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Naruto sneezed, someone was talking about him, and he knew it. Maybe it was due to the Tamasaburo Incident when he crippled Chōji and ended his ninja career like that. The Crystal Origin Bullet, or the «CK» Bullet as he liked to call it, crystalized all 361 tenketsu points and then the entire chakra pathways in the body. End result after it was all crystalized, they fell apart and Chōji no longer has chakra, but the crystal fragments of his tenketsu points and chakra pathways are still in there. From what Tsunade has told him, the surgery to remove the crystals inside of Chōji is fatal. Naruto didn't care, to him; this was not the Chōji he truly shared a bond with.

Recalling the Cypher Chōji left a bitter taste in Naruto's mouth. He lost most of his memories and only recalls certain sections; they were still fragmented and he was only able to tell Lightning the only ones he could remember. Of course, he remembered what happened to the Cypher counterpart and how he died. He didn't regret killing that version of Chōji; in fact, he helped put that boy out of his misery after the state he was found in. That's right, these versions and the Cypher counterparts were similar and yet different at the same time. Naruto hated them both to a degree, from what he could recall of his Cypher 'friends', they betrayed him, and the ones in this world are pure fakes of the original incarnations of the true timeline.

He was sick of this false reality. He was sick of this fake life. He was sick of everything. "Just destroy it all, King. This crude reality is filthy, ugly, and unfit to live in." Magatsu Arashi whispered in his mind as Naruto frowned. It seems his Cie'th other is already influencing his mind more ever since Sakura died. He needed to control himself, or else everyone will face a monster far more terrifying than the Kyuubi himself. The more his L'Cie brand grew so does Magatsu Arashi's influence on his mind, and the closer to becoming a monster he hated to be, one that has no ounce of humanity. He needed to prepare for his revolution, and he needed to stop the Bloodline Purge in Mizu to gain followers. But with the situation with Orochimaru now is slowing his progress, and since everything else is on hold with all five nations, it'll give him the time he needed to prepare for it once the war returns.

Right now, he needed to help Karin, for another round of advertisement again. Apparently, kunoichi hired by a rival shop has made them ruin Emporium Karin's reputation. Which explained his current situation as he looked at the down enemies with contempt; they were the usual ninja bandits, bandits with no use of chakra and only basic ninja training. How dull…

With his forehead dripped in sweat, he undid his headband and shook his head, causing the sweat to fall off as he felt the eyes of female predators lock on to him. "Oh no…" Naruto mentally grimaced as he looked behind him to see the kunoichi who were knocked out minutes ago back on their feet good as new. He realized now why girls of many ages from his to their early twenties were attracted to him. His charm was that of a man that had been through hell and back and looked good during the trip. It usually takes effect whenever he's in his adult form, but now since he was slowly returning to the Cypher Naruto he used to be, the charm was starting to take effect on weaker hearted girls. "Well, time to do it then." He thought.

With a mere gesture of his hand, he brushed back his hair and held his index and middle finger to his lips. "Overwhelming Sex Appeal…" Naruto muttered as he blew a kiss at the kunoichi, "Uzumaki Kiss~" he finished as the effect was instant. They all fainted as they were all subconsciously in a state of spasm from the technique Naruto performed. They won't be up for a week at tops from a direct attack from that move. "This is how to take down fangirls without running away." He muttered to himself as he noticed a lot of female ninjas of other nations who were traveling nearby as they were all taking flyers from him before he could blink. Once he did, they were all gone. Damn his A-rank Charisma, it always does this with girls!

*Lightning*

Lightning Farron was well aware of the damages the bullet did to Chōji from the minute she went to observe the damages to his body from the reports that day. It was a terrifying result that if he were to use it on other ninja, his reputation as the most infamous ninja would be well known. And he'll make newer enemies faster than Snow would charge head first towards his enemies and be blown back by a barrier of sorts. This kid, was really too much for her at times. As she stood over the Hokage Monument, taking in the sight of an active village, she wondered, would New Bodhum be like this if Nione hadn't ended her era? "Lightning, could I have a word with you?" Tsunade asked as she walked up towards the Master L'Cie. "By all means." She replied as the two women looked at the village down below.

"The people of Konoha have a distrust of you, despite your connections with Kushina, Naruto, and us Sannin." She said as Lightning knew that like the back of her hand. Paranoia of someone who looked, dressed, spoke, and acted differently from the others grows distrust in people. "Let me guess, you want me to work alongside a few of Konoha's forces and work my way into earning their trust?" she asked as the Hokage nodded her head. "There's an A-Rank Mission I'd like you to perform, and your teammates for the mission will be Naruto and Shikamaru." She replied as Lightning looked at her with a serious expression.

"With all due respect Tsunade, I don't think having them on the same team is going to be a good idea, especially with what happened to Chōji." She replied as Tsunade sighed. "I know, but Shikamaru's IQ will be very helpful, and to see Naruto's growth is at. Be careful though, I've heard rumors that the Akatsuki were seen in the area of Suna, where the mission is taking place." Tsunade told her as the Master L'Cie nodded. It seems her extra mission is to keep Naruto safe from the Akatsuki while on the mission, just what she needed. And with the turmoil in her teammates, things were going to be fine.

*Suna*

The trip from Konoha to Suna had been surprisingly quiet, yet there was a hostile aura in the team. Lightning looked at Shikamaru, who was glaring at Naruto every once in a while as said boy was ignoring them like they weren't even worth being bothered by. How could he ignore such glares is beyond her, but then again, he takes after her in some aspects. As they infiltrated the castle walls, Leo and Elo were instantly in their gunblade forms as Naruto had a calm, quiet expression on his face. "We don't know what traps are here in this, stay alert." She ordered as the two boys nodded as they all put their backs against the wall as they waited quietly as footsteps were walking in their direction. Seeing it as a ninja guard, Shikamaru used his Shadow Possession Jutsu as Naruto went in for the kill, piercing the man's heart with his Eloedge gunblade.

"Well, it seems you've made your heart strong enough to take a life Naruto." A familiar voice spoke up. With that, Naruto turned to see Jiraiya himself standing there behind him with an amused expression on his face, but his eyes that of a seasoned warrior. "So you're the contact of this mission, great…" Naruto grumbled as Jiraiya sighed. "Why are you like that? Aren't you supposed to be happy with seeing yours truly?" he asked as Naruto just gave him a depanned expression. "No, you're a super pervert, a drunkard, and enjoy tossing little kids to their dooms." He replied bluntly. Yeah, he still sore from the ravine incident. "Aren't you quite the snark?" Jiraiya asked dryly as Lightning merely sighed. Jiraiya was a good man in his work, but his…eccentrics, makes it hard to control the urge to kill the man right there and now.

"From the looks of it though, I guess I can leave it all up to you three then." Jiraiya said as Naruto mere groaned, "Let me guess, more 'research' as you would call it? Dirty old man…" Naruto commented as Jiraiya went off for his 'research'. But what Naruto didn't notice, that Lightning did, was the look in Jiraiya's eyes, it seems that he knows the Akatsuki are here as well. In his eyes, they told her to keep an eye on Naruto. "Let's just get this troublesome mission done already." Shikamaru grunted with annoyance as the two L'Cie agreed.

With the moonlight being their source in the night, the three traveled by the roofs of the castle area, finding a warehouse within that proved to be a useful area to enter the castle from, since the buildings were connected to each other. "Something is off here, be careful you two, there might be an ambush." Lightning ordered as the two boys nodded their heads. As they walked towards the center of the warehouse, a group of ninja appeared, armed and ready. "Looks like they were waiting for us," Naruto commented as Shikamaru just sighed. Slowly drawing out kunai with exploding tags on them, Shikamaru prepared for some trap making as the two L'Cie drew their gunblades.

With a savage roar cry, Naruto charged first. The sight Lightning and Shikamaru saw made them wonder what overcame him, the way he fought the ninjas was unnerving. To them, it was like a group of brawlers trying to tackle a beast. A massive ferocious one that reeked of death of humans as Naruto kept fighting. Lightning jumped into the fray, her blade gleaming in the darkness as she gracefully slashed and deflected blows against enemies. Shikamaru merely threw his exploding kunai at gathering groups, forcing them to scatter. It made picking them off one by one easier for both Naruto and Lightning, once it was over; a pile of corpses littered the floor as Naruto sighed in relief.

"Naruto, what is wrong with you today, you're fighting style was different from what it usually is when dual wielding." Lightning asked as Naruto sighed. "I'm just…Not feeling well mentally at the moment, something just bugged me is all." He lied; he didn't want Lightning to find out Magatsu Arashi has been warping his mind since the brand had grown for some time now. Lightning was skeptical of her student's behavior; she'll have to check him out later after the mission is over. They made their way through the nearest window connected to the castle and snuck inside.

When the three got inside, Naruto was instantly impressed with the interior designs of the place. "Now this is a castle. See anything Shikamaru?" the Shinobi L'Cie asked as the Nara merely rolled his eyes as he peeked through the corner of the hallway. "Other than the fact that some blue skinned fish man conversing with a guard, nothing much really." He replied with obvious sarcasm as Naruto recalled that one reference anywhere. "Isn't it the guy I gave a Thousand Years of Death to Light?" Naruto asked as Lightning merely nodded. Trying to stifle her laughter as she recalled the incident, no matter how many times she tries to forget it, it was still downright hilarious to recall.

"That's odd, they're talking about some sort of operation, and we should follow them. Something big is going on here." Shikamaru told them.

"Mind if I tag along?" a voice spoke up. Naruto widened his eyes at the dull empty voice as he turned to see Gaara right behind them. "Gaara, what brings you here?" he asked as the Sand Ninja looked at them unblinkingly, "I had a mission to investigate the incidents going on around here. My siblings are investigating the lower areas of the castle. You wouldn't mind, would you?" he asked. Naruto shook his head, "No, I wouldn't mind, in fact, you'd increase our chance of survival against a member of the Akatsuki that's here." He replied. "Really, and with me, what is the percentage rate of our survival?" Lightning asked with her arms crossed as Naruto looked sheepish.

"Well, if it was me and Shikamaru, it would be 15 percent chance. With you, a warrior with dangerous abilities and has no chakra against a guy like him. I'd say 50 percent. But with Gaara, it increases it to at least 63 percent, that is, if we all work together." He replied as Shikamaru looked at Naruto oddly. "What do you mean 'against a guy like him'?" he asked as Lightning was the one to answer. "Kisame Hoshigaki is known as a 'Tailed Beast without a Tail' due to his massive reserves of chakra, and his sword the Samehada literally shaves the chakra of its victim and gives it all to Kisame. With someone like Naruto and Gaara, it's like feeding Kisame an all you can eat buffet as everyone would be worn out while he's still good to fight. Since I have no chakra, I'm immune to the sword's abilities, and my special 'jutsu' is not using chakra at all, I'm the perfect counter weapon against him. My main weakness is that I don't have enough brute strength to fight him head on. But my speed should make up for it in the long run." She explained as Shikamaru nodded. This woman is troublesome in a good way, which is actually surprising in the young Nara's perspective of women in general.

"If the information is correct then, then the first thing we need to do is to separate Kisame's sword from its wielder and make him run dry on his own reserves of chakra then." Shikamaru stated as the others nodded. "I can hold the sword within my sand; it should keep Kisame from getting his hands on it later on." Gaara added in as Shikamaru looked at the Sand Ninja. "Good idea, then Naruto and Lightning can take him down." Shikamaru concluded. "But there is one problem: Itachi Uchiha." Naruto spoke up. This made Lightning frown, while she might have immunity to Kisame's tactics, Itachi and his illusions might be another thing. While normal genjutsu is useless against her since she had no chakra, the special technique in this 'Mangekyo Sharingan' he had might have an effect on her. She wasn't crazy enough to willingly test it out on the field, so she'll have to be careful when fighting him.

"If he shows up, I'll take him on; you three can handle Kisame enough to wear him down. Itachi is more dangerous of the two. Naruto, you have permission to use that form at the start of battle." She told him as he understood what she meant. Kisame was a monster, and to fight a monster, what better way to fight a monster is with another monster? It felt ironic for Naruto, for he was called a monster in his youth, and he was facing someone who is an actual monster himself in more ways than one. "Let's go then." He said as they chased after Kisame and the man he was with.

In Lightning's opinion about the castle, while it did have good designs, the traps and guards set here were horrible. She was already beginning to miss how things were back in her time when it came to fighting for survival and saving the world. These people are absolutely hopeless in this time. The traps were simple automatic crossbows designed to fire whenever she or anyone else were to step on hidden pressure plates, the guards were out of the mill ninjas, and they had even worse gear than what the standard Hidden Villages use. But that didn't stop Naruto from salvaging their junk, calling them treasures, much to everyone's confusion as he took the kunai and shuriken that looked like they would fall off any minute, oh well.

As they reached a room while they traveled higher up the castle, they found the very same man that was with Kisame, and was wounded. They interrogated the terrified man, who was thinking he was going to die as he spilled all the info he had. Apparently, the lord of the castle had hired bodyguards to increase his security, but Kisame took the job and after revealing his intent of slaying the lord, injured the man in front of them. Knowing how politics are at the moment, it would be crazy to kill a lord; it would cause chaos once the news gets out. And it seemed Kisame knew they were here and was waiting at the castle tower, so they decided not to disappoint him and chased after him, ignoring the man's complaints of leaving him to die when he really isn't. "What a wimp…" Naruto muttered as they chased Kisame.

*Castle Tower Roof*

Silhouetted by the moonlight, a tall figure stood, his inhuman appearance making him more terrifying in the night as Naruto, Lightning, Shikamaru, and Gaara landed on the roof as the blue skinned human with a shark like grin on his face chuckled. "Wondered when you'd show up. I thought you'd be like Kakashi and be late for the party." Kisame joked as Naruto snorted. "Please, we actually like being on time, saves us the hassle of being annoyed by others who snap at us for being late all the time." He replied as he noticed the look on Kisame's face. Yup, still pissed off about the Thousand Years of Death stunt while searching for Tsunade…

"Remember the plan Naruto." Shikamaru told him as Naruto scoffed. "Please, you're not the one fighting a troublesome opponent like him so bite me!" He shot back. With that, he drew Leoedge and Eloedge and begun his transformation. In Naruto's place, a fox stood on its back legs like a sapient being, holding the two gunblades in hand. Its body made of crystal, with blue glowing veins that are actually the entire chakra network in the being's body as a single fox tail made purely out of chakra as its blue eyes, the ones of Naruto, looked at Kisame with the intent to kill, and bloodlust. "Oh, so the little kitsune has a few tricks up his sleeve. Come on, boy; let me take you out on a walk." Kisame taunted as the Cie'th Naruto roared in a savage way as he charged forward.

*Fate/Hollow Ataraxia OST-Avenger*

Kisame and Naruto, to all who watched this, would be like a warrior trying to grapple with a beast in this battle. The warrior is Kisame, the beast was Naruto. They fought mainly with their swords alone, no jutsu, no taijutsu, just pure swordsmanship. The Cie'th fox's speed was beyond impressive, it was nimble and swift as his strikes head home. While Kisame's blade blocked each attack possible as he dodged the other twin blade that the fox wielded. The two had injured each other with their weapons as blood slowly dripped from the areas that the Cie'th had slashed through, while bits of crystal fragments fell onto the roof from the areas that the Samehada crashed into.

The blades clashed against each other, creating sparks upon sparks as the two beings exchanged blows with their weapons. Even with a massive sword like the one Kisame had, he could still swing it like it was a mere stick. Naruto's swords; however, while they lack the powerful strength of heavier swords like the one Kisame had, made good use with his speed as he had already made several cuts onto his opponent's chest. The crystal flesh of the Cie'th Form protected Naruto's chakra from the Samehada's ability to shred and devour chakra.

A frustration that was echoed in the sound of the bandaged sword's displeasure as it cried in anger at being denied food. It sensed the massive amounts of chakra in its victim, but knew that one way or another; it will finally get what it wanted.

Kisame was impressed with the defensive measures of the strange crystal armor the Jinchūriki had, as he noticed that it was chipped off little by little whenever he got a blow on the boy's body. He must break that armor to make it more fragile, so his precious sword can feast upon the massive amounts of chakra the boy possessed in his very being. The boy's swordsmanship was a joke with how he fought; it was embarrassing to think that the boy would have developed some new tricks to surprise him with.

Naruto on the other hand, was frustrated at how powerful his opponent was, of how powerful his opponent was with just a sword. The way the fish man was smiling like it was no problem whenever he landed a cut onto his opponents flesh as he swung that giant sword incredibly fast despite its size. He had to do better than that. His very life was at stake here since he was battling a very powerful enemy. He had to break every limit in his body if he had to survive as the adrenaline began to flow through his body without stopping.

Faster, if Kisame did it that fast, Naruto had to go faster. Stronger, if Kisame could block the blow and return one just as strong, Naruto had to return one stronger than the last.

His eyes were bloodshot, his breath was ragged, his body ached from the use of power and exhaustion behind the blows Kisame inflicted upon him as he either tried to block or dodge them. Yet he ignores them all completely as he immerses himself in the battle. His body was without limits, no, he didn't care what his limits were. He was…

…A beast stricken with madness that makes it impossible for him to process what is happening to his own body as it begins falling apart from exchanged blows and injuries.

Lightning and Shikamaru were disturbed by this exchange of blows. It wasn't a fight between humans, no; it was truly a fight between a demon, and a monster. The demon was Naruto, and Kisame as the monster. Gaara was impressed by Naruto's determination and the speeds of his blades as they made their cuts into Kisame's flesh that instantly healed them from every blow Naruto inflicted upon him. Naruto's brain ached from the lack of oxygen as he continued this fight; he ignored the limits of his body as he focused on the task at hand. He didn't care if he lost, or if he died, all he cared was to kill this enemy in front of him.

To compare their abilities, Kisame was an impregnable fortress to Naruto. Even with all the speed and power he could wager his entire life for with his ninja, L'Cie, and Jinchūriki powers, he could never reach a lethal blow unto his enemy.

"GRA—AAAAAAAH!" the demon roared in savage rage, as he continued to charge towards his demise. The flurry of blows the fox had unleashed was upon thousands of countless blades in a torrent. Yet they were considered mere scratches to Kisame as his powers healed them. Kisame had finally gotten bored with his opponent, and had decided to end this little charade once and for all. Swinging his blade downwards, he will end the fight and stop the meaningless rampage for good.

*Klink!*

…Or so he thought. "A sword breaker…!" Kisame exclaimed in shock, as those types of weapons were dangerous to professionals with them. "Ha, finally took the bait you guppy!" Naruto mocked as he laughed derisively as the Samehada was locked in-between the parry hook near the edge of the gunblade Eloedge, which he was grateful for making to resemble the Lionheart gunblade Lightning used as he brought up its mate, Leoedge in his right and prepared to pierce Kisame's heart.

"Nice try kid." Kisame grinned as the massive sword ripped its bandages apart, revealing the scale like blade in all of its glory as the blade of Eloedge broke from the expanded size of the blade as Kisame quickly swung it and destroyed Leoedge's blade. "-Hah?" Naruto asked dumbly as he realized what was happening as Kisame swung his blade down onto Naruto. "WHAT THE—What kind of bullshit crap did you pull you ugly ass mother—"Naruto screeched in rage as he pulled back, but was too late.

*Fwoom*

*Skrrk…*

*Fate/Hollow Ataraxia OST-Avenger-End*

"Tch…!" Naruto grunted as Kisame's sword broke through the armor and tore through his flesh, causing the Samehada to devour a portion of his chakra as well. "Damnit, that bastard is all high and mighty now. If only if I can get even with that son of a bitch!" Naruto thought as he sneered at his opponent. "Looks like I'll have to help you again King." Magatsu Arashi replied in Naruto's mind as he felt his lips move against their own will. "Verg—: False Copy—"his voice rang out, gaining everyone's attention as Naruto unleashed a deranged laugh that was not his own. "—Avesta: —of Inscribed Creation!" he finished as strange marking appeared on his body as it now appeared on Kisame's own as the markings faded away from both bodies as Kisame fell to his side, clutching the same area where he had shaved Naruto in pain.

"What the hell was that?!" Shikamaru exclaimed as Lightning was well aware of dark magic from many beings before, and this one she was too familiar with. "It's a curse…of shared pain!" she realized as Kisame gritted his teeth, he felt his own blade turn against him once that trick the Jinchūriki. It hurts like hell! Naruto merely sat back, gasping for oxygen as the adrenaline died down. He reverted back to his human form as parts of his torso was bleeding heavily as Kisame still clutched his own torso from the same injuries. But Gaara was able to notice that the curse was still on. "Now's our chance," He muttered as Lightning dashed forward while Shikamaru activate his family's jutsu to help subdue the target.

Kisame forced himself to get up, only for Lightning to appear right in his face with a nasty right hook as he dropped Samehada as it was quickly held in Gaara's sand as it began to struggle to break free. Kisame still had a massive amount of chakra inside of him, so he was going to go all out. As he began to make hand signs, he felt his own body freeze as he noticed Shikamaru in his trademark jutsu stance, smirking. "Shadow Possession Jutsu, success." He said as Kisame gritted his teeth in anger. That was when he felt the sand beginning to wrap around his arms. "I'll make sure you don't use jutsu ever again." Gaara stated calmly as his Sand Coffin was completed. As he was about to crush the arms with Sand Burial, a wave of fire forced everyone to dodge as Lightning picked up the weakened Naruto and pulled him to safety.

Appearing like a ripple of water in the moonlight, Itachi Uchiha appeared, his calm stoic face looking down at his partner. "Kisame, what are you doing fooling around with children?" he asked as Kisame freed his arms and clutched his torso due to the curse Magatsu Arashi placed on him. "Just testing the boy's abilities, and with my carelessness, I'm in a fishnet with guppies." The shark man replied annoyingly as Itachi merely closed his eyes. "My turn then," He replied. "I think not!" another voice called out, and white smoke appeared as Jiraiya appeared, doing his trademark kabuki dance. "I am the Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku, the traveler of the Four Winds, the man whom women swoon and babies cry out his name, the Gallant Jiraiya has appeared!" the Toad Sage exclaimed dramatically as everyone depanned at the intro.

"You're late; did you get lost on the road of life?" Naruto asked with annoyance as Jiraiya face-faulted. "You and your snark, what will I do with you?" the old man grumbled as he looked at Itachi who merely smirked at Naruto's witty comeback. "Well then, if it's a fight you want, then how about I provide one for you?" he asked Itachi who narrowed his eyes. "Kisame, we're leaving." He ordered as Naruto stood. "And as for you," Itachi added, looking at Naruto right in the eyes. "It seems you'll be staying in the hospital for quite a while." He said as his eyes turned into their Mangekyo Sharingan form as the world around Naruto went dark.

When he came to, he was crucified as thousands of Itachi clones with swords in their hands slowly walked towards Naruto. One blade danced in front of him, leaving after images as it aimed for his forehead, and stabbed him.

To be continued…