Naruto sat in front of a small campfire. Aeris and Tifa slept peacefully in a pair of sleeping bags. They were on their way to Junon. No idea if Sephiroth would be there or not, but it was there best bet. Barret had been contacted by Biggs who had told him rumor is that Rufus is headed towards Junon to cross to the other continent. If they could get to Junon before Rufus maybe they could sneak aboard the ship and find out why exactly Rufus had decided to leave Midgar.

According to the directions Barret gave him, Junon should be less then a day away now that they had crossed the mountains. Naruto sensed someone near by. In a blur Naruto tossed a kunai right over Tifa who sleep unknowingly. "Ah!" yelled a high pitched voice. Tifa and Aeris snapped awake. Naruto stood up and looked at the intruder. "Hey. Watch where you are throwing those things. You could have killed me!" yelled a young girl. She looked to be no older then fifteen or sixteen and had a Fuma Shuriken on her back. Wore a sleeveless green top and a pair of short shorts that showed off her legs.

"Who are you?" asked Tifa curiously.

"A thief," answered Naruto. He appeared behind the girl a kunai at her throat. The girl gulped and smiled nervously. "Hehe. I wasn't going to keep it. Promise," smiled the girl nervously dropping the bag of gil she had stole from Tifa.

"You're lying," said Naruto the tip pressing against the girl's throat.

"Stop," said Aeris. There was a pleading look in her eyes. "It is just a bit of gil. No need to kill her."

"Yeah, no need to get so upset," gulped the girl.

"I never planned on killing her." All three females face faulted as Naruto put away his kunai. "Just wanted her to give back the gil."

An angry look appeared in the girl's eyes. "Are you trying to say that you scared me? Pfft, I was just acting to throw you off guard," smirked the girl going for her Fuma Shuriken. She blinked as her hand hit nothing but air. A gasp of surprised came from the girl as she realized her Fuma Shuriken was gone. The girl gulped nervously as she looked over to see Naruto holding it.

"This is poorly made." Naruto looked it over with a critical eye.

"What would you know about it? That is one of Wutai's finest! Now give it back!" demanded the girl. Her eyes widened as Naruto started to spin it in his hand. It spun so fast that it seemed to cut the very air. She couldn't even keep up with the rotations. Tifa and Aeris were in awe too.

Naruto suddenly threw the Fuma Shuriken. It sailed right past the girl who dived out of the way. "Naruto!" yelled Aeris and Tifa. They were about to scold him when the sound of something hitting the ground could be heard. Naruto conjured a flame with his Fire materia to reveal a dead wolf that had been impaled in the head. He pulled out the Fuma Shuriken and handed it back to the girl who took it nervously. "At that speed it should have sliced the monster in half. You should find another weapon. That one won't last much longer," said Naruto.

Tifa and Aeris sighed in relief as Naruto took a seat. "Don't mind him. He isn't very good with people. I'm Tifa and this is Aeris," smiled Tifa warmly.

"I'm Yuffie. The greatest ninja in the world," smirked the young woman confidently. Aeris and Tifa shared a look before giggling. "Hey. What is so funny? You making fun of me? I'll beat you up to prove it."

Aeris smiled, "it isn't that we are making fun of you. It's just that Naruto is a ninja too. We just got the mental image of a female version of him." Tifa and Aeris burst out laughing much to Yuffie's confusion. Naruto just stared into the fire not getting the joke either. "It's nice to meet you Yuffie," giggled Tifa.

Yuffie smirked, "so what are you three doing out here? Got any materia on you that you want to sell?" No one failed to notice the way she said sell.

"I only have a Restore, Ice, and Fire Materia," said Aeris.

"I only have Restore," smiled Tifa. "Naruto-kun likes using materia more then we do."

"Really? What materia you have? Any rare ones?" grinned Yuffie getting right in Naruto's face. Tifa and Aeris had amused looks. Naruto glanced up at Yuffie before raising both arms. Yuffie's eyes went wide with greed as she saw the materia embedded within. "Wow. That is a lot. Can I see them?"

"No."

"Oh come on."

"….."

"Pretty please?"

"…."

"Fine. Then I will just travel with you until you let me."

"….."

"Argh! I'm serious!"

Naruto just stared at Yuffie who pouted cutely. Aeris and Tifa burst out laughing unable to hold it in any longer. Yuffie sat on the ground angrily and glared at Naruto. Naruto just returned to staring into the fire.

Next Day

As promised, Yuffie followed the group. She tried many times to steal Naruto's materia or trick him into giving to her but the man easily avoided her attempts. Aeris and Tifa couldn't stop laughing as they watched Yuffie annoy Naruto. They had to give it to the girl, she sure is persistent. "I am going to get that materia you jerk," grumbled Yuffie.

"Wouldn't it be easier to buy your own?" replied Naruto side stepping Yuffie. The girl stumbled before catching her balance.

"No way. A true ninja never wastes gil on something they could steal," smirked Yuffie before sweat dropping as she realized she had revealed her intentions.

"A real ninja doesn't needlessly draw attention onto themselves by becoming a thief unless given no other option," stated Naruto.

Yuffie pouted, "meh. If you are a ninja how come I never seen you at Wutai?"

"One has to be from Wutai to be a ninja?"

The girl spluttered a bit. "Well no." Naruto gave her a dead panned look that made her stomp her foot on the ground angrily. "Don't mock me. You know what I meant."

"No I don't."

"Argh! How can you two stand him?" demanded Yuffie looking at Aeris and Tifa. The two women shared a look. "You get used to it," they replied at the same time. This made them both giggle. Yuffie blinked in confusion before shaking her head. Those two were just as crazy as Naruto. A smirk appeared on her face as she stared at Naruto's unprotected back. She ran forward making a grab for his pouch but gasped as she went right through him. Yuffie stumbled forward and was about to fall face first into the ground when something caught her.

Yuffie looked up and blushed when she saw Naruto preventing her from falling. "You ok?" he asked. Tifa and Aeris shared a smirk.

"H-Hai," blushed Yuffie standing up. Naruto nodded and kept walking. Yuffie heard a giggling sound and turned to look at the two women who gave her knowing smiles. The young ninja flushed in embarrassment and turned around refusing to look at them.

An hour later, the group came upon the port city of Junon. They entered the city to find a sight none of them expected. "Wow, what a total junk of a place," stated Yuffie bluntly. It reminded Naruto, Aeris, and Tifa of the slums. The air was filled with pollution, the people looked worn out, and the buildings were falling apart. One could barely even see the sun due to the upper city blocking it out. Yeah, this place is no better then the slums in Midgar.

"We must have arrived here before the others," said Aeris.

"Well, I am going to look around until the others arrive. Want to come with Aeris, Yuffie?" asked Tifa.

"Sure," smiled Aeris.

"I am going to see if this dump has any good materia," said Yuffie walking off on her own. Tifa and Aeris headed off on their own leaving Naruto to his own devices. He looked around. His eyes landed upon two Shinra infantrymen standing next to what seemed to be an elevator to the upper levels. Hmm, time to do some information gathering. Naruto walked off into the shadows before melting away.

A yawn came from Mike. Man he hated this job. Guarding some stupid elevator. "Yo John. Why do we always get stuck with guard duty?"

"Who cares. It's easy money and we don't get yelled at by the Captain," shrugged John.

"Yeah, but it's a pain in the ass. They could at least supply us with chairs," grumbled Mike.

"Don't worry. Once President Rufus gets here, we won't have to be here for such long hours."

"Bet they throw him a huge parade."

Naruto had heard enough and left a mud clone behind to keep listening in. All that mattered is that they arrived before President Rufus. How much time before him, he didn't know, but hopefully the others would get here giving them time to plan their next move.

'What is that feeling? Is that a materia?' wondered Naruto turning his head. He looked up at a house that rested high up in the air. One had to go up two flights of stairs to reach it. That sure did feel like a materia, but much more powerful then anything he had ever felt. He started to walk up the steps. "Hey!"

Naruto turned around to see a cute girl around eight or nine running right towards him. She had shoulder length brunette hair tied back into a ponytail and wore a white flowery dress. "Where do you think you are going? That is my home. No one is allowed in there," said the girl.

"Gomen." Naruto bowed apologetically. A light blush heated the young girl's face as she got a good look at Naruto. "It's ok. I-I'm Priscilla. W-Why were you headed to my home?" she asked curiously.

"I sensed a materia up there. A powerful one at that," said Naruto.

Priscilla smiled, "oh you must mean the Shiva Materia. I found it in the ocean a couple years ago. I keep it as a special amulet."

Shiva? This girl had in her possession a Summoning Materia? Never had he encountered anyone with a Summoning Materia. Those were the rarest and most powerful of materia. One needed to have a very strong will in order to call upon a summoned being. At least that is what he heard. "I see." A part of Naruto wanted to steal the materia as it would help in their journey, but another part of him knew that stealing from a little girl would be wrong. Besides, summoning materia were far too dangerous and powerful to wield recklessly. It would probably be for the best that he didn't acquire it.

"I'll make you a deal. If you play me with for the rest of the day. I will give it to you," smiled Priscilla.

Then again. "Play?" asked Naruto. A large smile appeared on Priscilla's face.

Break

Aeris frowned as she couldn't find Naruto anywhere. Tifa ran over to her with that same frown. "I can't find him anywhere."

"Did you check down by the beach?" Tifa shook her head. Both women ran down to the small beach.

Fortunately, Naruto was on the beach. Aeris and Tifa froze at having found Naruto. Never did either women expect to find Naruto in such a state. There buried in the sand up to his head was none other then Naruto. A little girl giggled as continue to pile more sand on top of Naruto's body. Tifa and Aeris burst out laughing causing Naruto to turn his head. "Who are you two?" demanded the little girl.

"They are friends of mine," answered Naruto.

"I'm Tifa,"

"I'm Aeris. So Naruto, what you doing?" smiled Aeris. The two women walked past several sand castles and looked down at Naruto.

"We are playing! Right Naruto-niichan?" smiled the little girl. "Oh, I'm Priscilla."

Tifa giggled as she kneeled down next to Naruto, "here we thought you had headed off above without us. But you are playing with Priscilla."

"I wish I had a camera," laughed Aeris.

"All done! Try to break out of that Nii-chan." Priscilla smiled confidently. Naruto disappeared in a cloud of smoke. He reappeared standing next to the sand dome. "No fair!" pouted Priscilla cutely.

"Yeah, no fair," teased Tifa.

Priscilla yawned. A tired look appeared in the girl's eyes. "I'm tired Nii-chan. Can you give me a piggyback ride back home?" She had a puppy dog look in her eyes. Naruto had a confused look, having no idea what that meant.

"It means ride on your back," giggled Aeris.

Naruto nodded as he crouched down. 'Kawaii!' thought Tifa and Aeris, as they watched Priscilla climb onto Naruto's back and wrap her tiny arms around his neck. Priscilla soon fell asleep on Naruto's back as he carried her back home. Tifa and Aeris followed Naruto to the little girl's house. Tifa took the girl from Naruto and took her into her bedroom as he waited in the living room. "That is a nice thing you did," smiled Aeris.

"It was fun," admitted Naruto.

Aeris smiled, "see, you aren't like Sephiroth at all."

Naruto looked at Aeris. He nodded as Tifa came back out. "She is fast asleep. However, she wanted me to give you this." Tifa handed Naruto a ice blue amulet. "It is a materia isn't it?"

"Hai. The materia that can summon Shiva." He took the materia and placed it within his pouch. He would put it in one of his more secure storage scrolls later tonight. Best to avoid using such dangerous and powerful materia unless absolutely necessary. "Barret and Red XIII should be here tomorrow morning. We should get some rest."

"No way!" yelled Aeris.

"Yeah. If you think you are getting away that easily think again," smirked Tifa. Naruto tilted his head as both women had a strange glint in their eyes. His instincts told him to run and he always listened to his instincts. In a swirl of leaves he disappeared. "Get him," smirked Aeris running out of the house. Tifa laughed as she gave chase as well.

Next Morning

The whole town had been woke up by loud music that filled the air. "The fuck is all that noise," grumbled Barret. He had arrived last night along with Red. Just when he thought he would get a nice peaceful sleep in a comfy bed some loud ass music filled the air. The man tossed on his clothes and headed outside.

Tifa, Aeris, Naruto, and Red were already outside. Red and Naruto didn't seem to be bothered by waking up so early. Tifa and Aeris yawned neither liking being up so early. "What is all that racket? It is ruining my beauty sleep," mumbled Yuffie walking towards the group like a zombie.

"A celebration is taking place for the arrival of the new President of Shinra," answered Naruto.

"Rufus huh? I got to pay my respects," said Barret sarcastically.

"How do you know this?" yawned Aeris.

Naruto glanced at her, "I kept an eye on the Shinra guards. They just changed out guards and upped security. I heard them talking about the new President Rufus arriving." Aeris nodded. She should have known that Naruto would have kept an eye on those Shinra.

"Does he plan on crossing the ocean?" asked Tifa rubbing the sand from her eyes. Yuffie closed her eyes and started to fall back asleep.

"I don't know. But I have already taken care of the guards. I will head on up and try to find out what is going on. I'll give you a call when I find out what is going on." Naruto formed a hand seal and in a cloud of smoke now wore the exactly same gear as a Shinra infantryman. He even had the gun as well. His face had changed as well giving himself brown eyes and a rugged unshaven look. Tifa sighed inwardly having hoped to have finally seen his real face. "Damn, that is just plain scary," frowned Barret poking Naruto.

Naruto nodded at the group before walking over to the elevator. The two guards that were actually mud clones in disguise, saluted him before allowing him entry. Stepping into the elevator, Naruto stood straight as the doors closed. The elevator reached the top and the doors slid open. He stepped out and looked around. This is where things became tricky. With all the shinra troops around he didn't have time to be running around. Or he would stick out like a sore thumb. "You!"

Turning his head, Naruto saw a Shinra infantryman wearing a red suit heading towards him. That red suit meant he held the rank of Captain. Naruto spun on his heel and saluted the man. "Sir!"

"What are you doing here soldier?!" demanded the Captain. Naruto never got a chance to answer when two more soldiers came running out of room from the east hallway. "Riley, Banks, what are you two still doing here?! You should both be with your unit!"

The two men saluted the Captain. "Sir yes sir. It seems we have fallen behind sir!"

"Idiots! Follow me. We are going to catch that parade!" yelled the Captain running ahead. "Sir," replied all three following the Captain. As they ran through Junon, Naruto memorized every building and the direction in which they headed. It would come in handy later.

"You three better remember the drills or else!"

"Yes sir!" they yelled.

Riley saw that the streets ahead were empty, "sir I think the troops already left for the parade. But I know a shortcut through that alley."

"Right, lead the way!" Riley led them through a long and damp alley full of garbage and rats. In about a minute, they had managed to get in front of the marching parade. "Ok, we need to sneak you into where you all are supposed to be. Make it quick and do it right or we will look like fools in front of those cameras," ordered the Captain.

"I'll go first sir!" saluted Naruto.

"I like your style kid!" The music grew louder as the parade grew closer. Naruto noticed a spot missing in the four soldier line up. His eyes glanced at the cameras and made a mental note of the timing. If he planned it perfectly the camera wouldn't even catch a glimpse of him. Waiting for the moment, Naruto ran at high speeds right around to the end and took a spot. He then started to raise his gun to the same beat as everyone else.

The parade lasted an entire two hours. The unit that Naruto had snuck into traveled towards the middle of the city where President Rufus waited with General Heidegger. "Ok soldiers," shouted the captain. "Make us proud." The captain blew his whistle. Naruto quickly copied the motions of everyone else. Soon enough, Naruto knew the drills better then the others. Each time the captain blew his whistle all the Shinra troops performed their next drill. The captain blew the whistle with different tones or at speeds and that was the key to performing the next task. "Finish it up strong!" All the soldiers spun the guns around in their hands before ending it with a salute.

"Impressive," smiled Rufus. The new President of Shinra walked past the troops and paused in front of Naruto. "What is your name soldier?"

"Umino Iruka sir!" saluted Naruto. The name of Chuunin that taught at the academy in Konoha. Usually he wouldn't use the name of someone he knew as it could put them in danger, but he didn't have to worry about that. Unless Rufus learned how to travel to another dimension.

Rufus smiled, "you put on quite a display Iruka-san. Take this as a token." The president pulled out a blue materia and handed it to Iruka. "Arigato sir. You are much too kind sir," saluted Naruto taking the materia. Rufus smirked as he left Heidegger following behind him like a lost puppy.

"Alright. Everyone has the next hour off. Then you are to head to the docks and prepare for departure," ordered the captain. All the Shinra troops saluted before leaving.

Naruto glanced at the materia. An support materia, known as HP absorb. A rare type of materia that allowed a person to absorb their opponent's chakra to heal themselves. Taking the Materia, Naruto allowed his body to absorb the materia. That is something that most people didn't know about materia. A person didn't have to place it inside of their armor or weapon. One could actually absorb the materia into their body. However, to infuse one's body with refined mako, which is what materia is, didn't come without consequences. Absorbing too much materia could cause Mako poisoning or destroy a person. Fortunately, Naruto had perfect control over his chakra allowing him to perfectly confine the materia and only activate it when he wanted to. He was sure that those in SOLDIER were taught to do the same thing. Probably not in the same manner as him.

The reason he didn't put all his other materia in his body is because he didn't want to become dependent on materia. That and his body was not like that of someone in SOLDIER. Too much Mako could kill him, even refined Mako. But for a support materia like HP Absorb, he didn't have to worry about it. Plus, with a materia like this he could manipulate it to where all his physical blows would not only cause his opponents damage, but allow him to grow stronger. Rufus wouldn't be pleased to know that he had given such a weapon to someone that wasn't under his control.

Naruto purposely allowed the others to travel ahead of him before falling behind into an alley. He pulled out his cellphone and called Barret. "Yo, that you?" came Barret's gruff voice.

"The ship leaves in an hour. Gather the others and head up here. My clones will help you find some clothes to change into so you don't stick out," said Naruto before closing the phone. He had some time to spare, best to check out the stores to see if he could find anything of value.

Ship

Aeris snuck aboard the ship with a bit of excitement. She had always wanted to explore the world. Now here she is about to travel across the ocean to another continent. Finally she is living her dream to travel and explore the world. Of course, she never thought it would be under the circumstances of hunting down a homicidal sociopath. Still, she took full advantage of this opportunity. Her eyes glanced to see the familiar blue eyes of Naruto who had forgone his henge. Well, most of it anyway. He still had on the Shinra uniform just no longer under a different face. She giggled a bit as she saw a blue face mask covering the lower part of his face. One day she would see what he truly looked like.

She quickly ran up the steps following him to the upper deck. Looking around, she caught him standing near the railing read an orange book. A curious look appeared in her eyes. Aeris came up besides him and looked over to read the book. A blush heated her cheeks and she looked at him in surprise. "What are you reading?"

"Icha-Icha Paradise Volume 6. Only one of my storage scrolls that I found with me besides my clothes," answered Naruto. Another reason god must be a man if he saved Naruto's Icha-Icha Paradise books.

"That is not what I meant," smiled Aeris. "Is that what you like? That what you look for in women?"

Naruto gave her a confused look. "I am afraid I don't understand."

Aeris flushed in embarrassment, "what I mean is do you like women that do those kind of things?" That had been so embarrassing.

"I wouldn't know. I have never had a sexual relationship with anyone. None of my previous missions ever constituted me having such an intimate encounter," answered Naruto turning the page in his book.

Only he could say such a thing without being embarrassed in the least. Naruto is the type of person who could walk down a street naked and not ever care about what others thought. Maybe that is why she liked him so much. He didn't let other people effect the choices he made yet he was still considerate enough to understand the emotions of others even if he didn't know how to display his own. "So reading a book like that doesn't make you desire anything?" blushed Aeris.

He glanced at her looking her right in the eyes. "I admit I am curious about such things. But this book seems to be very fictional. There are very few women I have encountered that are willing even to consider some of the ideas put forth in this book. At best, it is a male fantasy." Naruto returned to his book.

Aeris giggled. Another thing she liked about him is his honesty. He always told the truth even if it put him a strange, weird, or bad spot light. Though she did find out that sex is a subject that caught Naruto's curiosity. Something she would definitely keep in mind. "I take it you have never had a girlfriend then?"

"That would be correct."

"Have you ever wanted one? Do you want a family?" Aeris asked hoping to learn more.

"I don't know," hesitated Naruto. An unsure look appeared in his eyes. "Families are built from love. Love is not an emotion I am familiar with."

A sad smile appeared on Aeris's face. "No need to rush it. I am sure one day you will find it. You can't really understand love. It is just something you feel for someone else. You'll know it when it comes." Aeris gave Naruto a warm smile. Again, he felt that peaceful feeling wash over him. "Have you ever been in love?" asked Naruto.

"Once. But things didn't work out," said Aeris softly. Naruto didn't say anything as he saw that Aeris didn't really want to talk further about it. He put his book away and stood up straight. "Something wrong?" Aeris looked at him curiously.

Alarms started to go off all over the ship. Shinra troops started to run around as a voice came over the speakers reporting an intruder aboard the ship. "Did they find us?" whispered Aeris smoothing out her sailor uniform.

"No, or it would have said intruders," said Naruto. Aeris watched as the others headed towards them. Tifa and Yuffie were first to reach them. "Is everyone ok?" asked Tifa worried.

"Did they find us?" panted Yuffie.

"Yo. The fuck is going," yelled Barret wearing a sailor suit that made it look like a panda.

"Have we been discovered?" asked Red. Red wore a Shinra troop uniform that made him look ridiculous.

Naruto noticed that all other Shinra personal had left. His eyes narrowed as he felt a dark presence. "Sephiroth is here." The henge dropped and Naruto now stood in full ANBU gear. "Shit, what's the plan?" grunted Barret ripping off the sailor suit. The others started to remove their uniforms as well having no reason to stay in disguise.

"Aeris, Barret, and I will go confront Sephiroth. Tifa, Red XIII, and Yuffie will remain on standby," said Naruto. Tifa frowned as she didn't like the idea of not going with but knew that Naruto had the clearest mind of them all. He wouldn't pick a team just to keep her safe. Or so she thought.

Naruto, Aeris, and Barret headed below the deck. The moment they got halfway down the stairs, the stench of blood filled their nostrils. Bodies of sailors and Shinra troops littered the floor. A trail of blood led them to the back of the ship. There standing over the dead body of a Shinra troop stood Sephiroth. His nodachi sparkling clean despite having killed so many people. "Sephiroth?" frowned Naruto. Something wasn't right.

Was this really Sephiroth? It, didn't feel like Sephiroth. Well it did, but not completely. Sephiroth turned around and looked at the group.

Barret gulped nervously. The former leader of AVALANCHE could honestly say that never in his life had he been afraid of a fight. But that had changed today. Naruto and Tifa were right. Sephiroth just had that type of presence that could put fear in any living being. He felt his hand become sweaty.

Aeris was no better. She gripped her staff so hard that her knuckles started to turn white. Never in her life had she ever met someone so terrifying. Naruto had fought this man? She could barely stand while in his presence.

Naruto pulled out a pair of kunai and crouched down a bit. "After a long sleep, the time has finally come." Sephiroth's voice bounced off the walls. "The time is now." The former commander of SOLDIER started to rise into the air. A powerful kinetic forced knocked the group off their feet as Sephiroth flew right over them.

As Sephiroth passed, a an arm fell in the middle of the group. That arm started to grow into a huge monster that stood so tall that it reached the ceiling of the cargo ship. A very impressive feet. The upper body of the monster is a crimson red like that of blood and the lower half had a purplish-blue tinge to it. It's head extended forward on a long neck and instead of arms it had tentacles. Naruto moved at incredible speeds as it eyes glowed red. A red beam shot down towards Aeris, but Naruto grabbed her and jumped over the way. The beam had burned the metal floors like a hot knife through butter.

"Arigato," said Aeris her heart pumping rapidly.

Barret raised his gun arm and started to let off a barrage of shots. The monster seemed to grimace a bit but showed no visible damage. "Fuck," he cursed as he rolled out of the way of a beam. "The fuck is this thing?"

"I believe it is a piece of Jenova. It's arm to be exact," said Naruto tossing several kunai at the monster. A screech of pain came from Jenova but in the large scheme, Naruto knew he had barely done any damage. Naruto jumped straight up flipping so that his feet hit the ceiling and using his chakra to stick to it. His left hand started to spark with electricity. A bolt of lightning shot from his hand and struck Jenova right in the middle of its chest.

Jenova roared in pain and responded by firing three beams. One at each of them. Aeris and Barret dove behind some crates as Naruto ran across the ceiling as a red beam chased him down. He jumped off the ceiling towards the wall. As he hit the wall, he crouched then pushed forward at even greater speeds. In a blink of an eye he drew both ninjato and slashed Jenova across the back. Two large gashes appeared on Jenova's back.

"Son of a bitch! Eat this!" yelled Barret firing a barrage of bullets. A beam shot from Jenova's mouth piercing right through Barret's right shoulder. Barret collapsed to a knee but continued to fire before rolling out of the way as two more beams were fired at him.

Magic started to swirl around Aeris as she spun her staff around. Barret found the hole in his shoulder closing up as Aeris cast cure on him. Jenova started to fire more powerful beams at the trio. These beams caused small explosions open contact with another surface. Aeris screams as she was unable to escape the blast and flew into the side of the wall. Barret ran to lend her a hand but a beam hit right in front of him blasting him back through a couple crates. Jenova fired several beams at Naruto who kept moving at jounin level speeds to keep the monster confused.

Naruto touched down on the ground his ninjato glowing red as he channeled his fire materia through the blades. Then he swung his blades. Twin blades of fire shot at Jenova. To his surprise, a large gash opened up Jenova's chest while the other blade of fire managed to cut off one its tentacles. That's it. "It's weak to fire!" shouted Naruto putting away his ninjato. Took too much chakra to channel his fire materia through his blades like that.

Unfortunately, Naruto couldn't use Fire 2 in a place like this and regular Fire would be too weak. If he used Fire 2 he could accidentally damage the ship and that wouldn't be good with them being out in the middle of the ocean, no he would have to resort to his jutsu. "Fire huh? I got something for this bitch," smirked Barret. His gun arm started to glow red and he took aim at the large gash in Jenova's chest. A large ball of energy gathered around his gun arm. "Take this bitch, Big Shot!" The blast nailed Jenova right in the chest. Blood and guts flew everywhere. The monster actually fell backwards into the side of the wall. Jenova now had a large hole in the middle of its chest.

Aeris's hands started to glow red. A weak ball of fire no bigger then a child flew out of her hands. It struck Jenova in the chest opening up the hole even more. Naruto finished his set of hand seals and took a deep breath. He then put his right foot forward and breathed out a large fireball twice his size in diameter. It flew through the air towards Jenova. Due to Jenova's size and limited mobility in the confined space it couldn't dodge. The fireball hit it and the monster exploded in a shower of blood and guts. "Eww, disgusting," Aeris flung the guts off her before sighing as she looked at the blood staining her dress. That was going to take forever to get out.

"That bitch wasn't so tough," smirked Barret. The man groaned a bit as he walked towards them. Aeris started to gather her magic and cast cure on all of them.

Naruto's hand started to glow red and he used a weak Fire spell to burn the body parts. "What you doing?" asked Barret.

"It has powerful regenerative abilities. Best to get rid of all of it," said Naruto.

"I think the ship has stopped," said Aeris. She didn't feel it moving anymore. Naruto quickly finished burning Jenova to ashes before turning around. "Let's go. We need to get off this ship," he said. Barret and Aeris nodded as they followed him.