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Nione Files: Subject Zero: Naruto Uzumaki
Status: Alive
Initial awakening has completed. Unexpectedly split his soul to give life into dead twin sister who is now residing in a different timeline. The girl is currently 3 at the moment and no hostility from the villagers is occurring. Probably pitying the poor girl for losing her family in the attack from the fox, but recent study proves she is aware of the timelines being warped for my own amusement. Planning on having her inherit Serah Farron's Bowblade when the time comes and see if she can wield Cipher on par with her brother like they did the first time they were born.
On the side note, a swordsmith from an old era has been traveling and learning various smithing techniques from various eras and dimensions and was seen around my area recently. He could be useful in helping my little test subject…Since there are special ores from the old eras still around in these ancient mines the samurai have discovered, I had to be extra careful not to let anyone from this era find and use them, I've set up a doorway to the Rift that has unleashed Manikins in there to make sure these people don't get their greedy hands on them and the mines were sealed away for a long time as a result, but I wonder what Pandora unleashed in there as extra protection…
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It had been awhile since he was in Konoha; nearly a month had passed since recovering Tsunade, taming an Eidolon, bringing his mom back with said summons help…and bidding farewell to his twin sister. Since his mother was real flesh and blood again and a good explanation to one shocked Hizuren Sarutobi, he was currently living in the very house his mother grew up in. Jaken was at his side serving him his tea like a loyal servant does. "Naruto-sama is something bothering you?" he asked as Naruto slowly nodded his head. "Yes…I was thinking that I need to forge a new blade." He replied quietly as he looked up at the sky from the porch.
His Gunblades were destroyed. His Blazefire Saber had no blade since it was destroyed and only the hilt and Gun-Mode were still in good condition. The Gladius and Edged Carbine…they were completely destroyed in the fight with Shinryu. The only thing they were able to salvage from the broken weapons was the ammo in them. He recalled how guns do not exist in this time so there are no molds to make bullets, much to Lightning's annoyance. She began to feel better when she recalled how to reverse engineer bullets from one of her own bullets and created her own molds. It took her many a trial and error for the first few weeks she was freed from her blade, but she successfully recreated the bullet.
Recalling the major flaw of no gunpowder in them, Naruto quietly chuckled as he recalled how Lightning began to snap and set parts of the Forest of Death on fire. It was as if Lady Luck was on Lightning's side because there was a special type of mushroom that when grinded into powder, can be used in explosives and such, which she found out from the sounds of explosions in said forest. (A/N: In the game Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, there is an item called Gunpowder Mushroom. Hence, that's why it's possible to recreate the bullet completely.) Currently, he had no idea how to forge his own Gunblade at all. He wanted to forge his own, one that matched his style, a sword loyal to its master even in death.
"Jaken," Naruto spoke out loud getting the former Iwa-genin's attention, "Go and take care of things here in the house, I'm heading out for some errands." He ordered. "Right away sir!" the servant saluted and ran off to please his master. Once he was sure Jaken was gone, he went to his room and proceeded to change clothing. He wore blue pants, a black turtleneck, and a loose white hoodie. He went to his backpack and pulled out the three Mythril Ores he had and placed them in a sealing scroll as he raised his hood so only the lower part of his face was seen as he left the house.
As he walked through Konoha, he observed the repaired damages done to Konoha and smiled a little in relief as everyone was smiling and enjoying themselves. "Now, to make a gift for my teammates." He thought as he went to the nearest smith in town. When he got in there, he was greeted by an old man who was physically healthy and strong for his age, the arms had muscles forged from years of hard work and labor. He looked at him and the old man smiled. "Well…if it isn't Naruto Uzumaki, please come in." he greeted in a friendly tone as Naruto removed his hood as he looked at the old man with a surprised look on his face. "How did you know it was me?" he asked as the old smith chuckled. "Well for starters, you are the only one who wears strange clothes that aren't from the Elemental Nations is for one thing." He replied as Naruto scratched his cheek sheepishly at that.
"So anyways, what brings you here exactly?" the old man asked as Naruto pulled out the Mythril Ores from the sealing scroll. "Can you smelt these and turn them into chainmail? I'm sure it's enough for three people." he asked as the old man looked at the ores in awe. "It's been a long time since I've seen this type of metal anywhere…" he muttered as he looked at Naruto directly in the eye. "Since you have given me a rare chance to forge something with high quality material, I'll do this for free. In return, you must use them like no one has ever before." He finished as Naruto nodded his head in agreement. "This will take a day to forge, so I can probably have a few questions answered from you then." He started as Naruto sat down in a nearby chair, wondering what he wanted.
"What do you want from me exactly?" Naruto asked as the old smith looked at him right in the eyes. "You seek a blade that fits your style, is it true?" he asked as Naruto's eyes widen, before nodding his head. "Well…the looks of your eyes, it was as if you've wielded many types of blades in your life. But the strange thing is that you're so young…" he muttered as he began to ponder about something. "Well…I was just started my training on blades, I'm not sure how I have wielded many types of blades exactly, because I only used three so far." Naruto explained as the old smith scoffed.
"Please, I can feel the sword spirit in you, and it speaks of a warrior who is truly made of blades." He snorted as Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Sword spirit…? I don't get it." Naruto asked confused as the old man muttered something about "kids these days." "You see, a sword spirit is basically the wielders own spirit and their experience with blades. People have a fighting style that truly fits their natures…kind of how you ninjas use elemental jutsu crap these days." He explained as Naruto chuckled. "You're elemental affinity and origins decide on what you are truly capable of, and both your Affinity and Origin from what I'm reading…are both Blade-types." He finished.
"…Really? Is something like this even possible? And what do you mean "Blade-types"?" Naruto asked, wondering what kind of subject the old smith is talking about. "Is it, something different from the ninja system?" he thought as the old man looked at him. "You must be wondering what I'm talking about because this is different from what you ninjas are used to aren't I?" he asked as Naruto dumbly nodded. "Well it's true; because I'm actually from a different dimension." He explained getting a surprised look from Naruto. "I'm an ancient blacksmith that had forged one of the greatest swords in existence, I traveled through dimensions creating my blades and they are wielded by famous people. Especially that one that was used by silver haired man in the Seventh Fantasy Legend." He explained as he began smelting the Mythril Ores.
"And to answer your question on Blade-types, as long as it's a blade, any sword, knife, lance, spear, scythe, etc. are all lethal in your hands. The Origin of yours comes from events that made you to who you are now. Your Affinity to blades of all types is an enforcement to your personality and nature as a lethal blade that slashes at anything, and also…expendable when things come to worse." He continued while looking at Naruto who was looking at his hands. "I'm…expendable huh? Well I guess that means I'm so self-sacrificing…Like some sort of hero…" he muttered with hidden disgust in his voice. "Ah, so you want to be a hero eh?" the smith asked as Naruto shook his head. "No, heroes try to be a nice guy and all that and get the girl cliché, but I want to be a true hero. One that knows what's right and wrong, one who walks among the gray in-between the black and white in this world of conflict." Naruto replied as the smith nodded. "So you will walk the path of blood?" he asked as Naruto nodded his head, "There are two ways of destroying evil, being righteous, and committing a necessary evil when it needs to be done. That is how a true hero, to be both at once, and at the same time walk a path that only a few are able to follow." He finished as he realized something.
"How did you travel through dimensions exactly? Because from what I heard, if someone keeps hopping through dimensions, a distortion will be created and the world will be devoured by the Void." He asked, recalling that Dragoon other: Highwind told him in the Rift when they met. "Really now, because I've seen millions of people dimension hopping over the years and they haven't created any yet." The smith replied, "I'm able to travel because I am a spirit, the soul of a person can travel through time and space if they are dead. Don't try it, it is a real pain to recreate the body…" the smith said trailing off as he recalled something he didn't like. "I don't wanna know." Was Naruto's instant reply, "Good, it'll save you a massive headache." The old man chuckled as he finished cooling the Mythril into metal sheets.
"The other way, is by machines. I'm not sure how though, but they've actually done it by machines. Massive flying ships that travel the space-time continuum like it was nothing. Some organization called TSAB usually patrols it in order to maintain peace in there." He explained as Naruto was wondering if something was wrong with this entire time-space thing. "Trust me, don't make yourself a target or an enemy out of them, they have dangerous people there. Especially that one girl…" he shuddered at the mention of her. "What's her name exactly?" Naruto asked as the old man glared at him. "Trust me, you don't want to know, but she has a nickname there…the White Devil." He spoke ominously as Naruto had chills down his spine at that nickname.
"S-scary…She must be really powerful then…" Naruto guessed as the old man nodded his head. "Trust me; she can destroy an entire city with a single attack." The old man replied as Naruto felt extremely unnerved at the chance of meeting that person for real. "A-anyways, how come the way I've heard it, it was dangerous?" he asked as the old man groaned. "Then they are doing it the old fashion way. Opening a door to the Rift and jumping through it. That's the most basic method of creating a distortion in the world which will slowly sink it into the Void. Trust me, don't use the Rift unless you have a native there helping you like Shinryu or Gilgamesh, and just don't try asking Omega." He continued as Naruto inwardly smiled at how he tamed one of the three the smith mentioned.
"Why is that?" he asked, "Because they are able to travel to other worlds without creating distortions. How do you think a few warriors of the Fantasy Legends fought them? Oh and here." He said tossing one Mythril Mail to Naruto who was surprised at the quality and how fast he finished this one. "How did-?" Naruto asked as the old man chuckled. "Trust me; forging something like that is child's play. Wait till I forge a sword." He replied as he tossed Naruto a second mail. "This guy is something else…just who is he?" Naruto thought as the smith tossed him the last chain mail. "Alright, I have a question. Just who are you?" he asked as the old smith smirked at him. "I'll tell you after you gather the components to forge your own blades first." He replied as Naruto scowled.
"Fine, but I just can't use any ordinary steel or something. What I need is special metals to forge the blades because the last ones I had in my blades…broken from using too much power in them." He admitted as the smith looked at him with a sharp eye. "You charged your blades with massive amounts of magic didn't you?" he asked as Naruto nodded. "Yeah, and I'm not surprised you know about magic since you are a dimension traveling blacksmith after all." He replied sarcastically as the old man snorted. "Yes, but you must collect the materials. But before you go start searching, you must first learn how to forge blades." He said in a serious tone.
Noticing the curious look the boy was giving him, he sighed. "With my method of forging blades, any of your own blades will never be used against you. Has anyone ever used your own weapons against you before?" he asked as the young blond growled with a scowl on his face, no doubt recalling someone actually doing that to him. "Highwind…" he growled with anger in his voice, no doubt the person who used his own weapons against him. "Bitter against that kid for using your own weapons against you?" he asked as the boy who nodded his head with annoyance. "For a Dragoon, he's more…darker than most for some strange reason." he replied as the smith frowned at the mention of a Dragoon.
"Odd, Dragoons usually wield spears and lances, usually ones they made by their own hands." He pondered as Naruto shook his head. "No, he wasn't wielding a normal lance that was handmade, but a Gungnir." He replied as the smith looked at him. "Hmmm…a Dragoon with no lance made by his hands eh? Then he's a toothless hatchling using a fang of another dragon to get the job done." He muttered as he looked at Naruto. "By the way, why did you want these Mythril Mails for?" he asked, getting off the subject before something bad happens. "Oh, these are gifts. One is for me though. The others are for my teammates." He replied while sealing them into scrolls.
"Ah, you stick close to your teammates eh?" he asked as Naruto nodded his head. "Remember, even in the darkest times; always remember the good times you had with them, because one day…they may not be here." He said with great wisdom in his voice. "Thanks…so, where do we begin…sensei?" Naruto asked while standing up and bowing waist down in respect, causing the old man to smile in nostalgia.
Days have passed as Naruto practiced sword making, he told Kushina and Lightning about it and they wished him luck, though Kushina wanted him to be home by dinnertime. "Man, I have got to work on my cooking skills. Mom makes the best!" he thought recalling breakfast with her. It was like eating heaven on a plate. He wonder what he was doing today in sword making, he's already smelted ores, hammered them in western style swords, cooling, and making the hilts and cross guards of them.
Even learning the many types of swords were interesting. Western style swords were interesting indeed. They were swords with double edges on the blade and were mainly used in longer battles. Then there were sabers, one edged blades that were fast curved single-edged blades that are mainly used for slashing. And then there were rapiers, slender swords that were used for thrusting. He was learning of one last type of sword that was from the old smith's original home…the katana. When he saw it, he was mesmerized by its beauty; it was forged differently from other types of swords. The metal was folded into layers that absorb the impacts of blades clashing without breaking. They had incredible cutting power in them that made him feel like he was one with the blade when he swung one of them.
"I see…then we will work on forging katanas at the moment, you've already done well with the other types of swords. And the katana…is my true specialty." The smith spoke with a smile on his face. "I have a question though about katanas." Naruto replied getting the old smith's attention, "What happens to a katana when wielded by a master of the blade?" he asked as the old man had a grin on his face. "Why, I'm glad you asked my boy. If a master of the katana uses their blades, they can cut virtually anything as long as they will it. Why, with the original Zantetsuken, you can cut an object on the table without a single scratch on the table as the object you truly want to cut is cleanly split in half." He replied as Naruto's eyes were wide open at the thought of doing that.
"Though a recurring joke about any incarnation of Zantetsuken is that they are used to cut weak enemies and worthless things, true warriors of the Zantetsuken wanted to usually use it on powerful opponents, hence they usually say "Once again…I cut a worthless object" because they usually use the Zantetsuken on things not worthy of the blade." He continued with an amused expression on his face. Naruto had to resist laughing at that, he recalled how Lightning hardly uses her Zantetsuken on anything except the strong ones, probably avoiding trying to cut worthless enemies maybe.
"So, shall we get started my pupil?" the smith asked as Naruto bowed his head in respect. "Yes, sensei." He replied. For days now, Naruto had spent his time at the forge with the smith practicing on how to forge katanas. He had to admit, they were a lot different from the other ways of forging swords. When he forged the blades, he felt his body harden like steel and his blood burning like fire as the hot metal he hammered bended to his will. Days of trial and error were gone by as he finally perfected on forging the katana. "You have done well, and now it is time for you to forge your own blades." The smith told him as he observed the detail of the katana blade.
"But the question is; where can I find the materials for them?" Naruto asked as the old smith chuckled. "Go to the Land of Iron, home to the samurai, the abandon mines there hold ores of a lost era your friend is from." He replied as Naruto narrowed his eyes at the mentioning of Lightning. "How do you know about her? I don't recall telling you anything about her." He asked as the smith chuckled. "Because this is all a dream boy." He replied as he noticed how lost Naruto was at what he said. "You are in a dream, my spirit is here to teach you how to forge blades, and you just came back to Konoha yesterday after your sensei and teammate's recovery." He sighed as Naruto had a blank face, no longer surprised by what he said.
"So everything I learned was in a dream? I haven't really forged any blades at all?" he demanded as the smith nodded his head. "Yes, but I have taught you how to forge in a dream, you must now forge blades in the real world without me, with your own power, if you finish creating these "Gunblades" you and your friend use, I'll return and tell you my true name." he replied as everything was engulfed in a bright light.
Opening his eyes, Naruto realized he was in his mother's house in his own room, perfectly safe and peaceful. "What a strange dream…" he muttered recalling all of it in every detail. He looked at the clock in the wall and it was 5 in the morning. "Better get started on learning how to create Gunblades." He muttered under his breath. He took of his pajamas and put on his pants, a red pack on his left upper thigh, his black zip up turtleneck shirt, the white coat with flame designs at the end that reminded him of his father that had a cape like Lightning's on the left shoulder blade area, the Guardian Corp. shoulder pauldron on his left shoulder, and his knee high brown boots. He went to his wardrobe and opened it up to reveal his bladeless Blazefire Saber hanging on the wall with shelves of ammo around it. Looking down, he noticed the Mythril he had were in the form of chain mail, and there were three of them, probably by the mysterious smith in his dream. "Looks like I don't need to get someone to make them into the chain mails after all." He muttered as he took off his coat and unzipped his turtleneck as he put the chain mail on, feeling the cold metal on his skin as he put his upper clothes back on, he put on the holster for his gunblade on and slung his Blazefire in, took a few rounds of ammo and prepared to sneak out.
Slowly sneaking out of the house from his still sleeping mother as Jaken was enjoying his sleep on the couch as he began to head towards the Hokage Monument where Lightning's ship was located. He knew even when asleep, she would still be alert; after all she's a light sleeper. If he was going to use the lab down there, he was going to have to be extra cautious. Lightning tends to enjoy her sleep and doesn't want anything to ruin it. Getting there was easy, but getting in without waking up Lightning would be a pain. He observed the windows, all of them were closed, a password encrypted security system that if ignored or failure to input password, turrets will gun him down before he could blink.
"Need something?" the familiar voice of Lightning rang in his head surprising him. "Light? You're up early. And yes I do need something." He mentally replied as the security system was on standby as he was let in. When he got in, he saw Lightning in her usual uniform with her arms crossed, waiting for him. "If I were to guess, you need the lab for something…important." She asked as he nodded dumbly, forgetting she has a mental link with him so she knows what he's thinking of. "Yeah, I need to forge new gunblades specifically for my style." He admitted as Lightning sighed, knowing that this would come up after his battle with Shinryu. "Alright, follow me." She said as she turned around and led him through the ship.
Reaching the R&D room, Lightning pressed a few buttons and had her eye scanned as the door opened, revealing a high-tech lab within. "Whoa…is this how you recreated your bullets?" he asked as Lightning nodded her head silently as Naruto noticed a few burn marks on a table, probably the gunpowder she made. "When did you discover this room by the way? I'm trying to recall." He asked his L'Cie teacher as Lightning looked at him. "During your relaxation before the Chunin Exams finals, it was locked by some unnatural force and didn't open until after the invasion. It led to the ship…expanding." She replied though she had a sense of confusion at the last sentence. "Really? Then that explains why it looks bigger than usual." He replied recalling the size difference between the first and last time he looked at the outer appearance of the ship.
With that, the lab's lights turned on as Naruto was led to a massive computer that turned on. He looked down and saw strange buttons with weird writing on them and was completely lost at the new language. That's were Lightning came in and typed something. Suddenly, the buttons turned into the language he was familiar with. "How did-" he asked as Lightning pointed to his head, causing him to grumble as he typed 'reverse engineer' and pressed Enter. With that, a machine in the opposite side of the lab opened up as a voice rang out. 'Please insert object of your desire.' It said in a cheerful female voice. Lightning emptied her Blazefire of its ammo, she placed the Gunblade inside the machine as it closed, revealing a window that was scanning the Gunblade as blueprints of the weapon were created. Creating details of the weapon as the analysis became completed.
'Scanning complete, object identified as Gunblade. Creating the hilt and mechanisms of the weapon, blade comes in various forms according to data files.' The computer replied as the types of blades used in the Gunblades were revealed. Some were like the Blazefire, others were on brute strength, some weren't meant to be used on close combat, like if they were used for spells in manadrives. The last one caught his interest. This one had an almost flame like design to it. "Light, what's this kind of blade?" he asked as Lightning looked at the one he was pointing towards. "That is based off of Gran Pulse's weapons. The most well-known model of that type of blade used in Gunblades is the Lionheart." She explained as Naruto looked at the design with awe.
"Is it possible to recreate the Lionheart?" he asked as Lightning shook her head no. "That's impossible, thanks to the end of my era; all blueprints to all Gunblades were destroyed as well, though this ship has its own mysteries on how it has these blueprints of the blade parts that put me on edge." She replied looking at the ship they were in with narrow eyes. "I have a feeling Nione is involved with it in some shape or form." Naruto said with annoyance in his voice at the mention of the guy. "Well, at least you can have the blade part reforged, though you'll need some components for that. And we need something strong and durable, not the crappy steel you use in your ninja tools." She said as Naruto began to ponder about something.
That was then he recalled what the old smith in his dream told him, "Let's go to the Land of Iron." He spoke out loud as Lightning looked at him. "I heard that the samurai there use special metals from a lost era to make their blades. Maybe it's from your era Light." He reasoned as Lightning looked skeptical at him. "How do you know?" she asked as Naruto only pointed to his head. Realizing what he meant, she opened the connection between their minds and saw his dream of how he forged blades and the old blacksmith himself. "Alright I'll bite, but how do you know it's a trap exactly?" she asked as Naruto gave her a grin.
"Come on Light, where's your sense of adventure huh?" he asked, still grinning. "Back in Valhalla with Etro." She replied sarcastically before thinking of something. "But what about Kushina? I'm not sure she'll like it when you don't tell her what's going on." She asked as Naruto paled in fear at that. If he didn't tell her anything, she would beat him half to death, and he knew how moms are scary when they are angry. He'd rather face a million C'ieth than face her wrath.
"I'll tell her during breakfast." he instantly replied as he went towards the door. "I'm going to go, make sure the ship is ready to depart when I get back!" he called out as he ran off, leaving Lightning to look at the screen of holographic images of the various Gunblades she wielded in her time as a fugitive of Cocoon. "I wonder what he's up to…" she muttered to herself, wondering what goes on in that young L'Cie's head.
Naruto ran home noticing the sun rise from beyond the horizon as the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, falling in peaceful harmony with each other as they fell to the ground gently. He enjoyed the faint scent they produced; they gave him a relaxing feeling every time he walked through here. As he made it back, he noticed Jaken was still asleep on the couch as he quietly snuck into the kitchen. When he got in there, the lights turned on as he turned to see a not-so-happy Kushina Uzumaki. "…Shit…." He mentally concluded as his mother tapped her foot patiently, waiting for an answer. "Son…"she started slowly as Naruto felt dread on a level he did not want to know. "Can you explain to me why you were out of the house early?" she asked with her arms folded as she looked at him expectantly.
Sighing in defeat, he told his mother everything, from his dream to his plan to go to the Land of Iron to collect components and did not leave any details out as Kushina was cooking breakfast. "…so please mom, can I go to the Land of Iron?" he begged, acting like a little kid who wanted something. "…Under one condition." Kushina replied in a calm cold tone, one that built up a lot of anxiety in the boy. "Tell me about your love life." She said with a straight face as Naruto face-faulted. "HOW IS THAT A GOOD CONDITION?-!" Naruto exclaimed as Jaken woke up violently to his shout. "What's wrong? Embarrassed about something?" Kushina asked in a sly voice as she had a mischievous grin on her face. This unnerved Naruto a bit, realizing where he gets his prank instincts from, and she was playing him like a fiddle.
"Come on son, can't tell your sweet mother about a girl you like?" she asked teasingly as Naruto looked away, completely unsure how to get out of this situation. "W-well I um…" he stuttered as Kushina laughed as she set a plate of chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream, a glass of orange juice, and bacon and sausages fresh from the pan. "Finish breakfast first then tell me afterwards, I can wait." She replied as she had an amused look on her face as she set her own plate down to eat. Despite enjoying a good breakfast, he couldn't help but glare at his mother for that who was still grinning. He knew that if he didn't give her an answer, he can't go and gather materials for his new gunblades…he hated it when situations like these happen. "As Shikamaru would say it, troublesome woman." He thought.
When he bit into the pancakes, he felt as if he was sent to heaven. The soft, smooth, spongy pancake with the taste of chocolate in it added a great blend of taste to it that made it hard to resist devouring all at once. The bacon was crunchy and the sausages were cooked to the right perfection as he felt like crying tears of joy at eating such a delicious meal that beats ramen hands down. "T-this is amazing mom…how do you do it?" he asked with his eyes in a daze as Kushina smiled. "By adding love to it, for a good wife and mother, they always add their love to their cooking to show how much they care." She replied as Naruto looked at her with a smile. A mother's love surpasses even the most powerful of entities in any universe and the space-time continuum itself.
When Naruto finished it, he suddenly wished there was more, there was enough for one plate, but he decided to let Jaken have it, after all, a good loyal servant always has its rewards. "So…you really wanted to know about my love life?" he asked his mother who nodded his head. "Alright," he sighed as he looked at her. "I first fell in love with this pretty girl named Sakura Haruno; it was a mere crush at the time truth be told. She had the smarts and the looks. But I learned the hard way she wasn't interested in me. In fact she kept punching me in the head and rejected my offers as she tried to win Sasuke's affection." He told her as Kushina raised an eyebrow.
"Sasuke, you mean Mikoto's child?" she asked as Naruto nodded his head. "Yeah, real jerk after his entire clan was wiped out by his older brother Itachi." He answered as Kushina gasped in shock. "Since then, Sasuke made it his goal to kill his older brother and avenge his clan. Though he and I have a rivalry going on and get along just fine." He finished with a smile as Kushina had a small smile on her face. "In a way, they are friends after all." She thought. "So what about Sakura, you still like her?" she asked as he shook his head. "I gave up on her; it was a mere schoolyard crush." He replied as he drank his orange juice.
"So who do you like then?" Kushina asked as Naruto's cheeks were a little red as he muttered something. She didn't hear so she got her ear to his lips. "Éclair Farron." He whispered as she stood up and looked at him confusingly. "That's a beautiful and foreign name. But the only Farron I know of is…" she trailed off as realization hit her like the time Minato complimented her hair. "Oh my…" she muttered with a hand on her mouth as Naruto looked away embarrassed. "Well…I did say you should find a girl like me, and she fits the bill in a few ways." She said as Naruto looked at her. "How so?" he asked.
"Well, she's beautiful, comes from a different place like me, kicks butt in combat, and wears the pants in the relationship. I approve." She replied with a smile as Naruto groaned at that. She might tease him later on, he could bet all of his Ichiraku Ramen coupons on it. "So…can I go to the Land of Iron?" he asked as Kushina merely nodded. Giving his mother a peck on the cheek and a "I love you mom!" he left for the ship. Once he was gone, Kushina sighed as Jaken came in. "He truly does take after his father in a few ways." She spoke out loud as she gave Jaken his breakfast who gave her a "Thank you Lady Kushina." And ate peacefully at the table, "Just like you were Minato, our son is a L'Cie as well…" she muttered as she prepared to go visit Minato's only living student and ask him a few things.
When Naruto told Lightning that Kushina allowed him to go as they got in and had the ship's engines roar with life as it took off, startling many of Konoha's civilians and ninjas alike as they saw the ship fly off into the distance. "So Naruto," Lightning spoke up, getting his attention. "Care to explain why you want to forge your own Gunblades?" she asked. "Well, I needed the right weapon that fits my fighting style. But your Gunblades don't fit me well. You strike instantly as a soldier falls to your blade like lightning itself. I'm like the wind, strong, fast, and untamable. Constantly flowing and changing course, like in the middle of battle with my unpredictable stunts." He explained as Lightning looked at him from the controls. "You're improving a little; at least it's a start." She said with a small smile as Naruto recalled what he said to his mom as he looked away sheepishly.
The trip getting there was short, but the weather there was cold. Due to being in a warm place all the time, Naruto donned a cloak with a hood shadowing the upper part of his face while Lightning just walked out of the ship and into the snow like it's nothing. "How can you be fine in such cold weather?" Naruto asked shivering even with the cloak on. "On Cocoon, the winters in the Vile Peaks while on a mission is considered cold, here it's all child's play. Now let's find this mine you speak of and get out of here." She replied as Naruto sighed at her. "She's all business today…" he thought as he followed Lightning into the Village of the Samurai.
In Konoha, Kushina Uzumaki was in the hospital, and no, she has no injuries dear readers, she's going to go visit her husband's pupil (not like that anyways). When she found the room of one Kakashi Hatake who was sleeping peacefully, Kushina had a malicious grin on her face. She whispered something in his ear as Kakashi groaned and mumbled something, causing the redheaded mother to giggle as she whispered something else in his ear. "No…please stop…!" the scarecrow whimpered as Kushina put her lips near his ears. "….GET THE HELL UP KAKASHI OR YOUR DEAD-TTEBANE!" she shouted causing the man to jump up from his bed screaming in terror as Kushina fell on the floor laughing while clutching her sides. The masked Jonin looked at the woman in shock, as if he was seeing a living ghost.
"K-Kushina, I-is that you?" he stuttered, as he pinched himself to see if this was a dream or not. "Yup, it's me alright, and I'm back from the dead." She replied as she ruffled his hair like a little kid, much to his chagrin. "How do I know it's the real you?" he asked with a narrow eye as Kushina whispered something in his ear as pure terror filled his lone eye. The Jonin looked at her with pure wide eyed terror as said woman was smiling like nothing happened, though he knew, deep down she was a cunning devil in disguise.
"How is this even possi-"he began only for Kushina to cut him off, "Let's just say my son tends to make the impossible possible and leave it at that." She replied as Kakashi eye smiled at what she said. "Then again, Naruto always tends to surprise me in one way or another." He thought as Kushina looked at him straight in the eye. "So...I heard you were my son's sensei eh? Tell me, what did he learn from you exactly?" she asked with a sickly sweet smile on her face as Kakashi began to sweat nervously. From outside the hospital, people heard screams of pain and agony as many men shivered as they realized it was a wrath of an angry woman and pitied the poor fool who angered one.
In the Land of Iron, within the Village of the Samurai, Naruto and Lightning were walking around looking for someone who knows the place. But they knew something was wrong when they stepped in there, all of the warriors there looked at them with keen, sharp eyes that put the two L'Cie on edge. "I don't like this one bit Light." Naruto muttered to her, "Yeah, be careful in here, we're in unknown territory." She replied as they continued walking. The way the samurai looked at them, it was as if they were waiting for them to make the first move. Naruto being Naruto, decided to be blunt and break the ice. He walked over to the nearest samurai and gave him a carefree smile. "Excuse me sir, we're swordsmen…well she's one and I'm a trainee, can you tell use of any mines here in the Land of Iron?" he asked politely.
Now this made everyone look at him like he was crazy as the samurai he asked pointed towards a massive building that reminded Naruto of the Kage Tower. "Ask Mifune-sama about that, he knows the area like the back of his hand. And why do you need to know about the mines for?" the samurai asked. "Good question, I'm going to forge my own sword! It's a traditional thing for us swordsmen ya know?" Naruto replied as many of the samurai there nodded their heads in agreement in a silent understanding that Lightning could not figure out. "I see, well good luck kid, and may you have honored your family's name and country." said the samurai as he and the other ones saluted him. "Thank you, and may you protect your own families and your country's honor as well!" Naruto replied as he saluted the samurai as Lightning dragged him towards the tower.
"Okay Naruto, what was that about exactly?" she demanded as she continued to drag the Shinobi L'Cie towards the building. "You see, even though these samurai wield short blades, they channel chakra to extend their cutting range and can manipulate it to various forms like maces to buzz saws-"This made Lightning raise an eyebrow. "-But that's not important, you see, a samurai here has a katana forged by their own hands. It holds their honor, their pride, and love for their families and country that they swore to protect. I heard a rumor that if they lose their honor, the blade will break and the only way to repent for it is by seppuku." He finished explaining as Lightning winced at that. To redeem your honor by splitting your stomach open is a little too much for her.
"That's…a little extreme for my tastes." She muttered to herself as Naruto overheard her. "Well, it is a traditional thing for a person of the Samurai Class right?" he asked as Lightning nodded, recalling a fight she had with a few samurai-like warriors in her time on Cocoon and saw a few actually commit seppuku. She got used to killing people and seeing others go suicide, but she didn't like it when people commit suicide over the most ridiculous things, but for samurai honor is a big thing and she respects them. After all, they were dangerous opponents when you are facing a master of the katana.
"So Light, how dangerous are the samurai in the other worlds like?" he asked as Lightning pondered that as they walked in, "Well, if they used their one-hit kill move, you would be headless before you even blink. They also might drop Genji equipment when you defeat them, though that would be rare for them to actually drop them and I doubt the samurai here would be the same like the ones I'm familiar with." She explained as Naruto let out a low whistle. "Man, if I could change Class Jobs, I would love to try the Samurai Class!" he exclaimed as Lightning looked at him weirdly.
"Speaking of which, how is it that you're able to use the Duel Wield ability? You weren't even in the Ninja Class and the one you were once before wasn't a real version of the Ninja Class at all." She asked as Naruto froze in the hallway. "…I'm not sure how to answer that Light…" he replied silently as he felt uncomfortable about it. "Well, from what Shinryu said, it might have to do with your soul being split into multiple fragments and-"she stopped when she noticed how uncomfortable he was really becoming. "…Let's just go find the mines." She quickly replied; changing the subject as he nodded as the two L'Cie went to the head office.
Mifune was a samurai of legend here in the Land of Iron; he fought against the legendary Hanzo the Salamander and lived to tell the tale. He's slain ninja so fast that they couldn't even form a single hand sign in time when they realized they've lost their heads. Indeed, he was a professional samurai, a living legend that even in his old age he could still take on a member of the Sannin and even a Kage in combat. When his door opened to see a pink haired woman with a powerful sword spirit inside her he knew she was a true warrior of the blade. He noticed the younger person beside her covered in a cloak with a hood covering the top part of his face, he noticed the whisker-shaped birthmarks on his cheeks and he had a sword spirit that was many times more powerful than his or this woman's combined!
He had to be cautious something was…off with this young man. "Greetings, what brings two people here to the Land of Iron?" he asked in a noble, dignified tone as the boy in the hood bowed his head towards him. "It is an honor to meet you Mifune-dono." The boy replied in a respectful tone that made the pink haired woman look at him with mild surprise that was instantly suppressed, clearly the boy must have had disrespect for his superiors but it appears he had respect for Mifune himself, charmed. "We are here for something. Do you have any…special mines anywhere?" he asked as Mifune narrowed his eyes at the mention of those mines.
"Why do you want to know?" he asked with a little edge on his voice. He could see the boy's lips turn into a smile. "I need special ores there to smelt and forge into a blade that would fit me perfectly, to protect all the people I know and love. A blade made by my own hands with my own sweat and blood that would symbolize my honor as a warrior of the blade." He replied as Mifune's eyes narrowed more. This boy's sword spirit would be dangerous to be left alone without the proper discipline, but he could sense the possibility of becoming a noble samurai for some reason. He had a feeling that this boy could bring back the era of the blades once again….Might as well give it a try.
"There are those kinds of mines, but they have been abandoned because of…unwanted guests." Mifune replied as he felt the boy's hidden eyes on him as he continued. "Strange crystal-like creatures in the shape of warriors from unknown origins have popped up in these mines and have driven the miners out. Even with our most skilled samurai, there are too many for them to handle, like these creatures came out of a factory line." He finished as he noticed the shared looks between the boy and woman in a silent understanding. "Looks like you're men are dealing with Manikins, crystal replicas of powerful warriors from different worlds and eras that only known death and destruction without rest." The pink haired woman replied.
"So…you do know what these abominations are, care to tell us how to destroy them for good?" Mifune asked as the woman shook her head. "Sorry, it's classified. But we'll cut off their source of mass production and clean up as much as we can. Then you and your samurai can handle the rest of them." She replied as the old samurai pondered for a bit, it was a win for him, but he couldn't allow a child with a powerful sword spirit just forge a blade without training. "If you do take care of these…Manikins, you can get the materials there. But when the time comes, I also want to train this boy…" he said pointing towards the cloak boy, "-how to control his sword spirit. Even with a good blade, he could do more harm than good to people without the control of it." He explained as the two turned to each other and stared at each other, like they were in some sort of quiet conversation in the form of telepathy, the irony of it all.
The two stared at each other for five minutes before turning towards Mifune. "Deal…by the way I'm Lightning." The woman introduced herself as she pointed to her younger companion. "This is my student whose name shall not be told, but call him Storm." She finished as Storm bowed his head in respect again. "Ikazuchi (Lightning) and Arashi (Storm) eh?" the man pondered as he thought of something poetic about the names but saved it for another time. "Very well, I'll lead the way." He replied as he got up and led the two newcomers with a few samurai to the Sealed Mines.
*Sealed Mines: Entrance*
"Here it is, the Sealed Mines." Mifune spoke out loud as the two L'Cie looked up to see a massive stone gate with mysterious designs on it built into a mountain and it looked as if it had been sealed for years. "Wow, I'm surprised the Manikins haven't broken out yet." Naruto whistled as Mifune nodded his head as he looked at the gate with narrow eyes. "Indeed, and that's what's troubling me." Mifune replied as he looked at Naruto. "I have a feeling that they are gathering an army, strong enough to break out and annihilate us all." He replied as Lightning's eyes hardened. "We'll make sure to take care of most of them while we're in there." She replied as the gates that had been sealed for so long opened with a massive groan. "Here, take this." Mifune said handing Naruto a small side sword the samurai use (A/N: It's a wakizashi. Look it up on Wikipedia) "I know you can use chakra boy and I've been around enough of ninjas to know one, but you're different from the others. Just channel your chakra and I believe you know the rest." He whispered into Naruto's ear as his eyes widened in surprise as Mifune left the two at the entrance.
With that, Naruto and Lightning entered the mines with torches in hand as the gate closed behind them, not noticing a certain white haired girl with green eyes who goes by the name of Pandora watching over them from another mine entrance. "Well then…I wonder if they like the present I sent them." She giggled madly as she turned her back on them, "I wonder if they have what it takes to take on something made of shadow…and flame!" she asked herself as her deranged, twisted laughs echoed throughout the hollow cave entrance she was standing as she walked into it with a plan to enjoy her own little show. Meanwhile, deep inside the Sealed Mines, an ancient evil not of the world of Fantasy stirred, wondering where it was as its instinct to battle began to arouse it from its ancient slumber…
*Sealed Mines-Entrance*
"This is strange," Lightning spoke up, getting Naruto's attention. "For some reason, it's deathly quiet here. I don't hear the sounds of those warped voices of the Manikins…" she trailed off as Naruto noticed crystal shards of a Manikin remains and examined it. "Strange, this one was recently killed, but with fire and…darkness?" he asked confusingly. He was familiar with darkness due to his fight with the Dragoon counterpart Highwind he met and fought in the Rift before; he recalled the powers of darkness had a secondary effect…one that is lethal if constantly exposed to in combat. "Whatever it is, it must be something quite dangerous if it's making the Manikins go into hiding. And I have a feeling we might run into it at a bad time if we aren't careful here." Lightning warned as she drew her Blazefire Saber as Naruto channeled chakra into the sword given to him by Mifune as the chakra became an extended part of the blade.
"Well at least I have a blade; maybe I should use the Zantetsuken just in case…" he muttered as Lightning glared at him. "Whoa, bad call, almost forgot that thing shoots lightning bolts and are pretty loud. Don't want to call attention to myself." He replied quickly and quietly as Lightning nodded her head. "Let's go…" she said as they walked through the cavernous mines of the Land of Iron. They were both on edge, expecting Manikins to pop up and fight them, but something was wrong. They haven't seen head or crystal of the cursed mockeries anywhere, like they never existed. "This is…disturbing Lightning, and can I say something that might make things turn ugly?" asked Naruto as Lightning sighed quietly. "Go ahead." She replied. "I have a bad feeling about this…" he said in an unnerved tone as they noticed…a tomb?
"I think we might have a clue here." She said as the two of them went inside and examined the skeleton remains. Some of them were samurai, Manikins, but for some reason, there were skeletons of short people here wielding axes and war hammers as well. "Well I'll be a Cactuar, it's a Dwarf." Lightning muttered as she noticed a tome in the hands of one of the skeletons. Gently removing the hands of the dead man, she took it and opened it up to see what they are facing.
There's no way out. All of the exits sealed and locked away, the crystal warriors charge relentlessly as if their life had no meaning. Then a roar broke out, causing these soulless creatures to flee, as if they had for the first time experienced true fear. A door way from a different world that these creatures came from, a monster unlike any other emerged. A creature of shadow and flame…our greatest warriors fell to its might and we classified it as a demon of some sort. Its fury is unstoppable; it existed as if it was meant to fight. I pray that if there is anyone wise enough, please don't fight the ******…
The name of what they were facing in here was smudged in blood of the writer it seems and the mentioning of a creature made of shadows and flames brought confusion to Lightning, she doesn't recall any creature in any of the 14 Fantasy Legends like it, maybe it was a new species that was starting to emerge? "Light," Naruto called out softly as she turned to see him examining the wall that had an image on it. Seeing it unnerved her instantly, its body was made of shadows as its limbs had looked as if made of flames, but it had hallow white eyes that glowed in the darkness that was made of it. Even though it was a picture, the creature looked as if it was alive. "What is it?" Naruto asked as Lightning continued to stare at the picture. "I don't know, but I can tell it's the reason why we haven't seen any Manikins yet." She replied as Naruto shuddered.
"I think I would rather face the Manikins than…that thing." He said as Lightning nodded her head in agreement. Even though she sometime fight with no info while on missions, this one was one of those that you instinctively must avoid facing at all costs. "Let's get out of here and find that door to the Rift, close it, and get the hell out of here." She spoke as Naruto nodded as he accidently bumped into a skeleton, it's skull feel into the well, clacking and echoing as the rest of the body followed as the entire mine was filled with the sound. "…" "…Naruto, you're dead if we ever get out of here alive." She growled angrily as Naruto looked sorry at the mishap.
That was then they heard the trademark warped voices of the Manikins echoing through the tunnels. "Well, looks like we fight now." Naruto replied as his sword was drawn with the chakra aura surrounding it, increasing its cutting power and range. "Tch, like we have a choice." She replied as she exchanged her Blazefire for the Omega Weapon. "Not your lucky day!" Lightning shouted as the Manikins charged into the tomb. With that, Naruto took on a False Stalwart with an Imaginary Champion as its Assist as Lightning faced a Delusory Warlock with a Fleeting Flash as an Assist.
"Let's get this over with." Naruto muttered as he swung his blade to the side as he got into his stance as the Manikin charged with its massive blade. "I'll crush you!" the Stalwart shouted as its blade turned into an axe that tried to crush Naruto who dodged in the nick of time. His powers changing into the ones from Cosmos, he used Launch on the Manikin as it crashed into a wall. "Have some more!" he shouted as his blade transformed into the fused Zantetsuken as he spun it over his head and swung it, creating a Razor Gale that charged at the Manikin who had got out of the wall only to be hit by the attack and was pushed in deeper into the wall.
It got out as Naruto ran up the wall trying to attack it only for the False Stalwart to counter by splitting its massive sword into two and made its counterattack as it relentlessly slashed Naruto and repelled him. It wasn't done yet, it recombined its swords into one again as part of it detached as it swung it, revealing a metal chain in the handle as the blade turned into a whip-like blade that made a direct hit on him as it threw him in midair as the Manikin chased after him preparing its strongest attack as its blade was engulfed by a red aura. As it made its move, Naruto dodged it at the last second and stabbed it with his sword, causing it to be launched back into the wall as he chased after it in midair. His sword transformed into the twin Zantetsuken blades and charged its attack.
The Manikin recovered just in time to see Naruto charge his attack and he slashed at it, causing it to crash into the wall. Naruto kept a good distance away from his giant foe as he switched to Medic and focused on recovering his Bravery Energy. The Manikin got up as he was recovering and it dragged its blade on the ground as it charged at Naruto. "Ready?" a smooth yet distorted voice spoke behind him as a light blue blur appeared in front of him with its sword outstretched. Without a blink of an eye, Naruto was beaten back and forth by delayed timing of slashes as he was frozen in midair by the attack as the Imaginary Champion vanished in thin air as the False Stalwart appeared with its blade in the form of an axe. And this time, the blow made its mark on its intended target.
Compared to the blow the Kain Highwind replica dealt to him, this one still hurts but not as much. Though the blow did something to him, his mind was assaulted by images of that woman in a red ballroom dress, swinging a sword in the shape of flames as she glided through the battlefield in an elegant slash of petals. She turned to him with a prideful smile as she spoke to him, "Ready, Praetor?" she asked as she held out her hand before she disappeared with the images, feeling something enter his mind, was it knowledge? He didn't know, but he was going to find out. With that, Naruto stood up and shook his head as he dodged a slash from the False Stalwart. "Disappear in a veil of petals, Rosa Ichthys!" he exclaimed as he charged at the Manikin with incredible speed and slashed it, as rose petals appeared with the following of his slash.
It surprised the Manikin as it was thrown back by the attack as Naruto leapt in the air while summoning the Twin Zantetsuken blades. "Who are you watching?" he demanded as he dealt a Crushing Blow (sorry if it was a bad pun folks) as the Manikin screamed in pain as it recovered in midair, "Unleash the fury!" it roared as it held its massive blade up, coated in a fiery red aura as it made its mark on him. The Manikin's blade shot out multiple fireballs at him repeatedly as he was burned in the air as he were descending into the fiery depths of Hell itself. The pain drove him mad as he recovered and got on his feet again. This time, deciding to show no mercy on the creature.
"I'm not done with you punk!" he exclaimed as he combined the twin Zantetsuken into one and created a Razor Gale that followed the Manikin as Naruto hit it with a barrage of Thunder spells to keep it in place as the Razor Gale hit its mark. The False Stalwart let out an anguish scream as it was reduced to pieces in its defeat. Sighing in relief, Naruto turned to see Lightning sitting down with her legs crossed as Naruto noticed 23 remains of Manikins she had taken down, it didn't help that she had a smug look on her face. "Not.." he growled as Lightning kept smiling at that.
She stopped smiling when she heard more rumbling footsteps of even more Manikins echoing through the entire area. "Let's move!" she ordered as she and Naruto ran through the tunnels into a massive hallway as Manikins surrounded them with weapons drawn, as if waiting for a battle, they were surrounded by the crystal replicas as the place became silent as a roar not human or Manikin like broke the silence. The Manikins looked around with the tone of fear in their warped voices as they all ran into any nook or cranny, trying to flee with their lives. What could make them run in fear exactly? The answer was when at the end of one part of the vast hallway, was lit up from the light of flames.
The growl echoed ominously through the mines as Naruto felt a sense of fear like no other had before. "What kind of monster is it?" he asked out loud, not knowing a certain Eidolon would give him the answer. "A Balrog, a demon from an ancient world; a creature of shadow and flame, that is what this creature is." Spoke Shinryu from inside of Naruto's mind. "Is it native to the world of Fantasy? Because it's giving off a sinister aura unlike anything I've ever seen." Naruto mentally asked his summon. "No. It came through the Rifts, a powerful entity with the powers of Discord opened one up and the creature was thrown into it. It originally came from a place called Middle Earth. I have faced one of these creatures before on my many journeys and they are worthy foes. Beware Descendant of Cipher, both you and your teacher are no match against this being at full power right now." The dragon warned as it cut the connection between them.
"Lightning...RUN!" he exclaimed in pure terror as he ran, Lightning right behind him as they heard the newly named Balrog roar in savage anger as its footsteps echoed through the mines as it gave into pursuit. "Why are we running? I'm sure I could have handled it just fine." Lightning asked as they ran down the stairs as Naruto looked at her. "That thing is called a Balrog, it came from a different world via Rift and Shinryu fought it before. He told me we are not capable of defeating it!" he replied as her eyes widened at the mention of Shinryu. If that ancient dragon is saying is true, it must be a truly powerful enemy. After all, this was a dragon whose powers terrify even the gods if they tried to kill it.
As they ran, they noticed a few Manikins were also fleeing, but through the tunnel the crystal replicas went through was suddenly engulfed in flames, which urged both Naruto and Lightning to run even faster than they were a few moments ago. "Damn, hate to be those guys!" Naruto exclaimed in shock as Lightning ignored his comment and noticed a bridge nearby. "Quick, we can use it to get out of here, after that we destroy the bridge and hope the Balrog as you guys call it won't follow us!" she said as they made their way towards another set of stairs, the roars of the Balrog were heard and it was not happy from the way it sounded.
They ran, as fast as they could as they turned left, knowing they can't proceed right as it was blocked by a wall of flames. But that was when they stopped as the flames became hotter and brighter. Then like a phantom from a nightmare, a creature made of shadows taller than any human, erupted from the flames as its body unleashed flames of unfathomable levels of temperature as it roared. It sounded like an erupting volcano as hot wind blew in the two L'Cie's faces. By instinct, they ran as the Balrog gave chase, Lightning was ahead of Naruto as they crossed the narrow stone bridge as Naruto was forced to stop as an arrow of some sort crashed right in front of him forcing him to stop.
He turned to see a Imitation Liegeman with an arrow drawn showing it was the one who stopped him in his that. The Balrog roared at the Manikin as it made said replica flee in fright, knowing it could not slay a creature like that. With no choice, Naruto turned to face it, summoning the twin Zantetsuken blades at his side. "Naruto, what are you doing? Get out of there!" Lightning shouted as she blocked a sneak attack by a False Hero and an Idle Sky Pirate Manikin. "Light, close the door to the Rift, the big guy is mine." Naruto replied as the massive creature of darkness and fire roared in agreement with him. "You're crazy Naruto! I won't let you!" she shouted as she slashed at the Idle Sky Pirate with a Flourish of Steel and used Blitz on the False Hero.
"Either way…this thing won't let us close the Rift, I'm just stalling, you just focus on closing the Rift Light." Naruto spoke calmly as he looked at the Balrog with determined eyes. "You cannot pass." He said coldly as the demon roared savagely as a blade made of fire appeared in its hand and swung it downwards as Naruto clashed his Zantetsuken blades against it, with electricity coursing through it. With a painful grunt, Naruto broke one of his Zantetsuken blades as the Balrog's own blade was destroyed as well. "Go back to the shadows." He said as the Balrog roared as its body lite up and created a whip of fire and hit the side of the wall, creating the sound of thunder as Lightning destroyed the False Hero Manikin and was in a deadlock with the Idle Sky Pirate as she turned to look at the fight Naruto was having.
He held the remaining Zantetsuken blade in the air as he gathered all of his magic into the blade to perform an enhanced Sparkstrike. "YOU SHALL NOT…PASS!" he roared with determination and he plunged the massive sword into the stone bridge as electricity danced through the rock as the Balrog took a step back to see if something happened. Seeing nothing, the demon snorted and charged at the boy, not noticing his smirk as it raised its whip in the air intending to strike the child down only for the bridge to give in to its massive weight. The demon roared in fury as it fell into the black chasm of the abyss, hating the boy for humiliating him so.
Naruto sighed in exhaustion as he turned to see Lightning battling a Transient Lion, Imaginary Soldier, and a Fallacious Giant at once. He was going to run and help her as he suddenly felt something burning on his leg as he was dragged towards the edge of the bridge as he lost his grip on the remaining Zantetsuken blade as it reverted back into a wakizashi and fell into the abyss as well. "Naruto!" Lightning called out in horror as she tried to get to him, but the Manikins wouldn't let her pass as she kicked one in the face and chopped off the arm of another. Naruto, holding onto the bridge with one hand looked at her, "Hurry and close the Rift Light, I'll be fine. Don't worry, I'll be back." He said with a weak smile as he let go and fell into the abyss following his demonic enemy to the depths of hell.
The battle is divided, as Naruto battles against a demon whose origins are from an ancient world and different dimension; Lightning must slay the Manikins and close off the door in the Rift before they multiply even more and overtake the surface. In a battle to protect their world from a hidden threat, will our heroes live to save the day? How was Minato a L'Cie before Naruto was born? And who are these mysterious people Naruto sees in visions and why he's learning something new from them? Will he discover what is going on with his true origins, or will he die never knowing them?
Stay tune for the next chapter of Shinobi L'Cie: Storm of the Revolution!
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