Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any of the final fantasy games. So leave me ALONE! I don't have a problem...
And to everybody, Naruto is MEANT to be ooc in this fic! I thought I had already talked about this two chapters ago? You can tell me about it, or complain about it, but Naruto is meant to act like that in my story. I probably won't change him. (Actually, I should say I definitely won't change him.) Naruto is a shinobi! A trained killer! As much as he would hate it, he would have had to change sooner or later. Everyone knows that a person who kills and smiles while doing it is insane.
Naruto and a strange boy that looked slightly older than him were currently in the middle of an ambush. It seems that the monster Naruto just killed had friends. A lot of friends. A lot of very angry friends. The ninja hefted Goukatoushin onto his shoulder in order to get into a fighting stance, albeit a sloppy one. The blond behind him was doing the same, although at least Naruto could say he was better than this guy. The shinobi shook his head, clearing away these thoughts. It wasn't the time to compare the two of them. The monsters were climbing along the walls quickly and effortlessly, reminding him vaguely of spiders. The fox-boy shuddered at this. Naruto began to back up, moving closer to the boy. Although he didn't know a thing about him, there was strength in numbers. It would be better for the two of them to fight for now. Hopefully the other guy could fight well enough not to be a burden...
Naruto cut this thought off as one of the creatures grew impatient and lunged at the shinobi, hoping for an easy meal. The ninja easily sidestepped to the left, and then held his sword out to his right so it was directly where he just was. The monster couldn't stop in mid air, so it ended up being cut in half, from head to tail. Naruto sighed while jumping back from the possibly poisonous blood. At least compared to the sandworm he had fought, these things were weak. The ninja quickly resumed backing up, trying to get as close to the other blond as he could. Thankfully, none of the other monsters were fool enough to try and jump him. Opting instead to slowly surround the two humans.
Naruto backed up the last few feet, while the other blond turned around and began to do the same, making the two of them hit back to back. This was the best position for ambush, while like this it was particularly hard for the enemy to surprise you. Although the shinobi deduced that the monsters weren't very smart, he knew that they would still try for a cheap shot to the back if the opportunity arose. It was like an instinct in all animals, if you could even call monsters that.
The fiends were closing in on the two blonds. There were now 8 of the things circling them, since more and more were dropping from the ceiling. Every minute or so of waiting seemed to cause another to fall, lowering their chances of survival. The two knew that leaving the safety of the other would be suicide. Eventually, another fiend grew impatient and lunged at the two. Naruto was already facing the creature, so he used his sword to take a good slash at it, slicing it easily. However the shinobi stopped giving force to the slash about halfway, meaning the fiend was dead, but still stuck on the sword with its blood dripping onto the ground. Naruto had counted on this, so he reared the sword back, and then snapped it forward quickly, sending the fiend flying and landing on one of its companions. The ninja watched as the creature shrieked and screeched while trying to get out from under its dead comrade. It looked like the monster was in a great deal of pain. So, he was right. The blood was very poisonous, and possibly acidic. He would have to be careful about even killing these creatures. Several more of the monsters grew angry at the two, and jumped at them from several angles. Naruto sliced and hacked at the fiends, making sure to throw each away and hopefully into another of its kind. He turned to look at the other man, seeing him doing the same, albeit with much more difficulty. It was harder for him because he obviously was a novice with a sword, and the very sword he was using wasn't meant for throwing. Of course, Goukatoushin wasn't either but it was definitely easier due to its extreme size.
After about thirty seconds of this, the monsters seemed to stall for a time. While the two blondes were panting. It was getting very difficult for Naruto to keep going, and he hadn't even used Kage Bunshin yet! It looked like he had more work to do than he thought he did. Naruto had believed that although Goukatoushin was large, because of his high chakra reserves he could simply pump up his muscles to lift it. It had been working so far, ever since he got up this morning he had been using chakra to more easily lift the hulking mass of steel. But the constant chakra use was starting to take its toll. It was going on for too long, and he had to exert even more power to even swing the blade! Ditching it and fighting bare-handed was not an option either. He would have to get in to close, and there would be a better chance of becoming poisoned. This didn't look good at all. They were tiring too quickly, and there were too many fiends. Even now, at least 4 more had dropped from the ceiling, hoping to feast on the two blond swordsmen. And he could still see a few more hiding in the shadows.
Naruto absent mindedly slashed at another fiend that had ventured too close, while trying to come up with a plan to save their hides. It was obvious the other blond wasn't thinking of one, he was too preoccupied with keeping the creatures away. He didn't seem to notice that at the rate things were going, they were going to die.
Just then, Naruto heard a noise over the constant scuttling of the monsters. What was that?... then he heard it again. It sounded like...explosions? Rikku! Oh yeah, the team was supposed to come here anyway to search for machina! They just had to hold out a little longer, to give the Al Bhed time to blast through to this place. They must not have been able to find the entrance he went through. Naruto smiled as he chugged down one of the few potions he brought along, and tossed the other blonde one. It didn't help him much, but it might give him enough strength to hold out until help arrives.
Naruto and his look-alike were currently slashing away at the fiends, and it seemed that the ones on the walls were watching them, learning from their movements. It probably was why the monsters were getting harder and harder to avoid and kill. He could hear the explosions coming closer, so at least that meant Rikku and the others were getting closer but couldn't they hurry the hell up! As Naruto thought this he lost his concentration for a moment, letting a fiend through his guard and having it make a rather large gash on his chest.
Naruto hissed in pain as he swung his sword, making the monster back off. He then dropped to one knee, with his right hand holding his sword and his left holding onto the rather large wound.
"Damn it all..." Naruto said as he once again flinched from the pain the gash was giving him. With one hand, it would cost him even more chakra to lift his massive weapon. Chakra that he didn't have. So, he turned to his last hope for survival.
"Kyuubi? Kyuubi! Are you awake? Please say you're awake!" Naruto said with desperation in his voice. If Kyuubi wasn't awake, there wasn't anything he could do about it. He still hadn't found a way to wake Kyuubi while he was sleeping.
"Yes kit, I am perfectly awake. And I can also see you're in a little... situation. Need help?" Kyuubi teased, knowing full well that Naruto needed help badly.
"Yes I need help! I need chakra to heal my wound and last me until Rikku gets here! And I really need it soon!"
"Well, it might be dangerous to give you that much. My 'other half' so to speak, will definitely sense it and come here. And with your current condition, that isn't a good thing."
"Forget about my wound then and just give me enough chakra to survive."
"Very well. However there is still a chance it will come after you. Are you going to accept whatever consequences this creates?"
"Yes, of course! Just give me the damn stuff already!" Naruto was in no mood to argue with his life being on the line. So the fox directed chakra to the shinobi, hoping that the thing they are supposed to defeat doesn't attack them first.
Naruto felt the transformation that happens whenever he uses the demon chakra take hold. He felt his muscles bulge with strength and power, and he felt his nails lengthen to form claws. And although he couldn't see it, he knew his whisker marks were now darker and more defined. And his hair was now even more untamed then it usually is. However just like he told Kyuubi, none of the chakra was being directed towards his injury. That would only heighten the chance of attracting that stupid parasite.
Naruto knew that the longer he stayed this way the more danger he would be in, so he decided to kill the fiends instead of waiting for them to lunge at him. The ninja leaped from the relative safety of the other man and towards the monsters, intent on finishing this fight, or slaughter as it would be soon.
He landed between two of the creatures and spun in a circle, cleaving them both in two with ease. Their blood was pouring and falling everywhere, but he didn't really care. Until he stopped using it, the demon chakra would protect him from damn near anything. He began to run towards his next target, his legs moving so fast it almost seemed as though he was flying. When he reached his target Naruto slid onto the ground and underneath the creature, holding his sword vertically the entire way. When he had cleared the monster's underside, he didn't stop to witness yet another victim being sliced into two pieces. It was the easiest way to kill them, Naruto reasoned. With his giant Goukatoushin cleaving his enemies in half was the quickest and most efficient way of dealing with them. Naruto still didn't stop however. He literally became a whirling hurricane of blood, pain, and death. Whenever he dealt with one target he didn't stop to gloat, he simply moved onto the next. He didn't even spare the ones that tried to scurry up the walls to safety, he either jumped or applied chakra to his feet to reach them.
Within a few minutes the entire population of fiends had been reduced to zero, and Naruto was quite pleased with himself. Even while completely covered in the green blood of the monsters he didn't feel bad. The shinobi knew that it was the demon chakra making him bloodthirsty, but he didn't particularly care. He was only killing monsters. At least he wasn't killing actual people like he would have been if he went nuts in his world. That would definitely make him sick to his stomach. After he had killed the last monster, Kyuubi stopped channeling the infected chakra and Naruto felt much pain. From his wound and the blood covering him. At least he was wrong about the acidic part, all the green blood seemed to do was cause pain. Which he could handle. For a time, anyway. The ninja surveyed the damage he had done. The floor was covered with the fluids of the monsters, and their body parts were everywhere since he sliced almost all of them in half. Like he thought before, it was quick and efficient. In the middle of the carnage was the boy he had saved, gawking at him.
"Uhhh...hi?" Naruto said unsurely. He didn't know how the boy would react to what he had just done.
"Whoa... I mean, hi. My names Tidus. What's yours?" Tidus said, although he still sounded shocked.
"My name is Naruto. Pleasure to meet you, Tidus. Although I would have liked it if we met somewhere besides here."
"Yeah, same. You're really strong tho-" Tidus was cut off as the door to the room flung open and all of the Al Bhed ran in, including Rikku. Obviously, they were all shocked to see the slaughter that had happened in this room. Rikku was the first to shake off her daze however, as she saw Naruto with some strange guy right in the middle of everything.
"Naruto!" She yelled as she began running towards him in slow motion.
"Rikku!" Naruto yelled as he began to run towards her also. This probably would have been very romantic, if Naruto wasn't covered in green goo, Rikku wasn't carrying grenades, and they weren't surrounded by monster corpses. However the two continued to run towards each other, and at the moment they were supposed to hug, (or kiss) she decked him. Hard. And in the face too. Ouch. Naruto was sent rolling across the floor, finally stopping about 6 feet away.
"What the hell is wrong with you! You go running off, and when I find you you're surrounded by parts of fiends! How many did you fight exactly? And are you alright?" She calmed down slightly at the end.
"Yeah...sure...its not my blood. Mine's red. I do have a little cut though." Naruto said, still dazed from the punch and his wound. After all, it was more than a 'little cut'. And he felt as if he was going to go unconscious.
"Don't do that anymore alright? Always get my permission before you do ANYTHING from now on. Alright?" Rikku ordered. However her words went unheard..
Naruto had passed out, after all.
