AN: In honor of me completing Dark Souls 2 in 36 hours while dying only 129 times, I bring to you, Moon Eyes. Did anyone else notice that Naruto vs Sasuke turned out to be quite similar to Naruto vs Garra?

This body of his was strange. He didn't remember it to be such but what can he truly tell when his memories was so broken. This body of his felt like it was holding him. It was a reminder that he didn't belong here. It was a reminder that he wasn't free.

Different were the things he'd encountered so far. His body felt strange for starters. He had power, but it felt buried. It felt as if he was trapped. He had the tools, yet he felt like he was the tool. It felt unreal, making him doubt his existence again and again. However, this body of his also reminded him of one thing, always. That he was not alone. Not alone in this unfamiliar land. He had her with him. She was the connection that anchored him to his feet. That sublime connection that he both loved and hated.

Loved because it made him feel like he had a link with something. Hated because he didn't know the reason for that very link. Why did he have this connection with the woman? Why?

The next thing he noticed was that people here couldn't mold chakra and the ones with chakra in their body usually manipulated their affinity using a stick. He knew he was well past playing god but that didn't make him feel any less like a god among the men there. Was he a god?

Among the many mysteries of this new land, he noticed a lot of key difference that made him doubt his broken memories many, many times. For one thing, people weren't trying to kill him. There was no one hunting him down, something that seemed to have happened a lot, for his eyes no less. He also noticed a kind of familiarity with hunting, though his hunt felt more like a necessity. It was as if he had hunted a lot in his past life, and that was saying something if he cannot even remember his own name.

The last person he's hunted was the same blond who'd filled him with so much hope. He remembered beating the blond to an inch of his life. He remembered getting beaten by the blond to an inch of his life. He remembered reconciling with the blond.

Then something happened. He did something and a lot of people were saved, but at what cost?

He shook his head for the third time now. He had a mission he must complete and failure was not an option, though he was happy for the circumstance he was currently in.

He was hunting again. He was feeling something other than nothingness. Feeling the adrenaline rushing through his hollow body. He was hunting for someone with blond hair and blue eyes, again. He believed it to be something that would definitely jolt his memories and make him remember something, anything. He smiled in the revelation that his mission coincided with his desires, something he noticed rarely happened. He shall enjoy this hunt, as it would prove his existence. Prove if his existence is reality ,or all this phantom pain is just an illusion.

Let the hunt begin.

Saito was having a hard time believing that he was actually keeping up with the unbelievably sturdy boy. Sure the runes were making him use every limb he could spare but he didn't really think it would help him out this much. The pristine, white and no doubt stolen shirt of the boy was turning red by the minute and it looked like it was affecting him albeit lightly. Saito guessed he could thank Guiche for that. Nevertheless, whatever advantage he could take was an advantage he would gladly accept.

"You're branded with a similar seal and you don't belong here as well. Why choose to follow that little girl?", the boy asked in Japanese, so nonchalantly as if they were drinking tea rather than crossing blades.

Saito didn't harbor any illusion of beating the guy. Sure the boy was getting weaker in his assault, but his guard still stood strong. Saito was really starting to think that the only reason he was still standing was because the boy was interested in gaining knowledge. He had to buy time in order for the others to think of a plan. He dodged a vertical slash and parried a comeback with the kunai, all while steadily backing away from the boy.

"It's because I care for her", Saito replied in Japanese as well, doing everything he can to find an opening.

"So you've become a pawn for the little girl, I know what the purpose of the seal is for"

"NO", Saito shouted out in rage. "It's because she's dear to me, something I doubt you'd ever understand"

The boy narrowed his eyes and Saito suddenly remembered what he was doing.

"Why are you after Tiffa?", he questioned, hoping that his little outburst didn't do anything to disinterest the boy. Fortunately, he still was.

"I simply wish to have this cursed seal removed. Now, tell me how", the boy all but demanded.

Saito didn't know how the boy came to the conclusion that the runes were cursed but he was at the end of the line now and his next answer would determine the way the battle was going to turn out. The lack of reply was making the superstitious boy more aggressive whereas Saito's mind was having a rapid fire self-interrogation on what would be the best answer. Among the several question that ran through his head, one was more prominent. What in the world are the others doing?

He didn't find his answer but he did finally find an opening. He threw the kunai at the boy's feet as a distraction, grabbed the handle of the rapier, and bent the boy's elbow in to plunge the blade into the boy's chest. The boy coughed blood and fell back.

"It's true that at first it was tough, but now I've come to love this place and it's people and I'm not going to back down from anyone if the people I care for are threatened", Saito said with firm determination. "I don't follow her because of some rune or magic. I follow her because she's dear to me"

The boy just stared at him in silence. Saito picked up the discarded kunai and placed it before the boy's neck. "This is it. Its over"

The boy closed his eyes and slowly moved his arm to grab Saito's hand holding the kunai, "I couldn't care less about that"

Saito blinked, and the world around him changed. The boy disappeared, the rapier disappeared, his left hand gripping the kunai disappeared somewhere behind him. He turned to see that the kunai was pointing at the nape of his own neck in a very awkward angle, the boy's hand gripping his hand to lock it in place.

"Just tell me how to get this seal off", the boy continued, however Saito's mind was elsewhere. What had happened? He was sure he had stabbed the boy. He was sure he was winning. He was sure that the white shirt that the boy donned was stained crimson.

Yet, none of these things looked to have happened. Saito realized that he was duped even before he picked the kunai and that the boy was showing him an illusion from the start. Rather, the boy looked livelier than before. He was pale then, but now it looked as if he was slowly gaining color, as if he was rejuvenating, as if the worst was yet to be seen.

Saito also noticed another vital thing but couldn't in any way fathom how he couldn't access his Gandálfr abilities, despite possessing a weapon. Further inspections revealed the white light on his runes to be slowly fading away. It seemed farfetched, but it looked as if the boy was absorbing the power granted by the runes. Now, if this theory was true, the boy was a legit vampire, that and the rune's power was the only thing keeping him alive.

The sound of a gun shot rang out and Saito finally pulled free from the dodging boy's grasp. He quickly hit the ground when a few more shots went off. Then he felt himself being dragged right towards Kirche with a levitation spell. Suffice to say he had a soft landing. He turned to find the boy encased in what looked like an astral bone cage, well protected from the onslaught of every flintlock pistol Agnès could carry.

"EXPLOSION!"

*BOOM*

Another giant explosion happened where the boy stood, lifting dust everywhere. Louise hoped for that to be the last of it. She'd made three colossal explosions, all in a single day, without rest. So she felt spent more that she'd ever felt before. Nonetheless, she was a noble and a Vallière no less. She had to keep up the rule of steel no matter what. She was relieved to see Saito safe but had half a mind to blow him too for landing none too gently on Kirche, but she held her wand. It wouldn't be prudent to discipline him in the heat of battle. Furthermore, the opponent was far too dangerous for her to keep him off her sights.

Excruciatingly slowly, the dust clear off and revealed someone or rather something. The purple monstrosity was easily around 30 feet tall, with multiple arms holding multiple weapons, an ominous dark aura covering it and a smile that gave her the chills. There was in no way for that menacing giant to be a golem. It looked pure evil, and in the middle of it all, was the boy, unperturbed, unruffled and unmoving.

Louise was just updating her list of worst nightmares, the shaking coming from the figure beside her said that Tiffania was on the same page. Surprisingly, the colossal goliath suddenly glowed crimson and started disintegrating much to everyone's relief. She didn't know how the boy managed to summon something so evil but she wasn't going to complain on its departure. She was getting ready for another round with the boy, who by this point was slowly making his way up her list of worst nightmares in a frightening rate. Her spell in her mouth, she got ready to let it fly as soon as the figure inside the giant made his appearance known when Tiffania, quite uncharacteristically started to poke her.

"Not now Tiffania", she disregarded while never straying eyes from the disintegrating giant. Tiffania in turn started to pull her arm instead but stopped after a few tugs. Louise didn't know what was wrong with her but it could wait. Right now the nightmarish boy had to have her undivided attention, because if she was going to beat this boy, then she'd need to forget about anything else. Even if Tiffania pulls her arm like a madman, even if Saito's using that Germanian bully's disgusting mounds as a cushion. Even if a very confused Tabitha suddenly appeared in place of the boy.

Wait, if Tabitha was down there, then who in the world was behind her? A cold and callused hand gripped her neck. She turned to find raven hair and moon eyes. The boy looked very handsome up close she realized, but it was hard to blush when the blood flow to your cheeks were blocked.

Saito saw Tabitha just in time to stop Agnès from putting a bullet through her head, yet he wasn't prepared to face the present situation. The boy had poor Tiffa pinned with a single foot whereas Louise was dangling by her neck. Sylphid was doing absolutely nothing but hovering in midair, it was as if she was trapped in an illusion.

"This one's not an illusion", the boy stated in monotone, yet it sounded like the most condescending line ever. "Now, tell me how to remove the seal"

Saito's heart plummeted. The demand was targeted towards him and him alone. Unless the last explosion suddenly made everyone understand Japanese, he was the only one who could give the boy a concrete answer. But he couldn't give an answer. Nor could he keep his mouth shut. Telling him would condemn Tiffa to death whereas staying silent would definitely get Louise killed. Either of the options were unacceptable and for the first time in his life, Saito realized that saving one life could doom another, that saving everyone was an impossible task and that happy endings always did happen in the movies.

"Speak", the boy commanded and suddenly the air thickened with a strange aura, making everyone see gruesome deaths of themselves.

"You need to come with us to have it removed", Saito responded with great disinclination, hoping with everything that the boy would believe the fib.

There was a deathly silence for a few seconds, a few seconds where Saito finished praying to every god he knew of including Brimir for the safe retrieval of both of the captive girls, but in the end it would only remain as it is, wishful thinking.

"You lie", the boy declared and the next thing Saito knew of was the agonizing screams of his master.

"No, stop", he shouted and thought of every way possible to rescue Louise, only there were none. The mages couldn't hit the boy without taking out his hostages, the Dragon Knights were still trying to get up right after their one sided beat down and Agnès was out of bullets. To add insult to injury, Sylphid thought the boy to be Tabitha. There seemed to be no hope, when Julio suddenly pulled out something and threw it at Saito.

"Saito, use this", he shouted with worry seen for the first time in his face.

Saito grabbed the thing, which his runes told him was a SIG Sauer P226. Finally having something to work with, he aimed the pistol at the boy, ready to fill him full of lead. He was also going to save one intended for Julio. The bastard priest had the gun this whole time and didn't do jack with it. But that's besides the point, Julio made a gesture and Sylphid suddenly rolled. Taking the opportunity, Saito fired several shots, all hitting its mark on the boy, until a puff of smoke revealed it to be a log.

"A log?", Colbert exclaimed in frustration while steadily levitating Louise and Tiffania to safety.

That was short lived when the boy seemingly flew out of nowhere to intercept Tiffania. Unfortunately for him, Julio swept her away on Azzurro before he could get hold of her. The dragon flew away in top speed, leaving the boy to disappear in a swirl of leaves and appear on top of Sylphid. She however didn't budge, making the boy glare furiously at the retreating back of Julio. With his lone hand, the boy made several loops and abruptly, Sylphid was covered in the same astral purple tinted armor as the colossal goliath. The armored dragon took flight and went straight after Julio.

Saito was just about to take a breather when a familiar figure came out of the shadows.

It didn't take long for the boy to catch up and Julio really wished he'd planned a little more. Sylphid was faster than Azzurro, and that weird armor was repelling his Vindálfr powers. So there's not a lot he could do other than to lead the boy as far away from the group as possible.

That turned out to be wishful thinking as the boy suddenly appeared on Azzurro, unsheathe Julio's own sword and speared it onto his dragon's back. Julio saw that he was about to have a very horrible crash landing, but not before he met his own ordinary moon eyes with the boy's uncanny one, who simply grabbed Tiffania's arm and disappeared. The next thing he knew was a world of pain and darkness.

When Julio finally awoke, he realized that his left arm was broken, coupled with a few broken ribs and a concussion. He also realized that he didn't wake up naturally, but rather was woken up by non-other than the boy himself, who looked pissed as hell. He looked passed the boy to find Guiche unconscious beside Azzurro. It seems like he'd planned enough. Though he'd much rather prefer the company of Miss Tiffania, he'd have to get the boy away from everyone without him getting his hands on her. And it looked like he had succeeded on fooling the boy. The cloaked blond looked relatively unharmed, yet unconscious. Typical earth mages. Julio reckoned him to pass out even before he swapped places with Tiffania. He also reckoned the boy to have a purpose in doing every little thing he did.

So Julio prepared for the inevitable. It doesn't take a scholar to figure out why the boy woke him up.

Louise was feeling tired out of her mind, nevertheless she stood awake. She had her rule of steel to follow but more importantly, she wanted to know if Saito was alright. As soon as the levitation spell let her touch the ground, she was instantly embraced by him, which was good and all but her body just felt too heavy to reciprocate. Then she was drowned in a fury of questions involving 'are you hurt?' and 'are you okay?' which was starting to piss her off.

"I thought I almost lost you", Saito stated and Louise's heart soften a bit. She remembered how he freaked out when all her willpower was getting sucked out of her and blushed in embarrassment. Perhaps if she'd trained her body in the rule of steel as well, she wouldn't have cried like a little girl, despite looking the part.

A familiar figure suddenly revealed itself from the shadow of a narrow alley, which turned out to be Tiffania. Saito suddenly perked up and Louise's mood was once again shot to hell.

"I thought you escaped with Julio", Saito exclaimed in surprise.

"He made me swap places with Guiche in the last second", she replied, feeling guilty that Guiche was taking her place.

Everyone was shocked but no one complained. Guiche had quite suddenly become brave, which was more than anyone could say about the flamboyant boy.

"We need to come up with a plan, now", Agnès supplied. "The boy is many things, but not a fool. I doubt the Priest can keep him occupied for long"

"You", Agnès pointed at Tiffania. "I've heard that you can wipe people's memories"

"It's no use. I've already tried it on him", the half-elf cut in. "He snapped my wand"

"I'm sorry", she started off. "It's all my fault. It's all because I messed up the familiar summoning ritual and now everyone is suffering because of that."

Louise didn't think it was Tiffania's fault and neither did the others, but that didn't stop the half elf from tearing up. There was no way to know who or what would be summoned and at the end of the day, mistakes were bound to happen. She of all people knew of it.

"That's it", Colbert exclaimed. "There is a way to defeat the boy"

Everyone eyed the professor, half of them doubting his words, the other half too optimistic to care.

"Remember what his holiness said about the boy. The boy is without doubt a familiar and a void familiar no less. And this particular void familiar is said to be…"

Saito stopped Colbert and gave everyone a meaningful look. It seemed like everyone got the message which was left unknown to Tiffania, who wasn't even present when the Pope stated about the void familiar.

"Tiffa", Saito called. "Can you use your magic on the entire city?"

"That…", the forest fairy blanched. "That's impossible. I can at most wipe the memories of a small group of people"

"His holiness has told us that now that you've summoned your familiar, you can use your magic on a higher scale", Saito supplied. "You need to wipe the memories of yourself from the minds of everyone in the city"

"But…", She stumbled in her words, no doubt mentally questioning herself.

Agnès, figuring where Saito was going added, "Listen here, if word gets out that there was an elf sighted inside the holy country of Romalia, there will no doubt be chaos and pandemonium. You can't back out of it"

"Yes", the last remaining Dragon Knight agreed. "Even if we disclose your true nature, the people of this city are firm followers of Founder Brimir. They won't accept even an ounce of elven blood in these lands. They'll no doubt demand for more guards to patrol the city and we can't spare any"

"And stating that you're a void mage is out of the question", Colbert finished. "That will only cause more trouble than its worth"

Louise had a bad feeling about the plan but opted to stay quiet. They didn't have any better plan to go to so exhausting the boy was their best bet, though Tiffania didn't look all too confident in it.

"Listen Tiffa", Saito interjected. "You can do this, I believe in you"

Somehow the words seem to reassure the half-elf. She gave a firm nod and asked for a wand, which Louise willingly provided.

"It'll take some time but I'll do my best"

She closed her eyes, knelt down, interlaced her fingers as if praying and started to sing. Of course, every void spell had something to do with the Founder's items. For Tiffania is seemed like the song from the Founder's music box. On a side note, her sweet voice appear to sooth everyone present in the vicinity. Couple that with the setting sun and her natural beauty, she looked like an angel. The people surrounding her were dumbstruck on how someone so innocent and pure could summon someone who constantly emanated a metric ton amount of despair like a bloody fountain.

A swirl of leaves later, that fountain was among them again, sprinkling even more despair. Despair that took the form off a giant horned skeleton, which soon formed its muscles and tendons and armor and massive weapons coated in black flames that ate away the very light. Louise fainted, and everyone realized that the giant wasn't only getting closer, but getting bigger as well.

"It appears as though I'll have to get my answers by force", a voice spoke from within the hulking warrior in perfect French, and so Saito didn't have to translate that they were screwed.

But that didn't make them give up. The mages unloaded every bit of firepower they could on the ghostly giant. It did absolutely nothing but shatter their frail hopes. The giant lifted its massive flame coated sword and used it as an arrow, targeting the group.

"Everyone spread out", Agnès screamed and each person ran towards a different direction.

Saito grabbed Louise and ran for his dear life, but turned around to find that Tiffa wasn't going anywhere. So immersed was she in her song that she didn't even notice the battle going on behind her. Fortunately, the boy didn't target his primary hostage. That would betray the point of initially going after her. Unfortunately, Kirche was about to find out how hot his fire really was, quite literally.

"Kirche, look out", everyone shouted. But it was too late, or too early perhaps. Because a miracle just happened then.

The colossal goliath's weapon disappeared, then its armor disintegrated. Then came its muscles, its ligaments and its bones, finally leaving a very flabbergasted moon-eyed boy where it once stood. He eyed the glowing runes on his chest, looked at Tiffania and frowned. It was as if he could actually see where his life-force were going. Franticly, he materialized a few throwing knives from his sleeves and threw them at her. Fortunately, Saito used his gun to shoot the projectiles before they could hit their target. The boy however didn't lose his focus as he made a beeline for whoever was close.

Agnès had never let a man so much as touch her. Yet this boy plunged his hand through her clothes, grabbed the hidden flintlock pistol and as if already knowing that the barrel was empty, threw it right at Tiffania's head. The force he threw it in left little doubt in its goal to cave the unaware girl's head in and Saito was out of bullets. Luckily, the gun wasn't the only weapon in his arsenal. He threw the kunai with everything he had, which collided with the gun and to everyone's relief, narrowly missed the half-elf's head. The boy, finding no options, made a mad dash towards his target. But the mages weren't going to let him get to her, or so they thought.

He discarded his cloak, which caught fire from a flame snake. He leapt through a wall of fire, and closed his left eye. He maneuvered through a volley of giant ice lances, his blood red eye turned obsidian. He narrowly avoided being cleaved by a longsword, and had his target right before him. Lightning erupted from his hand and everyone looked in horror at the half-elf's imminent demise.

But the blow was never dealt. The runes on the boy's chest glowed intensively for a split second and the next thing everyone heard was the sound of two bodies hitting the floor.

Louise woke up to see the two moons hiding behind some clouds. She got up and saw that everyone was alright. Saito and the others were helping the two injured Dragon Knights whereas Agnès and the remaining Knight were discussing something out of earshot. Tiffania was unconscious behind her, no doubt due to her spell and the boy was collapsed in the middle of the street, a steady rising and falling of his chest being the only sign that he was alive.

Relief hit her like a truck. The ordeal she went through today was nothing less than a war. She seriously had a better time facing dozens Albion airships. In a single day, she had had to conjure multiple area wide explosion when she could barely make two. But the worst part was when the boy was somehow draining her willpower. Anymore of that would have probably turned her brain into a vegetable. Nevertheless, she stomached it all and now, the nightmare was over. The boy was incapacitated and…

"He's gone", came the astonished shout of Colbert. "The boy has disappeared"

"Impossible! We had his limbs bound and his mouth and eyes covered", Agnès exclaimed in bewilderment while glaring daggers at the empty space where the boy was just moments ago.

In a moment, everyone were on guard. Saito had Derfflinger in one hand and the strange knife on the other. Kirche and Colbert were preparing their spells back to back. Tabitha was on the roof of a building as silent as ever whereas Agnès had decided to forgo her glares to unsheathe her sword along with the Knight. The formation they took had the boy's primary target surrounded from all sides and Louise was glad that she was with Tiffania.

"Don't worry Louise", Saito looked at her from the corner of his eye. "I'll protect both of…"

Louise had no idea why Saito's words died on his lips, nor did she know why his eyes had suddenly widen but one by one everyone faced her and strangely so, had the same reaction. She suddenly felt a very strong sense of déjà vu, as if this had happened to her just recently. Saito, Kirche, everyone. They were looking at her as if…

A soft and slender hand gripped her neck. Louise turned and thought it to be a dream when her eyes met her assailant's. The reason so was because she had never seen Tiffania hurt a fly before, but she had also never seen Tiffania having moon eyes either. Lastly, she had never seen Tiffania get mad at anyone. Even Beatrice, who had tried to have her boiled alive was forgiven. This Tiffania looked pissed as hell and terrifying enough to perhaps even have her mother cower in fear. She didn't think this Tiffania wouldn't hurt anyone. She didn't think her to be naïve. And she definitely didn't think her to be forgiving anymore.

Tiffania smirked, and all those implausible stories about the elves didn't seem too farfetched anymore.

AN: Wow, a huge plot twist right? Well, you haven't read the next chapter yet. But, I'll keep you guessing. Next chapter, Rinnegan.