Guyana, South America

It was another beautiful morning in the city of El Dorado, but the people of the grand city ship were not worried about the weather that day. A Hyper-Pulse signal had been intercepted, it's contents sending El Dorado's normally relaxed population into chaos. The Dynasty had returned, setting their eyes on Aebra and the Kryn that inhabited it. Stripe folded his arms as he thought of what he needed to do, not as a man but as a ruler to his people.

"Rol, how long will it take for use to make El Dorado hyperspace worthy again?" Rol was going over the internal systems on a nearby terminal before he gave his answer.

"Most of the system's for the inner city are working fine, a few parts here and there and we'll be ready to launch, but..." Jan jumped in at that moment with her own analysis of the situation, making sure Stripe knew what problems his idea would pose for the inhabitants of his city.

"The inner city isn't the problem, the real issue is all of the weapon and defensive systems are part of the outer city and it's impossible to repair those sections in time for our launch window." Stripe sighed as he looked towards his advisor, Primus, and nodded slowly.

"Prepare the city for launch. We must return to Aebra, it is our duty to save our people." Jan's eyes widened in shock at the decision and she asked the question everyone was thinking.

"But..what about Brittany, Stripe? Your getting married next week, aren't you?' Stripe turned to face Jan, a burning determination in his eyes.

"As the ruler of my people I have to put the needs of my people above my own... even above my love for Brittany."

Chapter 7

Naruto slowly opened his eyes, the sounds of the neighbors outside finally waking the sleeping blonde. The shinobi tried to lift himself out of the bed but two pairs of arms latched onto him firmly and pulled the blonde back into bed, Naruto grinning as he looked down at the half asleep forms of Gina and Brianna. Gina mumbled something in her sleep as she rested her head against Naruto's chest, drooling on his shirt and occasionally giggling softly. Brianna had claimed his shoulder as her personal space and was holding onto Naruto's arm as if she was afraid that someone would steal him from her. Both girls had refused to sleep with a clone after they had each popped during the night if they decided to get a little... frisky. After a short conversation, the girls decided it was best for everyone to both lay claim to whichever bed Naruto was in. Naruto closed his eyes, relishing the feeling of peace and comfort that he had while he was with his girls. 'Heh, my girls.. never thought I'd be saying something like that. It's funny cause they're trying so hard to show me that they can do this, sharing me without turning on each other. Heh, I wonder if Theo will ever get over the shock of seeing both girls choosing to share me?' Naruto chuckled as he remembered how Theo had reacted to the news.

Flashback

Theo angry glare had reduced a multitude of the strongest creatures on Jade to gibbering fools as they tried to get out of his way, but the powerful Arch Mage had met his greatest challenge, a boyfriend that was not intimidated by his stare or his power.

"Girls, I must say that I am extremely disappointed in you. When I heard you were bringing over your current boyfriends, notice the plural word I used, I expected you to bring someone over here that would be suitably frightened of me. But, not only do you come to my home with one boyfriend that you are both sharing, said boyfriend is also a shinobi that holds a super powered being, one spoken of in hushed whispers as the most powerful being besides the most ancient of all Dragons. Didn't I raise you, love you and care for you? All I ask in return is the chance to scare the crap out of the men that want to take you away from me, and this is how you repay me. This is cheating girls, cheating of the worst kind, I've never been so disappointed in you both."

Gina and Brianna's eyes widened as their father continued on his diatribe, a shrugging Naruto standing to the side while he gave Julia a friendly hug hello. The arms-master of Jade smiled as she ruffled the shinobi's hair, slinging her arm over Naruto's shoulders and grinning widely.

"So, have you been treating my girls right? You know, I could tell you some of the techniques..." Gina and Brianna both whipped their heads towards their leering mother, looks of shock and horror appearing on their faces.

"MOM!" Julia snorted as she burst out laughing, slapping Naruto's back as she pushed the shinobi towards her husband, Theo's jaw set as he crossed his arms over his chest. Naruto grinned as he held up a fist, Theo staring at the offered limb for a moment before he sighed theatrically while he gave Naruto a half hearted fist bump, his expression changing from annoyed to serious in a heartbeat.

"Break their hearts and I don't care how powerful you are, I will make you suffer." Naruto's grin faded as he nodded solemnly, his hand reaching forward and clasping Theo's shoulder firmly.

"If I did something that stupid I'd let you do it. Both of them are too important to me to mess this up, you have my word on that." Theo nodded as he walked towards his wife, holding her in his arms as he watched his daughters happy faces as they held the blonde in their arms.

'Well, I guess I can miss out on my fun... this time.'

End flashback

Naruto grinned at the happy memory, his hands twitching as he used a kawarimi to replace himself with a large body pillow, a switch that was noticed quickly by both girls, their annoyed groans following the blonde as he exited his room. Naruto grinned as he slowly walked downstairs, the early morning house silent as he made his way towards the kitchen. Once he arrived, Naruto began pulling several pans out of the cupboards as he began to prep breakfast for the house.

'And here I thought that Gina was joking about me being head cook. Good thing I learned to actually cook over the years, even I'd get tired of eating nothing but Ramen all the time.' Naruto stepped back and created several clones, the miniature brigade stepped forward and continued to prepare the meal of pancakes, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs and toast. All of the smells wafted through the house and quickly began to rouse the other inhabitants. The first to arrive was a loudly yawning Gina, the genius tiredly rubbing the sleep from her eyes. Naruto grinned and handed off his current chore, cooking the bacon, to a clone as he pulled Gina into his arms so he could properly greet her. Gina moaned softly as she deepened the kiss, her hands wrapping around Naruto's neck as she reluctantly pulled away from the kiss. Naruto grinned as he pushed a strand of hair behind Gina's ear, the action causing the young woman to giggle as she kissed Naruto's cheek. "Morning Kirei*, Bri still sleeping?" (*Beautiful)

Gina yawned cutely as she nodded her head, not wanting to move from the spot or let Naruto go. A small blush stained the bridge of her nose as she heard the nickname she had been given, getting used to the fact that Naruto seemed to do it to everyone that was important to him.

'Well, at least it's better than dad's, I mean I thought he was going to pop a blood vessel when Naruto called his Jiji for the first time. Ugh, I just wanna stay here with Naruto all day, why did I agree to go with Penny to Peru today?' Naruto grinned as he twirled the girl hanging around his neck towards the table, Gina finally deciding to let the blonde go for now as she saw that breakfast was just about done. Naruto pulled Gina's chair out for her as he placed a plate in front of her usual spot, two other plates rapidly appearing as Naruto finally sat down, getting comfortable as he sat beside Gina today. Moments later, a line of clones deposited their finished food on each plate, each clone popping as soon as they dropped of their dishes and their task was finished. Just as the final clone popped, Brianna walked into the kitchen with a mock scowl.

"Gina, why didn't you wake me up! I love having those guys serve me breakfast, makes me feel like royalty or something!" Naruto laughed into his hand as he tried no to choke on his eggs Brianna grinning as she threw a piece of toast at her boyfriend. Putting his fork down, Naruto grinned as he rose, a good morning kiss causing Brianna to sigh in contentment. "One Uzumaki breakfast special, Hime*. Eat up while it's hot." (*Princess)

Brianna giggled at the pet name she had been given by Naruto and sat down, savagely attacking the food in her hunger. Today was a day that she needed all the energy she could get and she wanted to get started right away.

'Finally, I get some quality alone time with Naruto! Gina's got her thing with Penny in Peru today so we both get to relax, after all Gina still doesn't want to let Naruto leave the house just yet.' After Naruto's latest scare, Gina was adamant that Naruto was confined to bed rest and relaxation until she was sure that he was ok. His chakra was regenerating at a steady pace, another day or so and he'd be good as new, causing massive amounts of property damage and sowing chaos and anarchy among those he considered enemies... or he'd help move the really heavy stuff in the lab, which ever came first really. Naruto had initially grumbled about how he used to get over chakra exhaustion in a day or two tops and that he was fine, but after he was 'persuaded' by his new girlfriends he decided that relaxing wasn't such a bad idea after all, this time. Although he was a little annoyed that Gina didn't trust him to not go overboard with his powers.

'And since it's just the two of us, I'm the one that gets to decide how Naruto's time gets occupied today. Oh yeah, I can think of a few ways to occupy his time...' Brianna let out a sultry giggle as she remembered the things that she and Gina had done to keep the blonde man occupied, the blonde shinobi was so grateful that he decided to reward the girls diligence in helping him recover from his ordeal. Leaning over, Brianna kissed Naruto's cheek as she went to deposit her plate in the sink. Naruto then put his plate in the sink right after Brianna and gave her ass a light slap, making her squeal as she ran after the playful shinobi.

Gina watched the entire scene and tried not to laugh, failing horribly as Naruto dodged, ducked, dipped and wove around each attempt Brianna made to catch him. Finally finishing her breakfast, Gina put her plate in the sink and her arm flashed out, grabbing Naruto by the sleeve and pulling him into a quick kiss. "Thanks for breakfast Naru, I got to get going to meet Penny for the trip we're taking to Peru today, so while I'm gone..." Naruto sighed as he shook his head.

"Yes, stay in the house, don't use to much chakra... Gina, I'm FINE. Really, I am, you're worried about nothing." Gina cupped Naruto's cheek in her palm as she smiled at the blonde in front of her.

"I know, I just worry about you, is that so wrong?" Just as Naruto was about to answer, the front door was wrenched open as Brittany raced inside, the were cheetah gasping for air as she fell to her knees.

"Breakfast! Please tell me I didn't miss breakfast again!" All three previous occupants of the kitchen smirked and gestured at the plates currently sitting in the sink, Brittany shaking her head as she pointed at Naruto in mock anger. "NOOOO! IT'S NOT FAIR! Naruto, why can't you wait till I'm back from my morning run to make breakfast, WHY?!" Naruto grinned as he patted Brittany on her head, the blonde kissing Brianna on the cheek as he leaned against the counter.

"Do you really want me to get in trouble with these two? I've already spoiled them so if I don't have breakfast ready for them they'd torture me all day long!" Gina and Brianna both giggled as they kissed Naruto's cheeks before they returned to their rooms to get ready. Naruto sighed as Brittany continued to sniffle at the thought of missing breakfast, the shinobi's expression changing quickly as he started to walk out of the kitchen.

"Hey Cheets, it's ok, maybe someday you'll eat breakfast with us... but for now, I left your plate on your desk in your room, enjoy!" Naruto laughed heartily at Brittany's outraged cry at his latest prank and grumbled as Naruto ran away from her with a jaunty wave. Brittany grinned softly as she shook her head, the were-cheetah making her way towards her room.

'Heh, they're all so good for each other, I'm glad they worked it out. And after next week, Naruto'll have a guy he can hang out with when Stripe moves in after the wedding! I'm so excited, I can't wait till we're married!'

Naruto was currently sitting on a couch while Brianna sat in his lap, one of Gina's tablets grasped in his hands so the pair could remotely access Gina's servers, the genius had asked the pair to do some routine maintenance on the equipment while she was gone. Naruto was watching as Brianna waded her way through the file system, getting an idea of how it would work together with the rest of the world wide network Gina had setup. While not anywhere at the same level as his girlfriends, Naruto had a pretty good handle on finding problems in the software and could fix most basic issues, mostly due to the devil's luck he possessed. Pointing to a file in the far right of the screen Naruto said, "That file, something looks off about it, take a closer look."

Brianna hmm'ed, zoomed in and accessed the file Naruto had pointed out. It then was projected above the screen in a hologram that represented the code of the file and after a few moments Briana looked at Naruto in triumph. "That's it! I've been looking for that messed up file for days! How did you find it?"

Naruto waited till Brianna had fixed the file before setting down the tablet, folding his arms and gave Brianna a mock glare. "Each file's icon can change it's graphic depending on the issue it's experiencing according to the notes Gina wrote on her new OS. And since I'm stuck here I went over said notes, didn't have much else to do when your both busy..." Brianna narrowed her eyes and looked at Naruto.

"You know it's just because Gina's worried about you, you're a big boy, you can take it. And I know your reading habits, how many clones did you use?" Naruto looked away, his eyes avoiding the dreaded 'Look' that all woman seemed to perfect as they grew into adults

.

"About five or so." But Brianna continued to pressed her attack using the dreaded look, causing Naruto to sigh as his resolve crumbled rapidly. "Ok, OK! Five... hundred." Brianna grinned evilly as she looped her arms around Naruto's neck and kissed him softly.

"Well, I think I can forget to mention this to Gina, that is if you were to... oh, I dunno, take me out on a date sometime?" Naruto grinned as he leaned in for another short kiss and nodded.

"Sounds like a plan... wait, what's that noise?" Brianna grabbed the tablet that she had just dropped, opening the diagnostic tools and groaning as she saw that an entire sector had just gone down.

"Dammit, looks like the El Dorado server is on the fritz. Crap, now I'll need to go and repair it." Naruto immediately grabbed Brianna in a desperate hug, surprising the girl so much that she looked at him in shock.

"Please, lemme go instead! I just need to stretch my legs, that's all! Please please please please!" Brianna began giggling madly as Naruto begged her to finally leave the house and rested her forehead on his chest till she calmed down.

"Fine, I'll let you go, but your bringing backup!" Naruto groaned in exasperation but Brianna refused to budge.

"Ah come on! I don't need a babysitter!" Brianna smirked as she rose up, pulling Naruto along with her as she exited the computer lab

Ten minutes later, Naruto was ready for his trip but, just as Brianna had said, he was not going alone. Seance had just shown up an hour ago to visit the Diggers between his lessons, his arrival giving Brianna the perfect opportunity to draft the young spell caster into being Naruto's 'shadow' for the day. One light gate later the two young men were teleported to... a smoking crater in the ground?

"Uh Naruto, did you press the right button?" Naruto nodded absently as he looked down the sides of the crater, looking for any hints on what happened. "Sure did, we better have a lo... ah dammit, son of a BITCH. Seance, do you have a spell that will allow you to float down this crater?" Seance looked at Naruto in confusion and nodded slowly.

"Good, float your butt down there and have a look around. I need to...'educate' someone on proper technique... AGAIN. Don't worry, I'll be fine." Naruto shooed a very confused Aura mage down the crater, this shinobi pocketing the server component as he stood their waiting, a annoyed sigh escaping his lips. Several moments later a katana sliced through Naruto, dropping the now bisected man to the ground, a look of annoyance displayed on his frozen face. A sinister laugh echoed through the under brush as Naruto's killer stepped out of the shadows, brandishing his newest weapon.

"A joke am I? Now we have seen who has the last laugh, fool!"

10 minutes earlier

Erwin and he subordinates had finally arrived at El Dorado, home to the Kryn and a veritable buffet of new genetic material. Looking over the smoking area where the city had previously stood, Erwin turned to his faithful ninja and provided his instructions. "Galford, it's time for you to go and search the perimeter, make sure there are no surprises lurking around that could interrupt us."

Before 'Galford' left, the ninja raised his hand and locked his gaze on his current master. "Lord Talon, I must ask that you no longer call me by my true name. I have attained the pinnacle of my ninja skills and abilities and as such I am now know as .. DAISHI, THE GREAT DEATH!"

Erwin and Zelda both blinked slowly as the ninja before he vanished on his assignment, Erwin turning to his former maid as he cocked an eyebrow. "Do you think he's lost it? He hasn't been the same since you told me that he lost to that guy in the arctic to a …. heheh, an ass poking." Zelda choked back her laughter as she remembered the incident.

"Honestly, I don't know what he is thinking anymore, all I know is that's he's pissed and ready to kill someone. I'm just glad it's not us."

Present time

As Daishi lorded over the fact that he had killed the man that humiliated him previously, he never noticed that the divided body turned into a destroyed log until he felt an axe kick from above send him crashing to the ground, Daishi's face slamming into the remains of his wooden foe. Groggily jumping to his feet, Daishi's eyes widened in pain and shock as he saw the supposed 'dead' shinobi launch a powerful palm thrust to his stomach, catapulting him away from the crater.

Daishi growled loudly as he held his aching stomach as he growled in fury. 'No! This disgrace of a ninja shall not prevail!' Daishi's eyes narrowed as the ninja that had defeated him before grinned cheekily and pointed at the sword he now carried.

"Aw look, I think someone is over compensating for something! How's it going Gayford? Gotten over your loss from a week ago?" Daishi raced forward and with a primal roar he slashed down, splitting the upstart from shoulder to hip, knowing that this time he had surely killed the man. Moments later, the two halves of his body fell to the ground a burst of smoke appeared and a split log replaced the bleeding body once more. Whirling around, Daishi scanned the forest for his prey, failing to understand one simple thing. He had already fallen into the man's trap, the prey had now become the predator.

Naruto chuckled softly as he watched the doomed wannabe scream out in frustration after the fifth time of 'killing' him, the blonde deciding that it was time to take pity on the man as he was in way over his head. Just as the wannabe began to monologue, Naruto knew he had just been served a golden opportunity on a platter to strike and he took it.

".. I AM DEATH INCARNATE, FACE ME WHELP! I AM DAISHI AND I Will..." Naruto grinned as 'Daishi' trailed off and looked behind him in shock. Naruto grinned and slammed a full power rasengan in the surprised man's gut, sending him catapulting away into the underbrush of the jungle. Naruto cupped his hand around his mouth so the downed ninja in the jungle had a chance to hear what he had to say.

"Well 'Daishi', you still suck! Come at me in about 20 years and you may be able to last thirty seconds in a real fight with me! Enjoy the time off while your abs heal! Oh and one more thing... ALL HAIL THE LOG, THE GREAT PROTECTOR OF ALL TRUE SHINOBI!"

Naruto grinned as he listened intently, a pained moan the only answer to his declaration. Daishi's pitiful moans trailing of into an even more pathetic whimper caused Naruto to snicker loudly just before the ninja finally passed out. Nodding his head in satisfaction, Naruto created a clone to grab the defeated ninja as the real Naruto turned around, running for the edge of the crater again, hoping that Seance hadn't bitten off more than he could chew.

Brianna was getting a little worried since she hadn't heard back from Naruto yet, he'd been gone for over 20 minutes and he still hadn't gotten the server back online.

"Did something happen to him? It shouldn't take more than a few minutes to get that server back online with that replacement I gave him." Just as Brianna was about to contact Naruto through said server, Brianna's face paled as she watched Gina walk into the lab.

"Gina! Your back early! H-How did it go in Peru?" Gina grinned as she took her spot at the computer terminal next to Brianna, the blonde archeologist stretching her arms over her head as she groaned loudly.

"It went great, the Peruvian government decided to create a national park around the fountain of youth that we discovered... hey, what's going on with the El Dorado server? The logs show that it's been down for over half an hour." Brianna began to sweat as she looked away quickly, hoping that she could stall Gina long enough to get Naruto back in the house.

"It-t's a-all und-der control Gina, I got s-s-someone to go a-and get it back up..." Brianna's voice trailed off as Gina looked around the control room they were in. Turning back to her sister Gina gave her a deadpan expression.

"Brianna... where's Naruto?"

Just as Naruto reached the edge of the crater, a soft pinging sound caused the shinobi to cock his head to the side before pulling the server from his pouch. Activating the device, Naruto grinned as he saw that Brianna was trying to page him so he quickly accessed the com protocols, linking back up to the main system so they could talk. "Hey Hime, can't talk now, got a bit of a...Oh... hello, Kirei! Just get back from Peru?" Gina glared at the shinobi, her eyes narrowing as she proceeded to give Naruto her version of the Look.

"Don't Kirei me mister! You are in so much trouble when you get home Naruto, what do you think you're doing out of the house?" Naruto sighed as he began accessing several sub menus, his silence causing Gina to growl softly as he ignored his irate girlfriend. "I thought we agreed that you wouldn't go out on your own until you were a hundred percent again! What are you doing out there! Get back here, right now!" Naruto finally finished with his work and a second picture appeared in the corner of the com screen, the scene that Naruto was showing the girls causing their eyes to widen in shock.

"Gina, you're the one who decided I should stay in the house, I'm fine. I know my limits and the only reason I even got that low on chakra in the first place was because we both thought there were no other options. And besides, we have bigger things to worry about, as you can see El Dorado ain't here anymore. Make sure Brit doesn't see this, I've gotta go grab Seance!"

Just as Naruto ended the call, the sound of breaking glass behind Gina and Brianna to turn around. Both girls cringed as they saw Brittany in the doorway, her fist buried into a monitor mounted on the wall as she breathe deeply, trying to control her anger at the scene she had just witnessed. Gina groaned as she buried her face in her hands, a single word perfectly summing up the current situation that she found herself in.

"Shit."

Naruto's hands glowed brightly as he quickly descended into the smoking crater, sensing that Seance was currently in one of the side passages, but he wasn't alone. As Naruto neared the tunnel brilliant flashes of light caused the shinobi to pause as he decided to get a good look at what he was jumping into. 'Man, I am so glad I'm not as impulsive as before, I would have just run into that kind of insanity without a thought at the consequences. And now, I have two girls that'll kick the crap out of me if I do that.'

Landing on a half destroyed platform, Naruto laid down and peeked over the edge, seeing the cause of the light show. Apparently Pee Wee had decided to have his goons double team Seance, the kid was holding his own but he was running out of options since he had to keep his shield up at full power. Pulling back Naruto ran through a quick checklist.

'Ok, magic, magic, magic, what can I do against magic... well, I remember Theo telling me it's weak against metal, also I see the asshole mage that stole the car is protecting himself with a magic wall thingy... Oh, oh yeah, that'll work.' Grinning evilly, Naruto reached into a inner pouch stored in his jacket, pulling out the perfect weapon to deal with unruly mages. Leaning forward, Naruto used his chakra to make his projectile stick to the back of his middle finger as he lowered himself into position. The blonde shinobi stuck his tongue out of the corner of his mouth as he adjusted his aim slightly, deciding that taking the man's head off was a little out of line at the moment. Once Naruto was satisfied with his aim, he flicked his finger forward and let the weapon fly towards the opponent, making sure not to give it too much power or it would fly right through his target. 'After all, this is more about humiliation than anything. And losing to a iron marble is pretty damn humiliating!'

Ionis chuckled loudly as he continued to pound on Seance's defenses, knowing that they'd falter sooner or later and Zelda could move in and take the boy out. "Just a few more...ARGH!" Ionis fell to the ground, blinding pain exploding across his back as the mage fell to his knees. Reaching for his back, the shocked mage felt for blood but only felt a massive welt that hurt like a bitch! "What the hell was that! Nothing should have been able to penetrate my shields! Unless..."

Turning around, the hurt mage's eyes widened comically as he looked up at the shadowed face of a very familiar blonde haired man. Chuckling weakly, Ionis cringed at the irritated gaze of the blond man that had taken the Digger's car back in the Arctic as he tried to back away slowly. "I'm sorry?" Naruto shook his head and one swift kick to the jaw later, Ionis knew no more.

'Yep, nothing like a cold iron special to put down a mage.' Naruto grinned as he wiped his hands before continuing down the hallway. Naruto slowly stalked towards the two remaining targets, his instincts telling him to make them suffer till they told him what had happened. Seance watched the shinobi slowly make his way towards Pee Wee and Zelda and did the smart thing, he powered down his aura and stepped back giving the man some space.

'I'm not stupid enough to pick a fight with him, Dr. Diggers told me that it could be the last mistake I made if I pissed him off enough.' Just as Naruto was about to pass Seance, he put his hand on the young mage's shoulder and grinned.

"Good job keeping them busy kid, sorry I took so long." Seance watched the shinobi continue pass him, wondering if this guy was actually as dangerous as his teacher made him sound. Naruto turned back to the other occupants of the hallway, piercing them with his furious gaze as he leaned forward,. . "What happened here?" As Naruto's voice was heard a massive feeling of bloodlust engulfed the room and Seance felt the need to run very, very far away.

'Yep, just as dangerous as I was told.'

Erwin gulped loudly as he backed away from the deadly presence in front of him, the furious man's bloodlust stopping any words from leaving his slack jawed mouth. 'Where the hell is Daishi! This is exactly what I pay him for!' As if summoned by his thoughts, Daishi suddenly appeared... and was dropped to the ground by an identical twin of the frightening man in front of Erwin, causing the young man to gulp loudly. Apparently Erwin's ninja had bitten off way more than he could chew and was paying for it as blood sluggishly dripped from multiple gashes on his abdomen.

"He's still alive, but your going to be in even worse shape if you don't tell me what you did here PEE WEE!" Naruto leaned forward, causing the genetics prodigy the fall on his ass trying to get away from the walking terror in front of him. The entire time this was happening, Zelda stood as still as a tree, hoping if she didn't move this demonic being wouldn't change his sights to her.

Suddenly, a light gate started to form behind Naruto and he pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation. 'Well, that secret lasted as long as I expected. Guess this means I get to play good cop now, I HATE playing the good cop. After all, she'll probably kill him if I don't stop her.'

Brittany was supposed to have a week of final preparations as she anxiously waited for her wedding. All the invitations were sent, the food was arranged and the bride and groom's entourages had been fitted and were prepared to help the wedding go off with a bang. But, after she heard Naruto's last transmission from Gina's lab, Brittany's world collapsed on itself as she made her way to El Dorado's former location. 'He's gone... he's gone and I'll never see him again. Who ever did this dies, today, right now, immediately!' Cheetah looked at the cowering geneticist in front of her and she stalked forward, grabbed his shirt and hauled him up. Rearing back Cheetah slammed the cowering child into the wall and growled out. "WHAT DID YOU DO." Erwin babbled for a moment before he managed to get control of himself.

"Nothing, I didn't do anything! It was like this when I got here!" Cheetah pulled her free hand back and before she could even think of using her claws on the terrified child in front of her, an iron grip stopped her hand before she could slash the boy's face. Cheetah's tear streaked face looked at Naruto's impassive features as she dropped the coward that was in her grip, rounding on the man that had held her back.

"Let me go, he deserves this. He needs to know how much this hurts, he deserves to know what it's like!" Naruto held the enraged were cheetah's wrist tightly as she strained to pull herself free, not willing to let her cross that line.

"I've crossed that line dozens of times and I'll tell you this... you won't feel any better, you'll only hurt yourself in the end." Cheetah 's eyes glared at Naruto as she took a swing at his face with her claws, expecting him to let go and let her go after Erwin. But Naruto never let go, even when he had four deep gashes trailing blood down his cheek. He hardened his gaze and held Cheetah's wrist tighter, still not willing to let her go. "I'm not letting go until you calm down." Suddenly a third portal opened and Gina rushed out with her friend from Atlantis, Princess Tyr.

"Wait, Brit, Stripe's not dead, he's ok... JINKIES! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!" Gina's words finally penetrated Cheetah's rage filled mind and she gasped at what she had done. Desperately, Brittany tried to pull away from Naruto but he refused to let her go. Tears poured from Brittany's eyes as she realized she had attacked one of her closest friends, this knowledge prompting the girl to try and run from that knowledge. But Naruto still refused to let her go, his arms pulling Brittany into a tight hug. Brittany continued to cry as Naruto calmed the woman down, rubbing her back gently as he whispered in her ear.

"S'ok, I'll help you find him. We'll get him back, alright?" Brittany finally broke down at these words, sobbing into Naruto's chest as she clung to him, the stress of everything that had happened finally catching up with her. Gina walked forward, gently running her fingertips over the new additions to her boyfriends face and nearly crying as Naruto winked at her and grinned. "Healing factor, gimme a day and this'll be a bad memory. Now, as for these guys..."

Looking behind him, Naruto saw Ionis weakly raise his hands and cast a Gate of Retreat, all of Pee Wee's goons and the boy himself vanished into thin air. Naruto sighed as they faded from view, turning back to the others and dispersing his clone. "Well, that wasn't a surprise. So, tell us what happened, where's Stripe?"

break

Tyr looked at the man holding Brittany and grinned as she realized who it was. 'Ah, so this is the man that's caught both Gina and Brianna...very nice.'

"Well, we just received the message and hour ago. Stripe probably sent it to us so that he would have more time to leave you all behind. The message is mostly for you Brittany, here it is." Naruto finally released Brittany and she took the small comlink, watching the message her fiancee had left her.

"An emergency situation has occurred. I and my people are left with no choice but to leave the Earth. I cannot say why, I fear some of you would be distressed if you knew and I don't want any of you to be endangered by the peril I must now face..." Brittany sniffled as she listened to the messages, seeing her lover tearing up as he continued on. "Brittany... don't try and follow me, I want you to be safe. But, I will return to you. I promise..." As the message ended Brittany dropped her hand to her side as her tears returned. Naruto shook his head as he held Gina in his arms.

"Emergency my ass. He had the look of a man on his way to war." Everyone looked at the shinobi in surprise, realizing there was so much they still didn't know about him. Naruto looked down at Gina and grinned. "Time to find the a-ho*, kick him in the ass for leaving us behind and beat the shit outta whoever decided to mess with him. No on messes with my friends and family." - * idiot

Gina buried her face in Naruto's chest, a quick nod was her only confirmation of what he had said. Looking over at Brittany Naruto grinned as she dried her tears, nodding resolutely. Tyr watched the entire exchange and couldn't help but smile. 'This man is more than just a warrior... he's a true leader, he inspires all who would follow him. Truly someone to watch in the future.'

The next day, on another plane of existence

Among the many places Gina and her friends have visited, the Chronoverse has to be one of the most unique. An entire plane of existence completely filled with time bubbles, one for each period of history. There was no life forms that inhabited it , but if you we're to go there right now you would see a boy and his loyal dog sitting on the wing of a futuristic fighter craft. "Benji, my dear attack boy, we have failed. Canines will no longer rule the earth!" Er... I mean it was a canine overlord and his loyal attack boy that were sitting on the hovering fighter craft.

Dr. Arthur Peachbody rested his head on his paws as he thought of how all of his work had ended in abject failure. "Those damn interfering humans, they have destroyed all that I have worked for! Especially that pesky harpy, Gina Diggers!" Peach body's loyal attack boy Benji scratched his head in confusion, not understanding the problem.

"But Doctor, why can't we just go back in time to get rid of those pesky humans?" Peachbody turned to his attack boy, the innocent question causing the canine to pause as he tried to think of an answer. After explaining the way that time bubbles work in the Chronoverse, an idea had finally occurred to him.

"Wait... if we go back to an earlier time period... Yes, that's it! Benji, we need to enter a time zone twenty five years before Gina's parents are married... we're going to leave them a small 'present' to congratulate them!"

Naruto was laying his head in Brianna's lap as she gently ran her fingers through his hair, the soothing motions causing Naruto to smile contently. Brittany was glaring at the phone, practically begging it to ring and tell her the news she desperately needed to hear. Her gaze was initially hopeful, but several telemarketers had slowly changed it to it's current annoyed expression.

Genn was looking at the whole scene and decided to ask the questions that were bugging her. "Umm, what's wrong with Brittany? And did I miss something between you two?"

Brianna looked a little hesitant to say anything about her and Naruto, well aware of the angry were-cheetah in front of her and not wanting to set her off again. Naruto, ever the blunt one, didn't even open his eyes as responded to the inquiry with all the tact of a tank. "Yes, you did and Cheets is waiting for a call about Stripe's location. El Dorado took off yesterday and none of us know where it went, Gina's looking into it."

At that moment the phone rang and Brittany immediately answered the phone. Brianna softly said, "Oh God, please don't let it be another telemarketer..."

But the second that Brittany listened to the voice on the other line her expression went to ecstatic. "Gina, where is he! Tell me and I am so there! What?! No... I understand, thanks..."

Naruto let out a deep breath and rose to his feet, crouching beside the kneeling girl as he asked, "So, where is he?"

Brittany sniffled a little bit and handed the handset to Naruto, who took it to get the answer from the source. "Gina? Cheets isn't saying anything, what's the situation?" Naruto nodded several times as he listened to his other girlfriend explain the situation. Finally when she had finished with her explanation Naruto grinned and chuckled softly. "Oh ho...well, well, well, I've always wanted to go to outer space. Tell me what you need and it's yours, I finally got some cash lying around from my...'operation'."

Just then a loud alarm sounded, causing everyone to cover their ears. Naruto, Brittany and Brianna all suddenly were plunged into a black abyss as a voice finally letting the trio know what was happening.

"Temporal anomaly! Warp field effect activated!"

Naruto grabbed onto his girlfriend and landed in a crouch on a large metallic platform, looked up around as he spied a flustered Gina quickly accessing a computer in front of her. "Gina? What's happening?" Brittany stood and dusted herself off and looked at their surroundings. Strange flowing patterns of black were strewn around the abyss as far as the eye could see, the half were-cheetah turning to Gina for an explanation.

"This is our Warp Field Device, it's a fail safe to stop our personal time lines from being messed with. It was programmed to warp all four of us here if anything threatened our past." Walking over to another computer system behind her, Gina opened a file and the screen was filled with the picture of a black Labrador. Naruto cocked his eyebrow and pointed at the picture in front of him.

"Wait a minute, is that dog... smirking?" Gina nodded and explained just what had happened when she, Penny, Ace and... Tabbot had encountered this mutt earlier. Naruto laughed and put his arm around Brianna when he was told about her joke.

"Nice Hime, I couldn't have done better myself, making Kirei think that she's been gone for twenty five years..." Naruto trailed off as Gina looked at him and narrowed her eyes in irritation. Naruto immediately did a complete reversal on his earlier statement. "I mean that's terrible, tricking your sister like that! Shame on you." Brittany giggled uncontrollably at the fake sincerity dripping from Naruto's voice and Gina just hung her head in exasperation.

"Anyways, the Device found something wrong with our personal time stream and pulled us into Null space to protect us. So we need to find the issue, Brianna come over her and give me a hand, unless we find out what's wrong we'll be stuck here, forever... jinkies!" Naruto grinned at Brittany as his girlfriends began to scan the Chronoverse for the anomaly.

"Gotta say, having two geniuses for girlfriends makes it fun, you never have a boring day." Moments later Gina crowed in triumph as everyone gathered around her monitor.

"AH HAH! There! The mutt is trying to stop us from being born! He's targeting Mom and Dad during their honeymoon!" Naruto immediately narrowed his eyes in irritation.

"Please find him... I need to express my displeasure with this plan... NOW." Brittany grinned and ruffled Naruto's hair.

"Aw come on, I'm sure Gina has a plan to shut rover down, dontcha sis?" Gina smirked as she walked towards the edge of the platform where her Chronoskimmer obediently hovered.

"Don't worry, me and Brit'll take care of this, you two stay here as backup!" As the girls blasted off into the Chronoverse to fix the problem, Naruto looked back and saw Brianna wipe her eyes. Walking behind her Naruto pulled the woman into his arms and held her tightly.

"Hey Hime, tell me what's wrong. Then I'll go and kill it, stuff it and mount it for making you sad." Brianna weakly laughed at Naruto's lame joke and leaned back against his chest. Sighing deeply Brianna voiced her fears to her boyfriend.

"It's just... I'm being left behind again, but I can understand why, since I don't really have a past, I'm just a copy of those two." Naruto quickly spun the girl in his arms around and she was faced with the most serious look she had ever seen on Naruto's face.

"You are not a clone or a copy. You are a person, an individual that is as different from your sisters as they are from you, you may have come from them but you are your own person. Do you think I really would want an exact copy of Gina as another girlfriend? Heck no, you're unique, you have different hobbies, dreams and hopes than your sisters!" Brianna nearly broke down as she held Naruto close to her, her feelings of doubt fading away slowly. The monitor behind then blinked on and Gina finally let them know what was happening.

"Got it! Looks like a Gamma bomb! But it's strange, it's got such a low yield... oh that dirty bastard! It'll sterilize mom and dad!" Gina muttered to herself for moment when suddenly something that looked like a stubby gun popped out of the back of her Gina mobile. "One high energy emp should take care of it... Yes, it's dead, time to head home!" Naruto kissed Brianna's cheek and chuckled as he heard Brittany's confused voice pipe up.

"Why are ya peeling out so fast sis?" Gina's chuckled as the pair reentered Chronospace. "Gotta get up to 88 to get back into the Chronoverse." Everyone relaxed as the Gina mobile mk VI reached their Warp platform again, but before Gina and Brittany could get out the cars internal alarms went off, this time with an error code. "CRITICAL WARNING: ERROR NO.063-X!"

Gina looked at the screens in the car and screamed in fear. "AHHHHH! ZOINKS! NO! Brianna! Tell me what happened!" Brianna immediately jumped on the system and advanced the time line slowly and crowed in triumph.

"I got it! Two minutes after you left a flower truck pulls up and... oh no..." The screen changed to a smirking Mutt and his attack boy that was holding a potted plant.

"But.. but... he wasn't there before! How the hell did h... oh you son of a bitch! He must have planted the bomb years ago through an other time bubble, that's how he can get into this one! We're locked out! WE ARE GOING TO DIE!"

"Not if we can help it! Naruto, grab on!" Briana immediately deployed her power armor and raced off towards the same time bubble her sisters had entered, Naruto crouching on top of the thruster assembly. Gina bit her lower lip in worry and yelled after the two.

"But Brianna! Your a copy of the two of us, you may not be able to get through!" Brianna smirked and replied over the com system, confidence dripping from her voice.

"A year ago, sure I would have agreed with you, but I am my own woman, Naruto helped me see that! Now we're going to kick some canine ass!" The pair pushed forward and pierced the time bubble, making it back just in time to stop Benji from reaching the door. Naruto leaped off of Brianna's armored suit and landed in front of the surprised attack boy.

"Ah ah ah, not another step." Naruto lashed out with a side kick that sent the attack boy skidding back and the followup micro missile spread from Brianna sent him running back to his owner with his metaphorical tail between his legs.

Peachbody growled loudly as he saw Brianna and a unknown blonde riding on her shoulders send Benji running towards the van, ruining their plot to destroy the Diggers daughters. 'Damn! I assumed that Brianna would not be able to cross over into the era after her sisters already had! Her interference and this new player are foiling my plan! Luckily I have a backup, one must always plan for any eventuality!.' The back of the delivery van opened up and three large fire breathing dragons flew out, immediately homing in on Brianna and the blonde haired man assisting her. 'Now we'll see if they can stand up to canine bio synthetic technology!'

Naruto turned his head as he heard the commotion from the delivery van and pointed excitedly at the emerging dragons. "I get to fight a dragon! Awesome!" Naruto flipped away from a blast of fire breath and pulled a kunai from his pouch as well as a explosive tag. 'Time to show the girls just what some of my gear can do.' As Naruto let the projectile fly towards his target his heart nearly stopped when Brianna flew closer, not knowing what was going to happen. 'OH SHIT, GOTTA MOVE!' Naruto focused his chakra, speeding up immensely due to the Shunshin jutsu and grabbed Brianna around the waist, pulling her away from the tag.

"Naruto! What the heck are you doing!" Naruto didn't answer her as he focused on getting out of the blast range. Just as he was clear he set off his tag and Brianna stopped asking questions, the massive explosion behind the pair clearly let her know why Naruto had grabbed her. Naruto skidded to a stop and let Bri down as he grinned at her.

"Sorry hime, didn't have time for you to get out of there, the tags I use can be set off remotely but when it's thrown it'll go off in ten seconds even if I don't do anything! They're also a lot more powerful than most, I made them with Kurama's chakra so they've got a real bang to'em!" Brianna looked behind her and saw two of the dragons burning away merrily. Looking back over at Naruto she narrowed her eyes at him, unfolded her portable cannon and destroyed the last dragon before it could even take a step towards the pair. Bri then grabbed her man before her parents could see what was going on outside and blow their cover, making tracks for the exit point back to the Chronoverse. Just before they penetrated the barrier Brianna smirked at Naruto as she looked over her shoulder.

"You've been holding out on us Naruto! Bad, BAD shinobi! What else can you do that we should know about? And can I use those pieces of paper that explode too or is just a shinobi thing?" Naruto laughed out loud and grinned.

"Awww, come on Hime, I can't tell you all my secrets yet! Lets just say there's more to see and yeah, it's a shinobi thing, the tags wouldn't work for you, sorry babe." Brianna grumbled softly as they landed, hoping to get a new weapon that she could play with. Gina and Brittany ran up, Gina launching herself towards Naruto and laughing happily as his arms wrapped around her.

"YOU DID IT! History is back the way it should be! Diggers team 2, Mangy mutt big fat 0! " Naruto grinned as he pulled Brianna into the hug, glad that they were both alright.

"Told you that you were your own person Hime. Now, back to finding Stripe so I can give him an ass kicking for leaving us behind, lets go!"

Meanwhile in the Depths of Space

Stripe was currently on the bridge, monitoring the situation as El Dorado raced back to Aebra. The current pilot, Jan, looked at her friend and sighed, worried about his health. 'He's been here for forty hours, that's not good for anyone!'

"Stripe, you need to sleep, I can call you if anything happens." Stripe was about to respond when he suddenly shivered, feeling like someone had walked over his grave. For some reason, Stripe couldn't help but imagine Naruto standing in front of him, a maniacal grin plastered on his face as he cracked his knuckles loudly.

'Uh oh, that can't be good. Why do I feel the sudden urge to run and hide for all eternity?'