HHHHHHEEELLLLLLOOOOOOOO EEEEVVVVVRRRRYYYYYBBBOOOODDDYYYYYY, yes i am still alive, yes i know its been forever and I apologize for that, life's been mucking around too long and barely got anytime to write anything out but here I am back again with new chapters for you all to enjoy but first some reviews

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(Days later)

"Hmmm I must say Gaara you've done quite well for yourself or should I address you as Kazekage now" said a slightly amuse Sorcerer Supreme as he took a sip of his drink while looking around the office of the leader of Sunagakure no Sato

Gaara who sat right in front of him merely shook his head slightly before leaning back on his chair and said to him "I would prefer it that you call me by my name, after all we are friends and I have grown a little tired of titles being used all the time"

All he got was a small chuckle from the blond who acknowledge him "yes I know how boorish it is at times but it is one of many price to pay when you take up leadership of any form"

All the red head could do was nod at what was being said to him, it was a few days after saving Gaara plus the one sided slaughter of Konoha's elite and right now the two friends from a time long ago were catching up with each other as they traded their stories to one another

The blond couldn't help but smile as he enjoyed his time with his friend while remembering some of the times he's had as the Sorcerer Supreme. Snapping his fingers both of their cups filled with tea for them to drink, Gaara couldn't help but shake his head as he commented "if you didn't just explain that I might have more work should I want to learn magic then I would have asked you to actually teach me on how to use it so I can finally banish this demonic thing known as paperwork"

All he got in return was a full blown laughter from the blond sorcerer before Naruto replied to him "even if you did learn magic I can tell you that it would have been useless as these blasted things multiply faster than rabbits"

Even with his stoic look, Naruto couldn't help but grin knowingly that Gaara would have begged to figure out a way to do paperwork faster and more efficiently, but even with his vast knowledge in the mystic arts the blond sorcerer couldn't find anything that would help in dealing with the dreaded paperwork for good, the only thing that came close was using his Kage Bunshin and even then it merely just held off the tide for a mere moment before it came crashing back down on him with a vengeance

Naruto just shook his head a little as a small round of silence occurred before Gaara asked him "I probably know the answer to this but I have to ask, are you going to save Konoha?"

Just like that the mood went down quite a bit as a tense silence followed for what felt like hours until Naruto spoke "if you had asked me that years ago I would have said yes, now I would probably just go there to see the village burn while enjoying a cup of tea"

Gaara looked at his friend for a moment and he couldn't help but shake his head a little as he said to him "I may not know 100% of your life Naruto and even then I have live just about the same as any Jinchuriki with the burden they've had and if it wasn't for you I would not be where I am now, I am not saying you should save every single one of them but what about those that didn't cause you harm. The ones like the children or some of your friends that still supported you to the end, should they too be destroyed"

Closing his eyes, the Sorcerer Supreme let out an audible sigh before looking up into the ceiling and answered him "if you want my honest opinion Gaara, then yes I probably might just let all of Konoha burn except maybe saving those that stuck with me to the end. Make no mistake about it Gaara I hold no sympathy for everyone else, but in the end I guess I have to say that I am tired of it all. Everytime I have to be the one that saves them, everytime it was me that risk life and limb for a village full of barbarians claiming themselves to be above such things, even then I was still banish because those fools in their arrogance think that without me they would still be standing and even then if you would have asked I would gladly say I would help them during that time I was banish from my so called home"

Letting out another sigh, Naruto kept on looking at the ceiling and continued on "but once I found out the truth, the real truth about my life was when I simply gave up on that village. Truthfully I wanted to use my powers to personally raze that pathetic excuse of a village but that would have made me just like them, I would have too had it not been for my master who taught me that what separates us from them is what we use these powers for. In some ways I guess that in my mind I always wanted Konoha to fall but not by my hands, but by their own accord due to their pride and foolishness and look at where they are now. Without allies, without supplies and their backs to the wall as enemies come forth from every corner wanting that piece of rotten pie"

He took another deep breath for a moment as Gaara looks on at his friend taking a sip of his tea before the redhead said to him "I guess its true of what they say about time changing people, and I wonder if this is the real you or are you wearing just another mask?"

He got a light chuckle in return as Naruto answered him "who knows, sometimes I don't even know myself"

A small silence insured as the two enjoyed the peace within that room before Gaara broke the silence first "if you would like to know, sources from our spies say that Orochimaru's attack will happen in two weeks…and I am going to join them in this war of theirs"

Hearing that Naruto looks on intently at the redhead as he said out to him "that's a one way trip you know that right? Even if I hadn't beaten down their strongest shinobi, the attack itself is no joke since Orochimaru would have plan for almost every contingency"

Seeing him nod, Gaara then said to him "yes I would at least know as much but even then I want to, not because of some I am compelled too by remains of a piece of paper in regard to both our village's alliance but because of both vengeance and pride."

Hearing that the Sorcerer Supreme couldn't help but sigh as he said to him "you know those two together are a bad combination when it comes to war, or any battle since things like that will bring nothing but ruin to all that allows it to fuel them"

Gaara nodded knowing what the blond meant before saying to him "that may be so but in the end will it be any different, you should know that people like Orochimaru won't stop until the entire world is in his hands and even then he still won't be satisfied"

Naruto couldn't help but nod solemnly as he recall his brief encounters with the Snake Sannin when he was younger, a small grimace appeared on his face as the blond then asked him "are you sure this is what you want Gaara, fighting a war with alongside fools with insurmountable odds against an enemy who will stop at nothing from gaining a dream of foolish grandeur to be a god when he is nothing more than a toothless worm"

The red head couldn't help but sigh before nodding as he answered him "if you had asked me this before I was captured then I would have be more wary about how we might fair, but now we might have a small chance with what you did with Shukaku since I would doubt even someone like Orochimaru can even anticipate a freed Biju fighting against him"

That was enough for Naruto to chuckle for a bit as the Sorcerer Supreme then quip out "now wouldn't that be a sight to see, the giant Tanuki that tried to destroy that village all those years ago would now be the one that helps them, that would be irony at its finest and somewhat funny"

That bought out a small smile from the red head before another round of silence ensured for a moment until Gaara asked him "so what do you plan to do now?"

Looking at him, the Sorcerer Supreme let out a small sigh "well I'll probably go back home and give Shizuka back what the blond fool stole from her and then start planning for my own war"

Closing his eyes, the red head Kazekage nodded for a moment before Naruto got up from his seat and spoke to him "well its been nice to see you again Gaara and I hoped that you will survive this war between Orochimaru and Konoha because believe me when I say that you will need quite a bit of luck even with Shukaku there with you"

Gaara couldn't help but nod in agreement at what the blond said as he replied to him "even so I hoped that you would join in this fight, not to save the village that has shun you but as a favor from an old friend who might be off to fight his last fight"

The blond turn to look at him for a moment and then said "don't get your hopes too much Gaara, sometimes the heart can be a fickle thing after all"

The Kazekage nodded for a moment before he said to him "I see, even so it was good seeing you again Naruto"

He didn't answer but Naruto nodded all the same before heading right into the portal towards home. He appeared right in the living room looking like a man with a world on his shoulders as he plop down onto the couch before him, the Sorcerer Supreme let out a tired sigh as he wondered about the problems that had suddenly appeared before him.

He took the risk by saving Gaara but it seem that no matter what it would seem that something out there had decided to bring the past towards him. The blond looks up towards the ceiling for a moment before saying outloud

"You know, I think the reason you died is because you couldn't take all the headache didn't you master"

He couldn't help but chuckle for a moment until he felt two warm bodies cuddle up to him, he look to see both Clea and Shizuka right there on the sofa doing nothing more than relishing what they have now

The blond caress his two wives closer to him until Shizuka pointed out "I see that something has happen hasn't it Naruto-koi"

Nodding, the blond sorcerer then told the two about what had happen in the Elemental Nations and his meeting with Gaara. After finishing his tale the two look at him for a moment before Clea asked him "so what do you plan to do now dear?"

Naruto hum for a moment before he gave a light-hearted shrug and said "I don't know, technically the attack isn't going to happen for another week or so, and even then I'm not sure. Do I want to save that village no, do I want Gaara to go and fight for them no, am I going to go, now that is the million dollar question isn't it?"

The two could tell that this was just bothering him a little but they made no move to do anything just yet, it was then though Naruto decided to hold out his left hand and from there he summoned out an orange colored orb about the size of a football. Shizuka's eyes went towards the orb for a moment before she tentatively reaches out for it, she took the orb gently into her arms with a melancholy look on her face as she examine the orb slightly before talking outloud

"Its been a long time since I've been whole, funny even though I've only been this way for maybe a decade or two but it sure feels longer than that."

The other two present said nothing as they saw Shizuka examining the orb a little more while the Kyuubi continued on "in some ways I had given up hope on being able to become whole again, despite still retaining my standing as the strongest among my siblings I could still feel that void within me."

The kitsune couldn't help it as a small trickle of tears came forth while her body tremble against the blond's body. Seeing this Naruto pulled her closer to him and rub her back as he tries to calm her down, after a while Shizuka had manage to calm down a little before she pulled back where the blond sorcerer could see tears running down her face but these were not tears of sorrow but joy as she then said to him "I guess you really did keep your promise huh"

Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at what she had said as he lean down and gave her a kiss on her forehead, Clea smile at the scene before her before she gently puts her hand on top of Shizuka and said to her "not to be a mood killer of sorts but don't you think you should hurry up with that now or we might be here till our grandkids have grandkids"

The Kyuubi couldn't help but giggle at her as she did a mock pout and said "mou~ Naruto-koi Clea-Chan is being a prude"

All the vixen got in return was being pinch on the cheek by Clea before the two of them descended to fits of giggles, the Sorcerer Supreme looks on with a hint of amusement before he himself decides to put his own hand on top of the orb. The three then push the orb right into Shizuka as a bright glow appeared all over her body to the point that the entire room was covered by the light

It took about a minute or so but that was more than enough as the glow simmer down until the room return to how it was, nothing had physically changed but the look on Shizuka's face was all anyone needed to know as she buried her face deep into the sorcerer's chest while crying tears of joy about being whole again

Holding her right then and there allowed Naruto to give a small smile as he held her with Clea petting her, this was the scene that Amora nearly walk in on as she lean on the wall with her head looking up into the ceiling while thoughts plague in her head

(Next day)

If anyone would think that being the Sorcerer Supreme would be nothing but fighting demons, saving damsels in distress or learning cool new things that go boom then you wouldn't be wrong but in most cases it would be like that old saying 'the pen is mightier than the sword'

That is where Naruto is right now, signing stacks upon stacks of paperwork while laminating one again why did he took this job

"Yeah thanks a lot master, wonder if this is why everyone would take any excuse to skip this creator damn awful paperwork I mean almost everyone that I know off straight out uses any sort of way to not do this blasted thing right here, I mean my master and the four Hokage's all seem a bit too eager to jump into anything not caring who or what it might be and I would bet everything I have that it's not for some sort of noble goal or sacrifice"

Grumbling, the Sorcerer Supreme sign off yet another piece of paperwork when the doors to his office opened up, and in comes Amora in a green colored blouse and skirt with her usual icy look on her face as she quickly took a seat right in front of him

Not even looking up, Naruto decides to ask her "is there a reason you are here Amora?"

The Enchantress merely raise an eyebrow before she shrug and said to him "I was bored since there is barely anything to do here at the moment, so I thought about seeing how the current Sorcerer Supreme truly works"

All she got was a small chuckle from the blond as he said to her "well as you can see, its not always fun and games and usually its boring as hell when dealing with the stuff like this, even more so when we have to deal with some of the supernatural leaders and I'm sure you of all people know how some of them are"

The Enchantress couldn't help but scoff as she recall some of her past dealings with the other pantheon before she then asked a question that had been on her mind for a while "I am a little curious though, how long has been this organization been around? The most I'm familiar with are those situated in London and a few run ins with the Vatican Church while others were merely rouge magicians and a few no named branches from other sources"

The blond didn't even hesitate to answer as he continued on working "not surprising, the organization has only been around for about two decades give or take, it was an idea started by my predecessor for years and it only took off around that time. Even then we are still working with many within the supernatural world and as I've said before they are quite troublesome"

Amora took a few moments to digest what he had just said until she posed another question "and what does happen once your organization makes connections with them?"

All she got in return was a shrug before he answered her "we do what most would do in regards to treaties, sharing information not too sensitive, help one another should the time calls for it and so forth"

Raising an eyebrow, the Enchantress couldn't help but point out to him "quite simplistic for such an organization isn't it?"

Again all she got was a simple shrug when Naruto said to her "sure, I mean what else could anyone truly do anyways? I mean if we push too much then most of those war hungry and egotistical types would push back and we would probably be giving Loki and those who would love nothing more than causing chaos an early birthday present"

Again Amora thought about it for a few moments before deciding to not really care too much about it when she kept on talking "so why do it at all, surely even you can tell that most if not every pantheon has some agenda against one another"

Naruto nodded knowing what she meant as he said to her "yes, but its better than our enemies hiding within the pantheon and unable to do much from fear of any backlash because of said gods and/or goddesses there or should any of them cause chaos in different pantheons to prevent all out war"

It was here that Wong decides to enter the room with a tray of drinks in hand, placing it down upon the desk Naruto then pours a cup of tea for himself and Amora until the sorcerer asked her "what are you really looking for Amora?"

The Enchantress looks at the blond for a moment as she sighs and replied to him "I ponder at what your purpose is sorcerer, you have all these powers and connections with some of the supernatural and yet you sought for peace or at least lowering hostilities among them and that is what has me at a lost at why you would do such things?"

Naruto looks at her amuse for a moment before he started to chuckle and then answered her "truth to be told I too wonder that sometimes, but then I thought about what I had found that enforce such decisions to follow in my master's dream"

He then smiles fondly before creating a small portal that showed the backyard of the Xavier's mansion, it was here Amora saw Clea and Shizuka playing with Alexia and the other smaller children there. It was the scene alone that made Amora a little jealous somewhat as Naruto continued on "I had found the people that had helped me when I was at my lowest, I had found my treasure and everyday it grows and that is why I do this, for them, for me and for the future of those that want to protect their own treasures"

The two looks on as Ororo entered the picture with two children dragging her to play with them. The sorcerer then looks towards Amora and said to her with a warm smile "and who knows, maybe the treasure you're so desperate to find might just be out there somewhere, all you need to do is just find it and never let go"

Amora couldn't help but quickly take a sip of tea as she hides the blush on her face while the two continued on in silence

(A while later)

Finally done with his work, the Sorcerer Supreme decides to aimlessly walk around the Sanctum Sanctorum with a pleased smile on his face. He didn't even care where he was as this was his home and you could cover all his senses and he would still find his way around, it was here he came upon a slightly comical sight of the four of the six Arrancar fighting for the remote control for his impressive 152 inch plasma TV while Starrk was lounging on the couch somehow managing to sleep all through the chaos unfolding before him

He looks at the next person and walks close to her before saying "I see that you and the rest have manage to find yourselves comfortable here"

Tia Harribel looks up from her book for a moment and nods towards the sorcerer for a bit when suddenly the TV showed a man wearing a priest's cloak. That was enough to stop the fighting for a moment as the man on the TV started to speak "I would apologize for this interruption but nevertheless, for those who do not know me my name is Reverend William Stryker and I speak to the world that today is a glorious day for all as today I have found a true way to rid our pure blue world of the wretched mutants and their ilk"

Narrowing his eyes the Sorcerer Supreme flick his hand to make the volume increase while the man continued on "yes my children, I have found a way to exterminate these demons in human skin and send them back to where they came. For through trials and tribulation I have found one of the artifacts of our beloved Jesus where he took his last supper and with it we will harness its power to eradicate the mutants. BUT, for us to accomplish this task I ask of you to check you hands and see if you have the mark of the grail"

It was here the man showed his left hand for all to see and it was enough to cause Naruto to widen his eyes in shock as the hand shown was a picture of a man praying on his knees with wings coming out from his back, the color was itself was gray as the Reverend continued on "for those that bare this gray mark has been chosen to be one of seven to join me and the Purifiers as we embark on a dangerous path for we of the Gray Faction will have no choice but to do battle against the heretics that dare defile their hands on our beloved Jesus Holy Grail. For it is here that we will stand united and summon forth beings of long past to do battle against the Black Faction so I ask of you my children, to those that bare the mark of the grail, JOIN ME and we will defeat these heretics and then obtain the grail so that we will extinguish the mutant menace so I ask of you once again join us, join the Purifiers here in Salt Lake City Utah so that we can prevail and preserve our pure blue world"

The whole thing then ended before returning to whatever channel was on before, it was here that the room was quickly filled with tension that it even woke Starrk up as all turn to see the expressionless face of the Sorcerer Supreme, the blond let out a tense breath as he then turn on his heel and quickly headed towards his destination

(London)

"You…are so dead" said a very deadpan voice as the owner of the voice looks on at the stoic yet sweating look of a woman seating behind a lavish table, the voice then kept continuing on "you not telling me is one thing, keeping it on the down low so that you guys can handle it is another, but NOW is a damn problem and the fact is that I'm not making a joke here means a LOT especially for the fact that the psycho racists has something of mine. OF WHICH I was told to surrender by the previous Sorcerer Supreme because you nitwits kept on begging about how it was an artifact of historical value and that I was unsuited to keep it safe even it was true in some way so, how would like your headstone to be inscribe Director because I can grantee that that's where you're going by the time Strange is done with you"

The owner of the voice showed himself to be a man of his late 60's with a full head of gray hair along with a beard, his eyes were blood red that showed annoyance and disappointment as he looks on at the woman before him while two other figures stood next to him within the shadows

The woman on the other hand had brown hair tied perfectly into a ponytail as he ensemble was something that a noble would have wore in the days of old, her eyes were too a shade of brown but they betray her stoic look of the true fear she was feeling at the moment. In the hands of the old man was a small portal showing the projection of the speech made by Reverend William Stryker

Seeing it the woman said to him "do you mind shutting that thing off vampire, I do not need it to know that this was an… unforeseen circumstance"

Scoffing, the older man then retorts to her "unforeseen circumstance my ass, this thing just turn into a ticking clock attached to a nuke and that's just for the opening act. You better start to do something right now Lorelei Barthomeloi or else"

That was as far as he got when a jewel on the woman's table started ringing and glowing red, that was enough for the old man to scoff and said "well speak and he shall appear, go ahead Director it's not nice to keep the Sorcerer Supreme waiting you know"

Shooting the old man a small glare Lorelei Barthomeloi quickly activated the gem, the gem then showed a very stoic Sorcerer Supreme who didn't even bother with a greeting as he started off with a chilling tone that echoed throughout the entire room "give me, just one VERY good reason why I shouldn't do the entire world a favor by wiping out every single last magus within that pathetic waste of space you all so reverently call your sanctum of modern magic"

The tone itself carried a lot of weight as the Director along with the two next to the old man started to sweat as an unknown pressure forces them down, gritting her teeth the Director tried to show no fear but failing upon seeing the chilling look on the Sorcerer Supreme's face. She couldn't speak so much as a word as the blond continued on "WELL, I am waiting Director Barthomeloi because I would like to know just WHO manage to give the buffoon that fancies himself a man of cloth a powerful yet VOLITILE artifact, of which I am certain was supposedly held within the safe of the Clocktower UNDER ARMED GUARDS,am I mistaken Director?"

All she could manage was a shake of her head as she could see Naruto seemingly restraining himself as the blond then said "I see, then do you mind answering just how long has the Holy Grail been missing because I can tell that no way that the buffoon could have stolen it nor prepare the ritual in such a short time, even more so that he is actually knowledgeable in the mystic arts to block my sensing abilities so please Director, ENLIGHTEN ME"

His tone demanded an answer from the woman but anything that could be said died as the ever mounting fear kept her from speaking, seeing the situation the old man sigh for a moment before he spoke up "okay Strange, I know you're pissed off right now but keep doing that and you're gonna give three heart attacks and no straight answers. Hell, I don't even know the full story here and I just got here two hours ago"

The Sorcerer Supreme turns his attention towards the old man and regarded him for a moment before letting out a sigh before letting up the pressure just enough for them to regain their bearings, even so Naruto didn't even bother mincing his words as he simply said "talk"

It was here that Lorelei knew that she was barely clinging on thin ice as it were as she then gather enough of her wits to answer him "it was two weeks ago when the break in happened, the thief knew where and how to strike as we didn't even notice it had happen until the next guard shift, none of the alarms had sounded letting us know that the thief was knowledgeable enough to disarm them. We decided to not to tell anyone else as we fear that it might startled the thief and force him to hide, it wasn't until a few days later that we have received a letter that brought more…concerning news"

The way she trailed off at the end did not put the blond in a better mood as he said "explain"

Swallowing hard, the Director of the Clocktower continued on "the letter was an announcement that the Yggdmillennia family have stated their defection from the Clocktower and a few members from other families that have independently join them in the Holy Grail War though we know that they have the backing from their respective families to win the war but can't prove that at the moment"

It was then the pressure returned ten fold as everyone there aside from the old man started to choke on air while the old man shook his head at the situation as he then mumbled to himself for a moment before bringing the blond's attention back to him "oi Strange, let her finish talking then you can kill her all right"

The pressure did not lessen at the moment which made the old man sigh once again "look Strange come on man, wouldn't you rather save your strength against those jackasses then deal with this"

That manages to work as the pressure lighten just enough but the lingering feeling was still there, noticing this the Director quickly finish her report "we've manage to list out the names of those planning to join the war and also we found out the person that stole the grail"

She then shakily showed a picture towards the Sorcerer Supreme whose eyes narrowed in recognition before hearing out the rest of the names of the others that join the family in this war. After hearing the names the blond digested the information for a moment before finally opening them as he made his decision "as much as I would love to do nothing more than destroy you all at the moment, that will have to wait as right now I am running damage control at the moment and that would take quite some time which is enough for them to finish gathering their army for the war. Wizard Marshall Zeltrecth, I want you to come here and analyse the situation right now while I go to an ally of mine to explain the situation before they all go trigger happy"

He then glares back towards the Director and said to her "this is not over Director Barthomeloi because we will be having words in your incompetence alongside those that sided with your decision but right now I will deal with this matter so I suggest you take this time to get your defense ready because the fate of the Clocktower now rest on my decision"

Like that he ended the feed and the entire room fell into silence as the old man now named Zeltrecth couldn't help but quip out "well isn't this something, thanks for the extra workload girly come on my apprentices lets go before something else happens"

He quickly opened up a portal and from there the three headed into it while leaving behind an exhausted Lorelei behind who contemplates just how did it go so bad so quickly

(Xavier's mansion)

It didn't take long for Naruto to know that chaos was happening within the mansion as he appeared right in front of their doorstep, considering the fact that the reverend had been a long time foe of theirs hearing such a deceleration is not something they should take lightly. He knocks on the door and it didn't take long as Ororo opened the door, seeing who it was she then ushered the Sorcerer Supreme inside and took him towards Xavier's office

"I take it that it isn't going well in there" asked the blond sorcerer which was answered with a shake of her head as Ororo answered him "no its not, Logan wants to go and take the fight to them while Scott and Xavier tries to calm him down as they don't want a war on their hands"

Shaking his head, Naruto then said to her "doesn't matter if you guys join in or not, its going to be a bloodbath either way ,the most we can do right now is limit the devastation but we got to make it quickly as possible"

She nodded knowing time was of the essence as the two reach Xavier's office, the moment they opened up was in the middle of a heated discussion as the Wolverine said "look Chuck, we need to get over there and stop whatever it is Stryker is doing. I can damn well feel it in my adamantium covered bones that this isn't going to be good for anyone"

Xavier looks on at the man for a moment before answering him "because Logan, we can't afford to go all out on a city and even then we don't know who else is in this Holy Grail War. Right now every eyes are now going to be on us after that deceleration and what we do might affect us as a whole badly"

The Wolverine growled at the professor until Naruto decides to speak up "I wouldn't worry to much about it, I've got a few names here that you guys should watch out for once my colleague comes back from scouting"

All eyes turn to him as the first to greet him was the professor "ah Strange, sorry about that we've been having quite the discussion about recent events"

The blond sorcerer nodded as he said "if it is about the buffoon then you're somewhat in luck, I know what he has and who else that had a hand in this matter"

Some of the other people there blink at the implication as Hank then asked "you know what's going on here Strange?"

Sighing, the blond then answered his blue furred friend "yes, and like Logan said its not good"

The way he said it did nothing to lift the mood in the room which cause him to sigh as he started to explain what was going on. It took some time as a few asked questions here and there but he manages to finish his explanation, once he was done he could see the faces of everyone there and they were not good as Bobby Drake aka Iceman broke the ice so to speak "so you're saying that a group of rouge mages got their hands on a fake Holy Grail that grants one wish of any kind but the only way to do it is by summoning heroes like Hercules or King Arthur whether they are real or not and fight in an all out battle royal, but because of the extra summoning you don't know what might happen"

Seeing his nod told the Iceman all he needed to know as he threw his hands up in exasperation and said "JUST FREAKING GREAT UGHHH"

He then slumps down onto the ground knowing the situation has gotten a lot worse than it is, Naruto couldn't blame him as he too knew the implication and even more so about who was behind it all. It was here Logan then spoke out hotly "then all the reason to go Chuck, just send us out and we'll be done before you know it"

Sighing, Xavier would try to calm the man down but Naruto then said to him "you do that and you would send some of them to die and force the enemy to reach the grail a little more easier"

The Wolverine and everyone else stare at the Sorcerer Supreme for a moment as the blond continued on "those aren't merely people they summoned, they were heroes during a time where war and bloodshed are their bread and butter. These are not people you can underestimate because these people could take down most of everyone in this room in a straight up fight, and that's not counting whatever Noble Phantasms that they have"

Raising a hand, Kitty Pryde had to ask "Noble Phantasms?"

He didn't even bat an eye to answer her "what made those heroes into legends, like Excalibur for King Arthur or Phoebus Catastrophe for Atalanta. Basically something that relates to their legend and being brought to life, most are usually actives types so they have to use it sparingly so that whoever they're fighting won't figure out their identities, some are passive meaning that they don't need to invoke them like Gáe Dearg & Gáe Buidhe for Diarmuid Ua Duibhne or maybe some variation of the twelve labors of Herakles"

She lowered her hand and simply said "ah, that's bad huh"

He didn't even hesitate to nod to show just how dangerous it can be as she slump her shoulders and quip out "its never that simple with us isn't it"

They way she said it brought a slight chuckle from the blond as he quip out "you should have seen me on my first time handling a case as the Sorcerer Supreme"

It was here that Logan once again spoke out "who cares about that, you know who it is so lets just go kick their ass and destroy that Holy Grail or whatever"

The blond couldn't help but sigh and would have said something when all of suddenly Zeltrecth appeared from a portal right in the middle of the room, that was enough for everyone there minus Naruto to tense up for a fight. The blond sorcerer pinch the bridge of his nose in slight irritation as he called out to everyone there "its all right people, he's with me"

Zeltrecth gave them all a grin for a moment before turning towards the blond and said to him "well sad to say that this has got a whole lot more complicated"

Confuse, Naruto asked with a hint of defeat "I learn a long time ago to never tempt fate so just lay it on me old man"

Zeltrecth took a deep breath knowing that this was not what he wanted to hear "okay, semi-good news is that I've located the Grail, bad news is that the Magi there had already summon their servants while the fake priests are still short about three"

He could tell the room fill with tension as he then continued on "okay now here comes the really bad news, those nimrods have decided to hook the Grail right onto a leyline pressure point"

None of the X-men there knew what that meant until a loud slap was heard and everyone there turn to see Naruto facepalming before dragging the hand down just enough to see his eyes, he looks at the old man with a look of annoyance as he hiss out "you have got to be joking, they cannot be possibly that suicidal into doing that, please tell me that they did not actually hook the damn fucking Grail RIGHT ON A FUCKING LEYLINE PRESSURE POINT"

Seeing the old man wince was all he need to know as the Sorcerer Supreme turn around and quickly said "I am going to find Clea and Shizuka so I can inform them that stupidity truly has no limits"

He didn't say anymore before flashing to where his wives currently were while leaving behind a group of confuse mutants, Kitty then asked outloud "what's a leyline pressure point?"

Seeing that he was the only one here Zeltrecth then explain to the people there "well then let uncle Zeltrecth educate you all on the wonders of magic"

He then summons out a map of the earth as he started his explanation "okay, think of leylines as magical rivers that flow through the earth, sometimes connecting to a lake so to speak or branching off from one"

The mutants there see lines suddenly appear on the map, some interlocking with one another while some look like they branch of from a certain point, Zeltrecth then continued on "now a pressure point is like a man made dam so to speak, it only occurs when something of supernatural origin had somehow affected the local leylines that it blocks the flow, causing it to pile up. Its harmless for the most part unless someone tries something with it but believe me until today no one has been that stupid to do so"

"Why's that?" asked Bobby to which the Wizard Marshall then grandiosity reply "well my ice cube making friend that is simple, because a leyline pressure point is the magical equivalent to an Earth's active volcano"

That was when he really drop the bomb as the X-men could only look on in shock as Hank spoke first "my stars are you saying that we might have an actual supernatural volcano right in the middle of the city"

Zeltrecth didn't even miss a beat with a reply "bingo, but like I said its harmeless unless someone's actually crazy enough to do it because a misstep of any kind and boom"

"If you say that this is dangerous then why did these Magi decide to risk everything to do something that might as well destroy most if not the entire state itself?" asked Xavier

The Wizard Marshall couldn't help but sigh as he answered the question "that is gonna be a long ass answer that we don't have anytime for but for the most part it's because any other places where the leylines are the strongest would be monitored closely while anywhere else wouldn't be suffice enough to power the Grail, we do monitor them from time to time but because of the dangers held not even those that want to rule the earth would use that because something like that can and will wipe out anything in existent. It doesn't matter whether you can regenerate, come back to life or any of the sort because the magical energy gathered is enough to nullify that and send you to creator knows where"

That brought about a collective wince as Bobby then ask "if it's that dangerous then why don't you guys like I don't know disable the Grail or something like that"

The Wizard Marshall shook his head for a moment before answering him "if it were only so easy kid, these pressure points have been around for a long time and even then if we wanted to dismantle it we've need time and space for a shit load of concentration because like I said one mistake and the world goes poof, and that's not counting whatever failsafe these bastards have because I can grantee you that any Magus of their lineage are sore losers"

That really bring any good mood at all among the X-men as Wolverine unsheathe his claws as he said "then let's just deal with these asshats first then we'll deal with your mumbo jumbo bullshit"

It was here a bright flashed happened right in the office and from there came out a very irritated Clea alongside Shizuka who looked just as annoyed with Naruto there too. The Sorceress of the Dark Dimension said outloud "this had better be a joke Zeltrecth because I can't really fathom just how the fuck can those stupid pretenders be possibly that stupid enough to do what you said they did"

The look in his eyes was all what she need to know as she pulled her hair in frustration as she then said to him "well isn't this quite the predicament, so what are our options at the moment"

Pinching the bridge of his nose, Zeltrecth sigh as he dreaded the next words coming out of his mouth "in simple terms, we have to win the Holy Grail war"

(Sometime later)

"Sometimes I just wish that we don't always have complicated stuff everytime things like this happens but then again the universe always did have a weird sense of humor"

Shaking his head the Sorcerer Supreme looks on at the magic circle on the ground right in the centre of the X-men's danger room, he could already tell that this was going to get worse before getting any better. The only small mercy he could get was having Zeltrecth and a few high level magicians in using mass hypnosis on the civilian population to stay the hell away from any battles going on within the city and a curfew for those not involved, so as of now Salt Lake City has been technically martial law by the supernatural committee

Normally they would have just evacuated the city but that takes a whole lot of trouble especially now with the government keeping a close eye on any suspicious activity and after a declaration like that the blond sorcerer knew that they had to play it by the ear on this one

Pinching the bridge of his nose at the whole thing he couldn't help but said outloud "sometimes I really hate this job"

It was here that a voice spoke out to him "even after these years you're still just as annoying as when we first met"

Turning the Sorcerer Supreme then saw an extremely beautiful woman leaning onto the wall, the woman had long deep purple colored hair along with blood red eyes that always seem to be analyzing you no matter what. She wore a full body skintight purple colored suit that emphasizes her generous body in everyway possible with a headdress to complete her attire, she would not looked out of place as a witch of legends if it wasn't for the blood red barb spear that she was casually holding onto

Despite the cold tone of her delivery Naruto couldn't help but chuckle knowing just how the person was as he said to her "and is that a bad thing?"

She shook her head as she replied quickly "no but I do think that you should learn to grow up sometimes"

That brought about another round of chuckling as the blond replied to her "yeah and the world is suddenly going to make things easier for us right"

The woman couldn't help but scoff at what he said but she had a small smile on her face as she retorts "now where's the fun in that Naruto"

The Sorcerer Supreme couldn't help but roll his eyes for a moment before he said to her "you know that you don't have to be here you know, I did say that I was gonna handle it"

The purple haired woman scoff as she answered him "maybe but I will not allow such a thing to exist especially for those fools that dare summon him into the plains of the living instead of where he should really belong"

The blond sighs for a bit as he ran a hand through his hair but before he could say anything else was when suddenly Shizuka decides to interrupt "if you two are done with your usual flirting can we get this thing started already before some egomaniac decides to destroy the world"

It was here another voice came out and said "now, now Shizuka, I mean these two haven't seen each other in a while so I'm sure they would love to catch up right now, right Master"

The voice belongs to a tall yet slightly thin male with a face of a prince with his short mop blond hair and charming smile that went well with his sky blue eye, he has an eyepatch on his left side but it didn't hinder the man's beauty as he was garb in a robe similar to a stereotypical wizard and a staff that is just as if not taller than him with the top being shaped of a sun

The two looks on at them where Naruto couldn't help but sheepishly scratch the back of his head while the purple haired woman just look to the side seemingly uncaring but if one looks closely they could see a hint of pink on her cheeks

It was here that Naruto quickly got back into it and said "well as much as I would love to get it done, how about we let our shall we say volunteer do so since she was curious early on"

It was there the people turn as one to look at a slightly nervous Noriko Ashida as she tries to look tough except for the fact of how much trouble she and the New Mutants are in. Regaining some of her wits, she marches up to the centre of the Danger Room with a strong look on her face as she said to him "so I just hod my hand out and start chanting right"

Seeing him nod, the teen then takes off her right gauntlet and from there one could see that her hand had been marked red with the symbol of an X while two lighting bolts curve from both sides of the X as though it was making a circle

Taking a deep breath Noriko then starts to chat outloud

Let silver and steel be the essence.

Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation.

Let red be the color I pay tribute to.

Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall.

Let the four cardinal gates close.

Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate.

Let it be declared now;

your flesh shall serve under me, and my fate shall be with your sword.

Submit to the beckoning of the Holy Grail.

Answer, if you would submit to this will and this truth.

An oath shall be sworn here.

I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven;

I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell.

From the Seventh Heaven, attended to by three great words of power,

come forth from the ring of restraint, protector of the holy balance!

The moment she ended her chant was what made the circle glowed brightly until a giant flash of light blinded most of the people there before quickly dying down, all who were watching waited in breath as a figure appeared from within the circle and said out "I who have answered the call, I, Assassin now ask, are you my master?"

The figure was that of a tall Chinese man with flaming red hair tied into a ponytail with his attire consisting of an orange traditional Chinese clothing with cold calculating eyes that held no fear or hesitation. Noriko could only look on in stunned awe until she regains herself with a cough and answered him "ah yes, yes I am Assassin"

Nodding, Assassin then said to her "then the pact is complete, by your command I will serve and kill those stand in your path to the grail"

The mutant hesitantly nodded for a moment as Assassin took his place by her side while looking on at his new comrades so to speak. Naruto hum lightly at Assassin as he mused out "well the servants I knew would either hit or miss but I didn't think that you manage to get him of all people, isn't that right Demon Fist Master"

Assassin looks at the Sorcerer Supreme straight in the eye for a few moments before the servant gave a small nod, the blond return in kind before saying out "okay now that we have Assassin, how about we get this thing going, next is you big guy"

From there was Colossus's turn and then he too held out his hand which was an X also but it was surrounded by the shape of a shield while a sword's tip was press onto it. The metal giant chanted the same incantation and another bright flashed occurred and from there another figure appeared, though unlike the first one who was tall and mature this one was of that of a child wearing what seemed to be a gothic costume with frills of white appearing from the black and fluff surrounding her gloves. She has purple colored eyes and snow white hair that cascaded down upon her back as she also wore a cute black hat with ribbons tied on both sides of it

She spoke with a soft voice as she asked "are you my master?"

Stunned would properly describe Colossus's face as he looks on at the child before him and he then asked Naruto "are you sure that this is correct because I am not allowing someone like her to to join this Holy Grail War"

The blond shook his head a little before answering him "look I understand what you mean Piotr but she's more than what she seems isn't that right"

The little girl nodded as a small book floated right up to her as she spoke a few and all of sudden Colossus started floating off the ground, that alarmed the metal giant as he started flaying like a fish out of water while the rest of the group seemed amuse even Noriko as she tried to stifle her laughter

The Sorcerer Supreme couldn't help but chuckle as he then walk to the servant and pet her on her head and said "okay now can you please put him down"

She nodded before gently landing the metal giant on his feet, Colossus looks on at the child for a moment but a look from the Sorcerer Supreme was enough for him to know that he was going to need her feelings be damned. The X-men then sighs and said "yes child, I am your master but I would prefer to be called Piotr if you don't mind"

The girl nodded before replying with a curtsy "servant Caster ready"

The two then stood off to the side as the next one approaches the circle, her milky white eyes looked as focus as she was regal before holding out her hand. Her's had a picture of a woman holding a heart protectively and inside of that heart was an X, again the same light show happened and from there a loud boisterous voice echoed throughout the room "HAHAHA I Alexander The Great have answered the call, are you my master for the Holy Grail War"

The voice belonged to a gigantic man standing over two meters in height. He has large muscles that give the impression of being able to kill a bear with his bare hands. He has sternly chiseled features with eyes that give off a dazzling glow,along with burning red hair and beard. He wears bronze armor with cuffs and greaves with fringes that leaves his arms and thighs unprotected. He wears a thick mantle, with fringes like his cuffs, dyed in a similar red to his hair. It is luxuriously decorated, and looks like a curtain wrapping the stage of a theater

He had on a shit eating grin as Ororo cough lightly before answering the giant of a man "yes I am"

Still holding onto that grin the man then spoke out "then I Alexander, the servant Rider shall aid you and your comrades in your quest for the grail"

The weather goddess couldn't help but shake her head as she then stood to the side with her servant before the purple haired woman then went to the centre and said "lets get this thing over with because I have a bone to pick with whoever is in that war"

She did same thing as the rest did and from there another figure emerged from the circle, the figure was someone that the magic users there definitely recognize in someway as the figure was that of a male with dark forest green hair that reach his waist with the ends ties into a small ponytail

He wore a simple garment of no describable indication as to who he was but the only thing that sticks out more than anything would be the tail he has coming out from the back of his waist. The purple haired woman merely raise an eyebrow as she couldn't help but quip out "I'm surprise that the throne gave me you of all people Trainer of Heroes"

The man blinks for a moment until he laid eyes upon the woman, he blinks for a moment before saying "well I am uncertain that we have before Master but from your tone I would guess that I was alive in some shape or form"

It was more of a statement than a question as the woman oblige his curiosity "the Gods of your pantheon needed a teacher for their children and who better than the trainer of heroes, we have met but it was during a time long after your death I suppose though either way you have made it through the throne despite the real you is still alive"

The servant hummed for a moment before nodding and wanted to pose a question but Naruto decides to cut him off at the moment "if you're curious then may I suggest that we put this at a later time because we do have more servants to summon"

The new servant looks around for a moment before nodding as he said to her "ah so it seems, then servant Archer, my bow and arrow are yours to command master"

Chuckling, the next to step up was the one eyed blond wizard as he summoned out his own servant. The next one to come was someone that just screamed bloodlust and danger to everyone as the figure was a tall muscular half naked man with skin almost brown in color, his body was riddled with scars while his arms were covered with golden tattoos that glowed bright alongside his scars. Nothing else could be describe about this servant as he wore nothing but a pair of pants with a belt buckle that has a picture of a demon on it

The blond merely smiled as he held up his hand showing his rank as a master with it being the shape similar to his staff but with wings on both sides. The servant nodded as he spoke out "servant Berserker, ready to fight"

The blond nodded for a moment as he couldn't help but quip "well this is interesting but not unwelcome, pleasure to meet you Berserker"

Shizuka couldn't help but giggled out "well isn't this interesting, please don't let such a beast ravage you too much Flay"

The blond merely smile as he said to her jokingly "don't worry lady Shizuka I won't wear him out to much before our battle"

The two giggled at each other before the Kyuubi decides is her turn as she said out "now then I guess its sexy foxy-chan's turn"

Naruto couldn't help but shake his head at her antics as his wife started summoning her own servant, the Sorcerer Supreme looks at the mark on her hand which was the shape of two lines forming a heart while inside was the face of a fox. What came out was a very laid back voice "yo, servant Saber at your service"

The voice belonged to a light purple haired woman wearing a purple battle kimono that reach to her thighs with decorative designs all over while she has four swords strapped to her sides, two on each as she looks at the group with a smile on her face as her purple colored eyes scan her surroundings. Most of the other magic users were interested but the most would be Shizuka as she had a megawatt grin on her face as she spoke out to her servant "yes~ oh we are going to get along just fine Saber"

Saber looks on at her master and she recognize the glint in her eyes, that didn't deter her as she gave her own and just like that a friendship was born between the two. What that meant nobody would know for now but Naruto couldn't help but shake his head as Shizuka walked next to him with a skip in her step and a look that says beat that

Now it was his turn as the Sorcerer Supreme held out his hand which had a simple picture of a circle inside of a diamond with the circle having tiny inscriptions on it and lastly the symbol of his order right in the centre

It was here he started to chant but his words were slightly different from the others

Let order and virtue be the essence.

Let the Earth and the Creator of contracts be the foundation.

Red is the color I command.

Let rise a wall against the wind that shall withstand.

Let the four cardinal gates close.

Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate.

Let it be declared now;

my body shall serve to show your path, and my fate shall be with your sword.

I asked that you heed my call in accordance to the Holy Grail.

Answer, if you would submit to this will and this truth.

An oath shall be sworn here.

I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven;

I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell.

I shall watch and protect those that could not

I shall lead those that has lost their way

From the Seventh Heaven, attended to by three great words of power,

come forth from the ring of restraint, protector of the holy balance

Come forth and answer the call to protect this world from those that seek its destruction

Once he was done the circled didn't glow so much as a shaped was formed, the figured glowed within the circle but it wasn't blinding enough for the people there as the light slowly disappear in motes of light. Slowly the figure showed itself from the circle, the last servant was a beautiful woman with almost golden blond hair tied into a braided bun with two bangs freely flowing on both sides of her head, her eyes shown a bright emerald green that held power and experience.

Her attire consists of a regal blue attire that showed herself as a confident regal woman with it being almost skin tight with the top part of her chest almost bare, showing her impressive bust with the back of her waist like that of a duster. She wore knee high metal boots and gauntlets and to complete her attire was a red royal cape and a crown resting snugly on her head, all in all everyone there can tell that she was a queen that demanded respect and attention.

Naruto looks on impassively for a moment as the two blond stare right at each other, the servant nodded after the stare off as she said to him "I servant Lancer have answered your call, my lance shall be yours to use"

Nodding Naruto then said to her "welcome Lancer to the Red faction, let us go in the breach once more"

He then spun around and then said out to everyone there "now that all the servants have been summoned let us go to war"

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Okay a few stuff to go through, first off anything in regards of how Stryker summons servants will be saved for later chapters, the Grail war will be a mixed of Apocrypha and stuff from the mainstream ones, servants will be varied to make it interesting and as for why using it in the X-men side of things. Well that's because they'll probably more interesting to write out compared to the Avengers side to be honest

Now this doesn't have much action because I wanted to show a little bit of the life of Naruto so I don't make it too action pack with fighting nearly every chapter along with some interactions with the people in his home for a bit and see how his job works in the supernatural side is of things

So other than that Rate and Review