Chapter 27 IS HERE! THE STORY CONTINUES! YAY!

Rule 21: Those who abandon the rules are trash, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash.

A familiar voice rung out.

"PROTECT MY ALLIES, LIGHT OF THE HEAVENS!" The voice shouted. A massive clank was heard behind them. Then a dome of light surrounded the village. Everyone was surprised. They turned around to see a familiar sword plunged into the ground. They looked up to see who the voice belonged to. There stood someone they thought they'd never see.

Rule 20: "Never give up."

The owner of the voice stood up on both legs, and grinned at them. They all stared in complete shock.

"It's you...You're a-alive?" Anko asked. The black-haired man's grin grew bigger.

"As alive as someone who just did pot." He said. They started breaking down into tears.

"How?" Anko asked. He smiled.

"That's a tale for another day. If we live that long, that is." Aaron told them.

Normal POV

Anko was completely crying by now. She ran up to him, and began pounding on his chest.

"HOW COULD YOU LEAVE US LIKE THAT? WE ALL THOUGHT YOU WERE GONE FOR GOOD!" She shouted at him, wailing on the elf's torso. Aaron put a hand on her back and pulled her into a hug.

"I thought I was as well. When this all over, we'll all go out for some ramen and dango, and I'll tell you all how I made it back." Then he looked to where Cryptus was.

"But for right now, we have another matter to focus on."

"You can beat him, right?" Sasuke asked.

"I can try. As we were falling towards hell, he managed to absorb a bit of my power. He's a dragon because of that. I don't have enough power to easily beat him." Aaron said grimly.

"You're the sun, how could you not be able to beat him?" Anko asked Aaron.

"Because when we were in hell, he managed to find the source of all of the devil's power, the Orb of Doom, a few days ago. He absorbed it, and became the ultimate being of darkness." He told them.

"What's the 'Orb of Doom'?" Naruto asked.

"Back when the spirits ruled the lands, each spirit had an orb. This orb was the source of their power, what made them immortal. The Orb of Doom belonged to the spirit that became the Devil. He was corrupted and got banished to the depths of hell. Then Cryptus found the Orb, and absorbed it. There were twelve orbs to begin. Now there's only eleven." Aaron explained to the boy.

"Then how can we beat him?" Sasuke asked.

"I have a plan, but you'll need to buy me some time." He said.

"How can we, mere humans, go up against the ultimate being of darkness?" Tsunade asked.

"I'll have to have a chat with a certain nine-tailed biju first." Aaron told them. They all looked wide-eyed.

"You can do that?" Anko asked. Aaron flashed them a fanged grin.

"There's some perks to being the reincarnation of the sun." He said. Aaron walked over and placed his hand on Naruto's forehead.

"Just a warning: You're gonna get big-ass headache when this happens." The elf said. Then he closed his eyes. His form started wavering, and then he was lifted up, and sent straight into Naruto's mindscape.

Naruto's Mindscape

The entire place looked like a sewer.

"Ugh, it smells like a barn filled with cow shit in here." Aaron commented.

"WHO DARES TO VISIT ME?" The Kyuubi's voice called out.

"Ah, the Kyuubi no Kitsune. It's a pleasure to meet you." Aaron said, giving a bow after twirling his hand.

"HOW HILARIOUS. A PUNY HUMAN, USING HIS PUNY INTELLIGENCE TO MAKE A JOKE."

"It was no joke. I take pride in meeting an old friend." Aaron said to it.

"AN OLD FRIEND? WHO MIGHT YOU BE?" The Kyuubi asked him.

"I shine bright in the sky." He said, reciting a phrase that Illyon would say to the Kyuubi whenever he met her.

"ILLYON, IS THAT YOU? WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE A REGULAR ELF?" The Kyuubi asked.

"I am not actually Illyon. I am his reincarnation." Aaron told it.

"I AM GLAD TO SEE YOUR DEMEANOR HASN'T CHANGED IN THE LAST 500 YEARS."

"Same here, little miss."

"YOU SEE I AM FEMALE. MOST SEE ME AS AN IT."

"A woman as beautiful as you deserves to be called what she is." Aaron said. The Kyuubi smiled and slowly began to shrink down to a normal-sized fox. Then she stood up on two legs, and all traces of fur disappeared from her skin. She was dressed in a red and orange kimono, which was wrapped with a white sash, and went down to her feet. Kyuubi had nine orange and red tails in the air behind her. Aaron looked her over.

"Still as beautiful as ever, I see." He said. Kyuubi blushed a little.

"Still as handsome as ever." She said back in a soft voice. They both stared for a bit in an awkward silence. Somewhere in the world, a gay baby had just been born.

"So why are you here?" Kyuubi asked him.

"We're about to go up against Cryptus." Aaron said.

"I always disliked that bastard. Let me guess, he's trying to 'cover the world in shadows and begin an era of darkness'?" Kyuubi asked. Aaron nodded.

"Figures. As a kid, he always dreamt about controlling the world. I never thought he'd actually get to a point where he might." She said.

"That brings us to why I'm here. Naruto's going to be fighting. He's definitely going to need some of your chakra." Aaron told her. She smiled.

"Anything for an old friend." Kyuubi said.

"I think he may need about two to three tails of chakra to help buy me some time." Aaron said. Kyuubi grinned.

"Sounds destructive. I like it." She said.

"But just as insurance, I need to tell you something." Kyuubi added. Then she leaned close and whispered something in Aaron's ear through the bars of the cage. (She was still in there while they were talking) He grinned deviously.

"Ooo, this is gonna be good." Aaron said.

"In return for helping, I'm gonna let you stretch out your limbs and walk around." He told her.

"When I tell you go, channel your chakra into Naruto." Aaron instructed. Kyuubi then nodded.

"Hey Naruto!" He called out.

Real World

"Huh? Aaron is that you?" Naruto asked, franticly looking around.

'Calm down. I just want you to think of a field with a waterfall.' Aaron instructed him.

'Why?' Naruto asked.

'JUST DO IT!' Came Aaron's booming voice. Naruto sweatdropped.

'Ok, ok. Jeez.' Naruto squinted with his eyes closed and imagined a lush field with a sparkling waterfall.

Mindscape

Kyuubi gasped. Then she hugged Aaron. How? Her cage was gone, and in its place with the seal drawn out on the fertile grass. He had allowed her more mobility, but no escaping from the seal.

"There you...GO!" Aaron yelled. Kyuubi began channeling her chakra into Naruto's tenketsu points. Aaron gave her his special two finger salute, and warped out.

Real World

Everyone stared as an orange glow covered Naruto. Then Aaron appeared out of nowhere, frightening the shit out of even the badass Itachi Uchiha.

"I think we're almost ready." Aaron announced. Then he held out his hands. A ball of yellow light appeared in each, then broke apart into little fragments, and one of them went into each person, making them glow a little for a short time.

"What was that?" Tsunade asked.

"You each now have a bit of my power. You can do things up to shooting beams of light out of your eyes, but that's it. Don't waste it." Aaron told them. They all looked at each other and themselves. Each of them was glowing a little bit.

"And the coup de'gras..." Aaron began. He made about 500 hand signs in the blink of an eye. Then he slammed his palm into the ground. A puff of smoke the size of a human appeared near them. When it cleared, Kyuubi was standing there.

"A woman?" Anko asked.

"What are you, a pimp?" She questioned angrily, backhanding the elf. He rubbed his sore cheek.

"First, I'm no pimp. Second, this is no ordinary woman." Aaron told them. Then he looked at Kyuubi.

"Would you do the honors?" He asked. She smiled. Then a 200-foot cloud of smoke enveloped her. When it cleared, the mighty Nine-Tailed Demon Fox stood there.

"AH! IT'S THE KYUUBI!" Tsunade cried out.

"Relax, she's on our side." Aaron assured them.

"Are you sure?" Anko asked worriedly. Aaron smiled.

"She's an old friend..." He said as if he was remembering the days when Kyuubi and Illyon would hang out with each other. Anko waved a hand in front of his face.

"Hello! The world's still ending out here!" Anko said, trying to get the raven to focus. He blinked, and looked around.

"Sorry, what?" He asked. Anko smacked him upside the head.

"Baka! We're still at war here!" She said. He rubbed the pain spot sheepishly with a chuckle, and a sweat drop rolled down his head.

"Sorry." Aaron apologized. Then he went back into "general saving the world" mode.

"Each of you are going to need to work together to stall Cryptus while I get the way we will end this war. You are going to need to keep him busy for about half an hour." He ordered. Everyone nodded.

"NOW GO!" Aaron shouted. The group charged towards the battlefield, not caring that civilians were shouting, "DEMON!" at the sight of Kyuubi. Anko stayed behind.

"How did you find a way to come back?" She asked him. He smiled a true smile.

"I stuck by my sensei's motto."

Rule 21: "Those who abandon the rules are trash, but those who abandon their friends are worse than trash." He told her.

"And what was with the dome of light?" Anko also asked. Aaron closed his eyes.

"In a world covered in darkness, we shall remain a beacon of hope." He said poetically. Then he opened his eyes and smiled at her. She smiled back and kissed him.

"Good luck." She said after breaking off. Anko ran back to join the others. Aaron then became enveloped in a ball of light, and it flew upwards. The last thing he heard before coming to heaven was,

"A GROUP OF FOOLS DARE TO CHALLENGE THE ULTIMATE BEING? HAHAHAHA! LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!"

'Dear Kami-chan, I hope this works.' Aaron thought as he entered the clouds.

BUM BUM BUM! MUAHAHAHA! I AM EVIL! You'll have to find out what happens next…..maybe tomorrow! Or on Tuesday…

JA NE! *a shower of barstools flies out, knocking you out* NOW YOU CAN'T WITNESS MY SECRET PLANS! MUAHAHAHA!