Hello readers and welcome to our new chapter. Sorry I took a bit longer than usual, but since none of my partners have no knowledge about Final Fantasy XIII, I had to do this myself. I admit, I may have this so it won't take to long and it might not be that good, so sorry in advance if the chapter isn't to your liking. Also, make sure to check out my others stories as well. Enjoy.
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Chapter 2: Rebellion in the Hanging Edge
(Hanging Edge)
Naruto watch as chaos reigned in the restricted zone, the people shooting, several machines being summon, He wonder how this wonder this rebellion started and who started it.
He open out his senses to see where his friends are, increasing his smell, a power he gain from Kurama after becoming a l'cie. He can increase his senses at any given time and he also have an increase of speed and agility, due to the amulet being a kitsune. That being, his cunning increased as well, making him more dangerous.
After a few minutes, he finally picked three distinctive smells. Two of them close by while the other smell was in pulse vestige. And he knew that it was them, since their smells are familiar to him. He also knows that Serah is the one in pulse vestige.
"I hope they're okay." Naruto said to himself. He then spotted three hover crafts coming towards the train his on. "But first, let me have some fun."
Naruto ran towards the hovercraft in the middle and when it started shooting, Naruto jump up to the high ground and landed on the on the window.
"Hello." Naruto responded cheerfully to the soldier inside, before breaking the window and throwing the soldier out. "And goodbye." he finished, hearing the man scream. He then forced the hovercraft to crash on the other hand and jumped before it made impact.
He landed on one of the landing zones and saw the last hovercraft coming towards him. Naruto unsheathed Oblivion and spun it around before swinging it towards the engines of the hovercraft like a boomerang. The sword got lodge in the engines, making the hovercraft go haywire and crash ten feet away from Naruto.
The blonde walk towards the wreckage and picked up Oblivion, which landed near what left of the engines. Naruto was about to sheath the sword when he saw six PSICOM soldiers running towards him, guns at the ready.
"Heh." Naruto grinned, pulling his other sword, Oathkeeper. "You soldiers are just gluttons for punishment." The PSICOM didn't respond, merely pointing their weapons at him.
"Put down your weapons and surrender." The leader of the squad commanded, making Naruto scoff.
"And let you kill me while I have my guard down? No thank." Naruto responded to them. "If you want to kill me, you will have to work for it."
"Have it your way then. Fire!" The leader commanded and all of them unloaded on Naruto. Naruto run towards them and dodge all of the bullets coming towards. He moved, ducked, and jumped from all the bullets until he got close to the PSICOM.
The first one he slice the gun before stabbing him in the stomach. He duck under a rifle shot and did a roll before stabbing the one who attempted to shot him. One took out and knife and attempted to stab him, only for Naruto to move to the side and stab him through the back.
The last three got together and started shooting off bullets after bulleting. Instead of dodging this time, Naruto through a disk in front of him and a shield activated from the disk, deflecting all the bullets being shot. The PSICOM continue shooting, thinking the shield might go down, until all their bullets were gone.
Naruto smirk at them, getting them unnerved. "Now it's my turn." He held his hand, elbow's back, and when the shield deactivated, he thrust hand forward. Instantly, a powerful gust of wind came through and throw them off the floor and into the abyss.
"Hmm, that was a bit too quick." Naruto commented, kinda disappointed at their skills. Look like PSICOM didn't improve in fighting. But then he remember the chaos around him and grin. "But I'll have plenty of entertainment."
(Another Side of the Hanging Edge)
The PSICOM are being overwhelmed by the resistance. The civilians are pushing them back, with the group NORA leading the charge. The PSICOM are out in the open while the civilians are using the rubble as cover. One of the NORA members, Gadon, got in the front and started unloading on the soldiers, forcing them to retreat.
You see, the group NORA are the ones leading the resistance. The five of them grew up from the six years after Naruto disappeared, though most of them didn't grow up mentally. When Sera got captured by the fal'cie, they went to the Hanging Edge to get her.
During their fight against the PSICOM, they manage to rescue some of the civilians. Because of that, most of them joined them to fight against PSICOM. Now, they are pushing them back. Snow and a woman who joined him, Nora, moved the front and crouched in some of the rubble. Snow grin as he saw the PSICOM being pushed back.
But that grin died down when he saw an aircraft coming this way.
Before Snow could tell anyone to get back, the aircraft started shooting down bullets on the resistance, forcing them to crouch behind cover and those that didn't got killed.
"Snow! We got trouble!"
"No kidding." Was his reply to Gadot statements. He look around before spotting a bazooka on the ground. But in order to get it, he will have to be out in the open. But as Naruto always say, there always a risk in everything to do. And what's life without risk?
"Stay down!" Snow told the woman before towards the bazooka. The aircraft started shooting at him, but luckily for him, they missed. When he got close enough, he dived for the bazooka, but instead of getting it, he missed by a few feet.
Snow look at the armada up in the sky and saw preparing it's cannon. Shit, he's going to die. When it started powering up, he close his eye and prepare for the blast that is going to kill him. Well, until, he heard an explosion and saw the thing going down.
He look up in surprise as the thing went down and look behind him to see the woman with the bazooka in hand. She looked at him with a smirk.
"Told ya didn't I?" she said, holding out her hand to help him up. "Moms are tough." She grab Snow's hand and pull him up with some difficulty, since the guy is nearly twice her size. Meanwhile, the resistance are in relief, glad that it's over for now.
But that relief was soon gone with the aircraft shot at them, blowing up the bridge they are on and knocking down everyone.
(With Naruto)
As Naruto finished cutting down the last soldier that faced him, he heard an explosion nearby. He turn to where the explosion was at and saw several people falling down the broken bridge, getting him wide eyes and his hero complex screeching at him to save them all.
"Fuck!" Naruto cursed before turning on his gravitational boots he got from his travels and jumping to another bridge near the broken one. As the civilians were screaming, Naruto created a gust of wind that got them to stop. The civilians stopped screaming when they saw themselves floating.
Naruto is breathing heavily, trying to hold the wind. He look around the place to see if he can put them somewhere, but he didn't see anywhere near. Naruto is near panicking, thinking that these people will fall to their doom anywhere, until he saw a pile of sand forming under them, creating a pad for the people to land.
Naruto didn't hesitate to drop them onto the sand, knowing that it won't harm him. Because he only knows one person that could form something like that with sand.
Naruto bent down, putting his hands on his knees and breathing heavily. "About time you got here Gaara." Behind him, the red haired amulet guardian floated to him, his feet on a sand form disk. Gaara stepped out of it and landed beside Naruto.
"It's look like I got here on time." Gaara said, observing the civilians, who are shock that not only they are alive, but that they are on solid floating pile of sand. "If I didn't, you probably wouldn't hold them long."
"Yeah, rub it in why don't ya?" Naruto grumbled at him. "Unlike you, the rest of us can't use our elements fully without tiring ourselves. I'm more better with speed and combat, sword or hand." He swore he saw a slight smirk on Gaara's face before coming back into it's emotionless state.
Before they could talk more, they saw a woman falling off the bridge. Gaara would've form more sand to catch her, but even he have limits. But Naruto didn't have that problem.
Knowing that he can't use his wind element for a bit, he jumped off the cliff, and use his gravitational boots to fly towards her in fast speed. She was halfway to the ground before he catched her.
"I got you." Naruto said, flying back up to one of the bridges. Once he was at the bridge, he deactivated his boots and landed on the floor. He look at the woman to see that she was unconscious. He can tell that she isn't dead, merely exhausted.
Naruto gently put her down before getting a capsule of pills from his pockets. "Here, this should help you wake up." He took out a pill and feed it to her, getting her to chew it subconsciously.
Naruto saw the woman slowly open her eyes, her eyes blinking a little sleepily. Naruto knew that the pill will take effect soon and move his head away. Soon enough, the woman body got up like she was late for her job.
Nora look around at where she was at, a bit bewildered. Didn't she fall to her death? If so, why isn't she dead and how did she survive the fall?
"You okay ma'am?" Nora turn to the voice to see a young blonde hair boy, with whiskers on his cheek and light blue eyes.
Nora groan, still feeling the impact of the laser blast. "What happened? Last thing I remembered was falling to my death." Which begs the question as to how she was alive.
"I saw you falling from the broken bridge." Naruto said, pointing to the bridge above them. "I turned my gravitational boots on and flew to where you were at to catch you before you hit the ground." Nora look at the young man, feeling a lot of gratitude for saving her life.
"Thank you." Nora said softly, hugging the blonde. "I'm glad I didn't die. Glad that I didn't leave my son." Naruto was a bit surprise to hear that part, seeing that the mother look young, but didn't comment.
"By the way, my name is Naruto." Naruto said, after Nora detached herself from the hug. "And may I ask your name?"
She smile at name. "My name is Nora." she replied. Her smile was change into a frown of concern, causing Naruto to be concern for her.
"What's wrong Nora?" Naruto asked, before it clicked to his mind. "You're worried about your son?" She nodded her head in reply.
Naruto furrow his eyebrows. He need to find the others as quick as possible, to make sure they're alright. But he can't leave this woman alone. If the PSICOM see her, they would capture and execute her. Maybe worse, if the less disciplined ones capture her.
Naruto thought about it for a few more seconds, before coming up with a decision. "Do you you know where the civilians are at? Perhaps I can get you there."
Nora smile at the offer. "I know it's somewhere above us, but I'm not exactly sure. If I can see my son Hope or the group NORA, the ones leading the rebellion, then that'll be them." Naruto froze when he heard the name, NORA. So Snow and the others must be up there.
"Okay then, we best get a move on." Naruto said. Without any warning, he pick up Nora bridal style, getting a surprise squeak from her. "Hang on." With that, he activated his gravitational boots and flew up, getting ready to meet his old friends and probably get his ass kick or at the very least, chewed out.
(With the civilians)
Snow groan, waking up from the fall he had. He open his eyes to see the ceiling of the Hanging Edge. A scowl form across face, remembering what happened. He saw all of those people, including his friend Gadon, falling into the abyss of the Hanging Edge. The person foremost in his mind is the mother he failed to save, the one that he dropped. Not only that, but what she said.
"Protect him." Snow murmure at his spot. "Protect who?"
"Are you going to talk to yourself hero while on that ground?"
Snow abruptly stand up at the sound of his friend and look up to see not only Gadon, but most of the civilians here. "Wha the?" Snow said in shock, then notice the texture of the ground. He look at the ground, only to see sand, and when he look around, he saw that the sand is floating. He say the three words most people would say in his circumstances.
"What the fuck?!"
"That's the usual response when people see my powers." A monotone and deep voice said behind him. He look behind him to see a red hair man, with a tattoo on his forehead and a black formal suit on. What bother Snow is the emotionless look on the man's face.
"...Okay, Gadon, due you know who Mr. Creepy is?" Snow asked, ignoring (or forgetting) the fact that Gaara can still hear them.
"He says that his name is Gaara." Gadon said, helping Snow up. "While we were falling down from the bridge, a friend of his used the wind to have us afloat while he formed this floating sand floor." Gadot then turn to Gaara, as he move the sand to where the other civilians. "Speaking of wind, who was doing that?"
Gaara didn't turn to them, focusing on moving the sand. "His name is Naruto Uzumaki." When he said the name, Gadon and Snow's eyes widen. Did he just say of the name of their friend? The blonde hair troublemaker who disappeared six years ago?
"Naruto?" Snow asked in disbelief. "Blonde hair, blue eyes, whiskers on his cheeks?" Gaara nodded in confirmation, leaving the two stunned.
It's been six years since Naruto left. The group NORA, along with Lightning and Sera, have been searching for him ever since that time. They ask people if they saw him, as well as trying to find hints to where he gone, but there wasn't even a hint to where he was at. It was like he completely disappeared from Cocoon.
But that didn't stop them. Whenever they have free time, NORA always went looking for Naruto while Lightning use her position in the Guardian Corps to search for Naruto. Even though they always went without a trace, they didn't give up, not even Lightning, who would've usually given up.
Now, they hear that Naruto is here and was the one who saved everyone from falling to their deaths. Snow was frozen for a few more minutes until he slowly shook his head and let out a little chuckle. "What have you been up to Naruto?" Wind powers. He can imagine Naruto having a field day fighting the PSICOM.
"Finally, we have our first clue!" Gadot cheered, holding his gun in the air. He ignore the odd looks he's getting. "Wait till the others hear this."
"Wait til sis hear this." Snow said, referring to Lightning. He called her sis now since he is Serah's fiance now. "I can't wait to see the look on her face."
Gadot was about to say something, until they spotted the other survivors. Snow grin, seeing that Lebreau, Maqui, and Yuj are there and alive.
(With the civilians)
The three remaining members of NORA were with the civilians, guns in hands as they watch for any PSICOM. Maqui, the youngest of the three, was about to fall of asleep from exhaustion. The sleepiness inside him vanished when he, along with the others, saw a giant disk of sand floating towards them.
"What the?!" Maquie yelled, scrambling back up and aiming his guns toward the thing. Lebreau and Yuj aimed their guns as well, until they heard it's voice.
"He! It's us, it's us!" Their jaws drop when they saw Snow and Gadot on sand, along with many of the resistance they thought was dead.
When Snow and the others got off the sand, once they were low enough, the other three got out of their frozen state and run up to Snow. The children that saw their parents ran up to them as well, with only a few of them not joining them, since they can't see any sign of their parents. One of those kids was Hope Estheim.
He stare at the man who failed to save his mother, Snow, while he was talking to his friend, probably explaining as to why and how he was on a floating disk of sand. "That's the one." Hope said to the girl with him, Vanille. The girl move up to him, to his side.
"Didn't you have something to say to him?" The pink haired girl asked. Hope nodded. "All right then! Go!"
Hope wanted to confront him about his mother's death, he really do, but he suddenly felt nervous about talking to someone. Vanille look at him, seeing that he's not moving, and saw nervousness on his face. "I'll go with you." Vanilled offered, startling the boy.
"What?"
"I'll go with you." Vanille said, grabbing his hand. Hope blush a little, before getting pulled by her. "Come on." She tried pulling him, but he was stubborn and stayed where he was at.
Meanwhile, the group was catching up as several families reunite. Maqui told him about the airbikes they found in the Hanging Edge after Snow and Gadot told them how they were floating. When they did, the stare at Gaara in shock and gave him some thank you, before talking to Snow and Gadot again.
"Hey guys, I got some more news!" Snow said loudly, getting their attention. "Gaara here isn't the only one who saved us. It was someone who used the wind to kept us afloat." Their eyes widen at that piece of information.
"Do you know who is it? Do ya? Do ya?" Maqui asked in excitement. First a guy who can control sand, now a guy who can control wind? This rescue is getting more and more exciting. One word had them silenced in shock.
"Naruto."
Lebreau, Maqui, and Yuj eyes widen in disbelief and their jaws drop. The three of them dropped their guns as well. As Vanille was about to call out to them, seeing as Hope isn't going to budge, everyone covered their ears when they heard them yelled.
"NARUTO?!"
Snow smile at the happy expression on their faces. "Yep." He was about to point out that Gaara knows him, only to see that he disappeared. He blink at that, then shrug. He must've went to fight more of the PSICOM.
"Finally!" Maqui cheered, jumping up and down like a little kid. "We finally have a hint to where Naruto is at!" Yuj cheered a little as well, but didn't jump up and down like his friend here.
Snow smirk. "Maybe when I go get Sera, I might meet him there." Snow said, getting onto one of the airbike. "If we know Naruto well, then we know he's here to see if we're safe or rescue Sera."
"Yep, that does sound like Naruto." Lebreau said, remembering some of the times risk his life for others. He helped NORA a lot whenever PSICOM nearly catches them.
Snow activated the airbike, getting the others to step back a little. "See you later guys. When I get back, I'll have my fiance and my friend here." With that, he took off, not hearing Vanille calling out to him to wait.
(With Naruto)
Naruto is jumping from bridge to bridge in fast pace, with Nora in his arms. Whenever he saw a group of PSICOM, he move to the bottom of the bridge so he won't be spotted. He can defeat those soldiers easily, but he doesn't want to risk Nora's safety. As he is traveling, he is thinking about his friends.
After all these years, he is going to meet up with his friends again. He wonder if they remember him, if they tried to search for him. If they do remember him, he knows that he will get punched, or in Serah's case, slapped, by them for disappearing. But he wonders if they missed him as much as he missed them, especially Lightning.
Even though it's been years that he saw her, he still have feelings for the young woman. Her tough and independent personality, along with how beautiful she looks. Even though she is cold to most people, Naruto can read people really well, and can see the hidden compassion under her cold demeanor. He was there when her parents died and made sure she didn't distance herself from Serah, knowing that the girl will need her sister. Ever since her parents death, the two have gotten closer and closer.
"I see the others!" Nora shouted, pointing at the group of civilians above them. Naruto nodded before super jumping at the place and landing of the group. The group NORA would've have notice if they weren't busy arguing.
"You let two kids drive off?!"
"Snow is going to kill us!"
"Who the hell was watching them?!"
Judging by what he's hearing, it seems like two kids ran off. And Gadot was being the one blame. Usually, Naruto would watch this in amusement, but time is at the essence. With that in thought, he and Nora walk up to the others.
"You can go look for your son." Naruto whispered to Nora, seeing her worry look. "I'll go talk to them." Nora nodded and immediately went to see where her son is at.
The argument was getting more and more heated until Naruto spoke up. "Really? You defeated a part of the PSICOM army in here and yet you can't watch over a couple of kids?" The four jump in alarm before aiming their guns at the him.
"Who the hell are you?" Gadot demanded, seeing that there wasn't a mysterious hooded man in the group. The man merely smirk at the question.
"Hmm, I'll give you a hint as to who I am." Naruto said, feeling a little playful. "My name stands either fish cake, which I hate to be referred as, or maelstrom."
Lebreau's eyes widen, being the first one to figure it out. "Naruto?" she whispered. Gadon, Yuj, and Maqui's eyes widen as well when they heard her and when he took off the hood, that confirmed their suspicion.
"Hey guys. Long time no see." Naruto said, waving at them. Before he knew, Yuj, Maqui, and surprisingly, Lebreau, tackled him to the ground.
"Naruto!" The three of them cheered while Gadot grinned. Naruto laugh at them and push them off so he can get up.
He smile at all four of them. "I'm surprise really. I thought I would've gotten hit for the years I've went missing."
"Oh, don't worry. Snow, Serah, and Lightning are going to be the ones having the honor." Gadot replied with a grin, making Naruto shiver a little. Lightning's and Snow's punches are no joke, since the two of them are the strongest out of all of his friends at Bodhum.
"Best be prepared for the pain then." Naruto said. He then notice Lebreau look at him with a bit of a glazed look and he smirk a little. "You know, it's rude to stare like that Lebreau." That broke the glaze look on her face and she blush while the others snicker a little. Naruto smirk a little more, deciding to flirt and tease her.
"Of course, I feel glad that I'm attracting to you. Or was it the muscles that you felt that made you glaze?" Naruto asked, making her blush more.
"S-Shut up up." Lebreau muttered, getting the three guys to laugh. As the laughing died down, Yuj asked a question that played in his mind.
"Hey Naruto, how did you use that wind trick?" Yuj asked him. "Snow told us, that Gaara told him and Gadot, that you were the one that kept them afloat." Before Naruto could answer, or ask where Gaara is at, a voice spoke up from behind the group.
"Excuse me?" Naruto look from behind the group to see one of the civilians talking to him. A man that looks to be in his thirty, with others civilians looking at him. "You were the one who saved us from that fall?"
Naruto nodded to that, making the man smile gratefully. "Then on behalf of everyone here, I would like to thank you." Naruto merely smile at him, making nearly all of the female seeing the smile (including few of the married ones) blush.
"You don't have to thank me. I wouldn't hesitate to do it again if I have to." Naruto said. The man smile at the sincerity in his word, along with others. As he left to return with his family, Nora return to him with a very worried expression on her face.
"I can't find Hope anywhere!" Nora said to him. "I look all over and ask everyone hear if he know where he is, but he's not anywhere!" Naruto frown in concern about, not liking the fact that a child had gone missing. He then took notice of the four NORA member nervous expression.
"Okay you four, I know that you know something." Naruto said, pointing them out. "What happened here?" Their nervous expression grew even more.
"Is your son a white hair boy with yellow and orange clothing on?" Lebreau asked. Nora reply was a glare, confirming yes, that is her son.
"Where. Is. My. Son?!" Nora asked with a very dangerous edge in her voice. Did she mention that she is very protective of her son?
"Well you see about that…." Gadon started out.
"...We may have saw…." Lebreau continued.
"...your son on an airbike…." Yuj continued.
"...and driving to pulse vestige." Maqui finished, squeaking out the last part. Nora is silent for a minute. Then, she gave them the most vicious glare that made Yuj and Maqui nearly pee in their pants.
"MY SON IS DOING WHAT?!" She yelled at them. "AND YOU DIDN'T STOP HIM?!"
"We tried to." Gadon said with a bit of a whimper. "But he took the only airbike we had, along with the girl coming with him, and drove off, despite telling us to get down." Nora was about to unleash more motherly fury on them, when Naruto grab her by the shoulder.
"Nora, enough." Naruto said firmly. "Yelling at them isn't going to help. Beside, we need to focus on getting your son before he gets into any danger, if not more." Hearing that stopped her from unleashing more of her fury, but it was replaced with extreme concern.
"We need to go. Now." Nora said to Naruto, with a more gentler turn. "Like you said, Hope may be already endanger. And it's my job to protect him."
Naruto nodded. "Yeah, but you need to stay here. You just woken from a blast from a laser and falling several feet before I catched you half an hour ago. You probably need to rest."
Nora only respond with a smirk. She pick up one of the rifles that have been dropped and reload it. "Don't worry about me. Moms are tough. Now let's go get my son." Naruto was about to argue till he saw the determined look in her eyes. He sigh, knowing that she isn't going to change her mind. Why he tried arguing with the mother when it came to her son, he didn't know the answer. So he crouch down to let Nora get on his back.
"Hop on then and hang on tight." Naruto told her. She obey his command and got on his back, wrapping her arms and legs around him. Naruto turn to the others and pass something to Gadon. "This is a homing beacon. You can use this to call on Gaara when you need help getting home. Chow." Before anyone can say anything else, Naruto activated his his gravity boot and quickly fly off, wanting to get to his friends and Nora's son.
(In Pulse Vestige)
Lightning cut down the last of the beast near her. She huff as she put her sword, looking up the stairs to where the pulse fal'cie is at. Where her sister at.
She sigh. When she heard that her sister got captured by the fal'cie, she snuck onto a train to get her back. Fought through PSICOM soldiers, several monsters, and had to traveled annoying old man to get to her. Now, she is close to getting her back. Her parents died years ago and her best friend disappeared six years ago. She doesn't want to lose Serah.
"What gotten into you soldier?" The same annoying man, Sazh she recalled, asked. "I thought you were here looking for a fight." Lightning sigh in frustration. She has a feeling that this guy won't stop pestering her until he gets some answers. So she decided to tell him why she is here.
"My sister…" She said, finally giving him some answers as to why she is here. "She's a l'cie."
"What?" The man said in alarm, going to the side to see her facial expression. "A pulse l'cie?"
She wonder why she is telling the man, but she guess it's due to frustration to him asking. "The fal'cie has her captive. But I'll find her." She started walking again, but Sazh went in front of her.
"What is her focus?" Sazh asked her, hoping it isn't anything bad. "When she became a l'cie, what has she been order to do? It isn't to blow up Cocoon or something like that is it?" She look away, trying to hide the guilt on her face as she remember the day.
"...I didn't ask." She finally said. She and Sazh then notice the door being sealed at the top.
As she contemplated as what to do, Sazh is trying to tell her (and bumbling) that Serah need to be killed whether she complete her focus or not. She grew increasingly annoyed as he fumbling with his words. And she snapped when he said this line.
"Don't make her suffer."
She turn to him with a glare. "Just say it!" She shouted, Sazh not surprise at how she reacted. "Say that every single l'cie should be wipe off the planet!"
Sazh didn't say anything. Just look down on the ground. She scoffed and turn around, controlling her anger. "A friend told me that abandoning the mission makes you trash. But abandoning your friends and families makes you worse than trash." She look back at him. "If I abandon my sister, the only blood family I have left, then I'm worse than trash. And I'm not going to kill my sister just because she's a l'cie." She then walk to the door, with Sazh following her after a few minutes.
(With Naruto)
Naruto is flying at high speed, wanting to catch up to his friends. He can smell all of three of them, along with three unfamiliar people, with them. He know that three of them is Lightning, Serah, and Snow while two of them are the two kids Gadot and the others are talking about. But he doesn't know the last presence.
"We're getting close to them Nora." Naruto told her while she is shooting down the soldiers and the monsters in the vestige from behind him. "I just hope they're aren't in any immediate danger."
"Me too." Nora from behind him, shooting another soldier that try to shoot them down. "And when I find Snow, I'm going to see why on earth did he think it's was a good idea to come here."
Naruto wonder how the two kids survived when they got here, but then thought that they must've bumped into Snow or Lightning.
"I think I see them." Naruto said, spotting six figures. He then saw the middle figure floating and glowing, confirming that it was Serah. And that she just completed her focus. And that she's turning into a crystal….
"No!" Naruto shouted, speeding up to the group. When he got close enough, he use his l'cie seal to stop the transformation. "I hope this work."
(With the others)
Everyone watch as Serah started floating and glowing. Lightning, Snow, Sazh, Hope, and Vanille were speechless as the girl began to transform into a crystal. They watch in awe and sadness as Serah transformed. But then something happened that shocked them even more.
"What the hell?" Sazh said in shock, as all of them are seeing the red lining in the crystal. It surrounded the girl until the crystalized girl turn red. And then, slowly, she turn back into her regular self, surprising everyone.
"But how?" Hope asked in shock. "The legends said that once a l'cie complete their focus, they will turn into a crystal forever and gain eternal life."
"So how did she transform back?" Sazh asked in shock. Lightning and Snow didn't wonder that, however, they were more focus to seeing if the girl is alright. When Serah opened her eyes, she is shocked to see that she didn't change.
"I stopped her from changing." A voice said from behind them. Everyone turn to see a hooded figure behind him. The cloak he's wearing cover the clothes he' wearing as well as most of his face, but they can see the smile on his face. Hope eyes widen when he saw who's behind him, along with Snow.
"Mom?" Snow said in shock, not believing what he's seeing right now. Nora got off from Naruto's back and smile at his son. Hope felt himself tearing up before running to her and hugging her.
"You're alive." Hope breathed out, tears pouring out of his eyes. Nora comforted him while he keep repeating those two words that means so much to him.
Snow look at the hooded with realization hitting his eyes and smirk. "After six long years, you finally show up." Lightning and Serah look at him confuse.
The man grin. "Well, somebody had to save your ass Snow. And I want to make sure Light and Serah are okay, along with giving the PSICOM hell." The two sisters were still confuse as to who this man was until realization hits their eyes as well.
"Naruto?" Serah said in shock, with Lightning still int the same amount of shock. Naruto smile before pulling off the hood and revealing his face to the others.
"It's been awhile, hasn't it?"
And that's the end. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. And I hope you guys like that I kept Nora alive. Review (Please?), favorite, and follow and I will see you later.
P.S. My ally PyschoPath is editing this so when he's finish, I'll replace this chapter.