Dragon of Time: Here it is chapter one. Not much to say other than I don't own any of Naruto or Legaia. All I own is what is original.

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Chapter 2: Beware Mist, the ra-seru are ready

Most of the surrounding crowd gasped in shock. The party of Hunters all snapped to attention on the man as his hood fell.

The man possessed the face of a god of legend. His golden hair was just like it was before he left but there seemed to be a small section of his hair he let grow, making it a long braid down his back (like Anakin Skywalker sort of).

Other then that, not much had changed on Naruto's face. His whisker-like birthmarks were still the same and his eyes were still the happy-going crystal blue, if just a bit sharper when staring at them. Other wise, the women in the area couldn't help but notice how handsome the man before them looked without the baby fat on his face.

"Yo" said Naruto, with a smile on his face, "How's it been guys?"

The hunters focused shocked eyes on the boy they thought to be dead for nearly ten years. None moved…till Hinata jumped at him, enveloping him in a hug as she cried on his shoulder.

Naruto smiled and patted her back slowly.

"Where the hell have you been Naruto?" Garra asked.

Naruto continued to pat Hinata slowly as she cried when he answered "Long story, old friend. We better find a place to sit first."

"No you don't demon filth" came a voice from the surrounding crowd.

Many parted as a man with one arm, his body nearly 100 percent bandaged, and wearing a blue kimono stepped up.

"You are not welcome here" he said in a commanding voice "Leave now you worthless shit."

Naruto narrowed his eyes but was unable to respond as the girl that was formally crying on her shoulder snapped around and said in a clod artic voice "Shut up old man, the only reason we are alive right now is because of Naruto, not you, a worthless shit faced bastard."

Naruto simply let his jaw fall lax as he realized that little innocent Hinata had just cursed. She continued turning back to Naruto "How did you destroy those things anyways?"

Once more before Naruto could reply another voice said "Damn gaki, where the hell have you been?"

This call out came from an old looking white haired man by the name of Jirayia (just older looking).

Naruto looked to the old man and said "Ero-sennin, damn it's nice to see you again. And is that" focusing on the shorter, busty blonde woman next to him "it is…baa-chan" enveloping the smaller woman in a hug (also older).

No one, except several old farts, could let anything but a smile appear on their faces.

They also noticed the blonde woman hug him in return…with her one and only arm.

Naruto noticed it and as they separated asked "What happened?"

The woman smiled sadly and said "I got into a fight with a seru…and lost."

Naruto nodded. After a few tense moments, he said "You want to go to your office and I'll tell my tale or tell you on the way."

Tsuande smiled and said "Why not here, where we all can listen before we kick you ass for being late."

Naruto let another smile adorn his face as he said "Sure. But before that there is one little detail that I have to settle out. Are there any dead looking trees that have been here for, what many would say, forever?"

Tsuande looked pensive but shook her head, signifying no.

"I do" yelled a feminine voice from the crowd.

Out walked Anko Mitarashi from the surrounding crowd. She said as all stared at her "Its deep in the forbidden forest, covered in mist as it is one of the few areas that we failed to have encircled with walls. Why do you need it?"

Naruto smiled as he replied "Perfect" turning back to Tsunade he said "I have to take care of this first so the tale will have to wait. Genesis tree here I come."

And with that he vanished in a flurry of speed.

(Forbidden forest)

The party of hunters moved through the forbidden forest with care, so not to attract the attention of any seru. That is, if there were any seru to attack them as all they found were shards of destroyed stone.

The one with two buns, Ten-ten was he name, said "Naruto defiantly has been through here."

The other pale eyed person, a man by the name of Neji, nodded and said "Yeah, he is also directly ahead."

The party of twelve landed on trees that surrounded a clearing. At the center stood an old, dead looking tree with no leaves on its limbs. Naruto stood with his sword drawn staring at the biggest son of a bitch they had ever seen.

"Holy…Shit" came the slow voice of one Shikamaru Nara, leaving those around him with the reaction of only being able to nod their heads slowly as they stared up…up…and up.

There, nearly twenty-five feet above them was the head of a huge, wormlike seru. It was a deep purple color, with what appeared to be a body that was at least a mile long body. There appeared to be no eyes on its head, just a gaping hole of a mouth filled with layer after layer of teeth.

A large light suddenly appeared in the beast maw, slowly building up in brightness. Suddenly, the beast let out a tremendous roar, loosening an enormous beam of light. Naruto did not even dodged, and took the attack head on.

The dust the impact had cleared began to settle down. Slowly it drifted away…to reveal Naruto without a scratch on him, only his cloak turned to apparent dust.

Once more all four of the surrounding woman could not help but blush. Naruto stood there in a steel breast plate that left his muscle cover arms out in the air, rippling in minor movements. His legs were covered in a weird looking cloth, his legs wearing a pair of combat boots that looked to be made of soft steel, yet still retaining their usual strength. Atop his head, was a small helmet made of the same material, yet open at the top letting his hair fly free. His right arm had a piece of armor that stretched from his hand to his shoulder, with weird looking red jewels that rested all around the bicep like a band. Above his forearm, a piece lifted up with a central green gem. From this same spot, a small 4 inch blade tip came out of the metal. On his shoulder, it lifted and bent down away from the shoulder, forming a shoulder guard. All of it was a deep red color and looked to be well used.

"That's it" they heard him say "Guess it's my turn."

Slowly an aura began to appear around Naruto and they heard him say "Hyper Art: Rasengan Twister."

While this was going on, the worm like Seru read its head and lunged at the stationary blonde. As they were meters apart, Naruto vanished only to reappear several feet behind the massive worm. Time seemed to stand still. The hunters stared in suspense.

Time resumed its course…as the worm burst into several large chunks of stone. As it fell to the ground, it shattered into shards, littering the whole clearing in debris.

Somehow, the sword sheathe that was used to hold the blade he bore survived the whole battle. After replacing the sword there, he turned around and yelled "You know the show is over right, you can come out now."

All eleven hunters, Neji, Ten-ten, Hinata, Sakura, Ino, Sasuke, Chouji, Shino, Kiba, Lee, Shikamaru, instantly landed in front of him.

"Naruto" yelled the ladies, jumping onto him forcing him to the ground, crying their hearts out because of worry.

Naruto laughed and said "I'm alright so relax already. Now can you ladies let me up."

As soon as he got up, Ten-ten asked "Why did you come here alone you idiot? It's suicide to come this deep into the mist."

Naruto smiled and said "For this tree" pointing at the dead looking thing.

Ino looked at him and asked "Why this old thing?"

Naruto looked at them all and responded "I was stuck on the world of Legaia for 10 years, and it was just like this, covered in the mist. Just like it is here, the people there suffered extremely, many dieing daily. That is, till we found the meaning of 'never judge a book by its cover.' Or in this case 'a tree by its bark.'"

He turned from the group and slowly walking to the tree. Extending his hand, he placed it against the trunk of the tree.

All of a sudden, a serene and beautiful voice of a woman reached every single set of ears.

Awaken Genesis tree. Remember when the skies and the earth were born…

The thing on Naruto's arm burst into light, which then spread to the genesis tree. The group watched as the tree…began to grow.

With unnatural speed the tree sprouted more limbs and grew in height. It sprouted leaves galore and as it reached what appeared to be its final height, it began to glow and wave after wave of light jumped from the tree. The hunters could only let their jaws drop as they watched the light spread…pushing the mist back.

"The light" they heard Naruto say "is pure, benevolent and holy. The mist is chaos, the purest of darkness. Only one can be the strongest and light beats the dark hands down. No mist shall ever cover the next several miles worth of land for all eternity."

They all turned back to Naruto. They saw that his arm was still glowing.

"This" he said, pointing at his arm "Is Katara, my ra-seru. She is a holy seru that is unaffected by the mist. This way, I can travel into the mist and hopefully free this world, like I did on Legaia with the help of my friends."

The hunters couldn't believe their ears. But their thoughts were interrupted as the lights receded to come from the tree. All, except four.

Those lights floated down behind Naruto, who turned around as he sensed the light. Unseen to the group a smile came upon his face.

The light soon faded, replaced by four floating eggs, about 1 foot in height and 6 inches wide. They drifted forward and stopped before the girls respectively: Hinata's egg was white; Ino's egg was light blue; Ten-ten's egg was a steel gray; Sakura's egg was brown.

Hinata did not know what to do so she extended her hands out and let the egg momentarily rest on them. The egg suddenly burst open, revealing a pearl with a blue jewel in the center. A heavenly voice echoed through the recesses of her mind: Hello Hinata, I am Yadra, ra-seru of light. I have been waiting for one like you for a long time, young one. The accursed mist covers the world in a white sheet of darkness. The Genesis trees wipe away that sheet and we must do what best we can to make sure it happens. Let's do our best okay. Hinata nodded, a smile stretching on her lips as another private saying entered her mind. We must also catch ourselves a bit of a male prize. The pearl floated down and came in contact with the base of Hinata's neck; it soon formed a necklace like addition to her body, covering her shoulders, just a little.

Ino lifted her hands and received the egg as it descended towards her. The egg open to reveal a blue, diamond shape stone with a clear, crystal like center. A heavenly voice then said in her mind: Hey girl, I'm Serena and its nice to meet ya. I, am a ra-seru of water. I have been stuck in this blasted old tree waiting for you, for like, ever. As you know, I can move through the mist without being affected like other seru, so its my job to go out there and stop it. You and I will be unstoppable when we get out there to kick some monster ass. Of course we are also going to get us some a good man on the way, you understand, dear? Ino couldn't help but smile, as she stared lovingly at the blonde man before her. The blue diamond moved to her stomach region and formed a wide belt like attachment around her stomach, like a sash of sorts.

Ten-ten stared with a small smile on her face as the gray egg descended towards her eye level. Not noticing anything else around her, she lifted her hands towards the egg. Upon contact with her skin, the egg burst apart, spreading shell shards all over the place. Hovering before her was a gray stone with a black diamond in the center. A serene voice came to her hears which said: Greetings, young Ten-ten, I am Shina, ra-seru of steel. Like you, I am keen as the swords edge. The mission of the sword that is you and me as one is to eliminate the mist. I know that sounded kind of poetic but it was only for that short moment. We must join Naruto and the rest to do our part, you may even meet a nice guy, eh, eh? Ten-ten blushed as naughty thoughts entered her head. The stone moved towards her right hand and form a brace, much like Naruto's only smaller.

Sakura did not hesitate as she lifted her hand to let the brown egg fall comfortably near her. The egg burst apart to reveal a triangular stone, topaz in color, with the tips of deep red ruby. A harmonic voice entered her mind: Good day Sakura. I am Taka, ra-seru of earth. The beauty of the world created by kami is being tarnished by the mist. I ask you to help me, along with the rest of us to get rid of this monstrosity that harms the world. We must search out the rest of the genesis trees and revive the world. Of course, in return, I will help you catch the man you want. Let us leave this dark forest and go into the light of kicking monster ass. Sakura smiled as the gem stone moved towards her right arm and formed a gauntlet like covering to her hand.

The girls blinked as they felt strange power and strength enter their very souls. They blinked again in Naruto's direction as they said in unison "So, have anything else to say?"

Naruto nodded as the boy's behind the ladies sweatdropped, not noticing Naruto's panicked expression as he said "Yeah, but lets talk in front of Tsunade-baa-chan, that way I don't have to keep repeating myself.

As they walked through the forest, the guys became kind of jealous that the girls got the ra-seru but their thought's turned away from the subject when lee began to talk, his habit of screaming youth a lot now gone.

"Naruto" Lee asked "we were told about Kyuubi."

Naruto stopped and slowly turned.

Lee quickly continued when Naruto's eyes met his "We don't believe you to be the demon if that is what you are worried about but…"

Naruto's smile appeared on his face as he lifted his arm, showing the green gem towards the Konoha 11.

"Say Hi to Kyuubi, a.k.a. Katara if you want to?" he said.

None of them could speak but before they could even think a female voice sounded around them: Do not be afraid. The genesis trees push away more then just the mist. Back then when I attacked your village, I was in a primal rage that was forced on me by the one you called Orochimaru that sent my heart in the deepest dark realms of my mind. Thus I became a destroying, bloodthirsty, monster. When the first genesis tree was awakened in Legaia, my heart was able to take charge of my mind once more. Naruto forgave me, saying that it wasn't my fault that I went berserk. I would not hear it and would never forgive myself for what happenedto him because of me so I became his ra-seru partner, never to leave his side till I repayed the damage done to him. Through the times we have became the closest of friends. I will repay the debt Naruto, just wait and see.

"No you won't because there is no debt to pay Katara" Naruto said in replay.

The hunter's an ra-seru combined laughed out loud as the pair bickered about the subject the whole way back to Konoha.

(Konoha Central Square)

Naruto stood on a raised stone as the square began to fill with civilians and shinobi alike.

"Okay" he said, heard all over the square because it was so quiet "As you know, the mist is gone from the immediate area. Thanks to the Genesis trees, the mist can be pushed back till its nothing more then harmless air."

The crowd cheered as Naruto explained the difference between seru and ra-seru, the power that one received while wearing one such as more strength, speed, agility and all that. He also said that seru would still be found in the area but that they would not be as powerful nor as numerous.

"But it will not end by just reviving one genesis tree. All of them must be revived and I ask for your support in this endeavor as we go out and destroy some seru. It will not be easy, if what I know is true. In the world of Legaia, the world where I resided for the last ten years, I traveled with three friends and time after time we faced a powerful adversary as we went. At nearly every genesis tree we came across, there was one such adversary; we went over them with hope in our hearts. We in the end prevailed and saved the world but we lost many friends along the way and some many people die right before our eyes, time after time after time. My friends and I faced beasts that make kyuubi look like a tame dog and others more devious and evil then Orochimaru."

Many among the crowd trembled and shook and fear just by the evidence the man before them pointed out. And the imagery of such an opponent did not help their nerves either.

"I ask of you" Naruto called out "to treat us normally not like super heroes, for we are who we are, nothing more and nothing less. Although, the occasional free stay at the inn would be appreciated."

The crowd chuckled and Naruto continued in a loud voice, his roar joined by the people of Konoha and the many other villages as he screamed "Let those who created the mist beware and tremble, the ra-seru and their knights are out to kick their ass."

The crowed roared a roar to be heard around the world.

A roar of hope, life, and most important of all, a roar of courage and human spirit.

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Dragon of Time: Here it is, chapter one. What will the group of warriors face in the future as the travel the troubled world? Me to know you to find out. You have any suggestion let me know. And if you see anything that needs to be fixed let me know as well. See ya people.