Everyone in the science devision was running around in a panic like headless chickens complete with screaming and squawking.

The numerous machinery that have been set up to monitor changes in power and fluctuations in the timeline were going absolutely haywire. The needles that usually sat in a neutral position had all but zipped straight towards the danger outline highlighted in red.

"What the hell is this?!"

"These readings are off the scale!"

"The numbers are comparable to a Grand!"

"Is it the King of Magic?!"

"We're all gonna die!"

Kakashi and Jiraiya decided to just leave the eggheads to their jobs and continued down the hallway, passing servants and other scientists as they tried to figure out what the hell was going on. None of them even batted an eye towards the new duo as they scurried around.

"How come you didn't tell me about this earlier? He was my student, you know." Jiraiya whispered discreetly.

"Naruto was also my student as well. If you hadn't ran off to find the nearest bathhouse, I would have told you about it." Kakashi said with an annoyed tone.

"Still, you could have mentioned something earlier. Anything related to Naruto is something that should be informed of to me, his godfather." Jiraiya muttered, not liking secrets being kept from him. "So... Six Paths Chakra."

"Yeah. Special Chakra unique to the Six Paths... and Naruto and Sasuke." Kakashi said as they rounded the corner. "Obito came into contact with it for extended times in his own body. Since he has merged with me, I gained the ability to use it. It's nowhere near the amount the original even had, though."

"I would expect so. You've got to let me examine you later so I can analyze the Chakra. Who knows? I might be able to replicate it slightly to an extent." Jiraiya said with a thoughtful look.

"You're starting to sound like Orochimaru and Hiruko. Don't tell me you've been influenced by your psychopathic teammate?" Kakashi asked, remembering all sorts of atrocities that Orochimaru has committed in search for the power of immortality.

"Tch, don't be ridiculous." Jiraiya crossed his arms, seemingly offended at being compared to his former teammate. "I don't go around cutting everything I see and sticking tubes into them for shits and giggles."

"Sure..." Kakashi muttered. The two of them suddenly froze as they turned the corner and found Gabby walking down the hallway with three servants walking behind her. Jeanne was the only servant that he recognized, with the other two being ones he hadn't met yet.

One of them was a young man with a green hood and cloak that draped over his shoulders, covering the blue armor that he wore beneath it. He smoked a small cigar, letting wisps of smoke drift upwards. Fitted on his arm was a mechanical green crossbow that was built to be compact enough to fit inside a sleeve without giving itself away.

The last servant behind him was a young girl who strangely looked quite similar to Jeanne, but she was undoubtedly different. Her hair was short and messily braided into a ponytail and She wore heavy white armor with red patterns running up and down it. In her hands was a heavy sword that she held quite easily despite her short size.

One look at her and both Shinobi could tell that she had died at a young age. Her posture screamed impatient, and her edgy and rough looks showed that she was a very aggressive person that would handle problems with their fists and weapons instead of standing by idly and observing the situation like a normal person. People like them were mostly heroic, but lived very short lives.

When Gabby saw them, she abruptly stopped in her tracks and gave them a grin, halting the group. Walking over to the two of them, the redhead master placed her hands on her hips.

"Good morning, Kakashi-san, Jiraiya-san. Jeanne told me that you two have stayed up all night." Gabby said with a smile.

"Yeah, the two of us couldn't sleep." Kakashi said with a chill tone as he looked over the three servants, giving Jeanne a small nod in greeting which she returned. "So whose greenie and the runt?"

"The hell are you calling runt?!" The girl growled, looking like she was about to start swinging around her sword before the man in the hood spoke up.

"Ma... Don't be so cold with that nickname. Green is the best color there is." The man said as he took the cigar out of his mouth and bowed, though one couldn't call it one with respect. "Names Robin Hood, thief extraordinaire and Prince of Thieves. Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor is my gig, though I haven't been doing much of that recently."

"Hmph. How a shameless fool like you could ever share the same land as me is insulting." The girl muttered with an annoyed tone. "Forget the archer class, you're more suited in the cowardly Assassin class."

"I won't deny that. Compared to everyone else, I'm pretty subpar with the bow. But you wanna know what I do better than them? I get the job done." The man replied cheerfully, not caring at all for her vulgar description. "And what about you? You're a little child who committed genocide because your daddy, or mommy really, didn't give you what you wanted. It should be me who is disgraced by your presence."

"Why you little..." The girl growled as the gauntlet holding her sword clenched in anger.

"Robin, Mordred, that's enough." Jeanne intervened, getting between the two of them with a look of exasperation. "We are here to figure out what the anomaly is that has caused this massive uproar. The seriousness of the situation is beyond anything of the past if it turns out to actually be Solomon. If that is the case, fighting between allies will only hinder us."

"And who are you to give me orders, woman?" Mordred growled.

"I'm not giving you an order, I'm telling you the truth." Jeanne replied, staring back unflinchingly. "You need to control your temper more, Mordred. Arturia wouldn't let her anger get the better of her."

Mordred's gauntlet squeezed tighter around her sword, making it shake with the sheer amount of pressure. For a moment, it would seem that Mordred would ignore Jeanne's warnings and simply launch herself at the green-hooded archer, but she simply huffed and looked away.

"Whatever... His blood isn't fit for my sword anyway."

"You really need to learn how to chill." Robin grumbled, only for Jeanne to turn towards him with an accusing look.

"As for you, you need to watch your words." Jeanne spoke, then added in a whisper, "You know how her past is like."

This time, it was Robin's turn to be uncomfortable. As a fellow heroic spirit from Britain, it was normal of him to know the legend of the great king Arthur. He was also no stranger to the fact that Mordred herself was the king's son/daughter, holding a slight grudge against each other due to personal issues.

So it wasn't really surprising when the first thing Mordred did when she found out that her father was here is to challenge him to a duel. Arturia won the duel of course, just like last time, but it really did nothing good for their already broken relationship.

Jeanne herself has been trying to get the two of them back together and she did to a certain extent, but they still haven't lost their old grudges towards each other.

"Quite the handful those two are." Jiraiya noted, watching the scene in front of them.

Gabby sighed. "You have no idea. If it weren't for Jeanne, Chaldea would have been destroyed a thousand times over before we could do anything." She gestured out the window towards the storm off in the distance. "And with something like this, it's best to bring Jeanne along to make sure that everyone actually does their job."

"It's always good to include a smart woman in a group. Nothing is better at keeping a team together that that. " Jiraiya nodded sagely in agreement while Kakashi just sighed.

"Well, he's not exactly wrong." He trailed off before shaking his head. "Anyway, it seems like the three of you have got this under control. Good luck with your mission and be cautious. Whatever flew out of those clouds is definitely troublesome."

"Yes, I can only hope that things go well. If it turns out to be an enemy, I believe one of us will be fast enough to get back to base and warn everyone." Gabby muttered, calming herself to prepare for the numerous possibilities that could occur. Suddenly a thought popped into her head as Kakashi and Jiraiya were walking away.

"Wait a moment... You speak as if you know what is going on." She narrowed her eyes. "Do you have an idea? Are you hiding something?"

"See for yourself. If it's who I think it is, you'll find trouble either way." Kakashi said vaguely as he resumed walking. "Just proceed with caution. You don't know what you're dealing with."

"But you obviously do."

"So what? You want me to tag along?"

"You would certainly be helpful."

Kakashi pondered on that for a moment. The person had descended from the sky immediately after the six paths chakra returned to him. As far as he knew, Naruto would be the most likely candidate to appear.

However, he knew exactly how the mind of a shinobi worked. Once you were in the game as long as Naruto, those kinds of reflexes and training never leave you. Not even if you were hundreds of years old. Naruto would be on guard even before he has gotten here. If that was the case, there was no way to tell how he would react to being intercepted by several servants in such violent weather. If Naruto was anything like he remembered, he would probably make the most brash choice he could possibly think of.

Then there was the possibility of it being Sasuke Uchiha, the only other person he could think of that would be able to track the chakra all the way here. His second student may have learned to take things slower thanks to Naruto, but the chances of him killing everything is much higher. Either way, the two of them were a handful to deal with.

"...I guess it wouldn't hurt to come along. You need a real warrior on your team." Kakashi said as he gave a sideways glance towards the trio of servants who continued to bicker amongst themselves like children. Mordred was growling threats at Robin, who in turn ignored her with a fold of his arms. Jeanne simply stood between them with an exasperated expression.

They reminded him of them before they grew up.

His eyes softened a bit. "Yeah, you'll definitely need me to come along. You need an experienced warrior on your team."

"Mmm." Jiraiya hummed as he also watched the trio with a forlorn expression. "If that's the case, I'll stay behind. Kakashi should be more than enough help."

"Sounds great." Gabby let out a triumphant smile. Having one of them was better than none. "Whenever you're ready, we'll move out. Just don't take longer than ten minutes, alright?"

Kakashi nodded before heading off back to his room to prepare. He had spent the remainder of his night making several tools that might be useful for him. Perhaps now would be a good time for him to test it.

Several quick minutes later, Kakashi found himself trudging through the thick blizzard with the rest of the servants as they headed towards the area that the eggheads had said most of the power had gathered.

He tucked the cloak closer to him as they pressed forward. As a servant, he didn't actually need a cloak to protect him from the cold, but the blizzard that had kicked up was starting to interfere badly with not only his vision, but with the rest of the group.

He quietly glanced at the rest of the servants that he would be working with. Mordred herself seemed to be fine, donning her large helmet to prevent herself from being buffeted by the blizzard, but she was also struggling to move as she found herself sinking into the snow with every step being weighed down by her armor.

Robin wasn't doing much better. He didn't possess the sheer strength that Mordred has, forcing him to follow in Mordred's footsteps for easier mobility. Jeanne and Gabby, on the other hand, didn't seem to be bothered at all by the snow. The maid of orleans had her stand unraveled, bathing the area is a soft light that seemed to part everything around the duo like Moses and the red sea. It was most definitely her noble phantasm, using magic or something to that effect to shield her.

He felt a twinge of jealousy. That would have been a nice ability to have. It'd save him the trouble of kicking snow out of his way. It wasn't his fault that most shinobi never had any experience with snow. The entirety of the elemental nations was mostly too hot for snow. Even when it snowed in December, most of the Shinobi never operated because they didn't want to deal with the hassle of the cold.

"Are were getting close?" Mordred asked as she kicked a pile of snow in front of her in annoyance. "I'm sick of all this walking."

"We should be getting close." Jeanne said patiently. "The cause of this disturbance should just be over this mountain. Please be on guard."

"Another one? Geez, why'd you have to pick me for this job, master? You know I'm not cut out for this kind of weather." Robin complained as he brushed off some snow that had begun to form on his cloak.

"You're the only one other than the Hassans that is able to disengage silently in the midst of battle. Should we all end up dying, I'm trusting you to be able to inform everyone back at Chaldea." Gabby replied with an eye-roll. "We discussed this earlier before we set off. Were you not paying attention?"

Robin shrugged. "I don't know. It sounded like a good idea at the time since it'll let me get away from that dragon-girl." He grumbled the last part with a twinge of annoyance. "Now though, this doesn't seem as good as I thought it'd be. I have little to no experience in sneaking around in the snow, and I doubt it'll be easy for me to hide my tracks."

"Then we can only hope that he'll be more focused on us than you. Our combined presence should cover up your smaller form." Jeanne said.

"Gee, thanks. You humble this little Archer." Robin grumbled sarcastically.

"To be fair, you already are a mediocre Archer." Mordred said with a smug tone.

"For the last time, I'm not a mediocre Archer! Compared to people like Arjuna with his stupid fire bow, and Atalanta's own celestial bow, my Yew bow isn't exactly in the top tier." Robin argued. He didn't mind if people said that he wasn't the most powerful heroic spirit, because he knew that's not true. When people start calling him the worst Archer, that's when he starts to get triggered. He was just a freaking bandit for christ sake! He wasn't a demigod with bows that could launch nukes with a pull of the string!

Kakashi just chuckled lightly as he watched Mordred and Robin trade insults while Jeanne and Gabby just rolled their eyes. It seems that these people can still find ways to lighten up the mood, no matter how serious they may be.

"Hey, Kakashi."

Truly, they did remind him of his old team.

"Kakashi!"

Perhaps he could find himself another team to take care of...

"Damn it Kakashi, watch your left!"

"My wha-"

A split second later, he found himself sailing through the air before he could even finish his thought. With a loud explosion, he crashed directly into the mountain side, which caused the earth to rumble from the shock.

"Kakashi!" Gabby screamed in shock.

"The hell was that?!" Mordred exclaimed as she drew her sword.

"An assassin no doubt. Whoever is doing this is using the blizzard as cover." Robin said as he quickly fitted some arrows into his crossbow. "I'll stick to the shadows. Try to draw him out." And with that, he wrapped himself in his green cloak and disappeared from sight like he vanished into thin air. This was his hidden noble phantasm: No Face May King, the special cloak that hid his scent from the world by being one with nature.

"Master, I suggest you stay close to me." Jeanne said seriously, gently grabbing Gabby's hand and pulling her towards her. "I do not have faith in my combat abilities to fight against this unseen foe. I suggest we let Mordred deal with this."

"Good idea." Gabby muttered as she with drew her hands from her coat and activated her magic circuits. She may not be of much use against a servant, but she wouldn't go down without a fight. "Can you sense our attacker's presence through this storm?"

Jeanne nodded before she closed her eyes in concentration and casted her senses outwards through the entire area. From a nearby tree line to her left, she could sense Robin in his cloaked form hiding amongst the frozen trees. To her front right, she could sense Mordred standing on guard with her sword at the ready, willing to cut down anything that would appear in her sights.

Her eyes suddenly snapped open in shock as she felt another presence enter her senses. It was a powerful signature, dwarfing her own and the rest of the servants by a landslide. Despite this, she could sense that such power seemed to be contained and stored away, almost as if it's being kept in reserves.

Her breath caught in her throat, but it was not because of fear.

It was him. There was absolutely no doubt in her mind as to who it was they were facing. She would never forget the signature of one of her closest friend in the Grail War.

She wanted nothing more than to run up to him and give him a hug, but she realized that now was not the time.

"Mordred! Above you!" She shouted.

Mordred turned towards her in confusion, causing Jeanne to realize that Modred couldn't hear her at all through the snowstorm. Luckily, the blonde's trained instincts kicked in when she saw a black shadow growing in front of her. Using prana burst, her sword immediately exploded to the left as the Prana propelled her sword around, using her momentum to spin around and identify the threat.

A figure descended upon her, thrusting its hand towards her face. Mordred aimed her blade to intercept, expecting her sword to cleave straight down the person's arm, only for her eyes to widen in shock as her sword was halted in its tracks. Looking closely, she could see the figure wrap his hands around her sword and grasp it without hesitation. She gave a yelp of surprise as she was suddenly yanked off her feet when the man lifted her sword up and threw her in a random direction, causing her to disappear in the blizzard.

"Shit." Gabby cursed as she eyed the figure, trying to find anything of notable interest that could possibly give them a clue to their assailants identity. Unfortunately, the perpetrator was completely covered in snow, hiding anything of note. "What is he? I can't make anything out other than the fact that his power is enormous." Checking her device that was given to her by Roman, she saw the waves on the computer bounce up and down in an erratic pattern.

Jeanne drew her banner and stepped in front of Gabby, ready to defend her if they ended up getting attacked in confusion. "That astounding strength... It's really you."

The figure paused for a moment as it stopped in front of her. Before she could call out to him and confirm whether or not he really was Naruto, their assailant suddenly grunted in surprise as he felt something touch his leg. Looking down, he could make out the small form of thin wire that had been wrapped around his leg. The figure suddenly cursed as he fell forward onto his face as something yanked at the wire, dragging him backwards into the snowstorm.

"Wait!" Jeanne called out, surprised at what just happened. She was just about to follow after him when Gabby grabbed her by the shoulder.

"Forget about him for a moment, Jeanne. We have to make sure that Mordred is alright. Arturia won't be happy if she dies out here with us around." Gabby said, trying to find the rowdy blonde.

Jeanne wanted to argue, but she just nodded anyway. Gabby was right, after all. Her duty as a saint required her to treat the injured before going after her personal concerns.

Besides, what could possibly go wrong?

Kakashi didn't think that Naruto could have gotten any more beefed up than he was the last time they had met.

He was terribly wrong.

Upon dragging the confused Naruto away from his comrades, he engaged him in a close quarters taijutsu battle in an attempt to reason with him. Unfortunately, Naruto seemed to be acting on instinct and was trying to beat him into submission, nearly smashing his body into hundreds of pieces several times.

"Damn it... He hasn't changed at all." Kakashi inwardly groaned as he narrowly ducked under a fist and countered with a punch of his own. "Damn it Naruto, can't you see that it's me?!"

"I don't think he can hear you over the storm."

"Shut up Obito, I'm trying to work on a plan."

"Why don't you just flare up your chakra? Surely it'll stun him enough for you to reason with him without getting killed."

"That's... not a bad idea actually."

Quickly moving back to gain some distance, Kakashi took a stance with his arms at his side and flared up his chakra like he was trying to dispel a genjutsu that had been placed on him. As the release of his chakra washed over the area, Naruto stopped in his tracks in confusion.

"Wait... what am I sensing right now?" Naruto muttered in confusion. "I'm sensing six paths chakra... but I'm also sensing kakashi-sensei's chakra." His face scrunched up. "But... It's not exactly Kakashi-sensei's chakra signature." He turned towards Kakashi. "I see..."

"Indeed." Kakashi nodded. Finally realizing that he managed to finally get his old student to stop trying to kill me. "I-

"You're an imposter!"

Kakashi blinked. "Eh?"

"Don't think you can fool me!" Naruto exclaimed dramatically, pointing his finger at Kakashi. "Your chakra may resemble Kakashi's own chakra, but it is not the same! You must be some kind of copy... The nerve of you."

"By Kami, Naruto, it's me!" Kakashi shouted in exasperation.

"Then prove it! Say something that only the original would know!"

"You're Naruto Uzumaki! One of my first students! You're the son of the fourth hokage and the host of the nine tails! When you returned with Jiraiaya during your training trip, you gave me a special edition Icha Icha paradise book that hadn't been released at the time!"

Naruto paused. "Which Icha Icha was it?"

"The tactics edition."

The two of them were silent for a moment before Naruto grinned.

"Kami it really is you. Only you would be interested in reading Jiraiya's crap." Naruto spoke as he shook off the snow with a shrug.

"It's a romance series, Naruto. I thought you would have enjoyed good literature after you had grown up a bit." Kakashi said with an eye-smile.

Naruto just smirked for a moment before his expression turned into a slightly curious turn. "So what happened with you? You're... different than what I remembered."

"It's a long story." Kakashi shrugged. "I'll explain it to you on the way back. Besides..."

"Naruto!"

The two of them turned to find a familiar french girl running towards them. Naruto's eyes widened in surprise and his mouth split into a smile as he recognized who he was looking at.

"...You have someone waiting for you."