Well, now we're all caught up with the past two days. Now it's time to get back to where we started. You know, around the time when...
"AAAAAAH!"
*CRASH*
"Don't worry, Mr. Kagura. Natsu to the rescue..."
"Aye..."
Hehe... Humor aside, the past chapters, besides the ones with Team Natsu, were all set during the two days before the Hidden Leaf Assault. Now that they've past, the tale can finally move on.
However, many of you are probably still wondering the following. What happened to Team Natsu after they vanquished Asagg? Did Naruto, Sasuke and Sutōkā defeat Kaguya? Is the United Army's Advance Team ready for go?
...What happened between Goku and Ross..?
They're easily answered questions, and they can all be answered in the span of an hour. The final hour before the charge on the Hidden Leaf Village...
The final hour before the Omni Crisis.
*Final hour: Naruto and Kurama*
"GAH!"
A certain individual awoke from their state of slumber like as if they suffered a serious nightmare. The stranger pulled himself up of whatever surface they were lying on and began panting for oxygen. Sweat poured down from their face like a melting popsicle and their heart rate rose exponentially. Soon the individual calmed down from their hyperventilation.
"Fuck... What the..? Where am I?"
They looked around and saw that they were in what appeared to be the bedroom of some cabin. The walls were oak wood with a sleek polish, a fan spun around atop the ceiling, there were a couple dressers in the corner of the room and a window right next to the bed that the individual was laying on.
"Where am I? This isn't that sewer... Not that I'm complaining cuz' this is a nice bed, but freaky."
The individual tried to make sense of this conundrum. They remember a fierce battle, four others, and a giant monster with ten gigantic tails, then everything just went black. Now they we're in a weird wooden cabin.
"What is going on here? Come on, Kurama. Thi- HUH?!"
The individual, Kurama jumped at the sight before him.
He was staring into a mirror attached to the wall beside his bed that showed his reflection. However, instead of his usual fox self, his body was Human! Well, almost Human. He had long, dark red hair that reached down to his back, blood red fox eyes, claws and fangs, and to top it off was his signature nine tails waving around behind him. The red of his body was a sight to behold. He had tanned, golden brown skin with his signature whisker face marks, accompanied by an extremely muscular body that looked like God himself chiseled it. Solid six pack, large pecs that could cut glass and biceps that were as hard as rocks.
"What the... Holy..." Kurama muttered in a non-demonic voice.
He pushed the sheets off himself and stood up off the bed. He was standing 7'1", completely nude and totally in shock. He couldn't believe what he saw. His form was massive. Kurama flexed one of his arms and poked his muscle with his finger to see if it was real, and it was! He then turned around to take a look at his butt, which was completely solid and devoid of any fat. It was PERFECT!
"Holy crap... I look like something right out of porn." The human fox said.
This was EXACTLY what Kurama wanted to look like if he had a Human form. However, sexy body aside, he knew as clear as day that something wasn't right with all this. Waking up in a comfy bed, nice bedroom, a body that would make both women and men fall in love with him, it was all WAY too good to be true.
Was this all an illusion? A dream? Did something hit Naruto's head when that giant Tailed Beast Bomb was heading their way? Kurama has so many questions racing through his head and there was no one around to answer them.
'Shit, what's going on here? What happened to Naruto and that crazy Sutōkā brat? Did we die or something?' Nine Tails thought.
That would explain a bit if he were dead, but he knew full well that he wasn't. The fox looked around the bedroom for even the slightest clue and spotted a note on the other side of the bed. He went over and picked it up, then began to read it.
'Good morning, my darling. I'm sorry that I wasn't here for when you woke up, I had gone out early to get tonight's dinner. Be back before you know it, you big, sexy, muscular beast.'
The Kyuubi blushed upon reading the last few words.
'Whoa... I guess I have a girlfriend in this... whatever this is.' He thought.
Then he read the words at the bottom, and not only did his eyes almost pop out of his head but his face got redder than his previous vessel, Tomato.
Kushina: CALL ME THAT AGAIN!
The note was from Matatabi, the Two Tails!
Matatabi was know as the Two Tailed Wraith Cat of the Land of Lightning in the northeast, a big blue cat with twin tails and was, well... usually on fire. Kurama would admit, he was always quite smitten with the cat, even with his whole "more tails means more power" belief about Tailed Beasts, but he never would have imagined that they could ever be together.
"Oh, my god. This is actually happening." He said aloud.
'Wait a minute.'
A thought popped into the fox man's head. This all seemed so familiar.
'Waking up somewhere else, everything you could ever want... Oh no."
Kurama finally put the pieces together. He was under the Infinite Tsukuyomi! This was the Genjutsu that can make one enter a dream-like state that brings out their greatest desires. Kaguya needs it to ensnare the world with her Divine Tree and drain their Chakra dry until they mold into her disposable White Zetsu soldiers.
But how did Kurama fall under it?! Possibly due to him and Naruto sharing the same body? No, it didn't matter how he fell under it or why he's the one dreaming, what matters is searching for a a way out of this infernal Genjutsu before Naruto is turned into a White Zetsu.
"Damnit! I don't know how much time I have before Naruto transforms, but I've gotta wake him- or me, up! Fast!"
Kurama was about to bolt out the bedroom door, but then he noticed something in the mirror. His "sword" was fully unsheathed if you catch my drift.
"Oh, really, boner? *sigh* Guess I can't help it, looking this sexy. Seriously though, hehe, I got a damn good ass. Mmm!" Kurama bragged, spanking his own butt.
If there's one thing this fox loves more than anything, it's himself.
"Fine, a quick yank, then I'll find a way out of here."
Three hours of "quick yanking" later...
(Now, I'm not going to go into the details of what Kurama was doing to himself, but let's just say that when Nine Tails came out of that bedroom...)
"Mmmm~ mehehehe~ Ooh, I'm good!"
He came out of the room, fully covered with a red and black robe and a pervy smile plastered on his face.
He began walking down the stairs and got a look at the first floor. There was beautiful furniture, all natural lighting, a fully stocked bookshelf and many other luxuries people could only dream of.
"Whoa. I'm living in style." He said to himself.
"Morning Dad!"
A high pitched male voice came from behind the Human Tailed Beast. Kurama turned around, seeing nothing.
"What the..?"
"Hehe. Down here, silly!"
He looked down and gasped. There stood non other than a certain blue eyed, blond boy with whisker marks, who looked about six years old, wearing an all orange kimono. He had a smile as bright as the sun and a fox tail swinging back and forth behind him.
"Wha- N-Naruto..?"
No way. This couldn't be Naruto. This had to have been the Infinite Tsukuyomi playing tricks on him, like it normally would with its victims.
"Hm? What's wrong, Dad? Are you ok?" Little Naruto asked.
This voice caused Kurama to snap out of his trance.
"Huh? What?" Kyuubi went.
"You were kinda staring at me. Is everything alright, Dad?" The child asked with a hint of concern.
'He... He called me 'Dad'. Crap, what do I say?! The Genjutsu might try to pull one on me if I try to resist! Looks like I'll have to play along, at least for now.'
"Oh, uh. Uhh, yeah! I-I'm ok! J-just fine." Kurama nervously replied.
"Ok, if you say so... Anyway, come here! I got something to show you!"
Little Naruto began tugging on Kurama's arm, guiding him into the kitchen. Once they entered the room, Kurama got a nice whiff of a pleasant smell. Smelled like bacon. Then his jaw dropped.
On the table was probably one of the most amazing looking breakfasts he had ever seen. Fresh cooked bacon and scrambled eggs, squeezed orange juice, golden toast and a small fruit salad in a bowl. The fox hadn't seen food this appetizing since he first got sealed away in his first host, Mito Uzumaki.
"Oh... wow..." Was all he could say.
"Aunt Tabi helped me prepare it all for you before she went out to hunt. It's Father's Day after all, so I wanted it to be special, ya know!" Naruto happily said.
"Well... I'm, uh, pretty impressed, kiddo." Kurama replied.
They both quickly sat down and began to dig in. Kurama was amazed by the taste of the food. It was like it was prepared by a world famous chef. Guess this Naruto knew how to cook something besides ramen.
"Do you like it?" Naruto asked.
"It's... amazing! You really outdid yourself, Naruto." Kurama complimented.
"Hehe! Thanks Dad! I'm glad I could make you happy!" Naruto giggled.
Dad... Just being called that by Naruto made the old fox's heart melt. He had always wanted the boy to call him that ever since he was born. Illusion or not, it made Kurama happy.
After finishing and cleaning up, Kurama and Naruto moved on to the living room, where Naruto sat his father down on the couch.
"What is it now, kid? You got another surprise for me or something?" The fox asked.
"You can read me like a book, Dad. Yep, I do! It's your real prese- Eep! Oh man, I totally let it slip!"
Kurama chuckled. Oh yeah, this was Naruto Uzumaki alright.
"It's fine, kit. You didn't need to get me anything." Nine Tails said.
"I know, but you're my Dad and it's Father's Day. I wanted to do something special for you for all you've done for me." Naruto replied.
"Ki- ...son, everyday I see you smile is a present to me. You don't need to give me gifts to make me happy, that's what I got you for."
Those words touched little Naruto's heart. He ran up to his father and wrapped his arms around him, pulling him into a hug.
"Thanks Dad, I love you." Naruto happily said.
Kurama smiled and his heart skipped a beat. He couldn't help but hug the boy back, holding him close in his embrace.
"I love you too, Naruto. My son."
They broke apart and Naruto began moving towards the stairs.
"Now stay right there, I'll be right back!" The boy said.
The child was quickly out of sight, but Kurama still had that huge smile on his face.
'Naruto loves me... He really loves me..! I-I can't believe this! This is everything I could have ever wanted! My son, Matatabi, this kind of freedom. I... I think I've found where I-"
Kurama quickly realized what he thinking and his eyes went wide.
'Whoa! Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa! What am I thinking?! None of this is even real! It's just the Infinite Tsukuyomi manipulating me! It's trying to trick me into not looking for a way out! I can't stay here!'
He regained his senses and shot up from the couch with his tails raised up like a cat.
"If I stay then Naruto dies! The real Naruto! I've got to find a way out!"
Kurama made a handsign with a single hand and focused his Chakra.
"RELEASE!"
This was a special release Jutsu that undoes Genjutsu casted on either one's self, or someone else. Normally, it works, but not in this case.
"Damn! Now what?!" Kurama snarled.
The fox then began to try everything he could think of. He tried splashing cold waster on his face, slapping himself repeatedly while saying "Wake up!" over and over, even bitting himself. Nothing worked!
Desperate, he scurried to the bookshelf and rummaged through it, trying to find some kind of answer or clue that could help him.
"There has to be something in these books that can break time out of here! A Jutsu, a ritual, hell, I'll even consider a natural herbal remedy!" Kurama frantically said.
"Dad? Is everything ok? What's with all the noise?"
Naruto had just come down from the upper level with something in his hand. Kurama turned his head and noticed his "son", who had a look of concern, but the Tailed Beast shook it off.
"Focus! FOCUS! I can't get distracted! I won't let the Genjutsu get the better of me!" Kurama muttered, continuing to look through the books.
"Dad, what are you doing? Why are you acting so weird?" Naruto asked.
"Don't pay attention! He's not real! Just concentrate on escape!"
"Dad, you're scaring me."
Naruto slowly, but cautiously approached his father, wondering what in the world had gotten into him in such a short time.
"Come on! Come on! Something! Anything! Nonono, these are all useless!"
"D-Daddy..?"
"Come on, damnit! He needs me! I can't leave him to die like this!"
"Daddy, answer me! Please!"
The young Naruto tried to hug his father, only the response he got wasn't what he hopped for.
*SMACK*
"GET AWAY FROM ME!"
Kurama spun around and slapped the young Naruto across the face, causing the boy to fall to the floor and drop what he was holding.
"Ow! Daddy, th-that hurt! Why did you hit me..?" Naruto question, starting to cry.
"Don't give me that shit, you imposter! Like you can actually feel pain!"
Kurama's voice had returned to its normal, demonic tone, meaning that he was starting to resist the Infinite Tsukuyomi's power.
"W-what are you talking about..? What's gotten into you, Da-"
"SHUT UP! DON'T SAY ANOTHER WORD!"
Naruto immediately stopped talking; tears streaming down his face.
"You may have gotten the better of me before, but I'm way too smart to fall for your tricks! You're not Naruto, YOU NEVER WILL BE!" He roared.
The child then began softly sobbing out of heartbreak and fear.
"I- *sniff* I don't understand... *sniff* You were so happy and nice a second ago. Why are you being so mean now..? What did I- *sniff* What did I do..?"
Kurama then picked up the crying child by the shirt and held him up to his enraged face.
"Daddy, what are you doing?!" Naruto cried.
"Stop with the croc tears! You're not fooling anyone here, you piece of shit illusion!" The fox growled.
"Papa, please! AAAAAAAH!"
Kurama threw Naruto across the room and the boy crashed into a china cabinet. Plates fell on top of the boy and shattered upon impact. One made a rather large cut on the boy's arm, causing blood to leak out from his body.
They boy screamed in pain from the cut and started crying harder.
"Oh yeah, cry it up, you cheap mind trick! I'm not gonna fall for that crap!" Kurama scoffed.
Naruto managed to get up and made a beeline for the door. He opened it quickly and ran out of the house as fast as his little legs can carry him.
"Leave me alone! Aunt Tabi!"
The child was soon out of the fox's sight, crying the whole way out. Kurama eventually managed to calm himself down, but he also started feeling something in both his gut and heart.
"Naruto... No, why am I feeling so guilty? That's not the real Naruto! It's just an illusion, but... His little face... and I just... Damnit, stop thinking about it!"
Kurama was struggling with both his heart and head. His head told him that none of this is real, so he shouldn't feel bad. On the other hand, his heart was telling him that what he did was wrong illusion or not, because that was still technically Naruto. The fox didn't know which one he should side with.
"Agh! Pull yourself together, Nine Tails! Stopitatopitstopit!" Kurama said to himself, lightly slapping his own face a few times.
"Kurama..?" Said a familiar voice.
Kurama turned to the door with a look of anger.
"What the fuck are you still-"
He stopped talking upon seeing Naruto, but not the Naruto from before. This one was fully grown and wearing that same kimono he got from the Brotherhood of the Nine. This was the real Naruto. His Naruto.
"Kurama, is... Is that really you..?" Uzumaki question in disbelief.
"N-Naruto..?" Kurama said in shock.
The two slowly approached each other, not taking their eyes of the other for even a second. They stopped mere feet away from each other, staring into each other's very souls. Then, out of nowhere, Kurama punched Naruto square in the middle of his face, breaking it and causing blood to gush out like a fountain.
"OW! W-what?!" He exclaimed.
"Sorry, just making sure it's really you." Kurama apologized.
"Of course it's me! Who did you think I was, Grandma Tsunade?! Agh, my nose!" Naruto snapped while in pain.
"Hang on, kit. I'll get something for that."
Kurama ripped off a sleeve from his robe and gave it to Naruto to help with the bleeding.
"Thanks. So I take it that you know we're trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi?" The Hokage assumed.
"Yes. I realized that and chased the illusion out of here so I can focus on finding a way out." Nine Tails replied.
"You mean that kid version of me?"
Kurama froze. How did this Naruto know about the fake one?
"I saw him run out of the cabin bawling. The heck was that about? Was he part of your 'greatest desire' or something?" Uzumaki questioned.
"What, umm, do you mean..?" Kurama nervously asked.
"Well, I'm sure you already know that the Infinite Tsukuyomi is a Genjutsu that can bring your hearts greatest desire to life in the form of a dream. Am I... part of it or something, cuz this is clearly your dream that being shown right now?"
The fox wasn't sure how to respond. He honestly wanted to tell Naruto the truth, but he knew that would end poorly because Uzumaki has been convinced that his father is Minato, and Kurama would only make Naruto feel confused and angry. Not only that, he remembered the words of a certain rebel echo through his head.
"If you EVER pull something like that on Naruto again, I swear I won't hesitate to erase your existence!"
So the fox had to change the subject.
"I-is that really important right now, baka! Why am I even the one dreaming here, and how did you find me?!" Kurama questioned.
"Ok, easy! Jeez, I was just curious, ya know."
Naruto then began to explain what was happening.
"Before Sutōkā charged at that giant Tailed Beast Bomb, you switched consciousness with me to protect me when it exploded. After that, Kaguya turned Ten Tails into the Divine Tree and used the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Sasuke managed to shirked himself from its power, but we weren't so lucky, and since it was you in control of my body, you were the one who got effected by it."
"That explains a bit, actually." Kurama said.
Naruto continued.
"When I woke up, I found myself in a lake not far from here. I also noticed that you weren't around despite this being our mind scape so I tracked your Chakra signature to this cabin."
*Mere minutes ago*
Naruto just emerged from a couple of bushes and saw a small cabin. He had been tracking Nine Tails' Chakra to this place in hopes of finding his furry companion. The mutt's gotta be in there.
"Finally. I was thinking I'd never find him." Naruto said to himself.
He then approached the cabin impatiently and was standing in front of the door.
'This is what Kurama's always wanted? I get that he would want freedom, but living alone in a cabin in the woods? No way that can be all. There has to be more to it.' He thought.
Uzumaki slowly reached for the doorknob.
'Maybe this place is just the setting for his dream. Maybe his real desire's in there. I wonder what it is...'
*Naruto's POV*
That was a good question. I had a lot of ideas on what Kurama's greatest desire was. Three in particular however I really, REALLY hoped weren't true.
This was the first...
Naruto opened the door and went blue. There was Kurama in his fox form, holding Naruto's mauled and severed head in his hands, taking gigantic bites out the flesh of his face, bones and all.
Kurama turned to the door and noticed Naruto, going wide eyed and gulping down his 'food'. There was aqward silence bewtween them for a few seconds.
"Let's face it, this was gonna happen eventually..."
This was the second...
Naruto opened the door and his heart skipped a beat. There was him in his teenaged form on his knees, covered in blood and stabbing Sakura's corpse with a kunai. Kurama sat beside the crazed teen with an evil smile.
"AAAHAHAHAHA! DIE, YOU STUPID PINK BANSHEE! DIEDIEDIE!"
"YES NARUTO, KILL HER! KILL EVERYONE THAT STANDS IN YOUR WAY! SHOW THESE PATHETIC MORTALS WHAT A DEMON CAN DO!"
The two of them both laughed maniacally as the continued stabbing Sakura's corpse. Naruto then began slowly closing the door, pretending that he didn't just see that.
And this was the third and most horrific...
Naruto opened the door and his jaw dropped so hard that it almost came out of his mouth, baring witness to the most horrifying thing he could ever view.
"Mmmm... Kurama..."
There he was with a Human Kurama on top of him, both butt naked and locking lips with each other on the couch. The fake Naruto was moaning submissively like a school girl while gripping the fox man's hair. Luckily, this scene was shot lived as Kurama noticed the real Naruto and broke with the fake one, both of them blushing in embarrassment.
"This isn't what it looks like!"
"...K, I believe you. Bye."
Closes door.
Gah! Those online fan fictions about me and Kurama together as a couple really messed me up! I read too much!
*Regular POV and present*
"And then I saw young me run out of here crying, what the heck hap- Dear lord... You didn't molest me, did you?!" Naruto freaked out.
"What?! Why on earth would you think I would molest kid you?!" Kurama exclaimed.
Naruto was about to answer, but his face went red from embarrassment.
"You've been reading those fan fictions about us again, haven't you?"
"They're everywhere I look on the internet! I can't avoid them even if I try! Hell, Kiba won't stop emailing me them because he knows they gross me out!"
"Look, what happened here isn't important, brat! Right now our focus should be on escaping!" Kurama growled.
"Ugh! I know, I know! Only problem is how?!" Naruto questioned.
Suddenly, the world around them began to shake violently. Within the cabin, many objects fell to the floor and broke, one being a picture of Kurama and little Naruto together. The two almost lost their balance due to the earthquake but managed to hold onto their footing.
"What the hell's going on?!" The fox exclaimed.
"Naruto, can you hear me?"
Uzumaki heard a familiar voice reach his ears.
"Sasuke?! Where are you?!"
"Over here, you brain dead looser!
He turned to his left and saw a purple, aetheral hawk flying outside the window, with the Sharingan and Rinnegan in its eyes.
"Huh? How are you here, and why are you a bird?" The Hokage questioned.
"This is a new Genjutsu I've been working on. I call it the Otohime." Sasuke explained through the avatar.
"Otohime..?" Naruto questioned.
"It lets me enter the Genjutsu cast on someone to help guide them out if I can't release the Jutsu. What you're seeing is the astral image I've chosen to traverse through here."
A Genjutsu that lets Sasuke enter illusions? Naruto was impressed at most.
"Look, I'll explain the rest of this later because right now the Infinite Tsukuyomi is starting to collapse due to my efforts on disabling it. We need to get you out of here or your mind will be trapped inside once the illusion disappears and you'll never wake up!"
That last part really got to the Hokage, turning him blue. Trapped forever in Kurama's probably erotic dream?! Hells to the nah!
"You should have led with that! How do we get out?!" Naruto asked anxiously.
"I've opened a door that will help you back to your body, follow me."
Sasuke's avatar flapped it's wings and flew low so Naruto could follow.
"Come on, Kurama! We gotta get out of here!" Naruto urged his furry friend, already running for the door.
The fox man complied and proceeded to follow, but something brushed against his foot as he moved. Kurama looked down, it was the gift little Naruto was going to give him, consisting of a little gift box and card.
Kurama was just going to ignore it and leave because it was just part of the Infinite Tsukuyomi but curiosity on its contents got the better of the old fox, so he picked up the two items and opened the gift box first. Inside was a rather poorly crafted silver pendant shaped like a fox head with three whisker marks on the face, just like Kurama himself, and judging on rough the metal is, it would seem that little Naruto made it himself.
Seeing how the boy made this warmed Kurama's heart. It wasn't very pretty, but the thought that Naruto went out of his way to make this for his father is what counted. In truth, Kurama loved it. He then proceeded to open the card and began reading.
"To my dad, Kurama. I wanna say thanks for everything that you've done for me my whole life, like training me, helping me when the villagers pick on me, teaching me about the world, telling me about Mom. You're kind, gentle and you always look out for your friends and family when they need you. I know people would probably say being your son is the worst thing that can happen to me, but they're wrong, I think it's the best being your son, and when I grow up I wanna be there to protect you just like you did for me. I love you so much, Dad. Happy Father's Day!
Love: Naruto.
Naruto... wrote that for him... He wrote that beautiful note for him... It brought a stream of tears to Nine Tails' face. Naruto wrote this for him and he responded by attacking the boy. The fox felt his heart shatter. That's when he realized, illusion or not, that was still his son. It was still Naruto...
"Kurama, what are you doing?! We have to go, right now!" Urged the real Naruto.
The fox man snapped out it and wiped the tears away, then followed Naruto, necklace in hand.
The two followed the spectral bird through the forest post hate as they searched for whatever Sasuke used to enter the Genjutsu. Very quickly, they came across a flaming hole in space itself.
"This is your way out. I'll see you once you wake up, Naruto." Sasuke said as he clapped his avatar's wings and flew through the portal, vanishing.
"Alright! Let's get out of here, Kurama!" Naruto said.
"Uh, yeah. Sure." Replied Kurama hesitantly.
They both began approaching the portal but were stopped by a deafening scream. Naruto swore it made the hairs on his neck stand up.
"What the heck was that?!" He exclaimed.
The scream sounded familiar to Nine Tails. He tried to listen more carefully.
"PAPAAAAA!"
His eyes shot open and he gasped. That was the young Naruto's voice.
"PAPA HELP ME! PLEASE!"
'Naruto..! No, this isn't real! It's not! It's..! It's!'
No matter how many times his head told him that this was fake, his heart argued just as much, saying that it was still his son. Kurama couldn't take it. He had to make a choice.
"PLEASE PAPA!"
And he made one.
"HANG ON, SON! I'M COMING!"
The Tailed Beast dashed of in the direction of the scream at full speed.
"Kurama, where are you going?!" Naruto yelled.
He immediately chased after the fox who had just bolted in the direction of the scream. As they continued into the woods, the screams got louder, and more importantly, clearer.
"HELP ME! PAPA!"
"I'M COMING, SON! DAD'S ON HIS WAY!
"HURRY!"
Naruto was completely astonished by what he was hearing. Kurama was a father? This was his greatest desire? Now he was starting to feel bad about thinking that the fox's dream was perverted.
Suddenly, the Hokage tripped on a rock and landed on his face. He pushed himself back up, but quickly lost sight of Kyuubi.
"Oh crap! Kurama, where are you?!" He called.
He then heard a mighty roar coming from the left and followed the sound. Naruto quickly arrived at a clearing and saw numerous wolf corpses all around him. Kurama was seen dead in the center on his knees, whimpering and covered in blood. Naruto ran over to his companion to see what had happened.
"Kurama, are you... o... What the..."
Uzumaki was completely shock by what he saw. There was the mighty Nine Tails on his knees, full on crying with a young Naruto in his arms. The boy was covered in bites and scratches and his neck was spewing out blood like a hose. The wolves must have punctured an artery and the boy was quickly bleeding out.
Kurama held the child close to him; his eyes filled with fear and despair for the boy.
"D... Daddy..?" Said the young Naruto softly.
The child's eyes were quickly loosing what little life they have left in them.
"Shh. Shh. It's alright, son. Dad's here. I-I'm right h-here." Kurama hushed with a trembling voice.
"Daddy... I can't... feel anything..."
The fox was completely frantic, trying to think of a way to help the boy with the state he was in, but he couldn't come up with anything.
"I'm scared, Daddy..." Little Naruto whimpered.
"It's ok, it's ok. I-I'm not gonna leave you." Said the fox man.
The real Naruto slowly approached his Tailed Beast with confusion spread all over his face. He had no idea what exactly he was watching, but for some reason, it was heart breaking to him.
"Kurama, what's going on here?" Uzumaki asked.
Nine Tails snapped back into reality and turned around to see the real Naruto Uzumaki. This only made him freak out even more, for he had just witnessed everything.
"N-Na-N-Naruto, I-I ca-can- I can explain! I-I- Oh Kami, what do I?! What do I-"
"Daddy..?"
The young Naruto's fearful sobs drew Kurama's attention back to him. The boy was clenching his robe and struggling to breath.
"I... I can't breath..." Gasped the boy.
His condition was worsening.
"Nonononono! Shh! Shh! It's alright! Deep breaths, son! Deep breaths!"
"I'm... *gasp* trying..."
The fox looked as if he was going to have a panic attack. He looked around frantically and was breathing like there was no air left.
"H-Help! Someone help! PLEASE, ANYBODY! SOMBODY HELP ME, MY SON IS DYING!" He screamed futilely.
He turned to the real Uzumaki with a look of fear and despair.
"Naruto, you have to help me! I-I don't know what to do! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! I-"
"Kurama."
He spoke. Kurama halted his very breathing as he waited for the Hokage's next words. Naruto knelt down and placed a hand comfortingly on Nine Tails' shoulder.
"It's ok." Was all he said.
But it was enough for the fox to understand what he meant. He looked back at his son with a fresh stream of tears on his face.
"I'm so sorry, Naruto. I didn't mean to hurt you back at the house. I wasn't myself."
He wiped away his tears with one of his tails and continued.
"You mean the world to me and I would never intentionally hurt you or Aunt Tabi."
"R-really..?" Little Naruto questioned.
Kurama brought the boy's head up to his and gently kissed his forehead, then pulled him into a hug.
"Yes. I love you so much, Naruto." He cried.
Hope managed to return to the dying child's eyes, at least for a moment, and he managed to wrap his arms around Kurama, hugging him back.
"I... I love you too, Daddy. I love you too..."
With those final words, the last remaining light faded from the boy's eyes and his body went limp. Kurama felt the boy's breathing and heartbeat both come to a halt and was now panicked g even more than before.
"Naruto? Naruto?! No! Nonono, don't do this! Don't leave me!" Cried the fox.
The earthquakes started getting even worse as the world around them began to collapse on itself. Naruto grabbed Kurama by the arm and forced him onto his feet, then started pulling the fox away from the dead child.
"No! Let me go! Let go, damnit! He needs me!" Kurama begged.
"Kurama, we have to go, now!" Naruto insisted.
"NO! I I CAN'T LEAVE HIM HERE! I CANT! THE BOY NEEDS HIS FATHER!"
The Tailed Beast struggled to free himself and run to the deceased boy, but Naruto's hold on him was far too strong. All the fox could do was cry in despair.
"PLEASE LET ME SAVE HIM! LET ME SAVE YOU!"
The foxes words were tugging on Uzumaki's heart strings, but why? Why was Naruto feeling so horrible? He can understand how a father feels after loosing their child, but this feeling was much more personal, and why, he did not know.
"Come on!" Naruto urged.
Tears started forming in his eyes now as the Ninja forced himself into Nine Tails Chakra Mode and used his enhanced speed to zoom Kurama to the portal. The fox howled in agony as the child in his view quickly vanished from sight.
"NARUTOOOOOOO!"
That concludes the first part of the Final Hour, on to the next scene.
*Final Hour: Sasuke and Sutōkā*
A figure crashed into the earth bellow like a meteor, leaving a trail of upturned dirt in their wake. The figure turned out to be Sutōkā, who had multiple bruises along his face as well as blood trickling down his forehead . The boy forced himself back onto his feet and readied his double-bladed swords.
He looked up into the air to view his dreaded sister, Kaguya, who had just activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The moon behind her was blood red with ripple and comma patterning on it. The light emitted by the Genjutsu was capable of entrancing anyone who would gaze upon it, then ensnare them in the Divine Tree and suck them dry of their Chakra. Oh, and can also turn their corpse into a creature known as a White Zetsu, just so you know.
One of the few in the area who just happened to be unlucky enough to get entangled by this Genjutsu's power was Naruto, and was now trapped inside of a strange cocoon hanging off the tree and forced into a fantasy world as his Chakra was being sucked dry. The Divine Tree itself was absolutely massive! It was probably as big as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, and has a single giant bloomed bulb sprouting from its peak, shining the light of the Infinite Tsukuyomi off the reflection of the moon.
Sutōkā, as well as Sasuke were desperately fighting Kaguya to free Uzumaki from this horrible fate, but now that the Rabbit Goddess has absorbed the rest of her Chakra from the Ten Tails, she was now even more powerful than before.
The reason Sasuke and Sutōkā weren't affected by the Infinite Tsukuyomi were because of Sasuke resistance to Genjutsu and his Rinnegan protecting him, while Sutōkā was under the protection of his Burning Red's Magic.
Both Shinobi and Knight were exhausted from the long waged battle while Kaguya remained completely scratch-less.
"Fuck... She's pretty tough..." Sutō panted.
"Yeah... Honestly, we wouldn't be in this mess if you didn't waste everyone's time talking about your sister. We could have cut off the Gedo Statue's head before it even turned." Sasuke ranted.
"Yeah, yeah. I know. Look, can we deal with this later? We have bigger problems right now than my bad habit."
Slowly, Kaguya descended to their level, glaring at the two with hate filled eyes.
"Why won't the two of you just submit? You cannot best me." Ōtsutsuki questioned.
"I'm wondering the same thing, Mother." Black Zetsu commented.
Before Sutōkā answered, he reached for his armor's pocket and pulled out a certain knife. He stared at it for a moment, feeling unimaginable pain coursing through his heart. The teen kissed the blade and put it back into his pocket, then answered his sister.
"That's what every single 'creature' like you had told me before I cut them down. You're no different, Kaguya."
The wind blew through the area and pushed Ryukki's hair away from his face, revealing his left eye. It was pitch black with a familiar ripple patterning. Sutōkā's gaze was filled with sheer anger and hatred for the witch.
"But if there's one thing that is different, it's that of all the gods I've killed, your death will most certainly be the most excruciating! Consider it punishment for what you did to her!"
A few minutes earlier...
"..."
Naruto fell silent, his eyes changed from a fox's to the ripple patterning of the Rinne Sharingan as he stared up at the moon. He showed no signs of movement, not even a silver twitch of his fingers. Uzumaki was so completely out of it that he didn't even notice the battle that was raging on right next to him.
Sasuke had activated his Susano'o and fired multiple giant energy arrows at Kaguya in the sky, but her newly reacquired power was more that enough to let her dodge and deflect each and every one of Uchiha's attacks. One that he knocked away with her bare hand hurled its way to the a large ditch in the earth, where Sutōkā was, tending to an injured Ghost.
The arrow exploded and almost sent the two flying if Ryukki hadn't nailed his rope dart into the ground, anchoring them to the earth.
"Damnit, this is bad." Sutōkā said.
He looked at his friend, who's eyes were the same as Naruto's. She had fallen under the Infinite Tsukuyomi and was now trapped in the dream world. Luckily, Sutō know how to get her out.
"Come back to me, Nat."
The teen pressed a button on Ghost's suit and her helmet encased her head. It then filled the inside with a strange mist-like substance. Ghost breathed it into her lungs and quickly started to regain consciousness. Her eyes returned to normal and she blinked a few times.
"Mmph... Su...tō..?" Ghost said, feeling groggy.
"Welcome back, partner." Sutōkā greeted.
That mist was a powerful nerve agent Paradox created that snaps the inhaler out of any hypnotic state. Ghost hugged Sutō with all the might she had left while Sutō embraced her back.
"Thank god that you're ok." The teen said in relief.
He rested Ghost on the ground and got up off his knees, drawing his twin blades.
"Where are you going?" Ghost asked.
"To finish this, stay here." He told her.
He vanished out of sight in an instant.
"Sutō, wait!" Natalia cried.
With Kaguya and Sasuke, the Rabbit Goddess smashed the back of her hand into the head of Sasuke's Susano'o and shattered it like nothing, leaving Sasuke open. She grabbed Uchiha by the throat and began strangling him with her single hand. Sasuke struggled, but to what end?
"Now I just need to wait for you to stop breathing. Or should I just snap your neck with one little twist?" Ōtsutsuki sadistically said.
Trapped, Sasuke drew his sword and tossed it over Kaguya's head, then used his Rinnegan to switch places with it. Uchiha fell to the ground gasping for air. That was too close for comfort. He forced himself back up and widened his left eye, which started to bleed.
"AMATERASU!"
A blast of black fire instantly engulfed Kaguya, but she brushed the flames aside and slowly floated towards Sasuke. The Shinobi tried again with his Inferno Style, summoning a burning sai in his hand.
"FLAME CONTROL!"
He threw it at the witch, who knocked it away with her hand, not even bothering to absorb it like she did during their last battle. Nothing was working!
"Shit! RAAAAAGH!"
Sasuke was getting desperate, so he pulled out a kunai from his pouch. It had a ten foot long string with multiple paper bombs attached to it. He threw the kunai and all the bombs were getting ignited, causing a huge explosion in front of Kaguya. She emerged from the smoke without a scratch. Sasuke took a step back; sweat dripping off his face from panic.
"This is no good. Naruto, wake up!" Sasuke shouted at his friend.
The entranced Naruto did not respond, he merely stated up at the moon.
"Come on, you looser! Snap out of it! Are you really gonna make me say it?! Fine! I need you! I REALLY need you right now! WAKE UP!"
It was futile. No matter how much Sasuke begged, Naruto did not return to his senses.
"It is pointless, Indra. Ashura is no longer with you. Instead he is now my nourishment." Kaguya spoke.
She raised her hand and a bone from the massive Divine Tree slithered it's way towards Naruto. It wrapped around the Hokage like a snake until it encased him in a cocoon, then carried him up high to the tree.
"NARUTO, NO!" Uchiha cried.
Kaguya then floated up to where the trapped Naruto was hanging. She caressed her hand against the cocoon like she was touching a flower in a garden.
"He should feel honored. He carried around a massive amount of my Chakra with him his entire life, and now he can finally return it to its true carrier." She said emotionlessly.
"Shut up! Let him go, you witch!" Sasuke demanded.
Kaguya then noticed something odd about the branch holding the cocoon. It seemed that it was bearing a fruit, a Chakra Fruit.
"Well now, it seems that Ashura's Chakra levels are so great that the tree can't hold all of it, and it bared fruit."
She reached for the fruit and picked it from the stem. It was a rather large fruit, the size of a melon, blood red and radiating a strong aura.
"If I consume this glorious fruit, I will be twice as strong, truly invincible." She stated.
Sasuke could only watch. He didn't have enough Chakra to activate his Susano'o, let alone its perfect form to stop Kaguya. He was utterly screwed.
"Watch closely, Indra. I will be the instrument of your destruction." Kaguya said, opening her mouth to take a bite of the fruit.
"Like hell!"
Sutōkā then appeared out of absolutely nowhere and sliced Kaguya's arm off before she could bite into the fruit. He then used a burst of speed to vanish from sight, then reappeared on top of the branch that held Naruto's cocoon. He sheathed one of his swords, sliced the cocoon off the branch and grabbed it by the stem, then jumped off the branch with it in his grasp.
The Divine Tree noticed that Naruto's cocoon was no longer attached to it and the tree itself cane alive. It's branches zoomed their way towards the mid-flight Sutōkā in hopes of regaining its stolen food source. Ryukki sheathed his other sword and used his free hand to turn on his earpiece.
"Breach, open up a portal in front of me right now! I'm sending something your way!" He ordered.
A red swirl opened in front of the soaring teen. He tossed the incapacitated Naruto into it and he vanished from this dimension, safe from the Divine Tree. Sutō on the other hand was not. Three branches tore through his armor and skewered his body like spikes. Ryukki threw up his blood and cried from the sheer unimaginable pain from experienced. His whole body went limp and the light faded from his eyes.
Both Sasuke and Natalia were shocked and appalled upon witnessing the young man's end right before their eyes. Ghost screamed his name and broke down into tears, grieving for her beloved friend, while Sasuke's eyes burned with rage. Kaguya floated towards the boy's corpse, looking at him like he was a dead rodent, pitiful and pathetic.
"What a sad end for a sad Human." She said emotionlessly.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Sasuke shouted from the ground, picking up his sword from when he tossed it earlier.
Kaguya turned her gaze to Uchiha.
"This child here said the same thing and look where it got him, Indra." She reminded him.
"Yeah, right where I want you, 'Sis'."
The sudden appearance of a third voice surprised Kaguya. She was about to turn around when...
"FEUDAL GOD'S CHOP!"
A hand cloaked in black energy struck Ōtsutsuki's shoulder, chopping off her remaining arm.
"What?!" She exclaimed.
"Mother, behind you!" Cried Black Zetsu from within Kaguya's plummeting appendage.
Kaguya turned and her eyes went wide. Sutōkā was grinning at her, and he was ALIVE!
"BACK SLASH!"
With a lightning fast swing of his twin blades, Ryukki cut off the branches of the Divine Tree that had made him into a shish-kabob. The branches that ran through him were still inside his body and yet he was totally fine.
Ryukki followed up his last slash by smashing a powerful axe kick right on Kaguya's head.
"AND FEUDAL GOD'S FALLING HAMMER!"
The goddess plummeted to the earth and crashed like a meteor. Sutōkā landed on the ground and sheathed his blades to free his hands so he could remove the branches that ran through him.
"Well, that was a close call." He said, removing one of the three branches from his body.
Ghost and Sasuke were both stunned beyond belief. How on earth was Sutō still standing after getting impaled three times by the Divine Tree's branches like that?
Kaguya sat up from her crater, her arms already regenerated after they were sliced off. Black Zetsu also returned to Kaguya's right sleeve after slithering out of her last arm.
"That's impossible! Your whole body was run through by those branches! How are you alive?!" Zetsu exclaimed.
Sutō removed three last branch from his torso and the strangest thing happened. The large wholes in his chest were actually healing. Even his organs were regenerating somehow.
"What the hell?" Sasuke gasped.
"The servant of the God of Destruction, Champa. Cursed with eternal life and doomed to serve him until the final reckoning." Sutōkā spoke.
The wounds fully healed and Ryukki redrew his swords.
"I'm immortal. I can't die even if I wanted to."
Ghost was more astonished than anyone else present. She had always wondered why Sutō worked so hard to achieve his absolute defense, and now she knew why, so no one would know about this other 'condition' he has. It was already insane to learn that Sutōkā was cursed to stay young forever, but he was immortal too? That's incredible!
Kaguya however was not the least bit impressed. She figured something was odd when she was fighting the boy earlier, and the fact that he survived the gigantic Tailed Beast Bomb that blew up in his face not long ago. Now she was certain.
"Immortal. I should have suspected that was the case. How else did you survive a blast of that magnitude from the Tailed Beast Bomb. You really are one stubborn roach."
Ryukki chuckled at his sister's response. Roach. That's a new one, but it was pretty accurate.
"However, there is a loophole to this."
Kaguya's Ash Bones started growing out of her palms like weeds.
"If your body can heal at an extreme rate, then perhaps complete eradication would put an end to you for good, boy." She stated.
"Destroy me completely? Hmph! Lots have tried and failed. Besides, those bones of yours are pretty easy to avoid." Sutō replied, pointing one of his swords at her.
Kaguya only smiled sadistically.
"Is that so?"
She fired one of her bones at Sutōkā and missed him by a long shot.
"Ha! You shoot like a Stormtrooper!" He mocked.
"What the hell is a Stormtrooper?" Sasuke wondered.
But then Ryukki realized that Kaguya wasn't aiming at him. He turned around to see that the bone was heading for Ghost, and with the fact that she can't move her legs, she was a sitting duck!
"NATALIAAAAAA!
With a burst of blinding speed, Sutōkā appeared right in front of Ghost and wrapped his arms around her, shielding her with his body.
"AAAHAHAHAHAHA! Let's see the fool grow back from absolute disintegration!" Zetsu laughed.
"You idiot! Get out of there!" Sasuke yelled.
Sutōkā didn't bother to move. He was determined to protect his partner with his life, even when it will finally cost him it. The bone finally touched Sutō skin, borrowing deep into his body. This was truly the end for him.
However, there was something off about the bone. It didn't hurt. Actually, he wasn't feeling anything, hell, Ryukki wasn't even aware that the bone was touching him at all. The Ash Bome just passed right through his body without hurting him, like he himself was... a...
Suddenly, he heard a small yelp come from the one wrapped in his arms. Sutō's released Natalia from his embrace and his eyes widened in horror. It was the bone, sticking out of Ghost's chest. It passed right through him and struck the intended target instead. But how? It wouldn't be possible unless...
"No... Ghost, you didn't..!"
Natalia only looked at her friend with a forced smile and eyes consumed by fear of the inevitable.
"I already told you. We are partners." She said, tears forming in her eyes.
And within seconds, the area around where the bone stared going white and cracking up, and was spreading though her body very quickly. Sutōkā was quickly brought to tears as he watched his beloved friend in the process of disintegrating.
"No. No! Nonono! No, god damnit! NO!" He cried.
Then, Ryukki felt something strike his back. It was another Ash Bone! Kaguya hit him when his back was turned. A dirty trick. Sheer agonizing pain faced through his body as the boy felt his cellular structure breaking down at an alarming rate and he collapsed to the ground.
Kaguya snickered at her victory over the boy.
"And so dies the roach." She laughed evilly.
Then, without warning, a sword flew right past her head and said sword was then switched out for Sasuke, who had his Chidori ready. He thrusted his arm at Kaguya full force, but the witch moved it out of the way with her own arm before it could hit her. Sasuke then tumbled onto the ground due to his failed attempt to strike Kaguya down, but luckily got right back up.
"You're not getting away with this!" Uchiha stated, eyes burning with rage.
"Well now, I'm surprised you still have any Chakra left." Zetsu chuckled.
With Ghost and Sutōkā, the Ash Bones' effects were rapidly spreading through their bodies, breaking down every cell in their systems until nothing is left. White marks grew from where they were struck and made multiple cracks in their skin. Even an immortal like the boy cannot save himself from complete deconstruction. There won't be anything left of him to grow back from with this condition.
Ghost fearfully crawled over to Sutō and grabbed hold of his hand with her claw; her eyes tearing up out of fear and despair.
"Sutō..." She whimpered.
Despite the agony, Ryukki turned his gaze to his companion, looking at her with a comforting expression. It did little to help.
"You can't die like this, comrade..."
Ghost then, to no end, starts looking around at her surroundings, desperately and futilely trying something that would save her friend.
Then, by an absolute miracle, she actually saw something that might work.
Kaguya's severed arm that Sutōkā sliced off not long ago, the one that was still holding the Chakra Fruit! According to legend, one who eats the fabled fruit of the Divine Tree shall be granted near infinite strength and can utilize the purest kinds of Chakra. Perhaps it can also save Sutōkā from disintegrating.
Ghost noticed that Kaguya was being distracted by Sasuke and was unaware of where her precious fruit was. This was her best chance.
The lizard girl pulled out one of her Jet Blades and threw it at the fruit. The blade dug into the fruit's soft form, latching onto it with ease. The blade then circled around and returned to Ghost. She removed the blade and crawled over to Sutōkā. The boy's condition was worsening by the second, and so was hers. The pain. It was excruciating and their bodies kept cracking up more and more. Time was of the essence.
Sutōkā was laying on his back, feeling every bit of his being shutting down and turning to dust. His heart was beating irregularly, organs shriveling up inside and he could barely breath. It was hell, but perhaps this could finally be his ticket out of his eternal hell. Sutō noticed Ghost crawling towards him with a familiar fruit in hand.
"Sutō... You need... to e-eat... th-the f-fruit... It will save you... Please Sutō..."
Ghost couldn't take the pain. She barely had the energy to talk and she collapsed. The fruit fell out of her grasp, but Sutōkā caught it before it hit the ground, then looked at his friend.
"No... You eat it..." He insisted.
Natalia managed to force herself back onto her hands and shook her head.
"N-no... I can't... You need it..." Ghost refused.
"Nat... AGH!"
The boy cried out in pain due to his organs turning to dust before continuing.
"I... I've lived for over a thousand years... I've seen empires rise and fall, legends be born and die... meeting you..."
He coughed up blood.
"You were the only one who actually helped me see that even eternal life was still worth living. You gave me... so many things that I am grateful for, and I thank you..."
Tear ran down Ghost's face as she listen to Sutō's words.
"But now... It's my time to rest... and I hope you can understand... Please, eat the fruit... It will save you... and fix your legs... Please..."
"I won't, Sutō..! Please, just take the-"
"GOD DAMNIT, NATALIA! I WANT TO DIE! CAN'T YOU SEE THAT! *cough* STOP BEING SO STUBBORN FOR ONCE AND EAT THE FUCKING FRUIT!"
Sutōkā scream was more than enough to catch the attention of his witch of a sister. She turned around at her eyes went wide. Ghost was holding the Chakra Fruit that she herself was going to consume to increase her power.
"The fruit! That belongs to me!" Kaguya exclaimed.
Ōtsutsuki tried to dash towards the duo but was stopped by Sasuke. He grabbed hold of Kaguya with his giant Susano'o skeleton arm, but it would not last long.
"No you don't! Your fight is with me!" Uchiha reminded her.
He had just enough power to hold her in his grip for a little while, but not long.
"Stupid Uchiha! This won't be enough to-"
"It's mine!"
Zetsu was cut off by Kaguya's screams. She was flailing around in the skeletal hand like crazy to try and free herself. Kaguya was never one to let go of Chakra so easily.
"Mother? Mother, calm down! Don't loose control!" Black Zetsu urged.
Sasuke was finding it increasingly harder to keep Ōtsutsuki in his grasp. Her power was starting to spiral out of control due to sheer rage.
"I WILL NOT LET THIS CHILD TAKE WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY MINE!"
And within an instant, Kaguya's body was beginning to transform. Her size was growing immensely, forcing Sasuke to release his Susano'o grip on the woman. In mere seconds, Kaguya has transformed into a gigantic white rabbit with an even bigger puff tail. You could say that this was similar to a Tailed Beast Transformation.
She roared an earth shattering into the sky and swung her arm at Sasuke, sending him flying away from the group and into a boulder in the distance. Kaguya then began to move towards Sutōkā and Natalia, determined to regain the Chakra Fruit.
"Nat... Eat the fruit... Please..." Sutō urged.
She finally caved. Ghost pressed a button and her helmet retracted into her suit. Removing it revealed her tear soaked eyes. They were tears of both sadness and fear. She didn't want Sutōkā to die, but to be honest, she didn't want to die either. She had no choice.
Slowly, Natalia brought the fruit to her mouth and took a bite; the juices of the fruit splattering on her mouth. The fruit tasted sweet, like a giant cherry. She continued to quickly consume the fruit, all while the dying Sutōkā smiled at her.
'Thank you, Natalia.' The boy thought as he slowly began to close his eyes, ready to turn to dust.
'That fruit will give you the strength you need to beat my sister. I know you can do it.'
His eyes shut completely and he took one final breath, awaiting death's welcoming embrace.
'Goodbye... My sweet Natalia... My light... My friend... My... lo- Wait. Is there something in my mouth?'
Ryukki's train of thought was put on halt by a strange taste he was experiencing. It tasted sweet and its texture was weirdly slimy. What was it?
He opened his eyes one last time and they instantly went wide. Natalia was on top of him with her open mouth pressed against his own; her hands were firmly placed against the sides of his face to hold him in place while she used her tongue to force the already chewed up Chakra Fruit into Sutōkā's mouth.
Sutōkā wanted to push Nat off him and spit out the fruit that she needed more, but his body wasn't obeying his commands. Natalia has already forced a large amount of the fruit into the boy's mouth and he had no choice but to swallow it. As the fruit traveled down his throat, Sutōkā could immediately feel the pain of disintegration subsiding and the cracks on his body began to vanish. Not only that, he felt a tingling in his left eye. The fruit's power was already taking effect.
The berserk Kaguya had reached her two enemies and raised her not-so-lucky-for-them rabbit foot over them, then brought it down hard to the earth in an attempt to crush the two like bugs. The earth shook from the impact of Kaguya's stomp and a giant imprint of Kaguya's foot was left where she stood.
"If I cannot have the fruit then no one can!" She roared in a distorted voice.
"YOU IDIOT!"
Sutō's voice was heard from behind the giant rabbit. Kaguya turned around and saw the duo together on the ground. Ryukki must have managed to get him and Ghost out of the way at the last second.
Sutō was seen holding a weak Natalia in his arms; the cracks around her body spreading at an alarming rate and she was barely able to keep her eyes open. She didn't have much time left.
"WHY?! WHY DIDN'T YOU EAT THAT FRUIT?! WHY DIDN'T YOU LET ME DIE AND SAVE YOURSELF?! YOU WERE SUPOSE TO LIVE, NOT ME! Not me..!" Sutōkā's voice began to tremble.
Tears began to form in the boy's eyes as he watched his best friend's body break down right in front of him. Natalia weakly raised her arm and wiped a tear from Sutō's face.
"D-dont cry, Sutō..." She whimpered.
"Why did you give your life for me..?" He questioned.
And with what little strength she had left, the reptilian raised her head and brought her lips to Sutōkā's, pressing against them softly. She wrapped her arms around his neck for support, not wanting to let go. Sutō was surely surprised by this act, but gladly returned the favor, holding her by her waist. Soon enough, they broke and looked into each other's eyes. Natalia's eyes had begun to loose their light while Sutō's left eye had undergone a strange yet familiar transformation.
"Because I love you..." She whispered.
Her words, they were like honey to Sutōkā's ears. He had wanted to say that to her for so long, but he could never work up the courage, and now she said it to him.
"I... I love you too..."
And with those words said, Natalia closed her eyes and her body began to crumble apart into dry dust bit by bit.
"Nat?! NAT!"
Within seconds, Ghost's whole body was reduced to nothing. Her dust remains were scattered into the wind, leaving only one of her Jet Blades behind in a small pile of the dust that was once her.
"No... Please no... No! NOOOOOOOOO!"
Ryukki broke down in tears and began to sob into the dust pile. He slammed his arms into the pile, scattering the dust all around himself and coloring his hair white. This couldn't be happening to him. This was the last thing he could have ever wanted.
The monstrous Kaguya began to laugh coldly at the event before her.
"Such a pathetic end for a pathetic creature! That lizard received everything that she deserved for daring to steal MY Chakra!" Laughed the rabbit beast.
Upon hearing her words, Sutōkā stopped crying and turned his gaze to his 'sister'. Kaguya gasped as soon as she saw the boy's left eye.
It had become pitch black with several ripple patterns in it. She also noticed something else as well. Sutōkā had a strange symbol on his neck. It looked like a four-pointed black diamond. Kaguya began to tremble in fear as she knew full well what those two things were.
"A Rinnegan?! And a Kama?! That is impossible! Only those of our clan may possess those!" She shrieked.
"You're gonna fucking pay!" Ryukki stated.
The black mark on his neck began to spread up his body until it covered the left side of his face, becoming a single black streak. His eye also began to glow a bit, but it wasn't noticeable because it was all black.
"You killed her! You called her a pathetic creature! YOU WILL PAAAAAAAY!"
And with a single, mighty swing of his hand, Sutō split the rabbit creature right down the middle. It's blood sprayed out like a geyser and painted the land around them red. However, before the split corpse hit the earth, a piece of the beast's flesh jumped right off the body and began to change shape. It morphed back into Kaguya, who was in complete shock.
"GAH! How can you have this power?!" She screamed.
Sutōkā only stared at her with rage filled eyes. He redrew his blades and they lit up with his God Slayer Magic.
"I don't have to answer to you, Kaguya! All I want to hear from you is screaming!" He shouted as he charged.
Thus ends this scene of the Final Hour.
*Final Hour: The United Army. 12 hours and 20 minutes until Leaf Assault*
Vegeta stormed through the halls of Dimension 7's assigned barracks, irritated and looking aggressively for something no doubt. Trunks was following from behind as assistance for his father's search. They had been searching around for about well over a half hour, but for what?
"Damnit! Where the hell did Kakarot run off to?!"
That answers that.
"Dad, maybe if you calm down a bit you can find him more easily. It's hard to think straight when your an-"
"Don't give me that 'anger isn't healthy' crap, boy!" Vegeta barked at his son.
'Seriously, Mom. What do you see in this guy?' Trunks thought.
The two of them had been searching all over the Soul Society for Goku after he flew away in anger after telling Chi-Chi that he wanted a divorce. Although, this wouldn't even be happening is Kagura just kept his mouth shut. Now they must track down the powerhouse and bring him back to the Advance Team before the departure time.
The two Saiyans had just reached Goku's quarters, which was surprisingly the last place they're checking because when it comes to Goku, the most obvious places he would be were either in the training fields... or the food court.
Once Vegeta started to reach for the door, a powerful smell hit his nostrils.
"Whoa! Why does Kakarot's room reek of alcohol?" He said, plugging his nose.
"Here, let me." Trunks insisted.
The teen opened the door and the smell really hit them that time. Trunks flinched at the stench and plugged his nose before he and his father went in.
"Kakarot, you in he- Holy fuck."
Vegeta's words were cut off upon seeing what was before him. A naked Goku and Ema Ross, who were in the middle of performing the reverse-cowgirl maneuver! Son and Ross noticed the other two come in and turned their gazes to them with wide eyes. All four of them screamed like girls from the shock.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!"
Meanwhile...
Ragna, Luffy, Ichigo and the others were still waiting patiently for Goku's return... Well, not patiently, but they were waiting.
"Ugh! Where the hell is Mini-Harambe with Regular Harambe?! We've been waiting for like forty five minute here!" Ragna complained.
"Ok, are you gonna stop with these monkey joke about Goku and Vegeta anytime soon?" Ichigo questioned.
"Oh, hell no. I'm just gettin' started with those." Ragna replied with a grin.
Luckily, Vegeta reappeared with Goku in hand. Or rather his ear in hand.
"Got him." The prince stated.
"Ow, let go of my ear!" Goku cried.
"It's about fuckin' time, shorty! Where was he?!" Ragna shouted.
Vegeta was about to answer, but he turned to Goku, who had his hands together to show that he was legit begging. Luckily, Vegeta caved.
"He was stress eating at the food court." He lied.
"Why am I not surprised... Seriously, how do you eat so much? Saiyans only have one stomach, right?" Ragna sighed and wondered.
"Ahahaha... Well, w-what can I say? I just love to eat! Ow! Vegeta!"
Vegeta pulled Goku's ear closer to his face and whispered.
"We're talking about this when we're alone, you idiot!"
"Yes sir..." Son complied.
While the two aliens whispered to each other, Noel began walking towards them with Kagura by her side. She had a bit of an angry look on her face.
"Now, Kagura here has something he'd like to say to Mr. Goku. Isn't that right, Colonel?" She said, shooting a glare at Kagura.
Mutsuki's eyes rolled away from the others and he whispered.
"'msorryiruinedyermarriage..."
"Come again?"
Now Noel was grabbing Kagura's ear.
"Agh! Alright, alright! I'm sorry I ruined your marriage!" He cried.
"Oh it's alright, Kagura. My marriage was practically already ruined." Goku replied.
"See, Isn't that what I said to you, Noel babe? His marriage was already-"
"Keep talking and I'm gonna get Makoto!"
*Flashback*
Makoto: "You're dead!"
*SHATTER*
Kagura: "My tequila!"
*Present*
The Black Knight immediately stopped talking. He surely does NOT want to be on the receiving end of ANOTHER of his ex's punches. Plus, that was some expensive tequila she broke that day!
The two Saiyans rejoined the United Army's Advance Team and they all lined up military style. However, Goku noticed something off.
"Hey, I don't see Byakuya around. Where'd he go?" He asked Head Captain Kyoraku.
"I assigned Captain Kuchiki to a last minute escort mission while Vegeta was out looking for you. He's been tasked with helping guide the Six Heroes to a special location to help Valkenhayn's lycanthropy condition." Shunsui explained.
That's right. Before all this, Valkenhayn got into a scuffle with Madara back when Jin and his group first appeared in the Soul Society in search of Noel, and were seen as intruders. During their fight, Madara hit Valkenhayn with a strange silver powder and now Mr. Hellsing is unable to exit his werewolf form.
"Aww man, I was really hoping of seeing that guy in action. Ichigo said that he's super strong." Goku whined.
"That reminds me. What exactly did you hit Valkenhayn with?" Jin asked Madara.
"It's known as the Silver Bullet Jutsu, something the Uchiha clan came up with long ago to combat werewolves in our world. It forces the wolf inside them to surface and prevents them from changing back, exposing the wolf to the world." Madara explained.
"Luckily, the Soul Society knows an extremely powerful healer living in the outskirts of the Rukon District. This person just might be able to help your friend's condition, and that's why I sent Captain Kuchiki." Shunsui added on.
"And if not, I ain't gonna be the one to take him out to the park or house training him." Ragna rudely said.
"Ragna, he's not a pet!" Noel replied.
"Guys, we have more important things than worrying about who's gonna take care of the werewolf!" Ichigo reminded them.
The Substitute Soul Reaper then returned his gaze to the Head Captain.
"Ok, Byakuya can't come. I see that. So does that mean I'm gonna be the Soul Society's only representative on this mission, Shunsui?"
"Not exactly, Ichigo." Said a familiar female voice.
Everyone turned around and saw a rather short woman approaching. She had medium length black hair that reached down to her shoulders, blue eyes and was wearing a black kimono draped over by a Captain's robe with the Japanese number thirteen on it. The woman looked at Ichigo and smiled brightly.
"Rukia?!" Kurosaki said in surprise.
"One Captain Kuchiki was unavailable, so why not call the other one?" Rukia chuckled.
"Hold on, are you sure you should be going on missions so soon? You just had a baby!" Ichigo questioned.
After the battle with the Saiyans, Rukia had just given birth to her new daughter, Ichia. That means that she was still quite a bit fragile and still on her maternity leave. The reason she was called to the earlier meeting was because it was urgent for all Captains, no matter what.
Rukia began glaring at Ichigo after his statement.
"What, are you saying that I'm too tender to handle a mere recon and sabotage mission?! I managed to make it all they way up here to Sokyoku Hill all by myself, didn't I?" She argued.
"I don't think just because you can use Flash Step means that your ready for inter-dimensional travel." Ichigo stated.
"How rude! I'm more than capable of taking care of myself on this mission! Besides..."
Rukia grabbed Ichigo by the color of his kimono and yanked him down to her level.
"I haven't slept in a month! Mama needs her shut eye!" She whispered like a crazy person into his ear.
She noticed that everyone was staring at her, so Rukia let Ichigo go, who now had a scared look on his face.
"So I'm completely ready for this! Now why don't we put her there!"
Rukia held out her open hand, with writing on it that says "Take this away from me and you're so dead!" That made poor Kurosaki go white with fear.
After everyone calmed down, Shunsui gave the go-ahead to the Kido Corps through an ear piece. Within a few seconds, a gate appeared out of nowhere and began to open. The inside of it was a blinding white, leading God only knows where.
"Ok, Advance Team. This Senkaimon will take you directly to the Hokage's world. Remember, your job is to weaken the Hidden Leaf's defenses by taking down their more powerful defenses. Stay low and don't draw too much attention, because this mission consists of both sabotage and reconnaissance."
Everyone, even Luffy, listened carefully to the Head Captain's words, nodding in understanding.
"We would like you to report any and all progress to us when you have the chance. Any and all information will prove vital in the main assault. Oh, and if you encounter the Hokage during your mission, do not engage him. He could be more powerful than we could imagine."
The team nodded in compliance.
"Good. Now, the rest of the United Army will join you within twelve hours. If anyone is severely injured or sickened..."
Shunsui pulled out a small device from his coat pocket. It looked like an old flip phone.
"Use this Soul Pager and we'll open a Senkaimon from our end to receive you."
"What is that?" Ragna whispered to Ichigo.
"It's a phone." Ichigo replied with a whisper.
"Holy shit, that's a phone..?"
How could Ragna not know that thing was a phone. Then again, he lives in the year 2200, so flip phones are probably extinct by then.
"Now, are there any further questions?"
Ragna raised his hand.
"Yes?"
"That's a phone?"
...
"OOH! OOH! OOH!" Goku called out raising his hand.
"Yes Curious George?" Shunsui joked at the sounds Goku made.
"Are you sure that we can't fight the Hokage? I'm sure Vegeta and I can take him!" Son asked.
"To be honest, I'm sure you can, but we have no idea of the extent of his strength, other than what Madara here told us. Which means he could be more dangerous than you... Probobly shouldn't have said that."
"Stronger than us?! Awesome!" Goku cheered.
"K, anybody else?"
Ragna raised his hand once again.
"Yes Ragna, it's a phone. Alright, time for talk is over. Advance Team... You know, advance!"
With that said, the team received their Soul Pagers from Shunsui and began to enter the Senkaimon, ready for anything that comes their way on Earth 6.
"This is a phone?!" Ragna exclaimed to Ichigo as they disappeared into the light.
Once everyone was through the gate, it closed and disappeared into thin air, as if it never existed. Captain Kyoraku and Madara were both staring at the spot where the Senkaimon once was.
"May God help them in the Land of Fire." Madara said with concern.
"Don't worry, friend. We will avenge both your clan and the people who died that night in the attack together. I promise you that." Shunsui assured.
The both smiled at each other and shook each other's hands in camaraderie. Shunsui then began to walk back to the Seireitei where he was needed for other matters while Madara remained where he was.
The Shinobi looked up into the sky, letting an evil smirk curl up on his face.
"Just you wait, Nine Tails. Your master is coming home... Hmhmhmhm..."
Over with the Six Heroes...
Hakumen was seen staring up into the sky above him; his kimono draped over his armor waving in the wind. He was both watching the clouds that floated by and reminiscing on past events. It had only been a month since he was finally freed from his prison within the Boundary and so much had happened.
Meeting Byakuya, someone who he could actually consider a friend, regaining his legs thanks to Goku, being freed from the Ookami's influence over him, reacquiring his Susano'o Unit. It had been quite a journey so far.
"Enjoying the view, Lord Hakumen?" Said Byakuya as he approached.
His masked head turned to the Soul Reaper approaching from behind, then looked back up to the sky.
"The sky here... It is always so peaceful. I can see that this place has had many conflicts and yet this Soul Society still maintains such a state of serenity. With all I have done in my life, I doubt that I am worthy of such an afterlife." Hakumen spoke.
The warrior was referring to his past days, both as Jin and his present self. What he did back at the old church, the lives he took during the Ikaruga Civil War, the things he did to Ragna, failing to stop Terumi. All the hero could feel for himself was guilt and pity. His fist clenched in frustration, but he released it when he felt Byakuya's hand on his shoulder.
"Do not blame yourself for any of the crimes you committed in your youth. Most of those choices were not your own."
Kuchiki's words were sincere, yet they weren't enough to erase all the pain in Hakumen's heart.
"I vow that, once you pass into the next life, I will do everything in my power to insure you safe passage into the Soul Society. You have my word, Lord Hakumen." He promised the old warrior.
"Heh... That mean much to me from you, Captain. I thank you, but I know that my soul is destined for Hell..." Hakumen replied with the same tone.
Byakuya could feel only pity for his comrade. Never had he seen such a conflict going on in any living soul before.
"Hey, Burt n' Erne! You two done makin' out over there, or we gotta wait for ya to kiss?"
The two turned around to see four others approaching. There was Jubei, an laycan Valkenhayn, Platinum and Tsubaki, all ready for the journey ahead to find the healer for Valkenhayn's permanent lycanthropy.
"Master Jubei, that wasn't very nice." Tsubaki scolded the old cat.
"Sorry, that prick Vegeta put me in a bad mood." Jubei apologized.
"Luna has arrived! You may all pay attention to me! Can't wait to get this over with and kick some Ninja ass! Luna's gonna give the the ol' one two!" Luna excitedly said, swinging her fists around.
"Patience, Platinum. We have quite a journey ahead of us." Valkenhayn hushed the child.
Hakumen began moving toward Tsubaki, who was holding what looked like a case in her right hand.
"You do not have to come with us, Tsubaki." He said to his dear childhood friend.
"I know, Lord Hakumen, but I chose to come. Besides, the Head Captain asked me to give you this."
She held out the case in fro t of Hakumen. The hero took hold of the strange package. It was light. He opened it up and his eyes widened behind his blank mask. Within it was none other than the Nox Nyctores: Ookami. The once shattered sword was reforged and the metal blade dyed a sleek white.
"Ookami..! But how..?" Hakumen said in disbelief.
"Captain Kurotsuchi took the remains of the sword and had it repaired, and you won't need to worry about is possessing you again. Whatever mad scientist did to it, it now know that you are the one in control." Tsubaki explained.
Hakumen gave his sword a few swings in the air. It felt a tad bit heavier than usual, but he didn't mind. As long as he had a sword to do battle with.
"Hmph. Thank you, Tsubaki, as well as the Court Guard Squads." He said.
Yayoi blushed a bit at his show of gratitude. Even if this was another version of Jin, it was still the man she loved. Hakumen sheathed his blade into the sheath on his back and faced his companions.
"Alright, now we may proceed ahead. Let us go find this healer, for our friend's sake." The hero said to his team.
"It is so weird hearing the masked freak call us his friends." Luna whispered to Jubei.
"No kiddin'. I think I liked 'em better when he was a dick to everyone." Jubei whispered back.
"You know I can hear you." Called out Hakumen.
Meanwhile, deep in the forest...
"Hmm hmm... Hmm hmm hmm... There, that should be enough." Said a woman in a white kimono.
This woman was seen sitting on the forest floor, gathering what could only be herbs from the ground. She picked them carefully from the dirt to avoid damaging them and placed them within a wicker basket at her side. The woman stood up from her spot and picked up her basket.
"Thank goodness I managed to find these herbs. Little Tommy's gonna be so happy when he sees his mom feeling better. Can't wait to see the look on his little face. Mhmhmhmh." She giggled.
The woman had brown hair that was tied together with a ribbon and bright brown eyes, accompanied by a smile as bright as the sun. She looked almost... familiar.
"Now... Which way is my cabin again..? Oh look, a little squirrel!"
Scratch that, we definitely know this chick.
*Final Hour: Sector 7 and Fairy Tail*
"DIE ZOMBIE!"
"SOMEONE GET HIM OFF!"
The Fairy Tail Eizards, Bang, Itachi and Nine were all desperately trying to pry Natsu off poor Jellal when Natsu just jumped to the conclusion that Fernandes was a zombie. Only problem being the pink haired teen's ridiculous strength was a bit of a challenge as they all had to work together to get Natsu off the tattooed Wizard.
"Grandpa, nock it off already!"
"Get off him, you dumb pyro!"
"Release this man, Fairy Tail Wizard!"
Finally, they all got Natsu off Jellal and we're holding onto him tight.
"LET ME GO, YOU GUYS! THAT THING WILL EAT US ALIVE!" Natsu screamed.
"Does Jellal look like a zombie to you?!" Happy screamed.
Jellal was just left in complete shock, staring at the knife that was stuck right between his legs, mere inches away from the money important body part of a man. Erza crouched down to her old friend's level and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Jellal, are you ok?" She asked.
"Aha... Ahahaha... Ha..."
All Jellal could provide her were chuckles full of fear before he fell unconscious.
*A few minutes later*
"Should have known better than to trust some crazy cat lady for inter-dimensional travel! I shouldn't even be surprised she got the world we arrived in wrong!"
"Hey, watch it, Redfox! It's not exactly easy to control where the Dimensional Transporter takes someone. The damn thing's still just a prototype!"
Voices rang through Jellal's ears, string him from his state of slumber. Slowly, he began to open his eyes and got a look at what was in front of him. There was a certain pink haired pyro staring right at him with a big smily face.
"Morning, buddy! Good to have ya back!"
...
"AHH!"
Jellal scurried away from Natsu and backed into a wall. His face was riddled with terror.
"Get away from me, you pink gremlin!" He screamed.
"I see you're awake, blue boy."
That voice from nowhere... Jellal knee it. It was that Kokonoe woman. He also got a better look at those who gathered around him.
There were the Wizards of Fairy Tail, a woman with pink hair and Witch clothes, a giant red cyborg, a man wearing a black robe with red clouds, a older man with an X snapped scar, and last but not least, that Lambda girl from earlier.
"W-what's going on here..?" Jellal stuttered.
"You passed out when Natsu tried to stab you." Gray answered.
"Oh... Of course." Jellal said.
Erza walked over to Jellal and offered him a hand up. He took it and she helped him back on his feet. Erza then wrapped her arms around Fernandes, pulling him into a hug.
"H-hey Erza..."
"I thought you were gone forever..." Erza said on the verge of crying.
Jellal wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged back.
"I'm glad you're safe too..." He replied.
"Hey! You to can hug and kiss later!" Kokonoe shouted.
The two broke the embrace and Jellal looked over his allies.
"How are you all here?" He asked.
The Fairies then began to explain the situation to Jellal. How their world was destroyed by Relius Clover and Requiem Revolution and how it was thanks to the God of Destruction that they were able to escape with their lives. How in order to save the past, they must first save the future.
"Well now, that quite a story. And the fact that you're Natsu's granddaughter." Jellal said, referring to Nine about that last part.
"It's a real shock for me too, handsome. I'm just glad I didn't inherit his razor blades for teeth... or god forbid, his brain." Nine replied.
"That's right! And HEY!" Natsu exclaimed.
Everyone chuckled at Nine's quite accurate joke, though to be honest, Natsu isn't actually dumb, just stubborn and a little eccentric, even if no one else thought so.
"How the heck are you even here?" Natsu asked Fernandes.
Jellal's smile vanished and was replaced by a serious look. He then thought back to recent events.
"My team and I were investigating the strange color changes in the sky that had been happening recently. I'm sure you knew about them too."
The Wizards nodded.
"Now we believed we had found the cause of it all. A massive pit in the ground, full of what looked like lava and was radiating a strange poisonous subsistence, one that made even Erik feel sick."
"A Cauldron." Said Kokonoe.
"Whatever it's called, I fell into it. I guess it lets one travel through space, probably time too. I spent about a day in this town until I ran into Lambda, then Ms. Kokonoe's voice just popped into my head." Jellal finished.
"She did the same thing to us when you were out. How can we hear you, by the way? We don't have those "phone" things you showed us." Gray questioned Kokonoe.
Good question. Kokonoe was back in her lab on Earth 11, so how is she communicating with them?
"As an Observer, I'm able to utilize an 'Intervention', which lets me communicate with others who I'm currently observing, like you guys right now." Kokonoe explained.
"That's explain a bit, I guess. Here I thought I was goin' crazy or somethin'" Said Gajeel.
"Well explanations aside, we need to put our focus back on the mission, securing Noel Vermillion and then taking down Relius Clover before he builds Requiem Revolution." Kokonoe said.
"And how exactly are we gonna do that now, Kokonoe? We're stranded on who knows what Earth with no way of dimensional travel." Nine reminded her daughter.
"Tager, look in your pocket."
"Huh? Why?"
"Just do it."
"Uhh... No... I don't want to."
"LOOKINYOURFUCKINGPOCKET!"
Terrified, Tager reached into the pocket of his pants and pulled out a strange device. It looked like a small sphere.
"What's that?" Asked Happy.
"Not a doomsday device, I hope." Tager nervously replied.
"It's the Dimensional Transporter." Kokonoe answered.
Everyone was surprised. The Dimensional Transporter? Is she being serious?
"Wait, really?! Kokonoe, how is this-"
"I have my ways, Tager. Besides, that's the one I made before the gate. A sort of 'prototype of the the prototype'." She interrupted her man servant.
"What?! The one that you said, and I quote, "could split someone into hundred of pieces and scatter them across the Boundary with no hope of reassembling"?! Don't tell me you expect us to use this!" Tager argued.
"Is Tager being serious?!" Gray asked, now in his undies for some reason.
"Gray, your clothes..." Itachi pointed out.
"Don't worry, that was just an assumption. You guys might honestly end up fine if you use it, if not then Gajeel ends up in one place and his ass ends up somewhere else!"
"Why my ass?!"
"Besides, it's your only way off this earth. You don't exactly have a choice."
The gang looked at one another with looks of worry and fear. She was right, though. They would be stuck on this Earth if they didn't use the device. So they finally caved.
"Go ahead and turn it on, Tager." Natsu said.
"Are you sure?" Tager asked for confirmation.
"Hurry up and turn it on before we change our minds!" Gray shouted.
That settles it. Sighing, Tager clicked a button on the divide and tossed it away from himself. It stopped in mid air and split into four quarters, expanding and creating a large gate out of blue energy. Everyone was shaking out of nervousness as they stared at the gate, not wanting to be disassembled and never put back together again.
With great bravery, Natsu stepped forward first.
"Alright... Erza's going first!"
"W-what?!"
Did I say bravery?
"Ugh! Fine!"
Now Erza was moving towards the portal, shaking in her heels. Just before she could even touch the energy, Jellal called out.
"Wait!"
Scarlet jumped at the sudden exclamation.
"Jellal, don't do that!" Erza scolded.
"I was just going to ask if I could come with you guys on your mission." He said.
"Why would you need to ask that? Of course you can come. We're all friends, aren't we?" Erza replied.
"Yes, I know. I just thought-"
"THERE YOU ARE, YOU PINK HAIRED LITTLE BASTARD!"
A sudden scream caught the attention of the group. They all looked to the rear and saw a blond man in a suit running full speed towards them, and boy, was he pissed.
"Who the hell's that guy?" Nine wondered.
"YOU LITTLE FIRE BREATHING REPTILE, IF YOU THOUGHT I'D LET YOU GET AWAY WITH HURTING SWEET ROBIN THEN YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER THING COMING! I'M GONNA KICK YOU IN FACE SO HARD I'LL REARRANGE YOUR BONE STRUCTURE AND MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A BLOBFISH!"
"Aw crap, It's the fish thief, Natsu!" Happy screamed in fear.
"What?! How did he even find us?! ...Nope, never mind. That was a stupid question." Natsu said, remembering the amount of destruction their fight with Asagg caused.
"Either way, we don't got the time to play with this guy!"
So Dragneel grabbed hold of literally everyone, even Tager, who Natsu was holding by the hair with his teeth.
"Salamander, what the fuck are you doing?!" Gajeel exclaimed.
"Let go of my hair, I'm not a Bratz doll for some six year old!" Tager shouted.
"Come on, guys! Soul Society hoe!"
"Aye sir!"
That said, Natsu hopped into the portal and vanished completely, but with Sanji still hot on his trail. The chef then jumped into the portal after the Wizards.
"GET BACK HERE, YOU WOMAN HURTING IDIOT! DON'T THINK YOU CAN JUST HOP INTO SOME MAGIC PORTAL WITH OUT PAYKNG THE PRICE FOR WHAT YOU DIIIIID!"
Back at the lab, Kokonoe was watching the whole event through her monitor.
"Oh boy, I should probobly warm them that that blond weirdo followed them."
She turned on her mike and began talking.
"Tager, can you hear me? You've got someone on your trail."
"..."
"Tager, respond! TAGER!"
Then she noticed the little blip on the monitor. It was a little connection symbol, like on a computer, and it had no bars and an X beside it.
"Lost connection again?! *sigh* Why did I ever think building this thing was a good idea?"
Once more part of the Final Hour has come to a close. Now, onto our last scenario.
*Final Hour: Relius Clover*
Somewhere, in an unknown space...
"Are the preparations made, Hazama?" Asked a man in a mask.
"Everything and everyone are ready. Well, except for the Mad Dog. He's a no show. Where ever that lizard, Shenron warped him too, it must have been out in the middle of complete nowhere." Replied Hazama, the green haired man.
"Oh well, we can make do without him. Besides, I've actually been eager to try my luck with these fossilized reptile remains. It should be quite interesting to see what kind beast left them behind."
Hazama shrugged. He then turned around and began walking away.
"Well, you have fun. I'm gonna go check up on something quick before we depart for Earth 6." He said.
After a few minutes of walking, Hazama arrived at his quarters. He entered the room and pushed a button, lighting up a display case that held a yellow hood with black markings on it. It looked all too familiar.
"Hmph. If only you were still around, Terumi. This shit would make you so jealous your skin would match your hair." He joked.
Satisfied, Hazama turned around, but couldn't move from his spot. His usual smirk vanished, eyes went wide from surprise and he gasped slightly. His whole normally cocky and laid back face had changed to a look of unease.
Before him was a man, dressed in an all white kimono and underclothing, with a small dagger on his left hip, a silver mop head and squinted eyes with a cocky smirk. This man looked exactly like Hazama, color swap aside. He just stared at the green twin with that smile, not saying a word.
The real Hazama rubbed his eyes and when he looked at that same spot after, the man vanished, like there was no one there. Creepy to say the least. The green haired man grunted in irritation afterwards.
"Damn prick. Why the hell wont he just leave me alone?" He mumbled.
"Aww. Now don't be like that, Hazzy. I'm just trying to have some fun here."
His own voice echoed through his head, only its tone was different.
"I'm not going to start talking to the voices in my head, idiot." Hazama said.
"You're doing it right now."
"Damnit, shut up..!"
"If my voice is that annoying, why don't you just make me. All you gotta do is just off yourself."
Hazama chuckled.
"Really? Off myself? How dumb do you think I am?"
"Dumb enough to confuse a Tenga Egg for a real one and try to eat it."
"This conversation is over."
"If you say so. Bye-bye now!"
The voice suddenly just vanished from Hazama's mind. The green haired man sighed in frustration and rubbed his temples. This wasn't the first time that mysterious voice tried egging him on like that. That damn voice wouldn't leave him alone, not since he returned from the Soul Society after his tussle with Ragna.
"I'm not going to let this voice get the better of me. I've got a mission to see through."
That said, Hazama left his quarters and began walking down the dark hallway, his signature smirk returning.
"First I'll tear the flesh off that Naruto brat, then... Hmhmhmhm... I'm coming for ya, Rags ol' boy."
And so ends the Final Hour, and begins the Omni Crisis... The players take the stage, ready for the opening act, the setting is set, ready for the actors' performance, and lastly, the plot finally begins to unfold, revealing new truths to the audience.
This must be played out perfectly, with the utmost care, or all will fail, and if it does...
...
...
...
...Then only fate can save us...
Next time
Naruto visits Kurama's old temple from where the fox grew up, but is soon attacked by a certain carrot headed individual. Will Naruto be able to defeat his long time and otherworldly rival?
Meanwhile, Madara's plans are now in motion as he breaks into S.I.V.A. for reasons unknown, and is forced into combat by the secretive organization's hands down best agent. Will Madara come out on top, or get hog tied ;D by this by his new opponent?
OMG! this has to be my longest chapter yet! Never thought I'd make one this big! i just wanna save as much room as i can for the epic battles ahead. Trust me, they'll knock your socks off! Also, I do not own BlazBlue or any of the Jump franchises. They are copyright of Arc System Works and Shonen Jump comics. Sutōkā, Ghost, S.I.V.A. abd other odd characters are my own creation.*
