NU: Birth of the Seekers

by 26-Lord-Pain

AU, MASS-X-OVER, DARK/Naruto! NaruX?. World lost to darkness, his heart fell as well. Now as he struggles to live in a new land, soon he finds a new life to live... one much darker than even that of a ninja... WARNING KH-BBS Spoilers...

37. Revalations Pt3

Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing within, save a couple ideas and possible OC's, but there's to freaking much to name so just go with that…

NU: Birth of the Seekers…

Chapter 36: Revelations Pt. 3…

Normal Speech: "Yo…"

Normal Thoughts: 'Curiouser and Curiouser…'

Demon Speech: "Pathetic Ningen…"

Demon Thoughts: 'I hate this cage…'

Seeker Speech: [Time to Die…]

(Wonderland…)

Alice walked behind her "Other" with a deep scowl, her eye twitching as she waited to strike. 'Why am I even waiting in the first place? I should just kill this worthless copy of me and be done with it!' Alice inwardly thought, with her normally jade green eyes still a brilliant shade of amber-yellow in color. However, the only reason she hadn't done so was simple, she didn't know the terrain of this Wonderland, and she needed to find Naruto and the others, sure that they were in some form of trouble… that, and the blond girl reminded her of herself at that age, albeit somewhat smarter.

"So, miss Alice, what brought you to wonderland?" The cheerful blond incarnation of her youth questioned and Alice sneered towards her. 'Oh her cheer and joy I do detest, with burning anger and rage! T'would be so simple, I must confess, to lock her in a cage…' Alice thought while rhyming in her head, eyes narrowed on the back of the blond haired girl. Briefly imagining a situation where the blond haired Alice was trapped in a cage, like she'd been trapped in Rutlage, the girl felt an evil grin start to cross her lips.

"I'm not all that sure of the true machinations of my coming here, suffice it to say, I had absolutely no control over it." Alice replied honestly, though still considered finding a cage and locking the blond haired girl in it for the rest of her natural life, or till she went completely insane, whichever came first. 'Oh my or yes, I do confess, that truly sounds like fun! Imagine it, if you will, where her days would soon be done…' Alice thought in rhyme once more, an almost inhuman grin slipping across her face as she followed behind her blond counterpart.

"Oh I do know the feeling, I first came to wonderland by accident myself. Wandered down a rabbit hole and fell here you know…" The young Alice replied and the older of the two mentally growled to herself as she noticed a few oddities between them were starting to pop up.

"How old were you when you first came to Wonderland?" She asked idly, curious but not trying too sound too insistent on the matter. In response the younger girl put a finger to her chin and scrunched up her face in concentration.

"I believe I was eleven… maybe twelve… why?" The younger girl replied and Alice frowned to herself, crossing her arms before she answered the girl.

"Because when I first came to Wonderland, I was Seven and a Half exactly." Alice replied and the girl gasped before looking back to her with a horrified expression on her face.

"Oh you poor dear! To be so young and yet exposed to such madness! You must have been absolutely terrified!" The girl declared rather loudly and Alice herself merely rolled her eyes before yawning.

"Not really, though I do admit to being very childish… I even cried over not being able to lace up my dear little shoes or visit the lovely garden when I grew very large on my first time here…" Alice admitted, and then blushed when she realized how she reacted when she broke the heel off of her boot when she first met Naruto. 'Oh dear… he must've thought me such a child! Ohhh… how utterly mortifying! How could I even think to do such a thing in front of someone sane!' Alice thought to herself while the young blond looked at her strangely, before deciding that the look of complete and utter embarrassment on the older girls face really didn't matter.

"Well I can't say much about that, I've always been something of a crybaby, I couldn't help myself when I grew too large." The Young Alice explained and the older girl twitched for a moment before rolling her eyes.

"Let me guess, you also met that horrible Duchess and her pig of a baby as well?" Alice questioned and the younger girl merely turned to give her a strange look before shaking her head.

"No… I must confess that I've never met this Duchess… I met the Queen of Hearts however, and her Card-Guard, and the Mad-Hatter… such a strange little man he was." The young Alice replied while the older girl frowned to herself, wondering why it seemed the blond experienced less of Wonderland than she had.

"Pardon, but do you know a Mister Carroll then?" Alice questioned and the blond girl shook her head, causing the older girl to frown in thought. 'Now that is strange, me and Mister Carroll were good friends, even after he wrote his book… why is it she doesn't know him?' The dark haired Other of the young Alice wondered to herself, while also wondering why she seemed to be older than the other Alice as well. 'Which one came first, the darkness or the light? I don't know, the answer it is just so far out of sight…' Alice thought in verse while the blond haired Somebody slowed and then tilted her head when she saw a brown haired girl laying in a field, seemingly unconscious.

"My oh my, what do you suppose happened to this poor dear here?" The blond questioned, thus snapping the older girl from her troubled thoughts and back to the present. Blinking owlishly for but a moment, the older of the two then looked passed the blond before kneeling down next to the unconscious form of Tira.

"Miss Tira! Are you alright?" Alice questioned while picking the girl up by her shoulders and started to shake her in an attempt to get her to rouse awake.

"Dear me, what an absolutely scandalous affair her outfit is!" The blond Alice stated with a blush on her face and her older counterpart rolled her eyes, though did agree with her… "How appalling, you can even see her under-clothes!" The blond added and her older counterpart blinked before shaking her head slowly. 'Must she state the obvious?' She wondered for a moment while patting Tira's cheek and the insane servant of Soul-Edge slowly roused, her head wobbling as she placed a hand to her head.

"Ow… Master, did we have to play so rough again?" She wondered aloud, causing even Alice to raise a brow, then narrow them dangerously as she wondered which "Master" she meant, having learned of Soul-Edge / Nightmare, and hoped that she meant him…

"Master? Who is, Master?" The blond suddenly asked and Alice sighed while Tira looked at both of them for a moment and then groaned to herself while rubbing her head with a pained grimace.

"Wow, I think I'm starting to see double… or did you just swap clothes with little miss blondy over there, huh Alice?" Tira asked the auburn haired lass and the said girl gave her a blank expression before answering both of them.

"The first question, Tira here is a servile girl who serves her master, mind body and soul." Alice told her counterpart who yet again appeared to be scandalized by that and stared at the "Barely dressed" girl while her counterpart then looked over to Tira. "Second, no I didn't swap my clothes, these merely appeared on me when I landed here in this new Wonderland…" Alice replied and Tira tilted her head before looking around and then raised a brow.

"Wonderland? But this doesn't look anything like Wonderland!" She declared and the blond Alice looked at the two strangely, wondering why they both acted so oddly.

"Yes indeed, this isn't my Wonderland, this is her wonderland…" Alice replied with a nod of her head then nudged towards the blond before suddenly frowning to herself. "She's also my 'Other'… like that Sora boy is to Naruto." Alice continued to say only for the blond haired Alice to interrupt them from their conversation.

"Did you say Sora?" The girl questioned and both nodded their heads. "Oh my! Are you friends of his? He saved me once a while back." Alice noted and caused her counterpart to twitch violently while Tira snickered to herself.

"Yeah, we know 'Sora' in a way…" Tira replied while Alice muttered to herself and wondering how Naruto and Sora could be so similar, yet also dissimilar at the same time before inwardly comparing it to herself and her own counterpart…

"Anyways, we should keep moving, that annoying Cheshire-Cat likes to float and laze about around here. And we wouldn't want him sicking his batch of Heartless on us…" The blond haired version of Alice stated while walking away, her counterpart and Tira both looking to one another with a strange expression.

"Wait, this Cheshire Cat controls Heartless? Does that mean yours is the "Light" version?" Tira asked and the auburn haired Alice frowned to herself, crossing her arms over her chest and following behind the blond haired girl.

"Probably not… perhaps it's just him being the opposite of hers, thus less as she seems to be putting it at least 'annoying and lazy' and a bit more wise and helpful." Alice replied while at least hoping that was the case, not really sure how things worked in this whole "balance" thing…

(Temen-ni-gru…)

The form of Naruto in his White Seeker Armor continues to traverse the many halls, corridors, and rooms of The Temen-ni-gru, The Neo-Shade having been dismissed along with his keyblades. Naruto had been searching the Temen-ni-gru for Trish in an attempt to retrieve the sword known as Sparda. 'Where the hell is she?' He wondered to himself while flexing his hands at his sides absently, and then crossed his arms over his chest. However he then groaned when shadows started to slither forward, silver scythes and scissors gleaming in the dim-light made by several small torches. Forming One-Winged-Angel and No-Heart into his hands, the youth then frowned towards the oncoming mass of devils.

'Normally I'd use Soul-Blade to take these things down, but I really don't want their demonic souls tainting it further and turning it into a copy of Soul-Edge… I have enough fucking problems right now without having a soul-stealing weapon trying to control my mind and burn everything to ash!' Naruto thought to himself while lunging forward and cutting the demons to ribbons with surprising speed and grace, scoffing to himself as they fell to pieces upon the floor behind him. "Worthless…" He muttered quietly before continuing on his trek through the Temen-ni-gru with a deep frown now stretched across his face.

The one thing that was worse than having to search for Xion, was being forced to retrieve Sparda in order to insure that Gilver didn't hurt her. As reckless as he could be, Naruto wouldn't allow his friends to come to harm because he wanted to be stubborn. Though he did admit he'd probably gotten a few people hurt by being stubborn in the past, Naruto was able to admit his wrongdoing, which was more than he could say for others. He also didn't want to admit it, but the thought of taking Sparda, a sword so powerful it was said to be able to destroy worlds, also appealed to him greatly…

'Taking it from that blond bitch is just icing on the cake.' Naruto thought to himself while kicking the doors to a room open and then came to a stop. Across from him was a man with a smirk on his lips, what looked like Sparda hanging on his back, arms outstretched as he sat on what appeared to be a simple bench, one leg propped on the other and bobbing slowly. "Well well well, who do we have here?" The man suddenly questioned while leaning forward and propping his chin on his upwards-raised fist. "You wouldn't happen to be a devil would you?" The man questioned while Naruto scowled deeply, while it wasn't an insult like back in Konoha, he still didn't like it when people called him a devil or demon…

"No." Naruto stated flatly while glaring at the man and taking in his appearance with a slight frown on his face. He is a tall tanned man, his features are "regal" in some way with a sharp chin and upturned nose, his hair is shaggy silver and reaches down to nearly touch his shoulders, while his cold icy blue eyes still manage to gaze out passed his bangs, a cocky smirk on his face, and a strong build. He wears a nearly skin-tight black shirt with a red vest overtop it, a pair of red leather pants with a black belt around his waist, a black pouch strapped to his right thigh, black leather boots and gloves, and a long red trench-coat with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and strangely enough even a clock shaped armlet on his right bicep…

"A devil hunter then?" The man asked with a clearly amused look on his face that just annoyed Naruto for some reason.

"Again, no." Naruto replied while leaning OWA into his shoulder with a deep frown, the man cupping his chin as he looked towards him.

"Really, well what a surprise." He noted before smirking towards the white-clad youth, the mischief in his eyes setting off warning bells in Naruto's head. "Then I guess you'd have to be a Keybearer? Right?" He asked and Naruto twitched before narrowing his eyes onto the man.

"You knew that from the beginning… didn't you?" Naruto questioned flatly and the man shrugged his shoulders before crossing his arms behind his head and leaning back and taking the bench with him.

"Who knows, maybe I did, maybe I didn't does it really matter?" He quipped and Naruto hummed for a moment before smirking slightly beneath his helm.

"I suppose not… but I'm going to be needing that sword you got there." Naruto stated while pointing to Sparda and the man reached back, touched the handle for a moment and then clicked his tongue.

"Really, my old-mans sword… why would you need a thing like that?" The silver haired man questioned and Naruto blinked, then shivered as bright crimson red wisps of energy began to float off of the man.

"So you're a devil as well." Naruto noted flatly while the man pushed himself off of the bench and shrugged his shoulders.

"Like I said before, who knows, I'm not really sure myself sometimes." The man replied while rubbing his shoulders and then smirked towards Naruto as he formed a lightning coated broadsword into his hand. "So, got a name kid?" He quipped while Naruto merely rolled his eyes and switched One-Winged-Angel for No-Heart, then formed Lost-Memory into his free hand in a reverse grip.

"Naruto… you?" Naruto replied in question and the man smirked while gripping Alastor's hilt with both hands.

"Dante." The man replied with a smirk still crossing his lips, and then lunged forward, stabbing his sword towards Naruto in a "Stinger" attack. Moving to the side, Naruto then swung LM, only to widen his eyes as Dante moved in a blur of speed, evading the attack and appearing above him. Cursing under his breath as Dante brought his sword down on him in a "Helm-Breaker" attack then white-seeker rolled out of the way and then flipped back up to his feet. Quickly twisting on his heel, Naruto threw LM in a Strike-Raid towards Dante, the red clad man smirking as he pulled a gun from behind his back and fired, the power of the black weapon knocking LM to the side.

Grunting lowly, Naruto then lunged out of the way as Dante twisted and ran his blade across the length of the ground, sending out a beam of energy flying towards the white seeker. Rolling out of the way, Naruto quickly grabbed LM from the floor before throwing No-Heart into the air where it changed into his "Wing-Glider" and attached to his back. Flapping the mock-wings, Naruto rose up into the air while Dante let out a low whistle, still smirking as he pulled out both of his guns and unleashed a torrent of bullets towards the blond haired youth. Cursing under his breath, Naruto used the Wing-Glider to dodge the bullets before forming Void-Gear into his now free hand and aimed both it and Lost-Memory towards the red clad man.

"Get lost!" Naruto declared while firing a spray of Dark-Bullets towards the man from the tips of his two Keyblades. Grinning widely, Dante whooped and hollered as he twisted and dodged around the spray, laughing as he flipped into the air, did a spin and then landed in a low crouch. "Hold still you stupid monkey!" Naruto shouted at Dante while swinging both his Keyblades, sending a burst of Darkness from both blades flying towards the man, only for him to jump over them and aim both of his guns at the white-seeker with a wide grin.

"Now where would the fun be in that!" Dante challenged while firing off his weapons, Naruto evading the bullets before growling as he formed some Dark-Fire into his right hand and then swung Void-Gear. As he did the flames roared outwards, creating a torrential wall of fire that went straight towards the red clad man. Grinning to himself, the man twirled his twin pistols in hand before holding them forward. "Jackpot!" He declared while firing off twin streams of energy bolts from his guns that not only tore their way through the flames, opening a section for him to walk through, but also headed straight for a surprised Naruto.

"Shit!" Naruto exclaimed while rolling out of the way and falling back to the ground, grunting under his breath as the blast caused a section of the roof collapsed. 'This guy…he's more dangerous than I first suspected, and I had already thought he was very dangerous to begin with!' The white-seeker thought to himself before looking to Dante who held out his hands and formed a pair of fiery gauntlets along his forearms that also resembled a pair of dragons…

"C'mon kid, the parties only getting started! Don't quit on my now!" The man admonished playfully and Naruto grunted while forming No-Heart into a single hooked greave on his right leg before lunging forward. Twisting into a low-sweeping kick, Naruto then grunted as Dante flipped over it and twisted into a backwards punch. Moving out of the way, Naruto quickly leapt forward, swinging both of his blades at Dante and yet the man blocked with his gauntlets, the explosion of power from the disorientating Naruto long enough for a fire-coated fist to connect with his gut before it was followed by another to his sternum, and ended as his Dante blasted him with a ball of fire.

Grunting lightly, Naruto rolled back to his feet while watching Dante with a frown, the man moving in what looked like no style at all. 'No, he has a style to it; I just can't place what it is. He must be using a demonic variation of a real style, otherwise he'd just be using the weapon without a style… and he can't be that crazy… can he?' Naruto wondered to himself before mentally shaking his head and lunging forward, lashing out with his greave covered leg and frowning as Dante expertly dodged and weaved his way through the attacks, and then slammed a fist into his chin with what could only be called a flame coated spinning uppercut.

"Shoryuken!" He said mockingly while twisting into the air with Naruto, then lashed out with an almost bullet like downward kick that sent Naruto skidding away from the silver haired man. Scowling deeply, Naruto lunged forward and lashed out with a quick flying roundhouse kick, however Dante whistled to himself as he ducked out of the way and then smirked. "Time-Stop!" He stated while snapping his fingers, the clock-like armband he was wearing instantly stopping along with Naruto. Placing his hands onto his hips, Dante then whistled a tune as he looked at Naruto for a moment, cupped his chin in thought and then brought his arm back and slammed it into his face, while also starting time back up at the exact same moment.

The effect of doing this was that Naruto was sent flying back and blinking in a mix of surprise and shock while wondering what the hell had just happened. Looking up, Naruto saw an amused Dante chuckle to himself and scowled deeply while pushing himself back up onto his feet. Brushing off his arms, the white-seeker then frowned in thought for a moment before grinning almost evilly. Swinging Void-Gear backwards he called on the Darkness and formed several ethereal swords of darkness around his body, clearly sending Dante for a loop as he stared at him in a mix of shock and intrigue.

Not giving the man a chance to recover, Naruto lunged forward, grabbing hold of two of the swords and swinging them into and through Dante. The man grunted only slightly as he did so, and Naruto then lunged forward, the swords spinning around him vertically and horizontally as he did so before he twisted around, causing them to go in both diagonal directions as he attacked him from below. Watching the man fall to the ground, Naruto was surprised to see him smirk and thus lunged at him once more, the blades forming a pair of wings behind his back which he then swung back before throwing them forward.

"Angel-Feathers!" He roared as the blades flew outwards, constantly reforming behind his back and casting a seemingly never-ending amount of ethereal swords of Darkness forward. As the attack soon began to slow, Naruto smirked to himself when he saw Dante standing apposed to him, several of the ethereal blades piercing his body. However his eyes then widened as crimson red energy began to waft off of the silver haired man's form, his eyes glowing a fierce crimson as well. Slowly marching forward, Dante pushed or pulled each of the blades from his body, the evil energy swirling around his body while the room around them seemed to darken, shadows becoming like ebony pools of tar while Dante smirked darkly.

"Oh yeah…" He noted aloud before throwing his arms to either side and quickly pulled Sparda from his back before swinging it forward, its power crackling along its length and causing the ground to crack. "Now the party can really start!" Dante exclaimed while flames roared to life around his body and then spread outwards, Naruto cursing as he jumped up into the air, forming No-Heart into a Wing-Glider once more to evade the flames and then widened his eyes as he saw a silhouetted figure within the flames, its three slit like eyes glowing a deep crimson red… Slowly the figure swung his massive blade, dispersing the flames before marching forward with heavy clunks, Naruto shivering as fear worked its way into his heart.

The figure had a generally humanoid shape and size, only with a rough semi-reptilian hide rather than skin, the hide looking black with purple highlights, his feet appearing more like cloven hooves, his knees covered by golden demonic skulls, his chest by an armored chest-piece that points upwards, a pair of large heavy pauldrons on his shoulders, a golden collar of some kind around the outside of his neck, a pair of bat like wings overtop several puple insect wings, his face was a lighter shade than the rest of his body, with a fang filled maw, three slitted blood red eyes, gold trimming his cheeks and third eye, as well as two large sweeping horns with red formed at their ends, wisps of ebony smoke trailing off of his entire body…

"Ohhh shit…" Naruto whispered while the devil cracked its neck and then smirked towards him darkly. "The Legendary Dark Knight…" Naruto added to his thoughts before the devil reached out a single hand and made a quick "C'mon" gesture. "Well then who am I to pass up an opportunity to kick your ass?" Naruto wondered to himself before snapping his fingers to summon The Neo-Shade, the creature appearing behind its host with a hand on his shoulder, an amused look crossing The Devil's features as she appeared. Not waiting for "Sparda" to go on the offensive, Naruto lunged forward and lashed out with a kick towards his face.

Sparda easily evaded the kick, only to be surprised when The Shade backhanded him from the side. Blinking for a moment, the creature then held its hands towards Naruto and fired a torrent of fireballs at him. Mentally cursing as they headed straight for him, Naruto evaded the balls of heat before quickly lunging at the semi-reptilian Devil with a roar. Lashing out with an ax-kick, Naruto grunted as Sparda caught his foot and then threw him back with unreal strength, The Shade having to use its tail just to keep him from slamming into the far wall. 'This will be difficult… but all I need is that sword.' Naruto reasoned to himself, deciding it wasn't worth it to keep fighting a man who had somehow become The Legendary Dark Knight himself…

'Alright, if I distract him for a moment, The Shade should be able to grab that sword from him and we can get out of here.' Naruto decided while Sparda lunged forward with unreal speeds, lashing out with a swing of his sword that cracked the ground enough to create a small crater. 'Definitely not fighting this guy…' Naruto inwardly decided while Sparda came at him with a Stinger, Naruto evading the attack and then swinging a roundhouse kick at his face while The Shade vanished from view. Sparda easily blocked the attack with his sword, then lashed out with a fire-ball from his free hand, Naruto rolling out of the way and twisting into a sweeping kick, knocking the devil off of his feet with a grunt.

Instantly The Shade was upon him, grasping Sparda's hilt and reforming behind Naruto with the weapon. Taking the offered sword from her grasp Naruto gave a mock salute as Sparda picked himself up off of the ground. "Better luck next time, if there is a next time." Naruto quipped with a smirk before vanishing into a Dark Corridor, 'Sparda' blinking for a moment before smirking to himself.

"Not bad, not bad at all." He mused to himself before a purple field formed around his body and Dante stood with his arms crossed and a smirk on his lips. "I could really learn to like that kid." Dante decided with a nod of his head before looking back when someone cleared their throat behind him. "Yo Lady! How ya doing?" Dante questioned of the scantaly clad woman and she rolled her eyes before pointing a thumb over her shoulder, where Trish was following her with Sparda still attached to her back.

"Been better, found this wondering around though." Lady quipped and got a look from the blond haired thunder demon, Dante chuckling lightly to himself at the look. "What about you, you been keeping out of trouble?" Lady questioned with a raised brow and Dante shrugged his shoulders while turning away from the two women.

"You know me." He replied and both women had flat looks cross their faces as they looked from eachother to him and then sighed.

"That's why we're worried…" Trish replied and Dante shook his head before turning stone serious with his arms crossed.

"Yeah I'm fine. Just had a run in with a kid, looks like Ver's been making trouble and enemies…" He noted and both Trish and Lady looked to him before noticing something was missing.

"Hey, where's Yamato?" Lady questioned and a slight smirk crossed Dante's lips as he turned on his heel and walked away…

(Agrabah…)

Tsunade flipped over the Mysterious Figure, smirking as she landed in a crouch before lunging forward with a roundhouse kick to his head. The man was sent skidding across the desert, only for him to suddenly phase out of existence, the busty blond grunting as she leaned back to avoid one of his blades as the real one came at her from the side. 'This guy is really getting on my nerves, even if I'm youthful or not he's still a fucking beast!' Tsunade thought to herself while also noting it'd be hard for even Kage level nin to take on a man who could bend and manipulate the flow of time to his whims.

Watching the man warily, she arched a slender brow as he threw his hand down, causing a wall of sand to rise up around him through some unseen force. Pulling back on his arms, the man then spun in place, swinging one arm and creating a spinning torrent of fire around his entire body. Tsunade then watched with a mental groan as time sped up around the man, superheating the sand for what was probably years before he stopped the flames and caused glass to form before his body. Bringing back one arm, the man then slammed it forward, sending dozens of dagger like glass shards flying towards her. Mentally growling the blond haired woman twisted around the majority of the daggers, twitching as some still managed to catch her, and then jumped out of the field of shards.

Landing in a crouch, Tsunade then kicked her foot back and lunged forward, nailing The Mysterious Figure with a clothesline and knocking him to the ground. However much like every time she actually managed to hit him, a clock face appeared and time was reversed, the blond haired woman wishing she could scream in frustration as she soon found herself back in her original position. 'This is insane! Every time I actually manage to hurt him he just turns back time on me! How the hell do you fight someone who can bend time to his whims?' The blond woman inwardly demanded for what felt like the millionth time since the fight began.

Meanwhile, Riku was watching the battle with wide eyes, soon turning to look at a frazzled and worried Shizune as she healed him. "Should we help her?" He asked and the dark haired woman looked from the frustrated / angry Tsunade towards the Mysterious Figure. And as she did she saw him lightly panting, thus narrowed her eyes onto the man. 'Hmm… he can control time, but it looks like he himself isn't immune to it, he's getting too tired to fight, even by turning back time on himself he's still been fighting for over an hour, non-stop, without any breaks… of course he could probably just stop time if he wanted one.' Shizune mused then noted to herself with a mental sigh.

"No, Tsunade-Sama gets really angry when you interfere in her battles, especially if she's mad." Shizune replied while continuing to heal the silver haired boy, absently looking towards her teacher every now and again as she did. Riku on the other hand was very confused; he was also somewhat worried about Donald, as it couldn't be good for the duck to be frozen in time. He also wondered how Shizune and Tsunade, whose names he thought were weird, could possibly move when Time was supposed to be frozen. Shaking his head of such thoughts, the teen then watched Tsunade grind her teeth and her brow twitched violently…

'She's really pissed off… and from what this girl has been saying, that's not a good thing for that cloaked guy.' Riku noted while watching as Tsunade cracked her knuckles and then lunged forward, before suddenly twisting into a hip-drop onto the Mysterious-Figure, the man groaning as Tsunade then rolled on him, grabbed him up into a headlock, continued rolling until her foot connected with the ground, and then tossed the man away. Quickly kicking forward after him, Tsunade grabbed the man by his ankle, jumped into the air, and slammed her fist into his chest. The man was instanteously slammed down into the sand, his impact creating an explosion while no one saw a large clock-face forming in the sky, and then suddenly shattered…

"Ha!" Tsunade exclaimed loudly while picking The Mysterious Figure up by the front of his cloak. "You tired yourself out with all those fancy ass tricks of yours!" The woman exclaimed and The Mysterious Figure groaned before vanishing from her hands, causing the woman's eyes to widen in a mix of shock and annoyance.

"No not at all… ugh… but it does take too much concentration to form a clone, keep everything around us stopped, and keep myself invisible to your senses… oh my head…" The Mysterious Figure noted while Tsunade turned around to see the man, his hands on his cloaked head. "Not only that but the sheer amount of strain on my powers didn't hurt, I mean they were never designed to be used for so long, playing around with you was most assuredly not the best of ideas." The Mysterious Figure noted mostly to himself before shaking his head in order to clear it. "And having to work at keeping myself in this exact timeline also takes a bit of effort…" The man finished causing Tsunade's brow to rise up her forehead.

"What do you mean keep yourself in this timeline!" She demanded, both loudly, and incredulously and The Mysterious Figure visibly winced while reaching into his hood to rub his head.

"Ohh… please do be a bit more quiet, my head really hurts right now. But as for what I meant it is quite simple actually. Every world and universe have time, however, for every choice made by the individuals of that world a new timeline is created. For instance, in one timeline you could be dead, while in another you could be evil, and in yet another you could be a whore or slut or whatever it is you call prostitutes… my point being that there are an infinite number of realms and realities to explore, which is what I do." The man explained and Tsunade frowned deeply while narrowing her eyes onto the strange man.

"Why?" She questioned finally and saw the man gaze towards her before chuckling to himself.

"Ahhh… I love that word, it's so simple yet also so damning… why, why do we do what we do? Why are we here? Why am I this way? Why are they that way? The possibilities of why are limitless and yet so are the dangers of asking such a simple little question. But, why I travel the multiverse, and even the separate realities beyond even that is quite simple… to learn." The man replied with a sweep of his left arm and Tsunade scowled deeply towards the man.

"What could you possibly hope to learn by traveling to different timelines?" She questioned and the man chuckled once more while tilting his head to one side as he continued to gaze at her.

"A better question would be what couldn't I learn from doing so… I have seen both the beginning and the end of life, I have watched worlds crumble and entire galaxies collapse on themselves… I have, in the shortness of my life, learned more than any other mere mortal can ever hope to comprehend. And yet, one thing still eludes me, and it is for that one thing that I continue to learn and grow. Thus far I am attempting to learn of the nature of Light, Darkness, Nothing, and Twilight, so what better timeline than this one." The man continued to explain while Riku looked towards the man worriedly, not liking the sound of that.

"You're no different than, Xehanort!" Riku accused while pushing himself to his feet, much to Shizune's protestations. "Trying to learn everything, no matter what it takes for you to do so… you're just like him!" Riku accused while forming War-To-Dawn into his hand and The Mysterious Figure chuckled wryly while folding his arms behind his back, head tilted to one side.

"Yes… I suppose I am. However unlike him, I have truly seen the greatness of Kingdom Hearts with my own eyes! I watched the true masters of The Keyblade fight one another to the death during The Keyblade Wars, and I have even seen the Darkness swallow the worlds before they were reformed into these small shards… Unlike him, I have seen it all already." The Mysterious Figure noted with a nod of his head and Riku scowled while glaring at him.

"But you did nothing to stop any of it! You did nothing to stop Xehanort's plans, all you do is watch like nothing else matters but your precious research!" The silver haired youth shouted at him and The Mysterious Figure chuckled lightly before holding out a hand to stop a ball of fire. Turning to where it came from, Riku was relieved to see Donald alive and well, however quickly looked back to The Mysterious Figure as he crushed the ball of fire within his hand.

"My research is all that matters to me, and why should I interfere with how things happen in your timeline… it's not my own after all. This world, no, this universe, it's problems, they matter little to me, for even if this universe were to be destroyed, I could simply return to my own." The Mysterious Figure noted in a cold yet dull monotone, the sheer level of neutrality in his voice causing a shiver to run down the length of Riku's spine. "And since I've had my fun with the woman, it is time that I make my leave…After all I still need to find someone with powers of true Darkness to face me in battle…" The Mysterious Figure noted to himself as he shimmered and then walked forward, turning transparent and then completely vanishing as he did so…

(Temen-ni-gru…)

Naruto silently walked up the final flight of stairs to the roof of The Temen-Ni-Gru, the massive sword, Sparda, hanging onto his back through some unknown power. Looking around, Naruto frowned when he saw the endless expanse of Darkness surrounding the ancient demonic tower. 'So I was right, this place has been absorbed by the Realm of Darkness, and changed from The Physical Realm, to the Ethereal…' Naruto thought to himself before continuing on his way, silently ascending the last flight of stairs and narrowing his eyes. Across from Naruto, his sword sheathed with its tip pointed down, his hands atop the blades pommel as a smirk crossed onto his hidden visage.

"So you showed up." Gilver noted calmly while opening his crimson red eyes, Xion looking from the bandaged man towards the white-seeker in shock. 'Is that really master? What happened to him?' The girl wondered to herself while Gilver twirled his sword upward and then leaned it's sheathed into his shoulder. "I was beginning to think that you wouldn't show up." Gilver noted before turning his head and smirking beneath his bandages when he saw the sword on Naruto's back. "Good, and you even have Sparda with you." The green clad swordsman noted before turning around, his glowing crimson orbs piercing the darkness.

"And, it looks as though you've grown stronger as well…" Gilver noted while looking at the new, white Dark-Armor worn by the blond, and then smirked. "I must admit, that I'm still deeply impressed by your success and skill, taking Sparda couldn't have been a simple task." Gilver noted while Naruto merely narrowed his eyes onto the devil dangerously. For a long moment, a terse silence was all that sounded upon the roof of The Temen-Ni-Gru, before Gilver tilted his head to one side. "And before you ask, about the girl, she's fine… I've been taking good care of her." Gilver then stated while stepping off to the side, showing Xion chained to one of the spikes surrounding the roof.

Growling lightly under his breath, Naruto then reached to his back, pulled Sparda free before slamming it down and digging the tip of its blade into the ground. Narrowing his eyes behind his mask the White-Seeker felt as wisps of Darkness began to slither over his armor. "Let her go and the sword is yours…" Naruto stated and Gilver shook his head before picking up his own blade and leaning it across his shoulders.

"I'm afraid, that that's not how things work here… this is how things are going to go, you hand Sparda over to me, and then I'll give the girl back to you." Gilver retorted and Naruto frowned beneath the black glass covering his face completely from view.

"You'll just take the sword and then kill her if we do things that way." Naruto retorted and Gilver raised a brow before chuckling lightly for a moment, a purple aura forming over his body as he did.

"Then it seems we have reached an impasse…" Gilver noted before watching as Darkness started to rise off of Naruto's own body, swirling like fire into intricate patterns.

"Yeah it does…" Naruto noted as well while forming No-Heart and pulled Gloria from the large pouch at the back of his waist and into his left hand. While tempted to try and fight Gilver with Sparda, he was unsure of what kind of affect the demonic blade might have on his Dark-Armor, or worse, his own body.

"Humph… you certainly seem more comfortable with the darkness dwelling within your heart now. Tell me, did you find out something you didn't know before?" Gilver noted idly before unsheathing his sword and throwing the sheath to the side, Naruto narrowing his eyes as the darkness started to pour off of his body and out over the entire roof of The Temen-ni-gru.

"No… I'm not just comfortable with the Darkness…" Naruto whispered even as a familiar shadowy entity began to form behind him, one hand on his shoulder while Xion widened her eyes. "I was created from Darkness as Vanitas…" Naruto whispered as he held up No-Heart and closed his eyes. "I welcomed it into my very soul as Xehanort…" He continued to say, slightly louder this time, with an inward sweep of his other arm as The Shade, opened its crimson red eyes and narrowed them onto Gilver. "I was born into Darkness as Sora's other…" Naruto continued on while Gilver swung his arm, his body shifting into the form of Nelo-Angelo as he did so.

"But now, I am truly embraced by the Darkness, cared for, and protected by it… as if it were my own mother!" Naruto declared loudly while swinging No-Heart forward, thirteen dark chains with spikes lining their length ripping their way from The Shade's back before they suddenly launched forward. Seeing them coming, Nelo quickly lunged out of the way of the chains only to grunt as they twisted at the last second and wrapped around his leg. Grunting, Nelo was pulled to the ground before being dragged across the ground by the chains and then lifted up into the air. Growling lowly, Nelo swung his sword at the chains, only to widen his eyes as they easily held off his attack.

'These chains, how can they possibly hold my power back?' He wondered to himself before grunting as he was then thrown up into the air, the chains quickly untangling from his legs. A mere second later, the chains then shot up into the air, their spiked tips aimed directly at the armored behemoth. Growling angrily, Nelo evaded the chains by quickly teleporting in a flash of fire before reappearing behind Naruto and swinging his sword, only to widen his eyes as The Neo-Shade stopped his blade with one hand. The Female Symbiotic Shadow then narrowed its eyes onto him before lifting him up off of the ground by his sword.

"Dattebane!" The Shade growled out, in a woman's voice combined with a hollow metallic ring, while swinging Nelo around, slamming him into the ground and then dragging him along the ground before throwing him away with surprising strength. Skidding back for a length of time, Nelo then dug his blade into the ground to slow himself before looking to where the White Seeker was lazily floating off of the ground; arms crossed as The Shade threw its arms to either side and formed a pair of balls of darkness. "Get lost!" The Shade roared out while swinging its arms upwards, a pair of large arcs of darkness tearing their way through the ground towards Nelo.

Moving quickly, Nelo lunged out of the way of the arcs, watching on in amazement as they tore the floor into chunks before seeming to fade into the distance, before sliding into a crouch and growling furiously as he turned towards the White-Seeker. Nelo then swung his arm, numerous glowing swords appearing around before he brought his hand up, the swords forming up over him and pointing towards both Naruto and The Neo-Shade. Roaring out, Nelo then sent the half-dozen ethereal blades shooting towards the youth, only to watch in shock as The Shade wrapped its arms around him, a sphere of pure Darkness forming around them and blocking the blades.

'Long range doesn't work then… short range is suicide with that creature protecting him… but all I need to do is just get my hands on Sparda and I'll make short work of both of them.' Nelo decided while glaring at the two furiously, only to blink as Naruto started to glow with an eerie ebony light. "Witness… the true Power of Darkness!" The youth uttered darkly while The Shade let out a low groan as it's chains suddenly shot out into the heavens before then turning downwards and digging their way into the entirety of the Temen-Ni-Gru. Looking on in a mix of curiosity and caution, Nelo then fell down as the entire tower was rocked and chook as Naruto then shot up into the air, The Shade grasping it's chains in both hands and heaving back on them.

As she did, Naruto spun No-Heart in one hand before pointing it down along the chains with a grin hidden by his helmet. "DARK FIRAGA!" He declared loudly as the purple and ebony flames suddenly flared out from the tip of his keyblade and raced down the length of the many Dark-Chains, causing the flames to crisscross their way into and through all of the Temen-ni-gru. Within the tower, tapestries and books were suddenly set ablaze, burning into nothing but cinders and ash with unreal speed. However on top of the tower, a heart shaped symbol appeared in the center of the floor, only to be bisected by a pair of The Shade's chains, thus looking more akin to a Heartless Symbol…

However Nelo on the other hand then watched in shock as the Dark-Chains started to rip their way through the floor and burst out from under him, then quickly snaked their way around his body before holding him firmly, still set ablaze. Chuckling to himself as he watched Nelo struggle with the chains, Naruto then formed No-Heart into a pair of wings while holding his hand into the air with a grin. 'Now it's time I grind my way through that armor of his… wait… now there's an idea I hadn't thought of before!' Naruto mused to himself as he focused on the Darkness and brought it to his hand, before forcing it to spin and swirl, a mass of black / violet energy twisting and turning in his hand while giving off several spectral wisps…

"Kage-no-Rasengan! (Shadow of the Swirling-Sphere!)" Naruto uttered sinisterly as he moved with unreal speed, appearing before Nelo with The Shade having on hand on his shoulder, a strangely proud looking smile across it's lips. Rearing his arm back, the white-seeker then slammed the new attack into Nelo's chest, causing it to grind and shred its way through his armor before throwing the armored behemoth sailing back, Dark-Flames still coating his body as he hit the ground with a heavy thud. "Kneel before me, worm." Naruto stated as he slowly lowered himself to the ground, arms crossed over his chest as Nelo pushed himself back to his feet, his armor chipping and falling to pieces to reveal some of Gilver beneath the armor.

Panting heavily, Nelo swung his sword and then lunged at Naruto once more with a roar, swinging his sword at him wildly. Moving out of the way of the attacks with surprising grace, the white-seeker then punched Nelo's exposed chest before twirling Gloria in his free hand. Twisting around, the youth flung the weapon at Nelo and watched with amusement as it lodged itself into his helmet, forming a large crack down its length. Twisting on his heel, Naruto then kicked Gloria further into Nelo's head, causing him to stumble back while The Shade narrowed its eyes. "Submit!" She declared while zipping from behind Naruto and quickly grabbed Nelo by his wrists, her tail wrapping around one of his legs to lessen his struggling.

Smirking at the impressive maneuver, and at the sheer strength of this new version of The Shade, Naruto then calmly floated forward before reaching out to grip Gloria and then ripped it out of Nelo's head. "I can already tell, this is going to be fun." Naruto noted sinisterly while quickly stabbing Nelo in the gut with Gloria before twisting the knife and ripping it out of the devil. Forming another Kage-no-Rasengan into his free hand, Naruto then slammed the attack into Nelo's face, and then watched with a detached form of amusement as it ground its way through his helmet.

Snapping his fingers as Nelo hung his head, Naruto watched The Shade drop him before he fell face first to the ground and the shadowy specter reformed behind him. At the same time, Nelo-Angelo's armor completely crumbled to dust, while Gilver grit his teeth and pushed himself to his feet with his sword while holding his wounded side even as it quickly healed over. "You have lost, now… sink into the Darkness…" Naruto uttered in a low sinister tone as the shadows around them started to rise up into the air, Darksides forming as they climbed up the length of the Temen-ni-gru, Neo-Shadows, Shadows, Dark-Balls, and all manor of other Pure-Blooded Heartless making their way towards the two.

Seeing them coming, Gilver let out a roar while bringing his arms inwards, then slamming them onto the ground, three rings of Summoned Swords forming around his body before exploding outwards. The blades flew outwards, slicing through each of the Heartless as the green-clad swordsman then kicked off of the ground and towards Naruto with his sword. Raising a brow, Naruto formed OWA into his free hand and blocked the man's blade with it before shoving him back to the ground and slowly landing himself. Feeling The Shade growl while glaring towards the silver haired man, Naruto smirked lightly while holding OWA and crouched down with it, glaring at Gilver as he did.

However an amused grin then made its way to Gilver's lips as he glared at the White-Seeker before he suddenly pulled a gun out from his coat. Instantly, Naruto's mind raced when he saw it, it was a heavily modified short double-barreled shotgun that seemed made for one hand, which was all Gilver needed as his other held his sword. "I guess this time, I get to be the one to say, 'Jackpot!'" Gilver noted while quickly pulling the trigger and unloading both shells into the blond's head almost instantly. The force of the blast sent Naruto flying back, the black glass of his helmet shattering and spreading across the roof while The Shade caught him in her arms.

"At last!" Gilver crowed while trudging forward, tossing the Shotgun to the side as he made his way towards the sword he'd sought after for so long. "It's finally mine!" Gilver said with his eyes wide in near insane glee as he threw his sword to the side, its blade digging into the ground. "Yes! This is it! This is the power that I've craved, hungered for for so very long!" He whispered while slowly reaching forward to take hold of the hilt of the weapon, a shudder crawling down his spine as his wounds almost instantly healed. As he gripped the weapon, Naruto let out a breath and breathed inwards, opening his golden amber eyes and then turning his head to where Gilver began to glow with an unearthly power.

"Jokes on you…" Naruto whispered while the silver portion of his helmet / crown dipped down at his brow enough to shadow his eyes. Watching on with her host, The Neo-Shade then watched with a mix of worry and awe as Gilver ripped the massive blade from the ground and held it up over his head.

"The Power of Sparda!" He exclaimed as the blade began to spark violently before turning an off blue shade, causing Gilver's grin to slowly slip as it did. He then watched as the once massive blade shrunk down, soon forming into an eerily familiar O-Katana with white leather covering its hilt, a yellow ribbon trailing from it as well… "What?" Gilver demanded while gripping the hilt of the blade furiously, then turned with narrowed eyes upon hearing Naruto chuckle to himself. "What is this? Where is Sparda!" Gilver demanded furiously while The Shade placed Naruto back onto his feet, the blond smirking as he reached up to remove the remains of his helmet, then dropped it at his side.

"That's the sword I took from Dante… but I guess its not Sparda… but somehow empowered by Sparda's strength to imitate it… looks like Dante pulled the wool over both our eyes with this one… not a bad prank… all things considered." The silver haired youth explained while groaning as his body slowly healed itself from being shot at point blank range by a shotgun. Meanwhile Gilver gritted his teeth at the white-seekers words before narrowing his eyes onto the youth dangerously.

"I see, so that's why you managed to take it… I should've known Dante would use such a tactic to insure its safety from devils." Gilver mused aloud while swinging Yamato in a few experimental arcs, clearly trying to get a feel for the long katana. 'Strange, holding this blade almost feels… familiar… like an old friend has returned.' Gilver thought to himself as he heard Naruto scoff while letting out a soft chuckle. "What prey tell do you find so amusing?" Gilver questioned of Naruto flatly and the youth placed a hand over his face with a smirk, The Shade's hand over his shoulder.

"You just don't get it do you…" Naruto noted aloud while holding his hand to the side, The Darkness pulling Gilver's own blade into his free hand. "The Sword, it really doesn't matter how powerful it is… nor do my Keyblades, the truth is, that without a wielder, a sword just collects dust." Naruto stated firmly while Gilver let out a slight laugh before smirking as he looked at the blond with clear amusement.

"I know that better than anyone, and who do you think is better to wield the legendary power of Sparda other than myself? Do you honestly think that worthless thunder demoness is worthy of such an honor?" Gilver demanded of the blond haired youth and Naruto leaned the demonic sword along his shoulders.

"No. But then again… I think anyone is…" Naruto replied while leaning his head back and blowing a breath into his bangs. "Sparda wasn't powerful because of that sword, his true power came from his heart! He cared enough about humanity to protect them from even his own kin, he fought impossible odds and came out victorious because he never wavered in his beliefs, never questioned what his heart or soul were telling him." Naruto declared while glaring at Gilver and took a deep breath. "And you… well… you don't even have a heart, so how could you ever hope to wield his power?" Naruto countered and a deep frown crossed over Gilver's features as he gripped Yamato with both hands, eyes narrowed dangerously.

"We'll see about that…" The bandaged devil stated while crouching back as Naruto silently stood across from him, memories of Master-Xehanort flashing before his minds eye. 'Always remember Ventus, it is not the keyblade that makes you special…' The wizened voice of his former master echoed out in his mind as he lowered his arm and narrowed his eyes on the incoming Gilver. 'Instead, know that it is your heart that makes the Keyblade special…' Master Xehanort stated while Naruto swung Gilver's sword as Gilver swung Yamato at him, the two blades connecting and Gilver's eyes widening as Naruto managed to hold him back.

Snarling furiously, Gilver then shoved Naruto back, the white-seeker skidding back before digging his feet into the ground and Swinging Gilver's blade. Instantly a ring of swords formed around him and a smirk crossed his lips. 'Well now, this trick is sure going to come in handy…' The blond mused before frowning as he formed Thirteen blades around his body and then swung a hand, causing all thirteen to swing towards Gilver as one. Scowling, Gilver flipped back and out of the way while then twirling Yamato in hand, his hand freezing as he saw Xion behind the blond. Rolling to the side, and smirking when he noticed she was out of the way, Gilver then focused his power into the demonic blade.

Instantly, a distortion appeared within the air, causing Naruto to curse and quickly dismiss The Shade as Gilver managed to cut through the air in a long line, even cutting through one of the spikes on the far side of the roof. Grunting in pain for a moment, Naruto stowed Gloria away while swinging his arm, his Dark-Armor stretching out into a long black tendril with sharp white spikes at the end. Rolling back to evade the attack, Gilver then lunged forward with surprising speed, Naruto blocking the man's next attack with Gilver's own sword. Glaring at one another for only a moment, the two then shoved back on one another before each twirled their blade in hand.

Swinging their respective swords at one another once more, the two then twirled into a flurry of slashes and swings with the two blades, never once pausing or halting for even a moment as they fought one another. Finishing off by connecting their blades once more, Naruto then lashed out with a kick to Gilver's ribs, before quickly twisting on his heel and swinging his arm out once more. Yet again it formed into a strange tendril, only this time it connected with Gilver, knocking him down before throwing him up into the air. Grunting in the air, Gilver quickly righted himself and brought Yamato down on top of Naruto, the White-Seeker swinging his own blade upwards.

The two swords were thus sent flying out of their hands and they quickly switched to hand-to-hand. Growling lowly the two connected punch after punch with one another, Naruto kneeing Gilver in the gut and then throwing the man to the side. Rolling into a crouch, Gilver flipped up into a spin before bringing his leg down on top of Naruto, slamming him down into the ground. Grabbing Gilver's leg, Naruto then flipped up and swung Gilver around, his head dragging across the floor before Naruto swung him away. The man in green twirled in midair for a moment before skidding across the roof and flipping back to the feet.

"You… are indeed very powerful, young warrior. However, one who fights blindly for other's cannot defeat me." Gilver stated darkly as he took several breaths, Naruto letting out a few panting breaths before frowning towards the devil.

"I don't fight for others… at least not like Sora does, he fights solely for his friends, and only with his friends hearts with his own, is he truly strong… but I'm different. For while I protect my friends, I don't need their power or hearts to make mine stronger… to carry me into battle… never, for if I can't fight on my own, and win my own battles, how can I possibly protect them?" Naruto demanded of the green-clad devil and Gilver arched a slender brow before lightly chuckling under his breath.

"A novel speech, however, its time we end this battle." Gilver stated darkly, Naruto's agreement remaining unsaid between them as they both glared at one another. Narrowing their eyes onto one another, Gilver and Naruto both looked to their lost swords. Lunging at their weapons, the two quickly picked them up before rushing towards one another. As they approached they swung their blades at each other almost at the same time and seemed to cut through one another. A second later, Gilver watched on in shock as a cut appeared on Yamato's blade, the two halves of the weapon falling from his hands before clattering on the ground.

"H-How?" He demanded while turning to Naruto, only to gasp as a massive gash opened across his body. "This sword… it should have cut both you and that worthless blade to pieces!" Gilver growled out as he looked at the white-seeker furiously, Naruto smirking as he reached a hand up to his forehead.

"It's like I said before, it isn't the weapon, but the heart behind it." Naruto started before sweeping his hand through his hair, causing it to form into an array of backwards spikes, Gilver feeling his eyes widen as he did. "My Heart may be shrouded in Darkness, but I still believe in my own strength… and you don't even have a heart. And without it, you can never hope to attain more power." The blond stated while turning his head to look at the man over his shoulder, his eyes returning to their original azure hue. But as he did, Gilver saw someone else glaring at him, someone from his past, a man dressed in blue, with his silver hair also swept back…

"Ver… gil…" He whispered, the name feeling foreign on his tongue even as he fell to the ground and lifted his eyes up to look at the youth. The silver of his hair slowly started to bleed away, soon leaving only the tips of his spiky hair covered in a silver white, his skin paling back to it's original shade as well. Kneeling down, Naruto picked up his helmet / chin-guard and then walked over to Gilver's Shotgun before picking it up and looking it over, clearly uncomfortable with the firearm. But as the blond continued to look over the weapon, his fingers became more and more nimble as he examined it, as if he were somehow absorbing knowledge out of the weapon.

But unknown to Naruto, the same action had been taken by Gilver himself, back when he'd first taken the weapon from the same woman who made Dante's Ebony and Ivory… "Interesting…" Naruto mused before noticing the weapon was designed to hold up to ten shells at any given time. "I don't know much about guns, but even I can tell this is finely crafted piece. You seem to have great tastes in weapons." Naruto noted as he continued to fiddle with the weapon, soon opening it up and raised a brow at a seal that was glowing within the barrel-chamber.

Grunting as the blond continued fiddling with the weapon, Gilver pushed his body upwards and then stumbled onto his feet. Looking to the side, the red-eyed devil gripped the broken half of Yamato's blade with one hand before shuffling his way towards the preoccupied blond. Naruto himself frowned while leaning the gun on his left forearm and frowned when he noticed the weight of it would hamper its aim slightly, but it was a Shotgun… "I like it." Naruto then admitted before turning slightly and then aiming the weapon at a surprised Gilver's face.

"I'll take it." He then decided while pulling the trigger and unloading both shells into the man's skull, sending him flying back with blood and gore splattering across the roof's floor. However, much to Naruto's shock, Gilver still managed to pick himself up, only the blond widened his eyes as the bandages around Gilver's face began to unravel from his bloody face. What he saw, was a familiar mop of silver hair, his skin was an off green-white color with odd blue marks over it, but beyond that and his crimson red eyes, he had a familiar face with almost regal features…

"Dante?" Naruto questioned while kneeling down and then caught Gilver's wrist as he tried to stab him with the piece of Yamato he grasped in his hand.

"No, he's my brother…" Dante himself commented, hands in his coat pockets as he walked onto the roof, Gilver turning to face him with narrowed crimson red eyes.

"Dante…" He growled out while pushing himself back to his feet, Naruto backing away and twirling his new Shotgun in hand before placing it in the loop of one of his belts while Dante formed the true Sparda in his free hand and then leaned it along his shoulders with a smirk.

"Hey Vergil, how 'bout a kiss for your baby brother…" Dante offered mockingly, a disgusted sneer crossing Gilver's face while the silver haired man then pulled Ivory from its holster and held it towards his twin. "Or better yet, how 'bout a kiss from this…" Dante offered with a smirk and an amused smirk crossed Gilver's lips, as he stood hunched over, arms hanging at his sides and the piece of Yamato still clasped tightly in his free hand.

"This seems… almost familiar…" Gilver noted while trudging forward, ethereal blades of azure light forming behind him as he marched towards Dante.

"Yeah, though, last time things weren't quite as dire for you. I guess that kid over there really roughed you up, eh Vergil?" Dante quipped with a sly smirk across his lips as he gazed towards the apposing devil. Gilver however, merely sneered once more, purple demonic energy flowing off of his body in a plethora of wispy tails.

"Understand this, Dante…" Gilver growled out while his eyes gave off a fierce glow, both men ignoring Naruto as he walked to Xion's side and cut her free of her bonds with Gloria. "That name… it's worthless to me, the one who had that name was too weak to survive on his own!" Gilver snarled and a frown crossed Dante's lips as he looked at the mockery of what had once been his twin… "All that matters to me now is power! My soul is screaming at me, the voice echoes within my mind endlessly… Power… give me more! Power!" Gilver roared before crouching down and then lunging at Dante with all his strength the crimson clad demon hunter closing his eyes as his brother approached.

"Yeah, well my soul is telling me… to put an end to you." Dante noted as he lunged forward as well, Gilver launching his Summoned Swords towards his brother. Seeing them coming, Dante quickly pulled Ivory's trigger, blowing away each of the swords before gripping the hilt of Sparda tightly. Instantly, there was a flash of brilliant purple power, and now before Gilver, gripping the hilt of Sparda with both hands, was what looked to be The Legendary Dark Knight, Sparda himself. Gilver felt his eyes widen as he saw the Devil before him, a single word crossing his lips as he gazed into Sparda's own brilliant crimson red eyes…

"Father?" And with that final word, Sparda swung the sword upwards, slicing through Gilver and knocking him into the air before twisting on his heel and kicking the fallen devil away. Gilver skidded across the rooftop for a short distance, before finally slowing and coming to a complete stop where his scattered armor still lay. At the same time, his sword, which Naruto was still holding, began to crumple and fade into dust, its power lost as its master faded from this world. Dante in Sparda's form then leaned the massive sword along his shoulders before walking over to where Gilver lay, defeated, battered, and beaten at his feet.

Looking up, a strange smirk worked its way across Gilver's lips as he stared at his brother in the form of his father. As he did so, his red eyes began to dim, and Dante saw a familiar pair of blue eyes gaze up at him… "Now… whose trying… to be like father?" Gilver quipped weakly before closing his eyes and fading away, what sounded like the wail of a baby echoing as the pieces of his obsidian black armor, as well as the two separate pieces of Yamato, vanished along with him.

"Goodbye, Vergil. Rest in peace this time." Dante noted aloud and then turned as Trish and Lady made their way up to the roof, a smirk crossing his lips as he returned to his normal form. "Aw man, the babes only just arrived, and the parties already over!" Dante noted with a shake of his head and got an eye-roll from Lady, who then looked over to Naruto as he helped Xion to her feet.

"What are we going to do about them?" Lady asked while nudging towards the two, then looked out into the infinite Darkness that surrounded them. "And for that matter, how do we get home?" She then asked and Dante reached up to stroke his chin for a moment, Sparda leaning against his shoulders till Trish took it from him with a shake of her head. Looking at his blond partner for a moment, Dante then turned on his heel and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Both excellent questions Lady, however you got to remember we're not the experts on what's happening right now… he is." Dante stated while nudging towards Naruto as he placed his helmet / chin-guard back over his head, the black glass of the object slowly reforming over his face. "Yo, man in white, got a minute!" Dante cried out while looking to Naruto, Lady and Trish giving one another a look.

"He's such a child sometimes…" Lady noted with a shake of her head, still following behind him regardless and Trish smirked at her friend.

"I think that's part of his charm." Trish remarked and got an incredulous look from Lady before both friends looked to the said man in red as he spoke with Naruto about their current predicament.

"So you got any ideas on how we could get back home?" Dante asked with an incline of his head and Naruto crossed his arms over his chest while considering his options with the three devil-hunters.

"I'm… not sure… your world seems to have been invaded. Either by Soulless or Heartless, however I'm leaning more towards Soulless at the moment." Naruto began with a wave of one hand and then turned his back to the three, a habit he seemed to have picked up from Master-Xehanort. "While I cannot return you to your own world, I may be able to send you somewhere else…" Naruto continued to muse aloud and Dante shrugged his shoulders while placing his thumbs in the loop of his belt.

"That works for me man, just get us out of here and we're cool… oh, but preferably, I'd like to head somewhere with some Pizza." Dante noted before placing a hand on his stomach and letting out an overdramatic sigh of hunger. "I mean c'mon, I'm starving man…" He added and Naruto chuckled lightly before turning around and reforming No-Heart into his hand, a Dark-Corridor opening seconds later.

"Sadly Dante, I don't even know what 'Pizza' is…" Naruto started to say and ignored the scandalized look on the silver haired devil-hunters face. "However I do know a world you all should feel at home on… so to speak, it is fairly advanced like your own but they hunt the undead. And if you see a "Sir Integra" while you're there, tell her Agent Umbra sent you." Naruto finished and a look crossed Dante's features before grinning to himself as he crossed his arms behind his head.

"Sounds good, and be sure to drop by sometime after me and the ladies set up shop, kid." Dante stated while walking over to and then into the Dark-Corridor with a cocky look on his face. Shaking their heads as the silver haired man walked off, Lady and Trish also walked to the portal, Trish following her silver haired partner while Lady hung back for a moment.

"Oh right, before I forget, you can keep Gloria, I'm sure it'll help you more than it ever helped me." Lady stated before turning on her heel and walking into the Dark-Corridor, leaving Naruto alone with Xion. Blinking for a moment, Xion then looked up to her "Master" with an arched brow.

"Where'd you send them?" She asked curiously and the blond haired youth chuckled to himself, arms crossed over his chest.

"Lets just say "Big Red" and Kitten are going to be having some major backup from now on…" Naruto replied with a chuckle even as he pulled himself and Xion into a Dark-Corridor, the black haired girl shuddering at the thought of what would happen to them on that particular world with the likes of the Devil Hunters there with them…

(Olympus Coliseum…)

Liximawl growled as he typed on his laptop, an annoyed look on his face while glaring at Duela angrily. Why is he glaring at the cheerful clown girl so angrily you might ask? That is simple, it is because Duela had brought Megara to them, all but hogtied, and with a gag in her mouth… "Where the hell did you even get this shit to tie her up with?" Liximawl demanded of the red-haired clown woman and Duela snickered to herself before pointing to her backpack. "Then why did you have those in your bag?" He demanded in a low growl and Duela grinned towards him sneakily, causing him to groan as he realized he shouldn't have asked a psychotic clown girl that…

"Cause I'm into role-play of course!" She declared and Liximawl stared at her for a moment before banging his head against his laptop repeatedly. "Uh… Mister-Author-Dude I don't think that's good for your laptop…" Duela noted while Meg mentally sighed and wondered whom the crazy clown girl was, and what horrible crime the brown haired man had done to deserve her undivided attention. Looking up from his laptop with a glare, Liximawl then turned as two more "Dead-Pools" walked out of the coliseum, then placed his foot on a zombies head with a heavily torn and tattered version of Deadpools mask as well as a propeller coming out of its head.

"Brains!" The head cried before Liximawl felt his eye twitch violently and kicked the Zombie Deadpool or "Headpool" away with a snarl on his face. Glaring at the other two Deadpools, Liximawl frowned when he saw the youngest of them rolling on the floor laughing loudly. The young child was clearly another Deadpool simply by looking at his outfit. He was wearing a mask identical to Deadpool's save for its larger eyes, a red shirt with black shoulders and sides, a deadpool symbol on the front and a red scarf around his neck, a pair of red gloves with black padding at the backs of his fists, a simple brown utility belt, a pair of red pants with more black material over his hips, and a pair of red boots with a black metal plate over their cuffs and black soles.

"Nice one!" Kidpool declared loudly, while the other Deadpool snickered to himself at his side. This older Deapool had a more "Costume" like outfit rather than military styled gear. He wears a full body, skintight, suit that has a red reaching up from his groin then branching out from his chest to cover his arms with a single bar heading up the front of his throat, the rest of the suit being black, a pair of red belts are crossed over his waist, with red gloves with large black cuffs covering his hands, red boots over his feet, and a red mask that was seemingly molded to his head with a black pattern over the front with white lenses over his eyes, two katana sheathed to his back, and four Kunai strapped to his left thigh.

"Not bad, not bad at all, that was a pretty good one Boss-Man." The Ultimate Deadpool, AKA Wadey Wilson, noted to himself before looking to Megara and raising a brow. "Whoa, when did you get into BDSM boss-man?" The man questioned and Liximawl frowned deeply before glaring at the two Deadpools angrily.

"I'm not, but Duela's into role-playing and thought it'd be funny to tie her up like that." Liximawl replied and Wadey blinked for a moment before rubbing his chin with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Somehow with all the costumes and different personalities she's always using, that really doesn't surprise me." Wadey replied and Liximawl shrugged his shoulders, not really surprised about that particular facet of Duela's insane persona either. Sighing, the man then blinked before groaning as a dog urinated on the bound and gagged Hercules before somehow snickering. The dog was a mangy looking brown furred mutt of a dog with black bands around each leg, a red and black shirt similar to Deadpools costume with a red belt around its waist with a knife in the belt, and a variation of Deadpools mask without the eye lenses.

"Dogpool stop that!" Liximawl shouted at the animal and it blinked before running off, leaving the black clad man with the other two versions of Deadpool. "Now then, did you guys finish up with the coliseum? Oh, and where's "Baraka-pool" at?" Liximawl questioned of the two and Kid-pool started to laugh evilly while rubbing his hands together.

"We left that lame knockoff of our epic awesomeness buried under some rubble! Not to mention impaled by steel pipes! Lets seem him teleport out of that!" The child said while grinning under his mask, Wadey merely rolling his eyes before looking to where Gilgamesh was sitting on Pegasus like he was a chair, the horse looking at him with clear annoyance as he did.

"Yo, Gil! What you doing man?" Wadey questioned of the man and Gilgamesh crossed his legs and let out a sigh while propping his chin on his raised fist.

"I'm just starting to wonder when I'll see my chosen rival Bartz again… after all the years and dozens of different warriors I've battled, I'm starting to miss doing battle against him!" Gilgamesh replied and Wadey nodded his head slowly before looking over to where Liximawl was still hard at work.

"Yo, Mister-Author-Man…" He started to ask before getting a glare from the black clad man.

"No! I'm not putting Bartz in just so Gilgamesh can fight him in the damn tournament… unless I get like a hundred reviews demanding him…" He declared rather loudly then muttered under his breath and Wadey held up his wrists before turning to face Gilgamesh and shrugging his shoulders.

"Worry not, I will still do my best against any and all challengers in the competition! For if the Great Gilgamesh were to shy away from battle, how could I call myself the greatest warrior to ever live!" Gilgamesh declared while jumping into a kabuki pose, Kid-pool and Wadey snickering them to themselves as he did so. Rolling his eyes, Liximawl then looked to the side as Deadpool and Lady-Deadpool returned, dragging a couple bound and gagged girls behind them.

"Seriously, why do all you nut cases feel the need to bind and gag everyone?" Liximawl demanded flatly and Deadpool looked to his female counterpart for a moment before both shrugged. "Urgh… fine, then just dump them with the others." Liximawl ordered while pointing his thumb to the pile of bound / gagged people they had captured. Sighing as they did so, the man then reached up and rubbed his shoulder for a moment before drumming his fingers on his laptop, contemplating what he should write next…

TBC…

AN: I hope this chapter clears up the whole thing with people wondering about the identity of "The Neo-Shade", which comprised a majority of questions about the previous chapter… Also, for those who don't know, in DMC one, Yamato was able to turn into Sparda (Force-Edge) when used by The Legendary Dark Knight, hence it's ability in this chapter…

Naruto's Keyblade's…

Dark-Heart…

Soul-Blade…

Void-Gear…

Vorpal-Key…

One-Winged-Angel…

No-Heart…

Lost-Memory…

List of Soulless: Some reviewers have wanted a list of The Soulless and the types that have been introduced thus far. These are all the soulless, minus some details about the court, and without the Black-Soulless, those are Unique individuals among them so I figured they are more like characters than types.

Pure-Soulless: A pure Soulless is little more than a white Silhouette in a humanoid shape with black eyes. They have next to no abilities, and are considered the "Shadows" of the Soulless.

Tier 1:

Prism: the first tier 1 Soulless and most basic type, similar to a "Dark-Ball" as they are only slightly less common than Fanatics. They have powers over simple light manipulation, such as lasers and making themselves invisible, they can also call on other nearby Soulless for aide with a loud screech.

Fanatic: The "Neo-Shadow" of the Soulless Breed, The Fanatic has sharp claws that it lashes out with viciously, ignoring its powers over light.

Zealot: A more versatile variation of the Fanatic and considered the Counter to the "Nova-Shadow" of the Heartless Breed. A Zealot is not only faster than the Fanatic, but its left hand has been replaced with an Ax for slicing and cutting their enemies.

Acolyte: Matching the "Possessor" Heartless, an Acolyte is a master of the mystical arts beyond any other. Their powers of magic include the ability to become invisible, transform into a white replica of their opponent when alone to become a "Posi-Form" of sorts, and "Summon" other Soulless, much like the Prisms.

Tier 2:

Crusader: Considered the "Invisible" of the Soulless Breed, a Crusader is a fierce opponent well above the abilities of its lesser "Female" cousins. The Crusader is known for the single wing that allows it to fly and the sword / shield that replace its arms.

Paladin: A Soulless, which is considered the only equal to the "Dark Thorn" of the Heartless hordes. A Paladin uses its two wings to fly faster and longer than the basic Crusader, while also using its mastery over Light to attack and destroy all enemies.

Martyr: Unlike other Soulless, the Martyr isn't known for its abilities in combat. Instead, The Martyr, like its name suggest, is more useful as a sacrifice, killing itself in order to both blind enemies, and both heal and empower its wounded comrades.

Juggernaught: The Only Soulless capable of fighting a "Dark-Side" Heartless on even grounds. The Juggernaught is a massive Soulless with little intellect, relying only on its brute strength to win its battles, as well as moderate control of Light.

Tier 3: Unique Soulless Leaders / The Court of Order…

Seraph: Original Name: Andross. The Original Soulless, as well as current leader of the Court of Order, Seraph's only goal seems to be to purge Darkness from all worlds. Unique Power: Transforming Pure-Soulless in Court Members…

Inquisitor: Original Name: Unknown. A strangely "Elderly" looking Soulless with a calm composed disposition with unknown motives and plans even within the Court of Order itself. Unique Power: Unknown.

Cenobite: Original Name: Unknown. A tall Soulless with a deep monotone voice, Cenobite is unique within the Court for being unforgiving and cruel towards even those born in the light. Unique Power: Unknown.

Nephilim: Original Name: Sylvia Blood. The only known female member of the court, blindly devoted to Seraph, her now "Pure" form hides a truly angry hateful soul, believed by many to be a Court member only for her unique gift, rather than any kind of skill or power. Unique Power: Able to forcefully transform Somebodies into Soulless.

Arch-Angel: Original Name: Unknown. A winged Soulless whose loyalty to Seraph is second to none, his own motives for wishing to destroy the darkness are shrouded in mystery. Unique Power: Unknown.

Saint: Original Name: Unknown. A simple Soulless with a hidden past, his ability to bend and control the light is second to none even within the court of order, his actions suggest he and Inquisitor have met before. Unique Power: Unknown.

Redeemer: Original Name: Uchiha Sasuke. During a battle with Naruto Sasuke's being was split in two, one half Dark, one half light, the light carried his soul and Seraph saw fit to replace Nephilim with their newest warrior, The Redeemer. Unique Power: Unknown.