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Chapter 3

A Future Calamity

"…Okay, so, let me go through everything and stop me if I get anything wrong." Naruto said before taking a sip of his coffee. "So, you," he points at the blue haired girl sitting on the other side of the table (mask off and hair now free), "are from the future." The girl nods and Naruto took another sip of his coffee. "And, from what you've told me, your 'future' has been destroyed by an apocalyptic Dragon God that has been resurrected by a group of worshipers that believes in 'changing the world'." The girl nods again and Naruto takes another sip of his coffee. "So then, it took your world, for whatever reason, 10 years to finally join arms and put a stop to the being that threatened your very existence. However, your world was now only down to about ¾ of your original population, so you no longer really had the means to combat the army of the undead creatures that you call 'Risen' despite even having the help of the Elemental Nations."

Lucina hesitated at the slight change in the shinobi's tone, but still nodded her head, prompting him to take another sip of coffee (which she was almost positive was just an empty cup by now).

"So, the only way for you guys to save your world was to gather the 5 Gemstones for the Fire Emblem and hopefully seal the God once again with the help of Naga, Ylisse's deity. In the end, you were able to get the remaining Gemstones and was ready for the ritual, but Naga had already been killed and her child, Tiki, was also slain before you could use her for your backup plan." Naruto took another sip of his coffee (which was definitely empty) before continuing. "Out of plans and out of hope, you can only fight to the last man until your inevitable deaths. But just when you had accepted your death and Grima had finally cornered you, somehow, someway, Naga appears, y'know, the Dragon Goddess that was dead, before you and your friends and gives you a second chance to make everything right. Am I right so far?"

Lucina nods slowly, sweat beginning to build on her face as Naruto took another sip of his coffee. He was sure he saw Lucina's brow furrow slightly at his action.

"She tells you and your friends that she has gathered enough 'mana' to send you and your friends back in time to where it all started, and you all agreed. Before you could leave, Naga gave you and your friends, who are nowhere to be seen by the way, and instructed you to find me," Naruto pointed to himself with his free hand, "Naruto Uzumaki, and help you on this little 'quest'. You all agree, and Naga transports you all through time. Unfortunately, Grima's army was not too far behind and managed to send some of his forces through the gap before Naga could close it. You and your friends try to defend yourselves within the gap between time, and, somehow, got thrown throughout different time periods. You were all aiming to appear the day before the Feroxian Tournament, which is in two weeks incidentally, but you ended up here and have no idea when and where your 'friends' are at. Luckily for you, me and your father, who is Chrom if I'm not mistaken, just so happened to be in danger and you just so happened to come through time to save your aunt Lissa before she became a zombie buffet. Then after all the fighting is over, you sneak me a hand sign, one that only one part of the world should know, saying 'we need to talk'. Now, we are here. In the comfort of a 4-star Inn in Ylisse, and you are telling me that within a few years the world is going to go to shit. Do I have all that correct?"

Lucina once again nodded slowly, relieved that the blonde was seemingly finished with his evaluation. Naruto took another sip from his empty mug before setting it down elegantly and looking up at the future princess with a closed eyed smile. "I believe you."

Lucina blinked.

Then she blinked again.

After the third time, her brain had finally processed what had been said. "Y-you do?" she said hesitantly, as the immortal took another sip from his coffee mug (Gods, she wanted to destroy that thing). "Just like that?"

*Snore*

"Of course." Naruto laughed. "It's not the most ridiculous story I've ever heard and if you just wanted to sleep with me, then that is one hell of a way to turn me off. Even then, I'm afraid you're too young for me, kiddo." Lucina just tilted her head in confusion.

"Why would I tell you all that just to lay in your bed? We're a bit old for that, don't you think?" Naruto's smiled dropped slightly at the girl's obliviousness to his joke.

"...Never mind. Anyways, there are some things that don't connect with the things I already know, but your story is believable only because of who you're currently speaking to. If you would have brought this to Chrom or Lissa at this point of time, then I'm sure you would have been in a psychological facility within the hour… if you even have that on this side of the world." Lucina nodded at that. It took everything in her not to run and embrace her father right then and there when she first saw him. She could only thank the Gods she was mentally prepared for the encounter before it happened. "You also filled in some holes that I couldn't fill. I knew Morgan was from the future, but I didn't know how." Naruto saw Lucina's brow furrow at his words. "Do you perhaps know her?"

*Snore*

Lucina shook her head. "Unfortunately, I've never had the pleasure of meeting your daughter, nor was I aware you had one from the future. Though it bothers me that I even met you in that forest. As I heard, you weren't even apart of the Plegian and Ylissean war. You were still in Valm by the time of the war and did not interfere in any way. For you to be on this side of the world, then the timeline must have already been changed dramatically from my friends and I journey through time."

Naruto nodded in understanding at the bluenette's words. He was now sure the burst of chakra he had felt 3 days ago was Morgan coming from the future. From what he could deduce from the princess's words, she had never met Morgan before and Morgan didn't seem to know the bluenette from the time she first introduced herself. He really needed to talk to the Kurama inside her to find our whe-

*SNORE*

Lucina and Naruto looked to the bed where Morgan was peacefully sleeping with sky blue pajamas that had frogs decorated all over. Naruto had tried ignoring the little girl, but it had become increasingly harder to ignore the sounds coming from his daughter's lips. So, Naruto did what any parent would do when their child was interrupting their conversation.

He slapped a suppression seal over her mouth and watched as the seal sunk into her skin. You couldn't even hear her breathing thanks to the seal he had just forced over her mouth. It was good that the seal was also written to numb the feelings one felt when asleep, which was the reason Morgan didn't feel her father literally clapping her in the face.

Naruto casually looked back to Lucina and took another sip from his mug. "Did you perhaps know me in the future?"

Lucina sweat-dropped at the blonde casually continuing the conversation like he didn't just force silence on his sleeping child. Nevertheless, she shook her head, "I had only known you for about half a year, which was at the start of the second Ylisse and Plegian War. After my father died and Grima was resurrected, I heard that you battled the Dragon of Annihilation and fought it to a standstill—destroying the country of Plegia and forcing Grima to go into hibernation to regain the power he once lost. There were different stories that circled the world about you. Few claimed to have seen you roaming the world, while most came to the conclusion that you died in battle that day. You were hailed as a hero and the strongest man to ever walk the lands."

Naruto said nothing. He just looked at the girl who was now smiling at him warmly. Then he brought his coffee mug to his face once again.

There was the sound of glass shattering as Naruto felt cold steel in his mouth instead of the nonexistent coffee he was imagining. He opened his eyes to see only the grip of the mug between his middle and index finger. He looked down to his mouth to see the unmistakable end of a kunai before looking up to Lucina who had her hand parallel to the ground and a face harder than stone. He gently removed the kunai that had assaulted his teeth before looking at the future princess with a bit more respect than before. She had to have the balls of a titan to do what she just did and he had to give her credit where it was due.

However...

"…You owe me 25 Gald, and an apology. A sincere apology. And if you think I'm ever playing tea party with you again, then you got another thing coming-"

"I'd appreciate it if you stop with the jokes, sir." Lucina replied with all seriousness. "We need to talk about what to do about the upcoming events. First we need to get to Regna Ferox to participate in-"

"We?"

That one word made Lucina pause and look at the shinobi in confusion. "Yes, we. You said you believed me, didn't you? If so, the sooner we talk about what to do about the upcoming-"

"I said I believe you, princess. Not once did the words 'I will help you' come out of my mouth."

Lucina's eyes widened and her mouth hung agape in shock at the shinobi's words. "Y-you have to!" Lucina shouted as she shot to her feet. "The world is at stake! The very future hangs in the balance! Without you, how do you expect us to win against the calamity that is to come?! You're the only one in the world strong enough to help me change the future! Why wouldn't you help me when there is so much at stake?!"

Naruto gave the girl a long, deadpan look. Lucina's gaze did not falter for even a second as she stared into those cerulean eyes that held no emotion.

Then the shinobi burst into laughter. A loud, hearty laugh that didn't hold an ounce of mirth and only made the princess grit her teeth. He was laughing so hard that he was slapping his hand against his knee like she had told the best joke he had ever heard. "You're funny, princess! You almost killed me there with that joke!"

"This is no laughing matter!" Lucina slammed her hands against the table in fury at the man who dared laugh at their situation. "The very future hangs in the balance! Grima is going to be revived! Your world is going to be destroyed! The innocent are going to suffer because of the wicked! Can't you see that?!"

"Oh, but I find it very funny, princess." Naruto said with a smile that did not reach his eyes. "I just find it very funny that you came all the way from the future just to basically demand my help in 'saving the world'. If I recall you saying, I had already risked my life to save our kind and what did they do with the time I gave them?" Lucina went to answer, but Naruto cut her off. "No, let me guess! Fight among each other for things as foolish as land and pillaging villages while Risen roamed the lands and routed your lot like children on a playground?! I'm right aren't I!"

Lucina's silence was all the answer the blonde needed. Naruto's eyes became more serious and his voice lost all its dry mirth as he stared down the child in front of him. "So, the future me gave his life to fight the thing no one else in the world had the power to stop, right? So, what. The. Fuck were all of you doing for those ten years? You mean to tell me that it took humans till they were on the brink of extinction to swallow their prides and work together like they should have been doing from the beginning?" His voice was cold as ice as he looked up to the princess who slowly descended back to her seat and looked down in shame.

"W-we were all to weary of the other." Lucina tried explaining. "We had just finished a war with Valm and any surviving Plegians didn't want to work with Ylisseans. No one could trust the other and the world was in too much chaos to send messengers. If not for the barrier separating our two worlds, then we would have been…" Lucina didn't even want to think about her time of weakness. The time her country was on the verge of being overrun by hordes and hordes of Risen. Horrors no child or human for that matter, should ever be subjected to.

"Why am I not surprised." Naruto sighed as he sat back in his chair with folded arms. "War this, war that. No matter what side of the world I'm on, nothing ever changes with humans, does it?" Naruto got no reply, not that he was expecting it. "I don't honestly know what I should have expected when I came to this side of the world. The only difference between here and the Elemental Nations would be the fact that you people seemed to have bigger civilizations and the lack or need for world wide secrecy among your settlements. Other than that, you people are no different from the Elemental Nations."

Lucina's hands tightened in her lap as she grits her teeth. "So, you're not going to help me?" she gritted out.

"Honestly, why should I?" The blonde frown down at the bluenette. "Why should I continue to save a world that has taken more from me than it has given? If anything, I think it would be better for humanity to find the answer on their own instead of depending on higher powers to keep saving your asses. I've honestly tried for 100 years to keep the peace, but if you humans are so intent on how life is and continue to point the canons at your heads when I keep pointing it the other way, then you honestly deserve whatever comes your way. As the saying goes," Naruto gave a closed-eyed smile and tilted his head to the side, "'you reap what you sow'".

"WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!" Lucina suddenly shouted and was back on her feet. She looked at the man before her in absolute fury. The man that was looking down on the people that gave their lives to survive. Friends that were no longer here because they had been slain by the abominations this man refused to help her slay. "YOU HAVE POWER! NO ONE IN THIS WORLD CAN MATCH YOU! NO ONE WILL DARE CHALLENGE YOU! YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND OUR STRUGGLES - THE THINGS WE HAD TO DO TO SURVIVE! THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE PROUD OF DOING JUST TO FEED THEIR CHILDREN! WHAT RIGHT DO YOU HAVE TO JUDGE HUMANITY JUST FOR LIVING THE BEST WAY THEY KNEW HOW?! HOW CAN YOU SIT THERE AND JUDGE US WHEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE PAIN WE WENT THROUGH FOR 12 YEARS?!"

Lucina finished with heavy breathing. How dare this man! How dare he look down on her! Her people! Her friends! How dare he sit there with so much power and watch as the world burn around him! And it only made her angrier that he was right about everything! About the fact it took to their extinction to finally come together, or the fact that they wasted the 10 years that his future-self gave them to think of a counter plan! He was right about EVERYTHING, but that did NOT give him the right to laugh at the dead!

To the Uzumaki's credit, he wasn't even mad. He looked as calm as when the girl started her little rant. His arms were still crossed as he looked at the panting princess with indifference.

"…You finished?" Naruto said calmly, watching the girl grow angrier by the second. "If so, then sit down."

"YOU-" Lucina stopped cold and felt a shiver run up her spine as it felt like something cold was gripping her throat. It was gradually becoming harder to breathe and the temperature in the room seemed to drop as she looked into the now slit red-eyes of the immortal before her.

"Sit. Down. Now." Naruto's voice held no more patience and Lucina felt her knees go weak as she flopped back down to her seat while never leaving those crimson red eyes. Soon, she was able to breathe again and the shinobi's eyes went back to their cerulean color as he crossed his arms and closed his eyes. There was a pregnant pause between the two before the shinobi broke the silence; speaking in almost a whisper.

"…When I was born, my father sealed a demon in me in hopes of saving his village. In his dying breath, he told the Third Hokage of the village that I would be hailed as a hero for 'keeping the Kyuubi behind bars', and you want to know what they did?" Lucina didn't seem to have an answer, so Naruto continued. "Let me try putting it like this, Lucina. A demon comes to your home, destroys and kills hundreds of people including your family and then disappears without having the ability to take vengeance or having some kind of outlet for your grief. Suddenly, the leader of your nation declares that the hero everyone loved and respected, has passed while sealing the demon within a new born boy. The demon is not dead or even suffering, but it is sealed within a child. So, not only is your hero dead, but the demon everyone wanted to get their hands on has been sealed within an infant. If things couldn't get any worse, when you try to protest on whether or not you should get justice for your deceased loved ones, the reinstated leader declared it law that no harm would come to the jailer of the demon or to even speak its name on punishment of death. So not only can you never get your revenge, but you have to live peacefully while a child strolls around your city with the source of all the people's hatred. That hatred has to go somewhere, so where do you think it will go? Don't answer that, it's a rhetorical question."

Lucina didn't even try.

"So, since they couldn't kill the demon, they thought they could get some semblance of release by getting back at it gradually over time through other means. They did things like forgetting to feed it's jailer despite having an obligation as a caretaker to do so, or refuse the demon entry into stores and forcing him to take cloths and eating from garbage cans at the tender age of 4. Maybe even accidentally tripping the demon and having the only thing to break his fall be his face, or having teachers sabotage his education and trying to kill him when they thought 'the demon was becoming too educated'."

"For 16 years I did everything I could just to make people notice me. To that day, I could barely count on both hands how many people I found dear in my life. It took me risking my life to save my ungrateful village from a psychopath hellbent on changing the world for them to finally acknowledge me for me and not some demon. I may not have been or will never truly understand what it means to be in an apocalyptic setting, but I've fought my entire life since I was 2 years old, so don't you dare tell me I don't know what true suffering is!"

Naruto sighed as he tried to calm himself down. He looked to Lucina who was finding the table very interesting at the moment. "I-I didn't know your life was so…was so…I'm so…"

Naruto just shook his head and looked at the princess. "I'm going to be completely honest with you, Lucina. I'm tired. Tired of humans building different ways to kill each other, tired of risking my life for those who don't appreciate my efforts, and tired of fighting for peace only for someone new to rise and reanimate the cycle of hatred years later." Naruto snorted at his words. Boy Madara must be smirking in hell right now. As much as he hated the man and would never follow the way he tried to change the world, there were some truths to his madness.

"B-but what am I going to do?" Lucina spoke, defeat in her tone. "Without you, the future is sure to be rewritten. What am I supposed to do by myself? You are the only one who is going to believe me and without you I - t-there's no way I can carry this burden on my own."

Welcome to the club, kid. Naruto wisely only thought to himself.

"Despite how I feel about the situation, there is one thing I totally agree with. The innocent shouldn't have to suffer for the actions of the wicked, so how about I cut you a deal?"

Naruto saw her head shoot up as the words left his mouth. He could basically see the hope in her eyes and tears going down her cheeks. "You currently have your agenda, but I also have mine at the moment. For 30 years, I've been traveling and looking for a way to die." Lucina's eyes widened at his words. "I only know of one person who can get the job done, but I have no idea where she is. All I know is that she is somewhere on this side of the world and once this is all done, you are going to dedicate the rest of your life to helping me find this person. You agree to that, and I will gladly help you change the future. Deal?"

The shinobi extended his hand and watched the princess look down at it skeptically. Yes, he was technically being a dick right now, but she was lucky he was at least offering his help after what he had learned. After all, if he's going to have to put his plans on hold and risk his life in the process, then the least she could do is show how much she was willing to sacrifice for her future.

A smile came to his face as a soft hand enveloped his and a determined princess looked him dead in the eyes. "I fight for the future and the many who have died so that I could live. If giving away my life to see this world never meets the calamity I've witnessed, then so be it."

Naruto smiled at the girl's words. He could see the determination in her eyes that did not waver for even a moment and from what he could feel from her emotions, there was not even a hint of a lie or deceit. She was truly giving her life to save the world. If only the world was filled with people like the children of Naga, then he would not have to feel the pang of guilt he felt at this moment.

Just stack this on the list of shitty things Naruto Uzumaki has done in his life.

(Time skip: The next day)

~Location: Clearing North of Ylisse~

"Alright, kiddos! It's time you two show me what you got!" Naruto said excitedly as he stood about 30 yards away from the two kids who both wore different expressions. Morgan had stars in her eyes and looked like she had just been told she would get all you can eat ramen for the rest of her life, while Lucina looked less enthusiastic about her situation. If the stories she heard about the blonde were true, then she wasn't sure how she felt about a spar against someone who received training from, basically a God amongst men; Child or not.

"Yosh! It's finally time for me to show Father my amazing skills!" Morgan exclaimed excited as she pointed a finger at the princess across from her with a cocky smile on her face. "Watch out, Lucy - for I shall show no opponent before me any mercy!" Lucina was now even more nervous before as she lowered her center of gravity and brought her sword till it was parallel to the ground and held the blade close to her face while pointing towards the younger blonde. Morgan followed suit and drew two kunai from her sleeves and held them at the ready.

Before they could start, the youngest of the group suddenly dropped her guard and looked over to her father. "Wait, why don't we just fight you instead of each other? Wouldn't it be better experience wise to fight an expert in the field?"

Naruto smirked before holding out a hand with his index finger up. "One: because I'm sure I could kick both of your asses with both hands tide behind my back, eyes closed and with only a pack of noodles. Two: I just ate and I want my food to stay happily in its cage while it's digesting. Three: Since you two will be fighting side by side in the future, it would be better for you two to know your future partners inside and out. Four: I'd much rather you two kick the crap out of each other and watch from the sidelines than do it myself! Five: because of reasons one through four!"

Both girls gave the male a dry look before looking back to each other in their battle stances.

"Alright! I want a clean or dirty fight! Doesn't really matter which one you choose! Anything goes aside from killing! I would say no maiming, but I'm sure there is nothing you two can cut off that I can't put back on!" Despite the cheer that was in the immortal's tone, Lucina couldn't help but to shudder at the casualness he displayed in allowing such brutality in a spar. "Okay, on my mark! 3-MARK!"

Lucina was a little off guard at the sudden start of the spar, but her instincts was the only thing that saved her from the two kunai that sailed from across the field. She swiftly deflected both kunai before she saw Morgan jump back and start weaving hand-signs. She stopped on the tiger seal and her cheeks began to puff as Lucina knew a jutsu was about to be performed.

"Suiton: Suiryudan no Justu (Water Style: Water Dragon Bullets)!" Morgan began spitting multiple blobs of water that transformed into the heads of dragons halfway to their destination. Lucina's eyes widened for only a second before her determined mask was back on her face and she readied her sword.

Now, usually when a shinobi seeing a jutsu coming their way, they do one of 3 things. Dodge, counter with an equally strong or stronger jutsu, or they build a defensive jutsu to block the incoming attack.

But Lucina was not a shinobi and she could not use jutsu. Her counter however, brought a smile to Naruto's face and a look of shock to Morgan's. Lucina was literally cutting the water dragons one by one as they came within range. Her swordplay looked as if she was dancing and the blur of her blade seemed to shine blue after each elegant swing. Once the dragons were no more, Lucina began charging Morgan with surprising speed for someone who didn't enhance their movements with chakra. Morgan didn't stay shocked for long as she saw the princess charging her and quickly retreated to make more space between the incoming princess.

Morgan might act chirpy and childish at times, but that didn't mean she didn't know how to strategize. She would be a fool to approach Lucina when her best and only expertise was in close quarter combat. Staying as far away as possible seemed to be her best option at the moment. She made a familiar crossed hand sign and 10 shadow-clones appeared in front of her and charged the bluenette while she went through more hand-signs.

Lucina cursed as she saw the incoming clones. If there was one thing she hated fighting, it was shadow clones. Most shinobi she trained with could perform the technique, but she absolutely loathed the ones that abused it against her. Nevertheless, she did not falter as the clones surrounded her and closed in. She quickly dodged one clone that jumped at her and dispelled it with a quick hit to the back of its head before turning and swinging her sword at the three coming from her 6. She dispelled 2, while the third jumped and swing a kick at her head. She ducked from the incoming attack and retreat to her 3 o'clock as two more clones tried to tackle her.

One clone followed her retreat and went in with a kunai which Lucina deflected and swiftly ended the clone with another swipe of her legendary blade. As soon as the puff of smoke from the dismissed clones was gone, another clone used her sister-in-arms' death to make a sneak attack. Lucina prepared herself before she felt a surge of chakra to her left and did not have time to defend herself from the massive water dragon that crashed into her and the rest of the clones.

Lucina flailed helplessly in the stream of water that dragged her along the current and did not stop until the dragon slammed into the ground – the force of the impact hitting the princess like a ton of bricks. Lucina was seeing stars as she opened her eyes and slowly dragged herself back to her feet. Meanwhile, Morgan was on the other side of the field gloating at her successful strike.

"HAHAHAHAHA! Do you feel the power of the descendant of the world's greatest shinobi, Lucy?!" Morgan said boastfully as she began doing poses much like a certain pig-tailed friend of hers. "Gaze upon my awesomeness, for there is still much more to come! Stand, comrade! For our battle has yet to reach its peak!"

Neither girl saw Naruto lower his head and massage the bridge of his nose.

Lucina knew she shouldn't get frustrated at the way the young blonde fought considering the girl was a shinobi and that was just the way they were trained to fight; 'Do whatever you got to do to win' and all that hogwash. But GODS, despite the many shinobi she trained with in her future, she still couldn't help but to hate their honourless way of combat. She accepted it, but that didn't mean she had to like it.

However, complaining wasn't going to get her to win this spar, so she shakily got back to her feet and glared across the field. She got back in her battle stance and quickly charged at the blonde in the distance. Morgan reacted accordingly and created 10 more clones while she jumped back and did more hand-signs. Lucina saw the clones coming her way, but her eyes never left the original. When the clones got within range, Lucina quickly ran right through them and didn't give them a chance to catch her as she slid between one's legs, dispelled one with a punch and jumped over the head of another as she landed and reached into her pockets.

Morgan was half way in the middle of completing her hand-signs when she saw Lucina break through her clones and hurl something straight at her. She was forced to stop and move her head out of the way from what would have been a fatal injury. She didn't have time to jump back as Lucina was already on her and she was forced to pull out a kunai and deflect the sword strike that brought her down to a knee.

Morgan was happy when her clones seemed to finally make it to the princess and went for a kick while she jumped away to safety. Lucina didn't even acknowledge the clone as she leaped out of the way and went after the retreating blonde. One of the clones thought quick on it's feet and hurled shuriken at the back of the running princess.

Much to everyone's shock in the field, Lucina seemed to go twice the speed she was once going and now had the flat side of her blade slamming into the short blonde's torso and bending her forward and off the ground.

"Skill: Vantage!"

Morgan lost her breath as she was completely unprepared for the speed at which the princess had traveled. Then the princess completed her attack and flung the blonde away and let her shoot across the field like a ragdoll. Morgan eventually came to a stop and looked at the princess across the field with an unreadable expression on her face. She absentmindedly noted that her clones must have dispelled when she took that powerful hit to the stomach. If Lucina would have used the sharp end of her blade, then she would have definitely-

Morgan gulped at the unfinished thought before a smirk came to her face and she slowly got back to her feet. "I-I expect nothing less from a warrior like yourself!" Morgan tried to keep the pain out of her voice, but her aching ribs kept reminding her that something was definitely fractured from that attack. Oddly enough, she could feel the pain slowly receding and being filled with warmth, but did not look a manakete in the mouth. "I-It would seem I will have to take this spar a bit more seriously!"

Lucina only narrowed her eyes. "You should have from the beginning."

Both girls stared down the other – waiting for the spark that would start the next encounter. Then Morgan swiftly pulled out a kunai and threw it with pinpoint accuracy at the bluenette.

Lucina effortlessly deflected the kunai before charging towards the blonde who, much to her shock, was charging towards her as well. The blonde made a familiar hand-sign and a second later she was now surrounded by 8 other Morgan's than were now reaching into the pouches in their hips. They all pulled out what looked like black balls that they all simultaneously threw to the ground.

Lucina was forced to stop as a cloud of black smoke began filling the area around her. Not wanted to lose her visibility, Lucina quickly jumped back in an attempt to not be fully consumed by the fog. Sadly, her retreat was cut short as a kick to her back shot her forward and further into the smog. Lucina's eyes began to water as she could barely keep her eyes open in this thick pollution. Ever breath she took reminded her of the time one of the shinobi in her world made her try her first cigarette. The burning of her lungs and the feeling she got when the smoke invaded her throat was unwelcomed and she reflectively tried hacking up the smoke that was making it's way into her lungs. She needed to get out of this and she needed to fast.

That was better said than done since every time she tried to get leaving, something she couldn't see would hit her and force her back into the cloud. If that wasn't bad enough, she could swear she kept hearing what the same puff she heard when Morgan first started this strategy, which most likely meant she was fueling the smoke to make it last longer.

That was not good. She could barely breathe in this thing as it is. She didn't need the girl constantly refueling the smog every other second.

It was as she was thinking that that another fist shot out from the fog and nearly knocked her off her feet. Lucina cursed as she could feel blood in her mouth. This entire spar was starting to anger the bluenette. She didn't know much about honorable combat considering the world she lived in, but she would rather fight a Risen than to fight a shinobi on any day of the week. They were just too slippery and honourless that you couldn't help but get peeved at their choice of combat.

Lucina shook her head. Vexing their enemies was what shinobi were good at. The angrier she was, the easier she was to manipulate, the more she would be more prone to making mistakes. She needed to calm down and figure out how to get out of this situation on her own. She only had 3 more skills she could use in her back pocket, but all three required her to be able to see her opponent so she could scratch that out. She could use vantage just to get out of the smog, but she had already tried that and Morgan somehow was able to follow her movements.

Just then, said girl had just delivered another kick to Lucina's torso and sent her careering back. It didn't stop there since another Morgan was there to meet her six and slammed another kick into her back. Lucina stumbled forward and couldn't even prepare herself for the assault on her person. Everything from kicks, punches, knees, and elbows were slammed into her body without reprieve or mercy.

Then there was an explosion of pain as what felt a kick to her jaw shoot her into the air and out of the smoke. She couldn't even appreciate the fact that she was out of the smoke since she was now blinded by the sun and what looked like a red blur spinning in the air. "This is it! Uzumaki Barrage!"

It was at that moment when she saw Morgan's foot coming down to her face that she finally had a chance for a counter attack. She quickly drew mana around her and forced it all around her body. Since she couldn't lesson the blow that was coming her way, then she would make sure Morgan felt the pain she would feel from this attack. As soon as the foot connected to her head and made her head snap back down to the ground, she was satisfied when she heard the pained cry of the girl that just struck her.

Lucina landed on her back and tumbled for a few feet before stopping on her stomach. Her head was now spinning in all directions and she could swear her arm had been dislocated on the way down. In fact, everything on her body felt dislocated and painful. Very, very painful. The only thing she could do was shakily raise her head to confirm that one of her least favorite Skills, Counter, had worked properly. She sighed in relief as she saw Morgan on the ground a few yards away.

Counter was a double-edged sword. On one hand, it gave all the damage received right back to the recipient, but you had to take that damage in order for it to take effect and if you die from the hit, then your efforts were useless since the skill didn't activate if fatal damage was received. She was both glad yet still frustrated that she had to resort to that move to end this little spar. It was the only thing she could think to use against the-

"You okay, Lucy?"

Lucina's head shot back up when she heard the familiar voice. Squatting right in front of her with blood dripping down her nose was Morgan, smiling like she didn't just get hit by the same force she had suffered.

"That was a pretty cool trick you pulled off at the end! If I didn't train my body correctly, then I'm sure that skill of yours probably would have killed me!" Morgan said with a toothy smile, talking about her possible demise like she was talking about the weather. The bluenette was just struck speechless at the happy-go-lucky tone of this girl. "Unfortunately for you, I really kicked your ass." Morgan said without a hint of regret as she started poking Lucina in the back with a stick she seemingly pulled from nowhere. "You are going to have to train a LOT harder if you want to beat me. I still haven't even used 30% of the things I can do."

Lucina was now looking up to the girl with wide eyes. "Y-You mean to tell me you w-weren't even trying?!" Lucina raised her voice at the girl who continued poking her in the back.

Morgan snorted while waving off the girls comment with a playful smirk. "Heck no! You might be better than me when it comes to close combat, but I didn't even get to show you all my Ninjustu! Heck, if I really wanted to win, then I would have just summoned 1000 clones and had them kick your ass!"

If Lucina was probably standing, then the sight of her jaw hitting the ground would have been that much more comical. "1-1-1000?!" Lucina choked out as she looked up at the girl who stood up and put her hands on her hips in triumph.

"Of course! Making 10 or 20 clones is nothing! If I wanted, I could probably even go more than that! Not to mention I still have 4 other elements that I still haven't used against you and the fact I didn't even use any summons. Heck, I could summon the Nine-Tails and he could just breath on you and you would be out like a light! I also have my mok-Lucina?"

Morgan looked down to see Lucina's face in the dirt and unmoving. The blonde blinked once. Then twice. Then she poked the girl twice with her trusty stick to make sure the girl was out before shrugging her shoulders. "She must have been tired." She deduced before turning and yelling in the distance. "Father! Lucy needs healing!"

…

Naruto watched the conclusion of the battle and had to say, he was actually impressed with both parties. The current highlights of the fight had to be Morgan's use of Suiton without a source of water. The only person to date he could remember pulling off that feat without running their chakra dry was the Nidaime Hokage and no one else seemed to be able to take after his legacy. The fact that Morgan was able to do so when she was only 12 was down right impressive. The only problem he could really point out right now was the fact she gloated too much. WAY too much. It's been 100 years or so and even Naruto didn't remember gloating as much as this kid. If she was more aware and focused on the battle in the beginning, then she would have never been hit by that surprise attack from the princess. This would have to be something he would have to confront in the near future.

Then there was Lucina. She had absolutely no way to counter an enemy if they kept their distance and seemed to depend heavily on her swordsmanship, but her speed was actually amazing for someone who didn't enhance their movement with chakra. She seemed to adapt quickly in battle and had the reaction of a seasoned warrior. If she could learn to wield a long-ranged weapon, then she would be able to stand more of a chance against long ranged fighters in the future.

"Father! Lucy needs healing!"

Naruto sighed as he heard his daughter's voice. With just a thought, he had disappeared from his current location and was now standing over the battered, unconscious girl who was currently under attack by a stick Naruto did not even want to ask where his daughter got it from or why she was doing what she was doing.

Morgan saw her dad and wisely backed away while her father kneeled down and carefully turned the princess to her stomach. "Damn, you really did a number on her, gaki." Naruto said as he got a sheepish expression from his daughter who rubbed the back of her head.

"Sorry, I kinda got carried away when things started picking up." Naruto only shook his head at the girl's words and began using the Shosen Jutsu (Mythical Palm Technique) to heal the girls wounds.

10 minutes later, a now healed future princess was on the immortal shinobi's shoulder like a sack of potatoes as they prepared to head to their next destination. "So, our first order of business is in Regna Ferox. I still have a Hiraishin marker there and princess here is asleep so we don't have to walk." Naruto told the blonde beside him who grew a pout.

"Why do we have to go there of all places?! It's too freaking cold!" the younger blonde complained as her father gave her a dry expression.

"…Did you listen to a word we said back at the Inn?" The confused expression the girl gave him made him want to slap her upside the head. "Y'know, the world ending? Giant ass dragon? Changing the future? Big journey? None of that ringing a bell?"

Morgan was quiet for about 15 seconds before her palm met her fist in realization. "Oh yea, we need to go there for that tournament thingamajig." The girl then stood straight and saluted her father. "Of course I remember all that stuff! I have it all stored to the back of my head for future uses!" Then the girl slumped down again at where their next destination was set in stone. "But can't you just warp us to something outside Ferox?"

The blonde shinobi shook his head. "No, there are some things I need to get before we can actually compete in the tournament. I'm still wanted in Regna Ferox and I'd rather not run the risk of using a henge and getting discovered in the middle of 70% of the country that wants my head. Once I get the equipment we need, then we will find shelter for the nights and wait for Chrom and his little band to ask for Khan Flavia's assistance."

Morgan blinked up at her father's words. "Why do we need to go to an Inn there? Wouldn't we be better off in the woods?"

Naruto stopped and gave his daughter a long, hard stare as if she had just said the dumbest thing he had ever heard in his life. "…Weren't you just complaining about the cold?"

Morgan tilted her head in confusion. "Yes, but why would we need to be in the cold in the first place? If we just bunker in the woods with my technique, then we don't even have to pay to stay at an Inn."

Now it was time for Naruto to raise his eyebrow in confusion. "Technique? What technique?"

Morgan looked up at her father as if he had just lost his marbles. Then her eyes widened as if she just realized something and she stuck her tongue out of her mouth and bonked herself on the head. "I completely forgot about the whole 'me being from the future' thing." She then smirked and ran till she was standing with her back to her father. "Don't worry about shelter, Father! I got it all covered!"

Naruto just looked at the girl blankly before she began weaving through hand-signs. She stopped on the serpent sign before slamming both hands to the soil. Naruto could feel the surge of enormous chakra and knew something big was about to happen. "Mokuton: Shichuuka no Jutsu (Wood style: Four Pillar Technique)!" To the shock of the immortal, there was a two-story four pillar house that appeared from the ground. It had everything from a kawara tiled roof to glass windows on all four sides (something he couldn't even think to ask questions about). Morgan was now standing proudly with her hands on her hips and sticking her chest out in pride. If you looked closely, you could even see stars glimmering around her physique.

The shock only lasted for a full minute before Naruto dropped the princess on his shoulder and ran over to enveloped his daughter into a spinning hug while tears streamed down his face. "You are officially my new favorite daughter, gaki!"

Location: Castle Ylisse

"Emm!" Lissa cried as she ran and enveloped her older sister in a loving hug.

"Welcome home." Emmeryn, Exalt of Ylisse and older sister to Chrom and Lissa smiled and returned the embrace from her sibling. "She looked up from her sister's head and to Chrom and Frederick who were walking just a few seconds behind. "And a good day to you too Chrom, Frederick. How fared you all on your travels?"

Chrom stopped and gave a smile back to his older sibling. "Well, we shouldn't have a bandit problem for a while thanks to some help from two strangers."

Emmeryn nodded in satisfaction at her brother's words. "Wonderful. And our people?"

"Safe as they can be, Emm. But we still need to watch the borders. The brigands we have brought as prisoners were from Plegia."

"Forgive me, milord. My Pegasus knights should have intercepted them." Phila, head of the Pegasus knights and rightful guard of the Exalt spoke up beside her liege.

Chrom shook his head at the sky-blue haired knight. "No, your duty is with the Exalt, Phila."

Lissa suddenly broke the hug and jestered to the tactician that was hanging behind the group. "And besides, we had plenty of help!"

Emmeryn smile seemed be brighten as she turned her attention towards the young woman that trailed behind the group. "Ah, you speak of you new…" The Exalt blinked as she looked in slight confusion in the direction of the tactician behind the group. "…Friends?"

Chrom, Lissa and Frederick blinked at the plural use of their Exalt's words before turning their heads and looking at where Robin stood.

The tactician saw their eyes widen as she tilted her head in confusion. Then she looked to where all their heads were turned and she joined in with their shock. Standing right next to her with his hands behind his head and a wide, fox-like smile on his face was none other than the blonde they had met just a day ago.

A/N: This chapter was actually fun to write and I truly enjoyed the fight scene with Lucina and Morgan. I originally was going to wait until the fight at Feroxi, but there was only so much I could actually have her do while in the arena.

Anyways, sorry if I have not yet replied to your reviews. I've been busy and will check them all after I post this. Please Review and follow and hope to see you in the next chapter!

Edited on 9/23/2019 for: Grammer, characterization and imagery.