Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, FFX, FFX-2, baseball, (you'll understand why soon) or Soul Calibur.(I get a couple of names from there.)

Sorry for the long wait people! Even though it's only been about four or five days, that is a long time for me. Anyway, here is the next chapter!

Naruto felt quite relaxed today. Rikku got over being only able to climb walls pretty quickly. After they returned (about 6 hours later) the two were informed of another dig they were supposed to take part in the following day. The blonde ninja was excited, for this would be his first dig. They finally trusted him! The last dig was called off the day it was supposed to take place due to a freak sandstorm. Although the shinobi was excited, Rikku wasn't. Going on digs was just running your hands through the sand to her. It was always troublesome to work in the sun. She much preferred to stay in the shade, simply doing whatever came to mind. Useful or not.

When Naruto stopped hopping around and Rikku stopped moping, the two went off to help out around home. Well, the shinobi did. The blonde girl just sort of... tagged along. To help only if necessary. At least that is what she kept telling herself. The ninja wanted to help because at least here people didn't really trust him, which can be changed. While over in Konoha everyone hated him.

After Naruto effectively dragged Rikku through the entire tower, she said that she had enough and dragged HIM through home towards their room, where she just wanted some sleep. Digs usually occurred very early so that everyone wasn't about to fall asleep. (Like they would be at night) And so it wasn't too hot. It was too bad she didn't notice that she was gripping his legs and letting his head continuously hit the floor. Or maybe the girl did notice and just simply didn't care?

When Rikku got to the room she kicked the door open and tried to shut it with her foot after she walked in, accidently hitting Naruto in the head with the door. (Ouch!) The vicious, and very tired girl then tried to shut it four or five more times before she noticed what was going on. (That has got to hurt.) The Al Bhed then completely dragged Naruto into the room before she tried to shut the door again. Afterwards she threw the half-dead ninja onto his bed before putting on her nightgown, turning the lights out and crawling slowly into her own bed. Not even paying attention to her most likely brain damaged roommate.

Time Skip

The next morning the two quickly got ready. (Naruto faster than Rikku since he 'slept' with his day clothes on.) It was quite early, 4:00 am to be exact and even then they were most likely going to be late. The two blondes exited the room and ran down to the small vehicle they were using to go out into the desert. It looked like a large, golden-colored dune buggy to him. They most likely chose this color for camouflage and because it absorbs heat slower than black does.

Naruto and Rikku both climbed into the back of the buggy, where the seats were higher up. In fact they didn't look like seats at all. They were probably just sitting on a part of the back with some fur or something strewn over it. In the meantime two other Al Bhed men climbed into the front with the one on the left driving. They started up the engine, which sounded strange to Naruto. Not like something was wrong, but because he was used to always moving in silence. This thing made so much noise he didn't doubt that everything in the whole desert knew they were coming, which most likely wasn't far from the truth.

After driving for about twenty minutes, they stopped at... the middle of nowhere. Which, it seems was exactly where they wanted to be. Then the driver spoke.

"I will search to the East, Yama, the West. Rikku will search South and Naruto North. Does everyone understand?" They all nodded to the captains words. The ninja believed his name was Yamu. Perhaps Yama and him were brothers? "Good. Remember to search as far as you can from the buggy without getting lost. Now move out!" The man yelled like a military commander. However Naruto followed his orders and went to search to the North for artifacts. The blonde boy was quite glad that everyone was so spread out. He could... 'cheat' a little without anyone seeing his skills.

When the ninja was far from everyone else, he formed his favorite hand seal and said Kage bunshin no jutsu. At that moment, about fifty more Naruto's came into existence with a poof of smoke. He would have liked to shout the name out like he always did, but decided not to alert the others. The boy then told the clones to start digging all over this region through his mind link. Of course, the blonde himself started to dig also. After about 2 minutes of nothing, he started to wonder how they found anything without bunshins, when he couldn't find anything with them. However at that moment he got a jolt through his link, telling him that one of his clones found something. The original ran over to what he hoped was an artifact. When he saw some sort of rounded wooden handle sticking out of the ground with a small red gem embedded in it, he knew he had found 'something.'

"Hey everyone, I found something! Come here quick! Come on!" Naruto started to yell, and we all know that Naruto yells REALLY loud. When everyone else arrived, which was forever to the blonde shinobi, he was already running in circles and proceeding to yell his lungs out, even though they were already there.

"Naruto, stop that. It's embarrassing. What did you find already?" Rikku said with a slightly annoyed look on her face. She didn't see anything.

"It's over here! Right here. See?" Naruto said while pointing to what everyone else thought was a stick.

"Naruto... is that what you brought us over for? It's just a piece of wood. Now go back to searching." The Blonde girl said as she was quickly getting very ticked off at the hyper shinobi.

"Yeah, but it's a piece of wood with a jewel in it!" Naruto exclaimed, and he could swear that the two Al Bhed men were leering at the piece of wood. It was pretty unsettling.

"Really now... lets have a look see." Said the captain for this dig. He bent down and saw that there really was a jewel inside the wood, and he tried to pull the whole piece loose from the sand, fantasies of a promotion in his head. However the man found that it was stuck. "I can't get the wood out of the sand. Come help me." He said to the other man, Yama, Naruto believed it was. However even with the two of them pulling it would not even budge. They even called Rikku over to help them and still it wouldn't even move. The shinobi wondered why the captain hadn't asked for his help, but discerned that he wasn't trusted or liked by the man yet. The three Al Bhed eventually gave up, while Naruto sat amused on the sidelines.

"It isn't going to budge anytime soon. We will have to get more help because it will take too long to dig it out. We would probably dehydrate." The leader Al Bhed said, while Naruto started to fume silently. He thought that he would be asked to help eventually.

"Why don't you just let me try? I bet you that I could get it out." Naruto said while trying to keep his anger under control.

"Do you mean a real bet boy? Then how about this. If you can pull out whatever that is when the three of us couldn't, I will let you keep the artifact. However, if you can't you have to stay out here from now on, in the desert. Deal?" The captain said with a grin. Naruto thought about this for a second. It looked like a nice artifact... but he didn't want to risk losing Rikku and his new home over it. However he was sure he could pull it out...

"Deal." He said finally. Naruto walked over to the object while Rikku looked sadly from the sidelines. She knew he was strong, but three Al Bhed didn't even make it budge. The girl was worried she was going to lose him so soon. When the ninja got to the object he gave Rikku a confident smile to comfort her, and he grabbed the artifact. It was actually easier than he thought to start pulling it out, and the three Al Bheds eyes bulged when they saw it starting to move. However when it got so far out of the ground it suddenly got much harder to pull. It seemed like it was gripping the sand. Naruto started to mold chakra into his hands to improve his strength, and he started again. He got it even further out of the ground, to where everyone could see some metal. "It's some type of sword... although it seems odd." The boy said to everyone else as he continued to draw the sword out of it's sandy prison. It was getting easier to pull out now, but the sword kept coming. It didn't seem to matter how much he pulled, there was still metal coming out. "It's a big sword. A really big sword." The shinobi said as if to state the obvious. When the monster finally came out of the sand, everyone was shocked. Naruto was right. It was a big-ass sword. The hilt was what they thought was a simple piece of wood, although they could tell now that there were a few bandages around it to provide better grip. The hilt was wider and longer than a normal one, because it was meant to be used with two hands. The red gem was fastened onto the very end of the hilt. Then came the actual sword. It was gigantic. The metal was extremely thick and dense. The sword was without a doubt longer than Naruto was tall. And there was a good chance it was wider too. Everyone was surprised he could even lift it with two hands, although he seemed to be sweating. The blade itself was quite plain, if a little dull. He would have to sharpen it later. After all, it belonged to him now. At least until it was sharpened he could still swing it around like a baseball bat. He always wanted a baseball bat. Maybe he should give it a name? Not now, maybe later.

"Well, you got lucky. Keep the sword. It's not like you could use it anyway. It doesn't even look valuable." On the contrary, this thing was ancient. Even without the possibly priceless jewel, it would still be worth a hefty price. I'll just have to get the jewel off later, and settle for that. The little runt would never let me take the sword, he might not even let me take the gem. Perhaps I could take it without letting him know... Yamu thought with an evil laugh ringing in his head.

"Yes! I got a sword! I got a sword! I got a-" Naruto was saying in a sing-song voice before he was interrupted.

"Will you knock it off? We spent so much time on that piece of junk that we can't stay out here any longer. Let's head back. Everyone back to the buggy." Yamu said as he started began to walk in the general direction of the dune buggy. Naruto hefted the giant sword over one shoulder and used one hand to keep it up, so the sword was vertical down his back and almost dragging along the ground.

The group of four went to the buggy, all having different feelings. Well, mostly. Naruto and Rikku were both very happy, the ninja for getting a sword to fight with, and the girl for Naruto winning the bet and not having to leave. Yamu was angry that he lost the bet and possibly his promotion, and Yama was just confused. When the everyone reached the buggy there was a slight shaking, like an earthquake.The group stopped for some time, but when nothing happened everyone proceeded to get in the buggy and ride off. The blonde boy was too excited to stay quiet however.

"I can't believe it, I finally can train with a sword! And it looks surprisingly like a Zanbatou. Maybe it is one? Oh, well right now I need a name for my new 'partner.' Any ideas?" Naruto asked the Al Bhed girl curiously.

"New partner? I thought I was your old one? Your replacing me?" Rikku said with sobs in between. Pretty much anyone could tell they were fake however.

"I-I'm sorry Rikku! Don't cry! Please? I don't like it when you cry." Of course, Naruto wasn't just anyone. He was too worried about making the girl 'cry' than trying to spot if the tears were real or not.

"Don't worry Naruto. I'm just fooling around with you. What do you want to call it?" She said with genuine curiosity.

"Hmm... how about Senshuken kawari ?" Naruto asked.

"That doesn't sound like English to me."

"That's because it'sJapanese. It means, 'Champion at bat.' I always wanted a baseball bat." Naruto said with pride, even though he was a bit ticked at Rikku for the fake crying thing. He always wanted a bat because sometimes village children would play the game. After they wouldn't let him join (like always) He tried to play by himself but he never had a bat.

"Why in the world would you call it that? And what the hell is baseball?" She said.

"Never mind. It was a stupid name. Hmm... I need a cool, kick-ass name. That will strike fear into my opponents." Naruto said, going into his 'thinking' stance. (You know, where he scrunches up his face?)

"But Naruto, most of your opponents are practically mindless. They won't care if you hold something shiny over your head and give it a name." The girl said, confused.

"Okay, I get it. But I still need to give it a name. Hmm... how about this one, Goukatoushin? This one means Hell fire blade."

"Oh, that one!It sounds cool!" Rikku said enthusiastically.

"Alright then, Goukatoushin it is! I like that name too. Thanks for the help Rikku." The ninja said.

"No problem Naruto. Anything for a friend." The Al Bhed girl said with a smile.

After the name picking was finished, only about 3 minutes of the trip was over with. And Naruto was bored. However the ground then started to shake, like another earthquake. It stopped soon after it began though. And Naruto was curious.

"Rikku? Do you get earthquakes here? Or perhaps just aftershocks?"

"No, we don't. I have no idea what those tremors were either." Rikku said while staring at the ground as if it was going to swallow her whole. At that moment another shockwave went through the ground, much bigger than the other too. It almost toppled the dune buggy. When everyone regained their balance, something seemed to be moving underneath the vehicle! A giant creature came out of the sand, taking the buggy and the four people with it. The animal then started to go back towards the ground, leaving the dune buggy spinning wildly in midair. The two Al Bhed men stayed on because they were in the front seats with plenty of things to hold on to. Naruto managed to avoid falling by sticking to the machine with his chakra. However Rikku had nothing to grab on to, and she only had six hours of chakra control training. So she did what was most natural at the time. The girl screamed as she plummeted to the ground from a height of about forty feet.

"Rikku!" Naruto yelled as he used his chakra to quickly push himself off the vehicle instead of sticking on. With the extra speed, he was quickly catching up to the girl. The ninja then threw his sword to the ground so he would have both hands free, and he grabbed Rikku bridal style. She then wrapped her arms around his neck, obviously thinking they were going to die. However at the last second Naruto once again used more chakra to try and soften the impact. Although a crater was still made and his legs still felt like there was liquid fire coursing through them instead of blood. The two blondes landed quite close to Naruto's sword, which he was glad for. He would probably need some type of protection. Rikku was still in his arms, burying her face in to his shoulder and wrapping her arms tight enough around his neck to almost choke him. When she noticed that she was alright, the girl looked thankfully at Naruto and then turned away to look somewhere else. She was looking at something in the sky. He looked up also and saw the buggy falling, although it seemed to land on four wheels quite easily and without much damage. When the two men discerned that they weren't dead, Yamu hit the gas pedal to the floor and started to race towards Home. Knowing full well that the two blondes were no longer on the back of the machine.

"Bastards! Come back here!" Naruto shouted angrily at them before Rikku turned his attention towards him. And the two blondes both thought the exact same thing in that moment.

That is a BIG worm.

Thanks for reviewing everyone! Sorry if the explanations are wrong. If you think you know the real explanation tell me. And if you want the name of Naruto's sword changed (although I like the name) tell me also. You can even just give me the right translation. I'm not Japanese so I'm not positive of it.

Senshuken kawari: Translates roughly to 'Champion at bat.' I thought it would be funny to talk about Naruto wanting to play baseball but not having a bat. Now he has a sword to use as one!

Goukatoushin: Translates roughly to 'Hell Fire Blade.' Yes, Hell and fire are separated. Hope you guys like the name of his sword. If you come up with something better, or just a better way to translate it, tell me!

Zanbatou: A sword used in the middle ages by extremely large or powerful warriors. It was a sword designed to be used with two hands. It was meant to kill the horse and it's rider in a single swing. However because of it's poor maneuverability and because no one could use it effectively, it was never used as a weapon again. (If you have trouble picturing the sword, think FFVII's Cloud. He has a large sword called the buster sword. Just remove the two holes and dull the blade.) Presto! You have Naruto's baseball bat! Er, sword. Although with how dull it is you can't call it a sword because it can not cut.

Note: I think there is another type of Zanbatou called a Halberd. (Seong Mi-na from soul calibur uses it.) It is basically a lance with a curved blade on the end. Although they are both Zanbatous, I don't think they were meant to do the same thing at all.