Hey People! Its been a while. Alright So let's keep going, the end is nigh!!!

A/N: I dont own Star Ocean or Naruto


Chapter 16: Last-Minute Preparations

Dec. 29th, Somewhere in the Alpha Sector, Diplo II.

Two figures stood in the rather large room. It was quite dark, it was a wonder how the two saw in the room. Both figures had swords drawn, one older man with long, white spiky hair. His hair was rather messy and looked like a mop that covered his eyebrows but not his eyes. His eyes were rather strange, his left eye was normal, but his right…it was rather peculiar.

The eye on the right had a scar over the eyelid and underneath it. His eye was red and looked menacing, it had a dot in the center and had three spokes around the dot, forming a wheel. The figures eyes were totally accustomed to the dark, and the lack of light didn't hinder his movement at all.

However, the other figure was younger and had blue hair and blue eyes, both were normal. He was breathing hard and had trouble seeing in the light. He held his sword loosely in front of him, waiting to anticipate Kakashi's next attack.

Alright, so Kakashi has no trouble seeing in this condition. He can strike me from underground using that digging technique of his…and he can easily strike me from above. Gah! His techniques totally render mine useless! I'll have to try it…

Fayt conjured his chakra for a second, the way Kakashi taught him how to. He formed hand seals. "Lightning Style…Raikou-Boruto(Lightning Bolt)!" He had his two palms together, but pulled them apart and a thin bolt of lighning crackled and formed. He handled the lightning bolt in his hand and threw it upwards. As it reached a certain height, "Release!" he yelled and the lightning bolt dispersed. It broke into a million tiny lights and the photons emitted brilliant flashes of light.

It illuminated the room and Fayt instantly spotted Kakashi. "Raikou-Boruto!!" Fayt yelled as he threw two more lightning bolts at Kakashi. Kakashi quickly formed three hand signs.

"Chidori!!" he yelled and he cut through the lightning bolts thrown at him.

"Damn it, Dimension Door!" he yelled. Kakashi smiled, he instinctively ducked, his Sharingan had detected the attack. Damn, I only have one last new technique…Fayt threw a flurry of strikes at Kakashi with his sword, he soon found an opening and raised his blade to his neck. His figure popped…shadow clone. Kakashi appeared behind him and kicked Fayt down, it also popped. Another shadow clone.

"Impressive Fayt, you've gotten the Shadow Clone Jutsu down. Also, you've developed your own technique, you're a pretty amazing kid! Now show me that last technique!" Kakashi yelled. He examined his surroundings with his Sharingan, as he produced the seals for the Chidori. His hand began to crackle and then he moved towards one direction and attacked Fayt, who had jumped from behind him. It popped…as it popped, the real Fayt appeared. He had formed the hand signs for Chidori…but instead…his palm began to grow red until his entire palm was surrounded by fire.

"Gogyou-Hirate (Literally, Fire-Palm. Yes, it is Chidori but fire style, instead)." He charged at him, but Kakashi raised his own Chidori palm and the two great forces collided. There was a bright flash of light and then the lights in the room turned on. Kakashi was lying on the floor, facing upwards.

He…He beat me? Kakashi looked up to see Fayt offering his hand, smiling at him. "You sure are something, you came up with two whole new jutsus (techniques) in one day!" Kakashi said in wonder.

"Well, I had a really good teacher!!" Fayt laughed nervously. "So, I was wondering, why can't I learn the Chidori?"

"Ah, my other student asked me the same thing. You see, when you strike with the Chidori, you are traveling at a super fast speed. And normal human eyes won't be able to detect the movements of your opponent. So you could be charging in directly and not see your opponent raise his hand-," Fayt cut him off.

"But…you're already moving at a really fast speed, won't my opponent not be able to see it. And moreover, why can you use it?"

"Ahh, I was just getting to that. Ah, when attacking with the Chidori, with normal eyes you develop major blind spots, moving at that speed. I can use it because of my Sharingan, I can detect all movements and adjust my trajectory according to my opponent's next move."

"Oh, that makes sense, at least I have the Gogyou-Hirate!" Fayt said happily.

"Alright Fayt, one last thing. Just to give you something to think about. Form your Gogyou-Hirate for a second." Fayt nodded, he formed the seals and then his fire-palm formed.

"Ok you have two elemental chakras, Lightning and Fire. Now try condensing the fire into a ball. This is called Shape Manipulation Chakra Energy, which is giving your chakra a physical form, while combining it with Elemental Energy Chakra."

"Umm, alright," Fay focused on his palm and the fire began to swirl at the center of his palm, but he wasn't able to from it into a ball, it fell apart. "Grr. Can you show me an example, Sensei?"

"I actually cannot, this has never been done before, by any shinobi. The combination of Elemental Chakra and Shape Manipulation would produce an incredible technique. Some, shinobi can easily master Elemental Chakra, others Shape Chakra. Alright, here is the best example I can give you." Kakashi held his palm in front of Fayt. Soon a condensed, swirling, blue ball of energy formed in his palm. "Now in my case, I would have to try to add Lightning natured energy to this Shaped Chakra. But, as I said…it has never been done. It's like…looking left and right at the same time."

"So you're saying I have to give my fire-element energy, shape, like that ball?"

"Yep."

"Hmm, that is hard."

"Don't worry about it too much, it was just something to get you thinking. You can try it on your own time, you know practice on your own."

"There is one last thing I want to teach you, considering how fast you grasped these concepts. Collaboration Jutsu. Now the point is to combine your two elements into one attack. Now take your Raikou-Boruto. You also have fire elemental. So throw a Raikou-Boruto," Kakashi said. Fayt did as he was told. As he did, Kakashi formed multiple hand seals, "Katon, Gokakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Style, Fireball Technique)." His technique set fire to the lightning bolt. Fayt looked on in wonder.

Kakashi gave him the signal and they both released their techniques. "Now, for the fireball technique, form the seals, build up your chakra in your chest…then release it in one huge burst, to create the fire."

Fayt nodded and went to work at his technique. Kakashi covered his Sharingan eye, pulled out his Make-Out Paradise Book, and propped himself against the wall.


"Alright, so it is almost time, report," Mirage said tersely. They were in a conference room in the Diplo II. All the leaders of the Allied Groups were present on the long conference table.

"Well, the Invasionary Force is ready. We agreed that Fayt will be the leader of the Ground Assault. While Mirage will command the Diplo II and she will be the Grand Admiral of the fleet. Captain Kirk will command the Hawk. King Elmond will command the Tomahawk II. Commander Wifra has the Sharktooth. Captain Gordon will fly in the new Adamant. Mrs. Leingod will have the Justice Avenger. The Tetragenians will be in the Divine Fate. Ah am I forgetting anyone?" Cliff asked, nervously.

"Nope," Captain Gordon said.

"Alright, as you all know, Fayt's unit will go first in the shuttle, to lower their defenses. The Earth has a planetary shield and gun from the Planetary Defense Building. The gun can incinerate anyone of our ships in one blast, so the ground forces have to move in real fast. Once the planetary shield is down the rest of the ships will fly in, and we'll give them hell. So once our invasionary force is on Earth, we'll have to fight our way to Federation Square in the Federal City. Federation Square, being where the Prison Cube, Planetary Defense Building, and Federal Tower are all located." Cliff paused.

"Is it going to be that easy to fight through the city?" Commander Wifra asked.

"No, it is definitely going to be a bloody fight, high casualty rates are certain. We just gotta believe in Fayt, I'm confident that he'll lead us to the end. Anyways, on the Ground, Fayt's forward task force will have to break up. I'm going with Fayt, Albel, and Kakashi's Group to the Federal Tower. While Nel, Peppita and Kian will lead a group to the Planetary Defense Building to take it down. Then, Adray and Ophelia will lead an attack force into the Prison Cube, to release the prisoners and cause a bunch of chaos. So hopefully, Fayt along with me and others, will take down this Indalecio character and retrieve our friends. In a nutshell, it sounds real easy. But, in reality the success rates are less than 50%."

"But we have to try, nonetheless! We cannot let this evil grow, unchallenged!" King Elmond yelled.

"Well said Your Highness," Cliff said. "Despite the odds, we have to do something, and if we fail, someone else will step up to challenge them!"

"Yeah!" everyone in the room exclaimed.

"Alright get some rest guys, we're gonna need it," Mirage ended bitterly.


"Collaboration Jutsu!! Dragon's Breath" He conjured his Raikou-Boratu and then produce a Gokakyuu no Jutsu. The lightning crackled around the fire.

"Well-Done, I am very impressed, huh?" Kakashi asked as he turned around and the training room's door opened up. Risa, Yamato, Albel, and Nel walked in.

"We were watching you, well done, very good young Fayt," Yamato said.

"Th-Thank you, Yamato-sensei!"

"Seeing your two elementals makes me think…right Kakashi?"

"Yes, he possesses a Kekkei-Genkai, or a special gene, Yamato has one, go ahead, explain."

"Right, I have Water and Earth elementals. I use both hands together to make wood, how about you have you tried using both elementals?"

"I think so, I have a hunch what it produces, It releases Ethereal Energy…it's a real long story to explain. But, to make a long story short I can blow battleships up with the energy, the thing is that it is only released when I'm very angry.

"I don't seem to follow…you can tell us your story, we have loads of time on our hands," Kakashi said, as he shut his book. Then, Fayt told his story.

"Hmm, I see. It is a totally new elemental altogether. I've never even heard of one like it. And I was puzzled at first at how it could naturally occur…but the truth is that your Kekkei-Genkai is indeed unnatural." Kakashi said as he pondered other facts.

"Alright, let's focus on manifesting that energy, without losing control," Yamato suggested.

"Right, be carful Fayt, don't overdo it, if you feel the slightest loss of control, we'll have to knock you unconscious or something," Kakashi said seriously. Fayt nodded and focused his energy. He practiced releasing the energy like chakra. A blue aura began to form around his body.

Amazing, the chakra is incredible. It is almost like…Naruto's fox chakra…this is uncanny indeed. Kakashi analyzed as he looked on in wonder.

"K-Kakashi sensei, I'm starting to lose it, take me out…n-now!!" Fayt's yelled as his eyes began to blink blue. Kakashi disappeared in a flash, and appeared behind Fayt and hit him on the neck. Fayt's body fell limp as he fell unconscious to the floor.

About 30 minute later…Fayt opened his eyes to see Kakashi offering him a water bottle. "Hey, take a break for awhile," Kakashi said with a smiling face.

"Why…why is it so easy to lose control?" Fayt asked frustratingly.

"Fayt, you have to remember, it is a great amount of energy, a large amount is always difficult to control. Further more, stronger energies are difficult to control as well. I've figured out a way to help you…a chakra control exercise. This is a basic exercise that even our genin, the lowest ninja level, are taught."

"Fayt stood up and looked at Kakashi. "Right, so what am I gonna do?"

"You're gonna climb the walls…with only your feet."

"Eh…what?" he replied. Nel chuckled in the background.

"Fayt, its something that all ninjas learn, the art to 'sticking to walls' as you call it," Nel laughed.

"Oh…so how do I go about to doing this?" Fayt asked.

"Alright, watch me. First concentrate your chakra in your feet. Now the trick is to get just the right amount of chakra. If you have too much chakra it will push you off. If you don't have enough, your feet won't stick to the walls. You could also use this technique to walk on water, virtually anything really."

"Gotcha," Fayt concentrated on focusing his energy into the soles of his feet. As soon as he was ready, he began to run at the wall in front of him and ran up the wall. At first he only went 5 feet, and his feet weren't sticking too much to the wall.

He attempted a second time but was pushed off of it; too much that time. He kept at for almost two more hours straight. What stamina! Kakashi thought, as he watched on.

He tried one more time and suddenly his feet instantly stuck to the wall.

"Haha!!" he yelled in triumph as he walked all the way up until he was hanging upside down from the ceiling. His face began to grow red as the blood rushed to his head. He released the chakra and let himself fall to the ground. A rush of air whipped his face, then he pulled a graceful flip in the air. Before he landed, he focused his Ethereal Chakra in his feet. Then he released it and blue energy rippled from his feet. He was floating in midair.

The chakra was being released like fire from a jet, from his feet. It had him suspended there, as if time was still. "Well what do you know," Kakashi whispered.

"Amazing Fayt!!" Nel yelled. Fayt hovered around the room and grinned triumphantly. He moved around by releasing a burst of Ethereal Chakra from his palms and feet. Fayt landed in front of Kakashi.

"I figured it out," Fayt said happily.

"Figured what?" Kakashi asked sarcastically.

"How to control the Ethereal Chakra. Say I want to move faster, I'd focus the energy in my legs. If I want to fire some energy, I'd focus it in my palms. If I wanted increased strength, I focus the energy in my arms. So instead of just releasing the energy throughout my entire body, I have to control it in spurts."

"Excellent work Fayt, now think carefully, what else can you create from this new energy?"

"Another technique…Oh I got it! Instead of releasing the energy in my palms as a blast. I…I…would let it build up, hold it and form something like the Gogyou-Hirate. Instead it would be a Seishou-Hirate (energy palm)."

"Exactly. Now, I can teach you countless things, but we don't have the time. And besides you need your rest, as do I, hahaha."Kakashi replied. The group called it a day and they retired to their respective rooms. Fayt walked down to the Diplo II's hangar bay to the Justice Avenger. The others followed him as well, as they were all in his unit.


Dec. 30th…Diplo II. 1 day from invasion.

The group had amassed in the tactical situation room it was a big and round conference room with a hologram table in the center. At that moment a hologram of Earth was displayed. Surrounding the Earth hologram were thousands of tiny holograms that represented ships protecting it. Mirage stood at the center of the room, she stood silent with her eyes closed as the room filled in.

Fayt and Company were seated very close to the center. As the number of people entering became less and the scattered voices died down she opened her eyes.

She cleared her throat and began to talk. "Alright guys, tomorrow is the big day. We are already in preliminary preparation for the attack. Soldier units are already suiting up and pilots are already forming squadrons. You will all receive your orders from your respective superiors. At any rate you all have been informed about the sequence of our battle plan. My purpose is to explain the Ground Assault. Commander Fayt Leingod will be leading that attack," she paused to let Captain Gordon adjust the hologram.

It changed to a Bird's Eye perspective of the Federal City, at the center was the Federal Square. "The advance unit will land within one of the areas with a lower concentration of enemies. They will attempt to clear the area to form a Command Post, where our forces will rally. This conflict could drag on for days so we must be prepared. Once the command post has been established, the remaining ground forces will clear a way for Fayt's unit to move into the Federal Square. Fayt, your group will be taking 4 light repulsor lift tanks to breach the defenses. You'll understand when the time comes."

Fayt nodded and allowed her to continue. "Alright people…this is our only shot so make it count! We can only hope for a success because you already know that success is uncertain. But we have to do something, we have to try! So let's get out there and kick some ass! Alright report back to your units and relay the information to your subordinates, good luck everyone!" she ended. Everyone shouted out in agreement.

Fayt and his crew were back on the Justice Avenger, it was out of the Diplo's hangar and was flying with the rest of the fleet. Everyone was suiting up for the battle. Guns and cannons were being loaded, ships and fighters were being fueled, and perhaps, final prayers were being spoken. Fayt stood on the observation deck of the ship. He stared out into space once again.

Everyone else was getting their gear together and preparing themselves both mentally and physically. He was the only one in the room, which reflected his feelings. He felt like he was isolated from the others. He was the one everyone was depending on, he felt as if he was alone in this fight. But he realized he was wrong. Maria is fighting too, and I guess its unfair to say that I am alone. I have companions willing to die for me, if the time arises. Everyone is in this, we're all pushing for the same goal. He thought grimly.

Fayt was already ready, he had replace his leg armors for lighter leg guards that were white. His new fighting style favored more speed and less weight. His sword case, was belted onto his back as usual, it had two blades sticking out of it. 'Destroyer' and an ANBU sword that Kakashi gave him. He had a blue carbonite chest plate on and had blue gloves on.

Fayt's mom soon entered the room, she had been looking for her son. "Fayt, what's wrong?" She asked as she picked a seat next to him. She brushed it real quick to get rid of some dust on it.

"It's just…I wonder if Dad knew all this was going to happen, did you?"

"Fayt…don't blame your father too much. And as a matter of fact, I did have an idea of your father's fears. You may ask why I didn't stop him? To be honest, I believed he was right in fearing these events. And the reason I went along with his plans in regards to you is because I thought…that only you, our son, would be the one able to carry this burden. I-I-I'm sorry," she finished with a tear.

Fayt quickly apologized and hugged his mother. A while later, Nel and Albel entered the room. Albel was armored in a full Japanese Samurai outfit. He just didn't wear the face mask or helmet. The armor was red and made him seem more ferocious. His shotgun and his katana hung from his belt, tied at his waist. Nel was the same, no new equipment or anything. Kakashi;s group walked in afterward , however Kakashi was missing. The two masked figures stood silent in the room, obviously speechless at the task at hand. They were still awaiting Adray, Peppita, Kian, Ophelia, and Cliff.

Adray came in, actually wearing a heavy suit or crystal gemenite armor. He was fastening the buckles around it to make sure it would stay on tightly. Soft clicking noises were produced when the buckles clamped onto each other. Ophelia, Kian and Peppita had their usual outfit on. Nothing new or out of the ordinary.

Fayt spoke first. "Well guys, needless to say, we have a tough job ahead of us. I just want to thank you all for sticking with me to this point. If any of you want to back out now, I won't blame you. You can take a shuttle and travel anywhere you want," he paused to see if anyone would reply to his rhetorical question.

"Come on Fayt, we won't back out now," Nel said.

"Yeah you fool, besides I still gotta get stronger than you and have our rematch," Albel replied. The others just grinned at him. They chuckled for a second as the door to the observation deck slid open. Finally, Cliff entered the room, with Kakashi next to him; who had his mask on. Cliff had his usual attire on, but his gauntlets were different. His new gauntlets covered his forearms and were white. Attached to the end was a short blade that was retractable so he could wield it like a kunai knife.

"Hey Cliff, nice of you to join us."

"Sorry Fayt, Kakashi was giving me a lesson on elemental chakra, and how to focus it into weapons."

"Really? Well I look forward to seeing your move in action soon enough. So where was I? Right, look thanks again, and all we can hope for is a success to get Maria and Sophia back to save the universe."

"So, no pressure right?" Adray asked sarcastically.

"Yeah, that's right," Fayt laughed. A chime rang and then a voice on the loudspeaker spoke.

"Captain Leingod please report to the hangar. Captain Leingod please report to the hangar immediately, thank you."

"Well guys, that's our cue. Let's go!"

"Yeah!!! Let's kick some ass guys!" Cliff yelled as he punched his palm to exaggerate his emotions. They all exited the observation deck and silently paced to the hangar. The weight and reality of their task had just dawned on them. They entered the hangar, to see a scene of chaos.

People were running all about prepping ships and boarding fighters or loading weapons. One of the deck operators spotted Fayt's group and told them to come over.

"Alright sir, I have your shuttle ready over there by area A-1, if you'll follow me I'll lead you right to it." Fayt nodded his group followed him they walked past numerous fighters and cruisers. Fayt's mom left them as they neared the shuttle, she said she was paged and needed to report to the deck. Fayt looked at her sadly as she walked away.

Cliff spotted this and put a hand on Fayt's shoulder. "Hey, don't worry. You will see her again." He patted him on the shoulder and walked away, as he continued to follow the deck operator. They reached the shuttle where about 10 soldiers stood, checking their gear, and preparing to board. A soldier walked up to Fayt.

"Sir, I'm Captain Lagers, Kirin Lagers. We're 10 of King Elmond's best soldiers, he ordered us to protect you and act as bodyguards," the soldier said.

"Thank you, I appreciate it, let's get on with it then, shall we?" Fayt replied. They all clambered on to the shuttle and the ramp shut with a hiss. Cliff got into the pilot's chair and Fayt got into the copilot chair. Everyone else sat in black chairs behind the two forward chairs.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen, I'm powering the engines as we speak. Alright, here we go!" he punched the power button and the engines screamed to life. Everyone in the hangar looked at the shuttle first, before it left the hangar. The shuttle slowly drifted off in space as it detached itself from the fleet.

"Mirage this is Attack Squadron Alpha, and we are going into gravitic warp in 5 minutes. Commencing Phase I of attack." Fayt said over the comm.. line.

"Alright Fayt, good luck, keep safe, and look out for each other."

"Will do Mirage, expect the signal soon."

"Roger."

The space around the shuttle slowly changed into the surroundings of Gravitic Warp Space. Fayt sat in his chair and was very tense. After about an hour of travel the console beeped the computer's voice rang out.

"Exiting Gravitic Warp in 5…4…3…2…1." The space around them changed into conventional space and the group was in awe at what was in front of them.

"Cliff…weren't there supposed to be less ships?" Fayt asked slowly.

"Y-Yeah…what the hell is going on here!" Cliff punched a few buttons on the console. "Computer, estimate number of enemy craft present."

"Calculating…on board computation estimates about 200,000 ships sir."

"T-That's twice as much as our fleet's…" Fayt said slowly. Cliff swore but had to compose himself as the console began to beep.

"Sir, incoming transmission from Nedian Flagship, Maelstrom Whirlwind."

"Patch them through," Cliff said as he and Fayt put on Nedian helmets.

"This is Nedian command, Please identify yourself shuttle," the voice said. It was harsh, cold, and emotionless.

"Affirmative sir, Shuttle 'Poodle', ID # X-124368798," he replied. He looked at Fayt, "Let's hope your mom's fabricated file works." Fayt gulped and nodded.

"Thank you shuttle 'Poodle', you are clear to go, we're lowering Earth's planetary shield as we speak."

They fell for it! Fayt thought. They wouldn't be able to bring the shield back up for another hour, so they were golden.

"Mirage, its go time, commence Phase II," Fayt said as he sent a message to Mirage, giving her the 'go ahead'.

"Alright so here comes the hard part…"Cliff mumbled.

"Yeah…" Fayt whispered as they looked at the fleet in front of them and felt discouraged. But he dispelled those thoughts when he thought about rescuing Maria. We're coming, just hold on!


Right, we're gettin close to the end, stay with me!!! R&R