*Whistles* Wow…I hit over 1000 hits already? I know my ideas are ingenious but I did not expect this!
I also want to thank Phoenixian Stardust for accepting my challenge.
Now then, on with the fic!
Disclaimer: Fan of Fanfics21 does not own Naruto or Final Fantasy XIII
Naruto woke up to a sudden jolt on the ship which was currently on auto-pilot and looked out the window to see if something was wrong. When he saw the problem, he saw a strange dragon like creature tackling the ship from the side and Lightning recognized the creature anywhere.
"Be careful Naruto, this is a PSICOM Annihilator called a Garuda Interceptor! It's very powerful for a newborn L'Cie like you!" Lightning said. Naruto nodded as the alerts started to beep. WARNING! DANGEROUS FOE IN PURSUIT OF US, ANALYZING... OPPENET IS GARUDA INTERCEPTOR…OPENING HATCH FOR COMBAT PURPOSES INITIATED. The computer said as the top of the ship transformed into a flat platform. Naruto looked confused at this so Lightning explained it to him. "It's an aerial fighting platform Naruto, if you step on it, it will help you fight against the Annihilator while the ship is on auto-pilot." Lightning said as the ship was rocked again by the Garuda Inticeptor making Naruto slip and fall to the floor. "Hurry up and beat it Naruto! Or else it will kill us!" Lightning shouted in his mind making him get up and go out to the top of the ship by elevator.
When the elevator reached the top, Naruto looked around for any signs of the Garuda with the Blazefire Saber in hand as he cautiously checked for his opponent's whereabouts. He calmed himself down, closed his eyes, and listened. He heard the engines roaring with life, the wind blowing on his face, and from behind him, he heard the faint sounds of wings flapping. Naruto smirked and turned his gunblade into gun mode as he quickly turned around and fired effectively bringing the wyvern-like weapon into a crash-landing. "Gottcha." Naruto said as the Garuda quickly got on its feet and began trying to flap its wings to take off in the air again. "Oh no you don't!" Naruto shouted as he made the gunblade into sword form again as he charged and stabbed the joint of one of the wings and added pressure to it till he heard a snapping sound and a roar of agony. He quickly removed the blade and jumped back as it tried to bite him. The Garuda looked at its broken wing and tested it to see if it could still fly only to roar with fury as its freedom in the sky was taken away from him as it casted a barrier around it as it started launching lightning from its mouth at Naruto who started dodging them easily. "You know something Lightning?" Naruto thought "What?" Lightning asked in a worried tone. "This is a good way for training, you know avoid being cooked by thunder strikes to increase your evasive maneuverability?" he asked as he felt Lightning eye-twitch. "Is this necessary to talk about right now?" Lightning asked in an annoyed tone causing Naruto to laugh as he happily danced around the lighting strikes the Garuda fires which annoys it ever further which caused to miss more as it got more frustrated. "Well enemies are prone to make mistakes when they get angry right?" Naruto thought as he felt Lightning nod. "Well this sucker of an overgrown gecko is so angry that it's not focusing its aim properly." Naruto said while laughing and kept dodging the attacks that kept missing their mark. "Interesting, he makes his enemies so angry that they being making mistakes while trying to kill him. Clever little brat." Lightning thought as she sat back and watched her student's performance.
Naruto was getting bored of dodging lighting strikes that the Garuda Interceptor kept launching so he launched a barrage of Water on it as it began charging. "3-2-1." Naruto said as he smirked as the Garuda began to be electrocuted by its own electricity before it glared at Naruto who was aiming the gunblade in gun form, "Jackpot." Naruto said as he shot it right in the center of the head killing it, making it fall to the ground dead. Naruto went to the head and noticed something on it, he picked them up and they looked like some kind of passes. He quickly read them and they said Unicorn Market and Up in Arms which made Lightning's eyes widen in surprise at the name of them and she told him to hold onto them and that they are very important which Naruto put in his special compartment of his kunai pouch where he kept other interesting things he found safe and hidden from others. When he put the electronic passes away, he pushed the dead body of the Garuda Interceptor off the roof and watched its body fall into the ocean before going inside to get something to eat.
"Naruto, your Crystarium has grown to the second stage and new abilities have been revealed. But it will take a while to unlock them for you to use them sadly." Lightning said as she saw Naruto's excitement turn into disappointment. "If you train more, maybe you might acquire more abilities to use later on your journey. By the way, did anyone say you're an idiot?" Lightning asked as she saw Naruto sweat drop at the question causing Lighting to smirk. "I guess that answers my question." Lightning said causing Naruto to scowl. "Don't be like that; I haven't had anything fun to do in over 5000 years." Lightning said causing Naruto to snort. "Yeah, like anyone wants to be stuck inside their weapon without anything else to do but wait." Naruto said until he realized something. "So that meant that your 'certain needs' were all bottled up over the years?" Naruto asked with a perverted look on his face only to feel a painful surge of electricity hitting him with the voltage level of 1800 turning him into a crisp while he was lying on the floor twitching painfully felling Lightning blush in his mind. "I'll take that as a yes." Naruto said weakly as he got electrocuted again and fell into blissful unconsciousness.
After the painful electrocution was over, Naruto noticed that the ship engines were not on and when he looked out the window, it looked like he was in some sort of junkyard of some kind. When Naruto got out of the ship he immediately pulled out his gunblade as his sixth sense kicked in as he heard mechanical machines moving around and so Naruto snuck around to find out what the noises are and saw something that you don't see every day. From what Lightning told him these were Pulse Automata machines that were used by Pulse when they tried to invade Cocoon and he noticed they were fighting against some beaten down droids of some sort. "Careful Naruto, without anyone to back you up it will be dangerous." Lightning said as Naruto was in a thinking pose before getting an idea. He quickly casted Libra on the two groups of machines and discovered that they all share the same elemental weakness in the form of electricity. He created a group of shadow clones to make an ambush when the time was just right. After the two groups of robots were getting weaker Naruto sent his clones a signal and they all charged in launching a barrage of Thunder spells on them effectively destroying them, Naruto dispelled his clones and noticed there were spoils in this fight and went to collect them. He acquired 2 Digital Circuits, a few vials of Paraffin Oil, a Spark Plug, and one Passive Detector. When he put them away in his pouch, he noticed he was running out of room and made a mental note on how to make storage seals for next time he gets spoils from the battle. Naruto went back to the ship to reactivate it but the computer said he was out of fuel, much to his frustration.
While he was trying to find a way to get the engine started, Lightning used this time to try and unlock some more abilities in Naruto's Crystarium. She was able to unlock all of them surprisingly in shock and noticed that he had more left that made her gap. It was the amount of CP he had, it was more than she expected there to be and it was enough to unlock half of the abilities if his Crystarium if it were to expand again. That's when she noticed a familiar presence in the pouch. She asked Naruto to look inside it and to her complete shock and surprise, he was holding onto a Growth Egg of all things!
"Naruto…where did you get that egg?" Lightning asked a very confused Naruto. "I had it when I was 6, the old man gave it to me as a birthday present when I turned six and he told me as long as I had it, good luck will follow me. Why do you ask?" Naruto asked a very dumbfounded Lightning. "Nevermind, just go look around and maybe you might find some fuel somewhere out there." Lightning said as Naruto left the ship to explore the junkyard only to notice a sign that wasn't there before. It said 'Welcome to the Vile Peaks' much to Naruto's confusion and to Lightning's surprise again. Naruto followed the path and found some interesting machinery lying around and looked to see if they had any fuel before moving on. When he got to a platform, he noticed a strange stone suddenly floating up and facing him much to Naruto's surprise as he quickly drew his sword. "Wait!" Lightning shouted "That's a C'ieth Stone, they give out quests to fellow L'Cie to complete their Focus in which they failed to do so they could move on, if you help it, rewards will be given. After all, I completed all of them and the equipment and items they give you once you complete them will make you a force to be reckon with." She finished causing Naruto to go wide-eyed as he put his hand on the stone making it glow. Time is of the essence young one, the trial ahead is way before your time. You will meet a familiar face there but she will not recognize you when you come to these parts of the Past. Be one your guard and do not lose sight of your goal. A mysterious voice echoed in his mind. It asked him if he was ready to face his ordeal Naruto nodded and then everything was engulfed by a bright light.