A/N: PLEASE READ THIS AUTHOR'S NOTE, WOULD YOU KINDLY?

*EDIT*

Ignore the trolls, or better yet, laugh at them. That's what I'm doing nowadays.

That said, it really feels good to dive back into this again. This story just has a fun little flair to it.

For better or worse, Naruto and Cinder have made themselves known to the world. Naturally, that would bring consequences. Unpleasant ones. Raising the dead isn't a pretty business even under the . At the end of the day the Edo Tensei is a ghastly jutsu that never should've been invented. But exist it does, and now the world of Remnant gets to see it firsthand. I could say more, but thar be spoilers. So I'll just let this chapter do the talking. As ever, I own no references, quotes, memes or themes.

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And so, with that said...away we go~!

"You're not a monster, Cinder. You're just...different. There's nothing wrong with being different. Remember that."

"Spare me your sentiment. I have no need of it. You need my help, and I need yours. This is a business transaction. Nothing more.

"I mean sure, just suck the fun out of it why don't...wait. Wow. You're blushing. Unbelievable. I didn't think you could blush. That's actually adorable."

"I. Will. Burn. You."

"Don't suppose I could have another kiss instead-owowowow! Alright, alright!"

~Naruto and Cinder.

Effigy

Salem saw it all.

Ensconced within her tower, she reclined upon her throne and observed the spectacle with singular focus.

None noticed the tiny Nevermore watching them from the bough of a nearby tree; none knew that the Queen of the Grimm saw through its eyes as if they were her own. How could they? She'd not told them. And so she watched the ambush, saw the chaos that followed, bore witness to Cinder's betrayal, and stood by as her pawns fell one by one. Hazel and Cinder's treachery came as something of a surprise, a novelty even. She hadn't thought them capable of it. Oh, they would suffer for their betrayal, but that was neither here nor now.

Raven's death didn't disturb her in the least. The girl had been a pawn, one controlled by fear.

Losing the Spring Maiden was an annoyance at best. She'd served her purpose and Haven's vault lay open. The maidens had ever been a means to an end. Summer was no more, slain after she'd been forced to open the hidden vault in Shade vault. Who knew where her power had gone? Fall was watched over by Ozpin day and night. Atlas kept Winter under lock and key.

Forfeiting the Relic of Destruction, however? That one...actually stung a little. More than Salem would've liked to admit.

Any Relic lost was one she'd have to reclaim, and with many of her finest pawns gone, she knew she'd have to recruit from other circles. Forcefully, if need be. Tyrian had been little more than a raving madman, but the rest were a genuine loss to her. They would have to replaced. Worse, it would take years to train up another maiden candidate. And so she began to dwell on that. Way to take revenge, ways in which she wad could yet reclaim what she had lost. Such thoughts consumed her, drove her, spurred her onward.

Until she saw the precise moment when Naruto brought Tyrian Callows back to life.

And that...well, that changed things. Changed quite a bit. Her traitorous heart flipped in her chest. A useful skill. Very useful indeed. How many times could he use it? Was there a limit? Were sacrifices required? Questions buzzed about in her head like angry rapier wasps. An ability like that shouldn't -couldn't!- be wasted. What was the saying favored by this generation? If you can't beat them, join them. Yes...yes, that was the one. She'd convince him. Draw him out, pull him to her side.

Salem leaned forward in her throne, watching with thinly veiled interest as the young man performed an even more spectacular feat.

And as she watched, her mind flitted back to four little girls.

Her daughters. Her children. Her family. Her world. Her all. It wasn't fair, what happened to them. It was all Ozma's fault. If he hadn't tried to take them away that night, they never would have perished. But this was her chance. It was a slim hope, but hope nonetheless. She would bring this man to her side. She would have them restored. She would regain everything she'd lost.

And then? Then she would see Ozma burn.

(.0.0.0.)

"I'll kill them all, Naruto."

"Hmm?" the blond hummed. "I'm sorry, didn't quite catch that. Who are you going to kill this time?"

"Who...?!" Kaguya hissed in his head like a scalded cat. "Cinder, you fool! I'll slaughter her and everything you hold dear!"

As far as threats went, Naruto didn't consider that to be a particularly good one. Not anymore. Oh, she earned some points for her venom and bile to be sure, but she lacked creativity. You could only threaten someone with the exact same words so many times before said words began to lose their edge. Throughout the ages, the Rabbit Goddess had whispered the same threat to him time again, ever swearing to rip away everything he came to care for.

Once upon a time Naruto had feared such warnings.

In the beginning, when he'd first sealed Kaguya inside, he had sought to distance himself from the world, tried to hide away where he would never be a danger to anyone. A cold, lonely, miserable life, one that eventually took him out of his world and into another.

Now he didn't even flinch as he dripped his brush into the ink pot, stirred once, and went to work.

"Is that all you have?" he snorted into the silence of the morning. "I'll kill them? You've made that threat before, old hag. This time will be your last."

"You think you can stop me a second time?" An angry snarl greeted him as he wove fine strokes of ink upon the earth, all the while careful to leave his slumbering victim untouched. "You can't hold me back forever."

"I don't have to stop you." Another stroke completed a fresh line of runic script around the soon-to-be corpse. "I've already found a way. You're dead, Kaguya. You just haven't realized it yet."

just need to hold on long enough for someone else to do it."

"Dead? Me? Fool. I am eternal. Your thoughts betray you...no." she tried to read his thoughts, then scowled when he made no effort to hide them from her. "Madman! What have you done?!"

"You already know the answer, don't you?" Naruto hummed as he continued his work. "Go ahead. Read my mind. I'm an open book to you."

Kaguya couldn't resist such temptation. Of course not; she was too greedy to refuse. She thought her victory was already assured and so parsed through his every thought, searching for a lie, only to find truth lurking in its place. They sat the truth sets you free. This truth damned her. A wordless curse greeted him as he locked his thoughts away again, leaving her reeling.

"You...you used me!" she roared! "ME! How dare you! I am a Goddess! You are but a mortal! You have no right!"

"Don't I?" Naruto's grin was just the wrong shade of vicious. "All's fair in love and war, and there's something to be said about quality over quantity these days." There it was. For the first time since he'd bound her, he felt her fear. It was a heady thing indeed. "Really, I should thank you. I already had Hazel on my side. Mercury and Emerald were wavering too, but your little "outburst" last night? Heh."

"When I take control, I shall make your friends scream, Naruto. This world will choke and die, cursing you with its final breath."

See, now that was a creative threat. Pity he'd stopped fearing her.

"Hurts, doesn't it? Knowing you've been used." he chuckled anew, and her enraged silence warmed him more than words. "You're right. I let you out. I could've fought you a bit longer, but I gave got to see just what she was up against and that did more to earn her loyalty than anything I could've done. And in winning her to my side, Mercury and Emerald came with her. So, yeah. Thanks for that."

Kaguya withdrew from his mind with one final curse.

Lowering the worn tool to the loamy soil once more, Naruto continued to paint.

Cinder and the rest looked on in quiet confusion as he worked, but they didn't interfere. They didn't dare.

This might be his final chance to kill that blasted goddess once and for all. She'd not allow him another. It was this, or rip her out of his body and seal her somewhere else. Somewhere no one could find her. But that seal would break in time, unleashing her on the next generation. Unacceptable. Thus, he planned to drown her in bodies. To fling skilled fighters at her over and over until something stuck.

And it was working.

He'd already begun cultivating strong allies. Hazel could fight without feeling any pain for hours on end. Mercury was a lethal assassin, unmatched in the art of killing. Emerald's semblance was essentially a watered down version of the Sharingan, sans the bullshit. Cinder had already broken her limits and seemed to grow in strength every day. Assuming she got ahold of the remaining Maidens, her powers would likely double, then triple, perhaps even quadruple. She was strong enough now already now that she'd claimed the power of the Spring Maiden from Raven.

What might she be like with three more under her belt AND a relic -fragments of a god!- held in each hand? A powerful distraction, if not an outright threat.

And if he could resurrect or recruit more skilled fighters? Well, well, well...

Naruto knew there was a bitter irony in his thoughts there. In the beginning Cinder had sought to use him, yet here he was, using her for his own ends. Rather, they were both using each other. Cinder certainly knew that his motives weren't entirely altruistic, nor were hers. That was fine. He didn't mind being used by her...so long as she allowed him to use her in turn. That's what partners did, right? He cared for her of course, just as she cared for him, but they both wanted Kaguya dead and gone. She wasn't a good person, but neither was he. Anyone who kept reviving the dead -denying them their rest!- wasn't right in the head.

With one final stroke, he finished painting the intricate seal and stepped back to let the ink dry.

Brushing down his knees, Naruto climbed to his feet and took a step back.

"Alright, then!" he declared. "Shall we begin?"

(.0.0.0.)

"Shall we begin?"

All eyes turned to Cinder and for once, she didn't bask in the attention.

Instead her eyes strayed to her ally -Lover? Mentor? Partner?- as he finished painting the final seal at her feet and rose to his own, brush still dripping with glossy black ink. She watched him take his victim and deposit them in the center of the array, all the while careful not to disturb his handiwork.

"I'd day Neo and Hazel are owed their dues, wouldn't you agree?" he sounded so damn chipper about it, the bastard.

Hazel looked to her. "Are all these preparations really necessary?"

"Don't ask me." Cinder fought down a grimace. "I've not seen this before."

In hindsight it seemed such a silly thing to ask; she stood as living proof that such a thing was indeed possible. Were it not for Naruto she'd be dead in a ditch somewhere. It wasn't a matter of "if" here, only how. Naruto had conquered death. He'd shackled it, made it his slave, a beast to obey his bidding. And now she'd tied her fate to his. Salem would never forgive this betrayal.

Well, they'd just have to deal with her then, wouldn't she? Kaguya too. Two goddesses. Ha! A tiny, hysteric giggle echoed in the back of Cinder's head.

"Idiot. You're all going to die." Raven's tattered soul hissed in her mind. "If Kaguya doesn't get you, Salem will! You've doomed yourselves!"

Cinder ignored the fearful woman as her eyes trailed across the intricate seals and glyphs, taking them all in turn.

All the while, Tyrian continued to drool mindlessly at her feet; a chilling reminder of Naruto's abilities. The blond had dragged him back to life...and yet he hadn't. His body lived anew that much was true, but his already fractured psyche had been irrevocably shattered by the Rabbit Goddess before his demise. There was nothing of him to bring back. Only an empty, drooling husk remained. His brain had atrophied. His body just hadn't realized it yet. Like an engine running on fumes, ready to die at any given moment. Then there was the matter of Watts. Another sacrifice...once Mercury finished interrogating him.

She shivered slightly.

Salem's enemies died once. That was the end of it. Here? Death wasn't the end for Naruto's adversaries. If you wronged him and tried escape into that black abyss, he'd drag you back. Keep raising you until you broke. A torment unending. Cinder suddenly found herself grateful that she'd chosen his side all the same.

"What of Raven?" Hazel inquired. "I noticed you didn't revive her."

"Yes, what about me?" the voice in Cinder's head perked up immediately.

"What about her?" Naruto crossed his arms. "Even if I could revive her, I won't."

Raven clammed up. Cinder took a perverse pleasure in the sudden pang of fear that followed.

"You mean you can't?" this from Emerald.

"Clever girl." Naruto's hand descended to muss her hair. "Long story short? Her soul's tangled up with the power of the Spring Maiden." His arm pulled away as he held up a lecturing finger. "It'll fade given enough time, but even then I likely won't be able to properly return her to life. I had a hell of a time reviving Cinder at all because of it, and she was freshly dead." he shrugged. "I had to get...inventive to bring her back to life. Wasn't sure my idea would work...until it did."

Cinder's world went cold as a pit opened in her stomach. "What did you do to me?"

"Didn't you find it odd?" A blond brow rose in mild confusion. "You recovered so quickly, gained all your strength back and more. Yet you didn't stop there." his words continued to fracture her resolve. "You surpassed your limits time and time again. You managed to stand on equal footing with a goddess, if only for a time."

"Naruto!"

The other brow rose.

"I cut off a tiny piece of my soul and fused it with yours." His honest smile hurt her, if only because he genuinely thought he'd helped her. "That's all I did! Honest!" he raised his hands when she conjured a fireball in her right hand. "It weakened me a little, but it was enough to bind you to your body. Don't worry, you're still you. Just better. Faster. Stronger."

Cinder inhaled, feeling her fury rise to a boiling point. Then she exhaled. The fire guttered out in her palm.

This mustn't register on an emotional level, she told herself. If she allowed her feelings to have their way, her temper would surely blaze out of control and she'd do or say something she might come to regret. Breathe. This changed nothing. At the end of the day she was still herself. Her emotions were her still own. Her mind was her own. Her strength was her own. She'd pushed herself to regain her power and more. Naruto had simply unlocked her potential. Yes. That was it, and any other foolish thoughts wouldn't be tolerated.

"Why?" the word still emerged as a croak. "Why do all this for me?"

"Because I knew someone like you, once." His smile became a scowl. "I didn't help them, didn't reach out until it was too late."

Her hands balled into fists at her sides. "What became of that person?"

"They died. But you won't. You're going to be something special, Cinder." there was something odd about those words, something that resonated deep within her. "Even I don't know what your limits are anymore. I hope I live long enough to see what you become."

Oddly enough, those words warmed Cinder. Well. That simplified things, didn't it? He was hers. No one else could have his broken, benighted soul.

Emerald coughed. "Ma'am, I hate to ruin the moment, but Neo's getting antsy."

The little minx hadn't budged an inch for the last five minutes. She'd been silent as the grave. Cinder risked a glance at her, only to find the girl's mismatching eyes locked on Tyrian's still form. A frightful anger lurked in their depths, shadowed by the tiniest ember of hope. It was almost too painful to see. If something went wrong, if this failed, she'd be shattered.

"Deed's done, boss." Mercury's voice called from across the clearing. "Watts sang like a canary. Cinder try sucking your face off again?"

The Spring Maiden twitched.

To his credit, Naruto didn't respond as the assassin sauntered to their side. He knew that would set her off.

Mercury noticed it too.

"Sooo...how does this thing work?" the assassin ventured quickly before Cinder could eviscerate him for his slip.

"I'm glad you asked." Naruto clapped his hands, and Cinder did her best to ignore the bloody ink still staining his fingers black. "This jutsu's a little different from the one I normally like to use, so it requires a good deal of preparation. Its different if someone died recently. For instance, Tyrian died recently, and right in front of me at that. Bringing him back was easy. His soul was nearby, I just had to guide it to his body and force it to stay. His mind was another matter. I can't fix that...

The faunus continued to drool at their feet.

...not sure if I want to." Naruto turned aside and spat. "For those who died ages ago, its not a simple matter of finding their souls and bringing them back." he paused for effect, raising his arms. "Roman doesn't even have a body to house his soul anymore. Which means I need to construct a container for it. And how do we house a soul, children?"

"With a sacrifice." Hazel echoed, eyes widening.

"Precisely." blue eyes flashed. "That's why I hate this jutsu."

"Enough grandstanding." Cinder wrinkled her nose. "Begin the ritual, would you?"

"Hold your horses, hothead." the sage chided gently. "First, I require a bit of DNA. Neo?"

She skipped forward and presented him with an old bowler hat, battered and worn. Blech. Filthy thing.

"Thanks." Naruto dipped a hand inside it respectfully, then handed it back to her. "Got a few strands of hair. It'll have to do. Stand back now, would you? Don't want anyone caught up in this."

"Mercury." Cinder snapped. "Make certain no one from the village observes us. It wouldn't do for this to be seen."

Perhaps it was a little petty of her to send him away, but she wasn't in the mood for his snark. If he wanted to act like a child, then he would be treated like one.

"Damn, mom." Of course, he didn't go quietly. "Why you gotta be such a party pooper?"

A black brow arched at him. "What was that...?"

"Not a thing! Going now! Bye!"

The assassin scampered.

Naruto didn't chuckle at their little fiasco, he simply opened his hands pressed them together. What followed could only be called a blur. Cinder watched him twist his fingers into strange shapes and felt something stir in the air. His mismatching eyes seemed to burn with faint flames, blue and violet seething impossibly bright. Beside her, she felt Neo stiffen. Mercury muttered a curse as the ink around Tyrian pulsed a blinding white and Emerald shrank behind her as though to seek shelter from whatever was about to emerge. Hazel remained stoic as ever...until Naruto spoke.

"Edo Tensei!" he declared soundly.

"By the gods!"

Hazel sucked in a sharp breath through his teeth as strands of ashen paper erupted from the earth to entangle Tyrian from head to toe. Countless hands, grasping and snatching, dragging him down. In his final moments, the Faunus must've realized what was happening, because his eyes widened and he managed an awful gurgle. Then he was gone, suffocated to death once more, mummified by ash. All that remained was a shriveled up corpse. Cinder shivered again despite herself. That looked like a bad way to go.

"What now?" Emerald spoke into the silence that followed.

"Now I create a new body for Roman, using Tyrian as a catalyst." Naruto informed them. The blond slammed his hands together and sure enough, the ash began to peel like bad wallpaper. Slowly at first, then with increasing speed, the strands of ghastly paper unwove themselves, crumbling from Tyrian's body to fall unto the floor. Cinder half-expected to see his face beneath, but no, a familiar visage stood in its place. As the jutsu pulled back from the man's battered head, she beheld a miracle.

Roman Torchwick snarled.

"Oh, what the hell is this...?" Narrow eyes leered back at them, framed by orange hair and a furious scowl. "Who're you? I was having a nice nap, too!"

Neo gasped soundlessly and tried to pounce on her partner. Naruto snagged the tiny girl by the scruff of her neck and reeled her back in like a fish, uncaring of her scowl.

"Calm down, would you?" he hummed and drew a strange sealing tag from his jacket pocket instead. "I haven't finished the jutsu. He be right as a rain in a moment. Just hold still now...

Roman choked out an angry breath as the blond rammed it into the back of his neck and buried it deep within his unnatural body. Roman's pallid visage regained some color and those dead eyes began to glow with some semblance of life, burning now with a burning yet unnatural pallor. With a ponderous creak, he began to move his limbs, forcing himself up from his knees into a stumbling stagger. Even then he glared bloody daggers at them all.

The moment he saw her, he absolutely hissed.

"Why couldn't you let me stay dead, you awful bitch?!" a finger jabbed against her skull, seeking her grey matter. "I wanted to rest!"

"And so you did." Cinder couldn't quite keep the smile from her face as she batted his hand away. "Now we have need of you again. You should be grateful."

"Grateful?!"

Well. There went the last of her doubts. This was undoubtedly Roman. Right down to the mascara. She didn't pity him. He'd served his purpose and perished for it. Even if he'd survived the assault on Beacon, she would've killed him to ensure his silence. It wasn't anything personal. Just business. He'd ever been a pawn, and sometimes pawns must be sacrificed in the game that was life.

For a moment she thought roman was actually going to attack her; until Naruto stepped aside and Neo slammed into him like a heat-seeking missile.

"Umph?!" Just like that, all the heat in the man's eyes died as she collided with him. "Neo, what the hell?! What're you doing here?!"

Neo didn't answer. Instead, she offered him his hat and cane. A rare, almost sentimental look flitted across the thief's pallid face as he accepted them. After a moment's consideration Roman dusted the dirty bowler hat off and donned it once more. Balancing himself on his favored weapon, the gentleman thief seemed to stand just a little bit taller than before.

"Anybody got a smoke?" he asked.

Naruto offered him one and granted him a light.

"Ah, that's the stuff." Roman inhaled deeply and exhaled in a hearty plume of smoke. He seemed more himself for it, Cinder noted. "I needed that." Taking another moment to compose himself -that, or satisfy his tobacco fix!- the master thief took a wary step backward, careful to keep Neo between him and the rest of the world. "So? Who's this mook?" he sneered at her. "Did you "recruit" him, too? He get the same retirement package as me?"

Cinder hissed. Her face was on fire, she just knew it.

"Not quite." Naruto put in glibly. "Our partnership is a little more...personal than that."

"Wait, wait." Roman guffawed. "You're kidding, right? No? Oh, my gods." he snickered, laughed, then outright cackled, slapping his knee as he outright hooted at her. "I can't believe it! Someone actually did it. You tamed her. I didn't think it was possible! Ha!" his grin turned downright vicious. "What's she like? Must be a real firebrand under the sheets, eh?"

Cinder felt her mouth twist.

"My, my. Aren't we mouthy today?" Flames flickered at her fingertips, longing to lash out and consume him whole. "I don't recall you having this much of a death wish the last time we spoke, Roman."

"I'm already dead, sweetheart." he leered back at her. "Whaddya gonna do? Kill me again? Think I fancy my chances this time."

Neo's expression put paid to that and fresh fire bloomed in Cinder's eyes.

"I can certainly try!"

"You sure you don't want me to leave him like this?" Naruto spoke again, but this time his words were directed to Neo, rather than herself. "He's not properly reincarnated yet, but as he is now, he's basically indestructible and immortal." When her eyes lit up, he was just as quick to dash her hopes. "He can't feel anything, Neo. Food will have no taste. Pain means nothing to him; no, less than nothing." his words drew a grimace from her as he barreled on. "Its nothing something he'd enjoy. From here, I can make him flesh and blood again, but that's up to you."

"What, don't I get a say in this?" Roman groused.

Cinder rolled her eyes. "This from the man who was eaten by a griffin?"

"Yeah, no." Emerald seconded. "That's not happening. You're lucky to be alive."

"No." Hazel put in quickly. "No, you do not."

"I hate you all so much right now!"

Cinder would've said yet more, if someone hadn't come crashing through the undergrowth like an angry berserker. She bristled and nearly summoned her blades on the spot; it was only a flash of silver hair that stilled her raging reflexes. Even then she couldn't quite quell the fleeting sense of dread brought on by his arrival.

"Mercury! I told you to watch the perimeter!" she hissed.

"Yeah, about that," the assassin drawled with a grin, trailing one hand behind him. "I did. Found a little rat skulking about." his grin grew, just an inch. "He had a prisoner, too...said something about making an exchange with us? You know anything about that, boss?"

"Oh." Naruto muttered less than eloquently. "I might."

"Yup. Thought so."

Chuckling softly, Mercury turned and hauled someone out of the bush behind him; it did little to ease Cinder's paranoia. This so-called "rat" he spoke of was little more than a young man, blond hair and blue eyes all. Clad in odd armor with a sword at his side, battered blue jeans, and...was that a hoodie? Dear gods, it was. Who even wore such a thing? Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous.

To make matters worse, stranger took one look at her and all but snarled. "YOU?! Why are you here?! I'll kill you!"

"I'm sorry," Cinder blinked in genuine confusion. Did she know this boy? "Have we met before?"

She was sure they had. Didn't his name start with a "J" or somesuch?

"You...you monster! Murderer! How could you?!"

Roman hissed. "Oh, what the hell?!"

It was the wrong thing to say; because it set the teen into a frothing frenzy. Blue eyes flashed wildly as he howled and raged against Mercury, to no avail. For all his fire and fury, the assassin held him fast. When he tried to break free the older boy swept the blond's legs, stomped down onto his chest and pinned him to the floor with an iron boot. When he went for his sword, Emerald swept in to kick it out of his hand.

Mercury stepped back and quite suddenly Hazel was there plucking him off the ground to ram him against a tree.

"I remember this one." he growled. "He's from Beacon."

"Sir?" Emerald asked. "What should we do with him?"

Cinder turned a questioning eye on Naruto.

"Yes, what indeed...?"

They had to kill him, of course. If he was here, then that meant Ozpin and the others couldn't be far behind. And if they let him go, he was sure to run squealing back to that parasite. He had to die. She could've killed him easily enough. She was almost tempted to, if only out of principle. One did not leave an enemy at your back. And yet...a pang of curiosity stayed her hand. Naruto clearly knew this fool, somehow. But when? Where? How? She wanted answers; answers a corpse could not provide.

In the end, Naruto surprised her. He always did.

Really, he should've known better by now, the sentimental fool.

"Let him up." he released a long suffering sigh. "I made him a promise. And I keep my promises...

A/N: PLEASE. READ. THIS. Else, you might be horribly confused. Wouldn't want that, would we?

Bad Jaune! Very bad!What were you thinking?!

And so the torch has been lit anew!

Raven's staying dead. It wasn't that Naruto didn't use her as a sacrifice, but rather, he can't. Her soul is literally mixed with Cinder's, tangled up in the might of the Spring Maiden.

Hazel's sister is...well. We've never seen here, so I'll have to take some liberties when she does come around.

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Seriously, we're all locked away anyways these days, its all that sustains me.

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(Preview)

"Please...bring her back."

Naruto sighed. "Getting too damn old for this, Jaune...

"Sure, let the brother gods come. Why not?! I'm already trying to commit deicide with two goddess. The more the merrier!"

"You sound angry." Emerald hedged.

"WHAT GAVE IT AWAY?!"

"She'll betray you." Roman warned as he turned his back. "She uses people, boss. That's what she is. A user...

"I'm using her, too." Naruto hummed as he inscribed another seal. "Its a mutual thing."

...can I die again? I liked it better when the world made sense."

"Atlas?"

"That's where I intend to go, yes." Cinder stirred in the sheets and rolled over, exposing the slender expanse of a pale shoulder to his bleary eyes. "I'd like you to join me." her golden eyes seemed to shimmer in the dark as she spoke; as she climbed atop him and straddled his hips

Naruto leaned back.

"Alright, alright. Atlas it is...

"Abomination."

"So we've fallen back on insults again, have we?" A blond brow rose. "This coming from the old man possessing a boy's body. You remind me of Orochimaru. At least I'm honest about what I am."

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