Current Harem: Rikku, Yuna(?), Lulu (?)

If in the harem the character has a (?) next to their name, it means they are being considered for the harem.

Chapter 2: A new guardian?

Yuna was standing in the centre of Besaid Village, holding her staff. She took a deep breath as the towns people stood around her, all eager. Her short brown hair rustled slightly in the light breeze. She steadied her breathing, showing she was ready.

From behind her, a voice called. "Ready!"

Yuna looked back to see her long-time friend and someone she often thought of as her big brother: Wakka. She was standing next to a blonde haired boy dressed in strange clothing she had never seen until she met him. She nodded once. "Okay." She once again turned so she was looking forwards.

She held her staff vertically, with it held a fair distance above her head. She took a deep breath, then she moved her left foot forward, put her weight on her right/back foot, and lifted the staff into the air with her right hand while the left hand went forwards.

Instantly, a large circle appeared around her with several symbols on it. From the 4 largest symbols, green orbs with white trails of light shot into the sky, above the clouds and crashed together. She heard a large cry, resembling a large bird. She looked up.

The creature looked like a large bird, but had a long blue tail, and a few golden rings on it's wings. It's neck was red and furred, while it had what could have been long, blue hair with a white end that stretched out. It's legs were also blue.

The large creature zoomed in and landed just by her. Everyone went 'Oooohhh' and clapped in appreciation for her. Yuna reached out and stroked the aeon.

"OH SHIIIIIIITTT!"

Everyone once more looked up to see someone falling from the sky. They gasped.

Yuna quickly turned to her aeon. "Please! Help him!"

The Aeon- Valefor- spread it's wings and flew towards the falling person. The person saw said Aeon and something strange happened. He thrust his arm out and a blue light that took the form of a spectral hand went out and grabbed Valefor's foot before the person was launched towards it. He swung around and landed on it's back, taking a deep breath as he did so.

Valefor nearly lost it's foot from shock, but it flew back down and landed. The person said, "Thanks...red...blue...weird...bird...thing." Before he jumped off. Now everyone could have a good look at him.

He had blonde hair that seemed to have a silvery tint to it, making it glimmer in the sunlight, that fell flat against his head, a pair of deep, cerulean blue eyes, and very faded marks on his cheeks that could have been whiskers, 3 on each cheek. He was tanned, but still seemed a bit pale. But the strangest part about him was his right arm. It was dark red and had blue light running across it and on his fingers.

Everything backed away, however, at the sight of his right arm. It looked like something akin to a Fiend's body. However, the blonde simply scratched his cheek as he looked at the bird. "So...why'd you save me?"

Valefor cawed.

"Your summoner had you help me?" he asked as Valefor nodded. "I see. So what's your name and who is your summoner?"

Valefor cawed again.

"Okay, so your name is Valefor unless your summoner wants to give you a nickname. And your summoner is..." he looked towards Yuna. "Little miss heterochromia. One green eye and one blue eye." He hummed as the aeon cawed again. "Her name is Yuna?" Another caw. "Hey, hey! No need to swear! Sheesh." Valefor cawed at him again. "Oh well excuse me! I'm sorry I was falling out of the god damn sky!"

Yuna watched in amazement as the blonde seemed to be...arguing with her aeon. This was incredible! How could he do that?! She hurried over and looked at him. "Are...are you okay?"

He looked towards her, sending a glare at Valefor. "I'll tell ya, this bird of yours has a mouth. But yes, I'm fine, thank you for asking." He let out a smile, and paired with his whisker marks- though faded- it made him look like a fox.

Yuna giggled. "I'm Yuna. What's your name?"

"Naruto Uzumaki," he responded, his blue eyes glittering in amusement. Valefor cawed and he rolled his eyes. "Oh shut up! God, your really annoying man." Valefor cawed again, though this time it sounded annoyed. "YOUR A GIRL?!" Valefor pecked Naruto's hair, who moved out of the way. "Okay! I'm sorry! Sheesh. Trust me, I've mistaken a guy for a girl before, don't feel too bad."

Valefor just huffed, then bowed to Yuna before flying away, dispersing once it flew past the clouds.

"Um..." Yuna looked to him. "If you don't mind me asking, how were you talking with my aeon?"

Naruto blinked. "Uh...what's an aeon?"

Naruto sat by the fire that was now in the middle of Besaid Village. He stared into the flames as they reflected in his eyes. 'So...this world is Spira?'

'According to that Yuna girl,' Kurama said. 'Yes.'

The half-devil hummed. 'Interesting...it appears the people here speak English...can't wait to mind fuck them when I speak Japanese.'

'Yes, that's all well and good,' Kurama told him. 'But it's time for you to hold up your half of our deal.'

Naruto groaned. 'You honestly expect me to release you right here in front of all these people?'

A sigh was heard. 'Just say I was hiding in your shirt or something.'

The Uzumaki nodded reluctantly. 'Alright...' Naruto delved into the mind scape, and walked over to the seal. He began to float until he was facing it. Reaching out, he grabbed the seal with his normal hand...only for another hand to stop him. "Huh?!" Naruto looked to who stopped him...and his jaw dropped.

There, stood the Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze. "Yo, Naruto. You shouldn't be releasing the Kyu-" he never got to finish.

Naruto punched the Kage in his jaw with his Devil Bringer, and he flew into the other side of the sewer area.

Kurama grinned. "So proud of you right now kit. Now hurry and tear off the seal!"

Minato sat up. "WAIT NARUTO! DON-!"

Naruto tore off the seal and then forced open the cage with his Devil Bringer.

The 9th part of the Juubi smirked as it walked out of the cage and stretched. "Oooh yeah. Feels good to be out of that. I owe ya one kit."

"You owe me nothing," Naruto rolled his eyes. "It was part of our deal."

"Naruto!" Minato Namikaze roared. "Why did you release the Kyuubi?!"

Naruto glared. "'The Kyuubi' has a name. It's Kurama." Naruto reached out with his devil bringer, the spectral hand reaching forwards and grabbing the kage. Naruto had learned this technique when Kurama gave him some quick instructions while he was falling. He pulled the Yondaime towards him until he was holding him just in front of him. "Because of YOU, my life was a living hell! You know what you sealing Kurama inside of me did?! I GOT BANISHED FROM KONOHA!"

Minato looked horrified. "W-what? That can't be! I specifically asked they treat you as a hero!"

"And yet they clearly thought they knew more about sealing than their 'beloved' Yondaime," Naruto said sarcastically. "I don't know why you are here, bastard. But you have no place in my mind." Naruto shoved a hand through the Yondaime's stomach.

Said man's eyes widened and he coughed up blood. "S-son...why?"

His eyes widened a fraction, before they became cold. "You are no father of mine," he removed his hand as Minato fell backwards towards the ground, dispersing into chakra, while Naruto absorbed the memories of every jutsu that Minato had learned over the course of his life (it was his mind after all. He could do what he wanted).

"Kit, I am proud of you," Kurama said smirking. "I'll see you outside the seal." With that, Kurama vanished.

Naruto's eyes snapped open in the real world and he felt himself being shaken. "Wha?" He looked towards the source to see Yuna. "Oh. Hi."

Yuna blinked. "Oh!" She blushed and bowed her head. "Sorry! I saw you staring into the flames and I thought you looked kind of lonely, so I came over here to sit with you."

He laughed and scratched the back of his head. "No problem, don't worry about it."

She looked at him. "Um...what were you thinking about so intensely?"

"Huh?"

"I tried speaking to you but you didn't respond. At first I thought you were ignoring me, so I started shaking you, but you still made no response, so you must have been thinking really hard about something."

"Ah..." Naruto chuckled. "Just..." he glanced at his Devil Bringer.

Yuna got the idea. "Oh...by the way...what is that arm?"

Naruto shrugged, scratching his cheek with said arm. "This is called the 'Devil Bringer'. It's...I guess you could say a genetic mutation. See, my ancestor was a full blooded being known as a 'devil'. And all his descendants have married and had children with humans. I am currently the last of his blood, as far as I know."

Yuna blinked. "Devil?"

The blonde shrugged. "I can't quite explain it right now. Maybe at a later time..." Naruto lay back and stared at the stars. "So...what's your question?"

"Pardon?" the summoner asked.

"You want to ask me something," Naruto stated. "I can tell. Asking me what my arm is was not your question, you were just curious. What do you want to ask?"

Yuna blushed. Was she that easy to read through? She glanced at the other blonde boy- Tidus- before looking to Naruto. "I...was wondering if you would be my guardian."

"Guardian?"

"Yes," Yuna confirmed. "You see, as a summoner, I have to go on a pilgrimage to go to every temple in Spira and receive the power to summon the Aeon relevant to those temples. After that, I must travel to Zanarkand to receive the Final Aeon, so I may defeat Sin."

Naruto glanced at Yuna. "What's the cost?"

"What?"

"From what I've heard, Sin is incredibly powerful, being able to destroy villages easily," Naruto explained. "The power to defeat him comes at no small price. What is the cost you must pay to defeat Sin?"

Yuna looked towards the ground. "Once I summon the Final Aeon...I will die."

Silence fell between them. Suddenly, something bulged under Naruto's clothes and soon enough, a small fox with 9 swishing tails jumped out of his shirt.

The summoner squealed and picked it up. "So cute! How did it get under there?"

Naruto laughed. "That is Kurama. As to how he got there...when I got sent into the sky, he hid under there for protection."

Kurama growled at Naruto, speaking directly into his mind. 'I'M A WOMAN YOU ASSHOLE!'

The half-devil blinked. "My bad...Kurama is a girl."

Yuna stroked Kurama, who purred under her touch. "She's so cute!"

Naruto laughed, then stood up. "I'll be your guardian," Naruto said.

The girl with heterochromia looked up at him. "Really?"

"Yes..." Naruto said, turning. "But I refuse to let you die just to bring 10 years of peace."

"But-"

"No buts!" Naruto told her. "I promise Yuna...I'll find a way to defeat Sin and end the cycle...without you needing to lose your life."

Kurama's eyes widened. She had explained to Naruto earlier that when a devil or demon made a promise, they had to keep it. And Naruto was making a serious promise.

"Naruto..." Yuna whispered.

"That Yuna..." Naruto said as he walked away, Kurama hurrying over and jumping on his shoulder. "Is the promise of a lifetime."

Naruto awoke later that night. He sat up and saw the bed next to him was empty. The other blonde- Tidus- had been sleeping there. He frowned and looked up, seeing that Tidus was peeking out the entry way to the inn. Naruto closed his eyes and spread out his senses, soon enough he heard the conversation that was happening outside.

"...look alot like Chappu," a female voice said. "I was surprised a lot too, the first time I saw him. But no matter what he looks like, he isn't Chappu." The voice became somewhat angry. "You shouldn't have brought him here in the first place."

"Yeah but..." a male voice hesitated. "He needed our help."

"Excuses again?" the woman asked.

"Yeah...but..."

"That's it..." the woman said. "No more...enough Wakka!"

The man sighed. "At least tell me what you think about that other guy we saw."

"What about him?" the woman asked.

"Lulu," Wakka said. "Yuna asked him to be her guardian."

"Pardon?" the woman- Lulu- sounded flabbergasted. "When?"

Wakka hesitated. "Earlier tonight. During the camp fire. She went over and spoke to him. When he spoke to her not long ago, she said he agreed to be her guardian and...that he promised he'd find away to defeat sin without...you know..."

"Enough," Lulu said. "Wakka. You are changing the subject."

"Lulu!" Wakka protested.

"No more," Lulu said sternly. "That's enough Wakka!" Naruto heard footsteps. The sound of Lulu walking away.

He heard Wakka gasp lightly, before sighing, and starting to walk with his footsteps getting closer. He was walking towards the inn. Naruto had heard enough. He closed his eyes, and went back to sleep, Kurama resting by his side.

The next morning, Naruto stood with Wakka and Lulu as they waited for Tidus and Yuna. He had the sleeve on his right arm down to conceal his Devil bringer, while his left sleeve was folded up to just beneath his shoulder. Kurama sat on his right shoulder, her nine tails swishing.

"So..." Wakka said awkwardly. "Why'd you agree to be Yuna's guardian?" Wakka held a strange sword in his hands. It was blue, but also clear with bubbles inside of it, like water.

Naruto glanced at Wakka. "I won't let someone die if I know I can help it. So I'm going to stick with Yuna till the end. I'm sure there is a way to get rid of Sin. But nobody has tried it yet."

Wakka frowned, then sighed. "You're an interesting guy, ya?"

The blonde shrugged. "So I've heard."

On his shoulder, Kurama yawned. 'Kit, we'll start your training later tonight. For now, I'll see that your Devil Bringer has the ability to absorb the essence of Devils and other supernatural objects so that it can gain more abilities. It may also work with these "Fiends" that we've been hearing about.'

Naruto nodded. 'Thanks Kurama, I'll be keeping that in mind.' He then saw Tidus walking out of the inn, yawning. "Don't look now, sleeping beauty is awake."

Tidus walked over, yawning. Wakka turned to him with a small grin. "Hey! Sleepyhead! Something I wanna give ya!" He showed Tidus the sword.

"Woah!" the blonde said. "You're giving this...to me?" He gingerly took the sword.

"Yeah," Wakka told him. "Use it well."

Tidus help the sword up to the light, measuring it's balance, before he gave it a practice swing.

"That's the sword you gave Chappu," Lulu stated. Tidus and Naruto both looked to her.

"Well, he never used it," Wakka said sadly. He quickly got rid of that tone and looked to the temple. "Where's Yuna?"

"We're taking the same boat as Yuna, right?" Tidus asked. "Why do we gotta wait here?"

Wakka began to explain. "Yuna came to this village ten years ago, when the calm last star-"

"He said why do we have to wait," Naruto cut in. "Not for you to give us her life story. She can tell us that when she feels ready."

Lulu held a hand over her mouth to stifle her giggling. Wakka blushed. "Ahaha...well, the gist of it is, she had the talent to become an apprentice, and now she is leaving as a summoner."

"This is our journey," Lulu agreed. "We should leave together."

Naruto glanced to the temple and saw Yuna with a large brown suitcase. "Yuna..." Naruto sighed. "Why do you have that?"

"They are gifts!" Yuna called. "For the temples we are to visit."

"This isn't a vacation Yuna," Wakka told her.

Naruto sent him a small glare before walking over to Yuna. "Don't worry, I've got this." He pulled out a small scroll and opened it. Yuna watched curiously as Naruto placed the suitcase on top of the scroll, before it vanished in a puff of smoke. "I've sealed the suitcase in here. Whenever we arrive at a temple, I can unseal it and you can give them a gift."

Yuna looked in amazement. "Incredible! How do you do that?"

"Trade secret," Naruto smiled. "Now come on." He slipped the scroll into a pocket of his coat. He headed towards the waiting guardians and Tidus, Yuna behind him.

"Okay! Off we go!" Wakka declared as they started to leave the village.

Yuna stopped, then turned. The rest of the group stopped at the village entrance. She made an odd gesture- the prayer that he had been shown the day before- before she reluctantly turned and went to them, before they all left the village behind.

Naruto picked up a strange, slobbered object. It was strange, like a piece of ore, but he felt like Yuna was supposed to have it. He slipped it to Yuna, and it disappeared upon touching her. She didn't seem to notice. He blinked, before shrugging and they kept walking.

Kurama was looking at Naruto, smirking. 'Soon, Naruto-kun...' she thought, giggling inwardly. 'You'll be all mine...though...' she glanced to Yuna and Lulu. 'With the amount of stamina you have, you'll need a harem...'

Naruto current weapons: Red Queen (Currently in use), Blue Rose (Always in use)

Wakka current weapons: Official Ball (Currently in use)

Lulu current weapons: Moogle (Currently in use)

Tidus current weapons: Longsword, Brotherhood (Currently in use)

Yuna current weapons: Staff, Rod of Wisdom (Currently in use) (received from the cloister of trials)

Khmari current weapons: Lance (Currently in use)