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Here Come's the King –

The sound of blades clashing together echoed across the training field of the Praetorian guards as the two strongest swordmen duel to see who's stronger. Dracule 'Hawkeye' Mihawk was facing off with Sephiroth as the other captains and soldiers of the Praetorian Guard watched from the sidelines. Sparks flew as the two swords clash at break necking speed, neither of them could find a advantage to use as each one are master's at swordplay.

Kiyone and Mihoshi were with Shasti as they watched the duel. Kiyone was studying the two fighters moves as Mihoshi cheered them on. Shasti was also studying their moves as she like Kiyone knew that by watching that she could learn a lot of how master's fight. Not to mention watching Sephiroth body in action didn't hurt either.

"Go get him!" Mihoshi shouted cheering on Sephiroth from the side lines.

"I can barely see their swords," Kiyone said as she like most of the other guards could only see blurs as the two sword masters swing their blades around.

"Use your chakra to enhance your eyes so you can keep up," Shasti said as she has mastered the skill of sight jutsu's allowing her to see better since she lost one of her eyes.

"Thanks," Kiyone said doing as she had said.

"I haven't seen Sephiroth fight like this in a long time," Shasti said. She has seen first hand how skilled and powerful he is and this is one of the few times that she had seen him struggling.

"Not since Cloud stop dueling with him," Kiyone said. Cloud was one of the few who could fight Sephiroth on a even level.

"Why did he stop?" Mihoshi ask.

"His wives didn't want him to fight in a duel anymore. They don't want him to spend all of his time just training himself to beat Sephiroth anymore. Since Aerith and Tifa Wnt him to live for more then being the best swordfighter. Which is way Aerith and Tifa have been having sex with Cloud whenever they have time to. Aerith has been trying to have a child for a year now while Tifa still wants to serve with Turks for a few more years before becoming a mother," Shasti explain.

"Yeah many of my soldiers had to leave time to time once they had a child on the way, Kiyone said as it's one reason why the soldiers are routed every three months to take in the fact that some of them would want to be mothers. Which was one reason why they fight so hard was because they had something important to protect. Sure it works with men too, protecting their family. But for the women of Metal instead of just thinking of just their family they see all the Metal women as their family. Since there are so few men to be found in Metal, many women shared a husband with two or more other women. Because of that the women of Metal had a sisterhood that's like a pride and they would protect everyone within the pride. They just didn't think about the safety of their family but of others as well. Most soldiers when it comes down to it will run from battle in order to protect their own family instead of doing what was needed to do.

"I hope to be a mother one day," Mihoshi said.

A clang echoed through the air as Mihawk's and Sephiroth's blades were broken apart by a third weapon, a pick-axe. The owner of the weapon was Sam the strongest warrior of her generation. Everyone was in awe as she is well known for her strength and skill in the battlefield, her weapon of choice was that of the pick-axe a weapon that was also a tool.

"Sorry to spoil your fun boys but it's time for my match with Sephiroth here," Sam smirks at the two.

"Sam, I'm in the middle of a duel," Sephiroth said..

"Really," Sam said as she glance at Mihawk. He just managed to block her pick-axe at a speed that surprise him to say the least. "You're not bad."

"You're not bad yourself," Mihawk said feeling his sword shaking from the blow like a tuning fork.

"You're black sword is said to be the strongest but, I'm betting a few more blows from my pick-axe will break it," Sam said.

"If you don't mind, I would like if you didn't. I just had my sword fix from the last duel," Mihawk said as his sword had needed to be fix after the last duel. His sword was strong but seeing the damage to his sword, he knows that he should have a Metal blacksmith to reforge his sword using the better ores found in Metal.

"Then your match with Sephiroth is over then," Sam said.

"Yes it is," Mihawk said knowing to anger the strongest warrior of Metal wasn't the smartest thing to do. She had earn her title and knows that he might be able to beat her but at a high cost to him.

"I keep telling you that, I'm not interested in any relationship right now," Sephiroth said.

"Well then, I guess that, I just have to keep beating you till you agree, to go out on a date with me," Sam smiled.

"The duel was just getting good," Naruto said walking up to them. He had been watching the duel between the two strongest swordsmen in the world when it was suddenly stop. By his side was Setsuna.

"Oh prince you were watching?" Sam ask greeting the prince for the first time. 'Those fox ears and tail sure make him look cute.'

"Yes, I wanted to see how far, I have to go before, I reach their level," Naruto explains.

"Well you have a way to go," Sam said planting the butt of her pick-axe into the ground. "You still have a way to go prince. It took your mother awhile to be as strong as she was. Besides you shouldn't just train yourself you need to enjoy life while you're still a kid."

"I never had that option of being a kid, I had to be an adult instead," Naruto said flatly walking off with Setsuna mentioning to him about a study date with one of his teachers.

"Wow," Sam said realizing how deep the scars are in him. She has seen plenty from her field work and visiting old soldiers. Their scars are deep but their pride wouldn't let them seek help till it was too late. (1) "I heard he was bad but… this isn't what I thought it would be."

"Yes it is," Sephiroth said. "And that's why we need to help him or we're just going to have a repeat of his great-grandmother's rule. The Leaf has much to pay for."

"Don't worry. Our king is seeing to that," Sam said.

The Leaf Village -

Jiraya gasped for breath as he was held by his arms between two Gold Delmo's in front of his old friend Hunrok. His body was broken, covered in cuts, bruises and discolored welts. From his eye that he could still see from, he looked up at the stone face of Hunrok the grandfather of his godson which was in name only. The Delmo army had marched into the village and had taken over. None of the ninjas were up to fighting strength, even if they were they wouldn't stand a chance against the Delmo's or the Metal soldiers.

"Well?" Hunrok ask him. "How do you feel? I mean this is what, Naruto had to deal with for all of his life till he was old enough to defend himself. You're hurting right now but it's nothing to what you left Naruto to face. You were just too self center to even care for him when he needed it, all so you can write your books. Tell me with what's going to happen once he's king, was it worth it? Was it worth it knowing what's going to happen?"

"No it wasn't," Jiraya said looking down. "I just ran away from my responsibility."

"As, I told you before when we last met and you went off peaking on women. Is that you have to take responsibility for your actions," Hunrok said as he looks at the two women holding him up. "Break his hands."

The two nodded as they each grab his hands into their and snap them in several places. Jiraya screamed as he was let go falling to the ground holding his now useless hands close to his body. He would never be able to use jutsus anymore now that he couldn't use his hands right anymore. Or let alone hold something as a pen without it slipping.

Hunrok look at the crowd of Leaf villages that had gathered around the Hokage tower to watch. He picks out Sarutobi standing in the crowd. "You all are going to have to take responsibility for your actions against my grandson. I know what you're all thinking, you're going to try to bribe me to sway my grandson's hand. But what reason should, I do that? What has this village ever done for him expect to cause him pain? I have no reason to help any of you for what you all have done to him. And you don't deserve a hero like my son-in-law."

The face of Minato on the Hokage Mountain blew up by several powerful jutsus raining rubble onto the buildings close to it. The Leaf villagers all look up to see where their hero's face once stood. Nothing remained but rubble.

"None of you deserve to be forgiven for your sins," Hunrok said coldly to the villagers. "This is only the beginning of things to come."

Author's Notes –

1 – Seeing a doctor for problems with your mind isn't something to be ashamed of. I know families who had a family member go off to war then once they came back wouldn't seek help from a doctor to help them deal with the horrors of war. Many just take their own lives instead. If you know someone with this problem make sure they get help before they take a bullet in the head.