Kenshi he charged at them.
"Shit!" Kenshi swore as he tried to intercept him.
"HAH!" Ryoko shouted as Ryo-Ohki rammed Babalun from the side throwing him off. "Hurry Up!" she shouted angrily. "To think there'd be something out here that could fight me and Ryo-Ohki on even grounds!"
"Critical limit!" Wan announced "Kenshi now!"
With a roar Kenshi quickly compressed the bomb "Nee-san dodge!" he shouted firing it off at Babalun. Ryo-Ohki quickly broke off and zipped straight up dodging the blast.
"Did that end it?" Chiaia asked as she and the other girls collapsed.
"Not yet." Kenshi muttered angrily as he gripped the Tenchi sword tightly. Once the smoke cleared Gaia could be seen damaged but still functional as it quickly began regenerating. "Chiaia, you and Aura grab everyone and retreat." Kenshi ordered as he prepared to engage Babalun again. Charging forward Kenshi swung at Babalun's face as the man taunted him.
"Nothing can break through Gaia's shield!" he declared arrogantly only to flinch in surprise when the Tenchi sword began glowing. "What?" he shouted as Kenshi drove him back his attacks cleaving the cliff sides as they flew by.
"There is nothing I can't cut!" Kenshi declared as the Tenchi sword reformed into a light hawk wing slicing through Babalun's face. Prying open the protective shield over the core Kenshi punched through it and carefully pulled out Doll who was unconscious.
"I see things worked out in the end." Naruto muttered stepping into view as Kenshi hopped out of the Seikijin in order to look after Doll.
"Ji-san!" Kenshi muttered in surprise as the blonde stepped beside him. "Where were you?" Kenshi asked looking around for anyone else.
"Just cleaning up some trash I noticed around the area." He responded vaguely as Doll shifted slightly in Kenshi's arms.
"Kenshi?" she muttered opening her eyes to look around. "You saved me?" she muttered tiredly as Kenshi smiled and nodded his head. "Hey…between this form and my more developed form which do you prefer?"
Caught off guard Kenshi stared at her in shock. "Why…do…you…ask?" he questioned carefully as he leaned away from her to get a better look.
"Isn't it obvious?" Doll asked as she reached forward to embrace him as her form shifted. "Shouldn't the princess give a reward to her knight?" Mexiah asked coyly as she pulled Kenshi to her chest.
"Who's a princess you damned underling?" Chiaia shouted as she launched a flying kick at Mexiah's head only for the former teacher to twirl around her attack arms firmly wrapped around Kenshi.
"This normal?" Ryoko asked as she floated beside Naruto, Ryo-Ohki in her arms as the three watched Kenshi interact with Chiaia and Mexiah. "Yup." Naruto answered simply as he smirked.
"Damn you…" Babalun's voice sounded out as a puddle of black goo began taking his shape near the wreckage of the Seikishin.
"Babalun!" Kenshi shouted as he moved to finish the man off only to dodge back as bullets hit where he had been standing. "Ulyte-sensei!"
The blonde teacher smiled ruefully as he held a pistol in their general direction "Ulyte…give me your body!" Babalun shouted stepping forward slowly.
"So that's Gaia's true form?" Ulyte muttered softly before pulling out a silver pistol and pointed it at the crystal in Babalun's eye. "You're done." He declared before pulling the trigger causing Babalun to lose form as he fell back into a puddle.
"With this…my body will finally fail." Ulyte muttered before collapsing.
"Sensei!" Kenshi shouted in shock as he ran up to the man. "Hold on!"
"I never said I'd die Kenshi-kun." Ulyte reminded him before he collapsed. Suddenly there was a shimmer and suddenly Neizai was in Kenshi's arms instead of Ulyte.
"Huh…?" Kenshi stared at Neizai for a full minute before cognitive functions returned to him. "Wait…Reyna-san…no…Neizai?" he finally managed to mutter before Babalun reformed in front of them.
"NEIZAI!" he shouted as he lunged at them only for the crystal to shatter as he fell backwards over the ledge.
"I'll explain everything later." Neizai promised as Chiaia and Mexiah stared at her incredulously. "First things first…" she grabbed Kenshi's arm and dragged him up a small hill revealing to him the entire student body plus a few extras cheering for him.
"Uh…hi?" he muttered giving them all a wave as more cheers erupted as Lashara palmed her face.
"He's completely taken over the Heroine's role" she muttered getting laughter from the others.
Naruto and Ryoko stood off to the side as he opened up communication with Washu and the others back on Earth. "So should I make the announcement since he showed his Juraian blood during the fight?" Naruto asked getting contemplative looks from those on the other side.
After a while everyone turned towards a purpled haired man for final thoughts. Masaki Azusa Jurai hummed thoughtfully as he considered everything he heard. "Well he did display Light Hawk Wings…even if only slightly." He mused before sending side glances at his first wife Funaho. Seeing her nod happily he turned towards Naruto. "Go ahead and make the announcement. You've already activated the homing beacon correct?" When Naruto nodded he clapped his hands. "Good, we'll be there within one galactic standard year."
"You heard him, and enjoy yourself Naruto!" Tenchi stated simply before he waved. "Ryoko don't forget to come back before dinner, you know how Sasami gets when you're late." Ryoko laughed nervously and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.
Naruto nodded his head and cut off communications before stepping beside Kenshi and clapping the teen on the shoulder. "Everyone please calm down, I have an announcement to make." Once everyone was paying attention he smirked and pulled out a scroll. Unfurling it he began to read. "In accordance with the display of the Light Hawk Wings, Masaki Kenshi has displayed the qualifications to be included in the Masaki royal bloodline!" he began getting surprised murmurs from the crowd. "With this discovery Masaki Kenshi is now the fourth in line to the throne of the Empire of Jurai following the third prince Masaki Tenchi Jurai. Henceforth he shall be known as Masaki Kenshi Jurai!" Naruto suddenly smiled which sent chills down Kenshi's spine. "His family will drop by in about a year to check up on him, and also, they practice polygamy!"
There was a hushed silence as all the girls turned their attention towards Kenshi who gulped nervously. "Well girls…" a graduate from the Holy Land declared gaining everyone's attention. "First come first served."
Kenshi let out a shriek and quickly grappled away. As the girls chased after him Neizai, Ryoko, and Naruto were the only ones left in the area. "You can blame all of this on Rhea, Kenshi." Neizai muttered softly while Ryoko and Naruto hummed thoughtfully.
"Let's go after him I don't think he's quite ready for what happens if they actually manage to catch him." Naruto muttered before lazily following after the chaos.
Ryoko snorted but followed along nevertheless. "I actually want to meet the girls he's closest to." She muttered happily as Ryo-Ohki jumped from her arms and landed on Naruto's head.
"Oh my, are you going to act out the protective older sister role?" Neizai questioned as she followed the two sedately.
"Something like that." Ryoko grinned as Naruto simply laughed.
FIN
Alright there you go I hope you all enjoyed this series. Please understand that I'm only using anime continuities for all of my Tenchi related stories and that the novels are more or less ignored.
If you think this could have been better… well you're probably right. So I'll leave this story with this: Who can write a War on Geminar Crossover better than this? To my knowledge this is the only one featuring Naruto. I want to challenge all of you potential writers to take something similar to this story and make it better.
And to close everything up a little bonus for people who read the Author notes at the end of the story.
Epilogue
"So you're Kenshi's older sister?" Aura questioned Ryoko as Lashara, Maria, Yukine, Chiaia, Wan, Kenshi, Naruto, Ryo-Ohki, and Mexiah sat around the table as everyone got to know Ryoko and Ryo-Ohki.
"I'm one of them, yeah." Ryoko grinned as Kenshi happily played with Ryo-Ohki. "I'm the one who gave him that crystal necklace."
"Ah Nee-san the Swan is filled with Crystals that remind me of that ship you brought me on!" Kenshi informed her as he pulled out a crystal from his pocket.
"So it is." Ryoko muttered looking at the crystal carefully. "Hm…" shrugging she tossed it back to him. "Nothing beats my ship though." She declared confidently.
"Speaking of, where is your ship?" Chiaia questioned curiously. "I didn't see you set down anywhere."
"Right here." Ryoko declared pointing at Ryo-Ohki
"Huh?" the girls questioned as the Cabbit hopped off of Kenshi's lap. With a happy "Myaa" Ryo-Ohki hopped out of the window and transformed into her ship form in front of everyone startling everyone.
"That thing is a ship?" Lashara shouted in shock as Kenshi blinked in surprise.
"That…that's amazing!" Wan was nearly drooling as she tried to figure it out. "That's a totally organic machine isn't it?" she asked turning towards Ryoko who smirked.
"Ryo-Ohki acts as a bio control unit and can freely alter her own shape." She explained lapping up the praise the engineer was heaping on her. "I'm sure Kenshi's mentioned his cousin Seina?"
"Yeah, the unlucky boy right?" Maria questioned getting a nod of confirmation from Kenshi and Naruto.
"His own ship was created with the DNA of Naruto over there and my own Mother's." Ryoko explained as everyone gave Naruto an odd look.
"Why else do you think she calls me Pops?" he asked with a roll of his eyes. Ryo-Ohki quickly turned back into her Cabbit form and jumped through the window before turning into a humanoid little girl and sitting herself firmly in Naruto's lap. Ignoring everyone's gaping looks she grabbed Naruto's hand and placed it on her head.
Rubbing her head softly Naruto smiled as Ryo-Ohki hummed happily as she kicked her legs back and forth. "She's adorable." Yukine muttered as she reached out to the Cabbit girl. Ryo-Ohki smiled brightly and got off of Naruto's lap and sat next to Yukine allowing the snow haired girl to pet her.
"Now I can see why you get along with Kenshi so well." Ryoko muttered seeing the interaction. "So…" she muttered turning towards the other girls with a grin. "Who should I start calling little sister?" she asked while waggling her eyebrows.
Everyone but Naruto and Ryoko's face lit up in bright red hues as the girls looked anywhere but at the space pirate and Kenshi. "Ryoko leave them be." Naruto chided her softly as he chuckled.
"You're no fun Pops." She muttered while crossing her arms.
