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Italics are thoughts

Bold and Italics are flashbacks

** Communications through phones or radio.

(Bold and parenthesis Eidolons speaking and Kyuubi)

Chapter 20 Legacy

(Location: Bioweapon research site the Gapra Whitewood Ecological belt outside of Cocoon's inner rim)

Naruto, Lightning and Hope have reached another floor and all were thinking it was the last one. None were surprised to have encountered more enemies since they have been fighting ever since they arrived at the bioweapons facility, each floor they have arrived it was one fight after the other. In this floor they have fought against members of the Woodlands Observation Battalion, the security in the facility knew they had intruders. They finished yet another fight in a wide elevator which it was different from the previous ones they took to get to other floors the opponent was tougher than the rest a Velocycle accompanied by two Observation Battalion soldiers. The results of the battle they were victorious but got a little wounded in the process.

Hope was currently casting cure on Lightning while at the same time, the pink haired soldier was casting cure on Naruto. The fight was really tough the Velocycle proved to be quite strong for them it took all three of them to take it down, while the Observation Battalion soldiers were easy to take out. Honestly the former GC sergeant didn't care about her own wounds but rather the ones the whiskered blond had, he was the one that took the most damage. She wasn't happy that he chose to take most of the attacks for them like he was some kind of glutton for punishment, even Snow wouldn't go that far and he was the one with steelguard. The pink haired soldier felt like hitting him but she stopped herself, hitting him will only cause him more damage.

After he was done with Lightning the silver haired teen went to cast cure on the older Farron, which she had her whole attention on the blond. The Uzumaki was the one with the most injuries and it frustrates her that he's always protecting them from harm's way. He was always caring and showing how much he cares for other's friendship, he was similar to Snow but to former sergeant he was an even better version of the NORA leader. Snow would never make her smile like Naruto does, or even make her laugh even if it's a soft chuckle. That is why it's her priority to always look after him and heal any injury he has, even if she didn't know that the Kyuubi were already healing then. Neither she nor Hope has noticed of his rapid healing abilities, and if they notice they would think is some kind of special l'Cie ability.

"There I think we're done" said the teen finishing casting the healing spell.

"Thanks guys, it's great to have two healers" replied the blond jinchurikki with a smile.

Lightning gritted her teeth as she smacked him" this wouldn't happen to you if you stop playing shield for us. If I get hurt then let me get hurt, the same with Hope."

The silver haired teen sweat dropped at her comment like she was saying that it will be better if he gets hit by a barrage of bullets than the whiskered blond. Not that he didn't want for the blond to get hurt or anything and he didn't wanted him to be the one to receive the entire enemy's attacks. Lightning was worried about him and so does he, ever since they started their journey the Uzumaki was the one getting hurt the most. He was thinking of being more of a team player with his companions although he has become strong and he has lost all the fear he had when he became an l'Cie. This experience seemed to have been a good one for him, in a sense it was.

Naruto on the other hand just grinned and scratched the back of his hand, not caring if he was getting scolded by the older Farron. She seemed so angry but there were times that he was able to read through her façade, that if she was upset she was mostly worried about him. There were times he really couldn't tell because she would looked so angry, he felt like digging a hole and get bury alive. Taking blows for them felt right, he was almost indestructible thanks to the Kyuubi. It will be bad if Hope or Lightning gets hurt badly, healing magic has its limits cure won't solve everything. Protecting them felt like it was his responsibility no matter how many times the pink haired soldier will scold him, for getting hurt for their sake.

"I'll be fine Light…."

"That's what you always say if we weren't l'Cie you'll be….."

"It's nothing serious, see you guys healed me I'm ready to go back in action" the Uzumaki was giving another silly grin.

"It's not right for you to get hurt. If something happens to you….."

"Light…."

The former sergeant turned her head away and kept her cool, focusing on the mission. She was getting too sentimental, or too emotional it wasn't her at all. Even if she quit she was still a soldier at heart and putting her attention on the mission at hand was the right thing to do, although she was arguing with her conscious. It felt like her mind was arguing with her heart, debating that importance of her mission and the wellbeing of Naruto. Her mission was important but so was the whiskered blond, the one thing she ignored without facing it was the vision of the Uzumaki loses his life in the process of protecting them. But she couldn't help it the thought of losing him was probably a worse fate than becoming a crystal or turning Cie'th. Losing her precious people was truly a punishment, she already lost her parents and now her sister losing Naruto will be the breaking point for her.

"Hope you okay?" asked the blond jinchurikki.

"I'm okay I'm ready, we've come a long way since we got here."

"Right, Light do the honors and take the controls let's see if we can finally leave this place. It's creeping me out."

The pink haired soldier nodded like him she wasn't planning in staying in the facility any longer. Checking the orange color control panel she pressed a button that made the wide platform move up, they were heading upwards to another floor. As they were moving Naruto started having a bad feeling like something was really wrong, it annoyed him because so far all of his bad feelings have come true. It meant that something bad was going to happen, this time he chose to ignore it and just act normal. However it wasn't just him with the bad feeling, for once someone else besides him was getting that bad vibe. Apparently Hope was feeling the same way too, the teen was nervous and he was wishing that they leave the facility already.

The large elevator finally stopped reaching the top floor to their surprise they seemed to have reached the exit. In the distance before them stood a large door, they had a feeling that it was the way out of the bioweapon facility. They have come far to reached this area after all the monsters they had to fight. Things seemed to have gotten better for the l'Cie trio and luck was on their side, too bad it wasn't going to last. Naruto smiled looking at his companions all their fighting really paid off, he didn't waste time heading towards the double doors.

"That must be the way out."

"Hopefully it is, this is the highest floor of the facility" replied Lightning.

"I really have a bad feeling about this, something doesn't feel right."

"Relax Hope it's not like some giant monster is going to jump on us or anything" said the Uzumaki.

Unfortunately for the blond jinchurikki his guess came true. A giant creature leap in front of them causing the trio to stand their ground, it was a turtle looking creature with what it looks like a flower on its back. The bioweapon made a loud screech like it was ready to fight no turning back they needed to go through the creature in order to pass to the exit.

Naruto face palmed" Light if I ever say something bad and it comes true, please shoot me."

"I'll keep that in mind."

Hope glared at the bioweapon while taking his boomerang" this is it, Operation Nora."

"Looks like we've found the thing that probably killed those soldiers back there" the Uzumaki has unsheathed Flashflare saber.

"Lucky us" Lightning unsheathed her Blazefire saber.

The former sergeant cast Libra on the bioweapon" it's called Aster Protoflorian, deals devastating physical attacks, and it has the ability to change elemental magic."

"Sounds like it's going to be a pain to take out" said the Uzumaki.

Hope acted quickly realizing how dangerous this creature was, casting protect and shell on everyone was his first move. Lightning and Naruto have followed using physical attacks once they received the buffs status, slashing at the bio weapon with their gun blades much to their surprise the Protoflorian wasn't harm that much. The creature went to them it wasn't that fast the two former soldiers dodged its attacks but it followed with opening the large flower on its back, its petals we're spinning like endless whips. The silver haired teen wasn't so lucky he wasn't that fast like his two companions, he got hit by the attack sending him to the ground. Lightning quickly cast cure on the teen she knew he was hurt badly by that attack, the bioweapon wasn't holding back.

The Aster Protoflorian has suddenly made a move turning its body into ice changing elemental magic. Thanks to Libra the trio knew what to do having the strength of ice it meant it also has its opposite elemental weakness, Lightning and Hope fired away with fire at the creature. Naruto since he didn't have the element it didn't meant he was going to stand and do nothing he was still using physical attacks. Attacking with Flasflare saber, using blitz and ruin he has also tried to use launch but he couldn't send the giant creature due to its weight. It didn't stop him from trying but he was having no luck sending the bioweapon in the air. The Protoflorian went to them using its spinning flower attack, this time the pink haired soldier helped Hope to avoid the strong attack remembering that it could deliver devastating physical attacks.

The bioweapon has chosen to change element into water, changing its elemental weakness. Lightning went with thunder and a new skill sparkstrike having a strong effect on the Protoflorian, it was getting hurt more than the physical attacks it was receiving from the whiskered blond. The l'Cie trio had the advantage since the bioweapon was a bit slow on its feet, and its attacks were getting predictable it was easy to counter and focusing more on offense than defense. Any attack that will hurt them cure will be the answer and they also had the advantage with having two members that can cast the healing magic. It used again its spinning flower attack and this time Hope managed to avoid it, without having the pink haired soldier helping him.

The teen was determined and focus on this fight knowing the enemy was stronger than the previous creatures they fought at the facility. Losing wasn't an option a lot was running in this battle it was part of Operation Nora part of his revenge, he needed to win. Defeating this strong creature he will surely gain a lot of strength and he might learn new spells, anything that will help him grow strong in body and mind. Every win from the battles was a step he takes like it was an invisible staircase he will keep climbing until he reaches the very top in gaining ultimate strength. When he meets up with Snow he was planning in unleashing his full power on the NORA leader, no mercy and no remorse.

Hope joined Lightning in the thunder assault on the bioweapon, having water as it's element of strength the opposite was quite the obvious. Naruto used physical attacks on close range combat, striking with his gun blade using ruin and blitz. The combination of the attacks was starting to deal a lot of damage to the Aster Protoflorian but it didn't look like it was ready to go down yet. The creature fired from its flower a giant water bomb which made contact with the silver haired teen, causing him to hit the ground. Lightning has cast cure again on the teen he must have gotten hurt from that attack, yet the young l'Cie got up glaring at the bioweapon resuming his magic attacks like he wasn't hurt at all. The teen was obviously holding his pain now it wasn't the time to be feeling like a helpless victim.

The Aster Perotoflorian has changed once again changed its element strength, this time to thunder. Hope changed his arsenal casting water on the bioweapon while the former sergeant followed the teen firing the same spell, while the whiskered blond was still going hard with the physical attacks. And even with the strong barrage of attacks the creature was still standing it didn't looked like it was going to go down just yet. Things took a turn for the worst as the Protoflorian got its sights on a target it went towards Hope using its spinning flower attack, the teen was about to try and run to avoid the attack but he tripped trying to move out of the way. Naruto saw the whole thing and it wasn't going to be good if the young l'Cie gets hit by that attack.

"Light we can't let it get to Hope!"

"We attack it together!" replied the pink haired soldier.

They attacked the bioweapon in unison, both got close on the Protoflorian. The pink haired soldier used water while the blond used ruin. The attacks have staggered the creature a bit causing it to lose its balance it was unable to get to the silver haired teen on time. Hope retaliated with water joining the assault he was actually fighting harder than before putting everything he has in the battle. The creature changed elements quicker than usual the l'Cie trio reacted the same way using the opposite element. Hope casted blizzard, while the older Farron has decided to change her tactic using physical attacks. She hasn't learned the ice spell yet, she joined Naruto on the physical assault. The Protoflorian used tackle while the two former soldiers were able to block it with their gun blades they were fighting without holding back.

The bioweapon went to use its spinning flower attack again, only this time it wasn't going to be successful. Naruto and Lightning has changed their weapons to gun mode shooting at the same time hitting the flower, making the creature to make a loud screech that it was in pain. The attack was that effective enough to harm it, while Hope was still firing blizzard and by now it looked like the creature was being weakened quite a bit. The Protoflorian looked restless as it charged at the blond jinchurikki and managed to land a hit, surprisingly the Uzumaki was sent to the air and the bioweapon hit him hard sending him crashing to the ground. Lightning glared at the Protoflorian firing from her gun blade making a critical hit on the creature.

"Naruto!" she went to the fallen blond.

"Hold on!" Hope cast cure on the Uzumaki.

"Owww….that thing is really annoying it knows launch."

"Got me surprised too" replied the pink haired soldier.

"Guys we better hurry!" shouted the silver haired teen seeing that the bioweapon was getting more violent by the minute.

"We need to finish it now" said the former sergeant.

"Light we have to somehow launch it in the air and strike it with everything we have."

"Right we'll launch it simultaneously."

"Hope keep with the offensive, heal when you have to!" said the Uzumaki.

"Got it!"

The Aster Protoflorian changed again to water elemental following by a barrage of thunder spells courtesy of the silver haired teen and the former GC sergeant. Naruto was used ruin watching for an opening to take it by surprise so they can proceed with launching it in the air he was waiting for the right moment to make his move. With the combination of the attacks the bioweapon was staggered, it loses its balance tripping that was the perfect moment. Naruto and Lightning has run towards it as Hope has ceased his attacks in order not to hurt any of his companions. They used launch successfully sending the creature to the air, however it wasn't as high as usual with other enemies. Both have attacked it using all their strength, slashing it with their weapons while Hope resumed his magic assault.

The result ended with the bioweapon falling hard on the ground, it wasn't moving. The l'Cie trio remained calm and firm, not letting their guard down. They were still holding their weapons just in case it was still alive, one could never know. After a couple of minutes seeing that the creature wasn't getting up it seem it was really dead, the trio gave a sigh of relief that the fight was over and they have won another battle.

Hope smiled at the victory while the two former soldier have sheathed their weapons" Operation Nora stage one complete."

"I guess he has made up his mind with getting revenge on Snow…."

Lightning has noticed the expression on the whiskered blond" you okay….?"

"Hmm…yeah I'm fine we just won over that giant freak."

"Light look out!" shouted the teen in shock.

The former sergeant turned to see that the Aster Protoflorian was still alive and kicking it charged at her ready to ram her. Much to her disbelief she has actually let her guard down, she couldn't react in time to counter attack. Naruto on the other hand has gotten in front of her and felt a new magical power flowing through him that it was triggered, feeling the desire to protect the older Farron.

"Get back!"

A powerful white bright ray has fallen down hitting the bioweapon straight on. It didn't give it a moment to screech in pain because it was obliterated as soon as it made contact with the white ray just like that it was dead.

"What was that?" the pink haired soldier turned to the Uzumaki.

"Whoa…did I just do that?" asked the bewildered blond.

"Don't look at me I didn't do it" replied Hope.

"What did you do?" asked the former sergeant.

"Beats me your guess is as good as mine."

"That looked like it was non-elemental magic" said the teen.

"Non-elemental….?" blinked the blond jinchurikki.

"Light….?"

"What?" Lightning turned to the teen.

"Not you…I mean the spell Naruto casted. It was non-elemental magic a light spell" Hope felt silly for making it looked like he was calling for the pink haired soldier.

"I can cast light magic?" the Uzumaki gave a smile.

"Looks that way…."

"That's cool I didn't have a clue I was able to do that."

"We'll be learning more abilities as we journey on" said the former sergeant.

"And hopefully will be strong enough to take on the Sanctum" replied the whiskered blond.

"Especially when we reach Eden" added the silver haired teen.

"Let's move" the older Farron gazed at the double doors.

"The exit could be behind that door…."

"And why do I have a bad feeling all of the sudden I hate when this happens?" thought the Uzumaki.

"Naruto we're leaving!" said Hope following Lightning to the door.

"You did well" the older Farron said as the whiskered blond catch up to them.

"He's gotta pay…."

"Saying sorry won't cut it…."

"Operation Nora…."

"Revenge….that's the reason why he's trying hard to get strong. He's no better than me" the pink haired soldier was gazing at the teen.

Of course she was also doing this for revenge too, her revenge against the Sanctum for what the Fal'Cie did to Serah. She was blaming a Pulse Fal'Cie as an excuse to take on the Sanctum it was her way to survive than die as a Fal'Cie slave. She needed to fight that was the only answer there was to go on, what happened to her younger sister couldn't go on unpunished someone needed to pay dearly. Who is better to pay for that sin than the government of Cocoon the same entities who are currently hunting them down, it was a no brainer to the older Farron. She didn't noticed Naruto looking at her worried, he knew something was bothering her maybe he can sit down and talk with her once they leave the facility for good.

The large door slid open revealing to the trio another forest only difference they were able to see the sun light caused by the Fal'Cie Phoenix. They have really done it and made it safely out of the bioweapon facility, all the fighting done wasn't for nothing after all. Walking throughout the maintenance exit their happiness was completely cut short once their eyes were set on the ground after admiring the afternoon sky, the trio gasped when they saw an army of soldiers before them pointing their rifles at them. There were over fifty soldier of the Woodlands Observation Battalion, probably reaching a hundred there was no way for the trio to take them all. Especially when they were tired after fighting the Aster Protoflorian, it was impossible to fight so many soldiers.

"I knew things were going too easy for us, I hate having that bad feeling and it has to be exactly when we reached the exit" thought Naruto annoyed.

"What how did they found us?" asked the startled Hope.

Lightning remained calm but she prevented herself from unsheathing her gun blade, knowing that the soldiers will immediately shoot if she reaches for her weapon.

"It should be quite obvious young l'Cie we've been watching you since you arrived here."

From the crowd of armed soldiers came a new figure walking to the trio, wearing a military uniform. They could tell that he was obviously the person in charge, meaning he was of a high rank in which Lightning and Naruto were able to recognize the middle aged man.

"You're lieutenant Parlos?" said the pink haired soldier.

"Who?" asked the silver haired teen?

"He's in charge of the Observation Battalion but a few years ago there was a change in command. He was put in charge of all the secondary military factions any regular security branch is under his command" replied the Uzumaki.

Parlos smiled at his comment" you're well informed, yes you are correct and I must say that I'm impressed with your performance. No regular person would be able to get this far in my facility I'm also impressed you were able to defeat my secret weapon; the Aster Protoflorian wasn't under our complete control. I was curious to know if you had a chance fighting a rampaging bioweapon on the loose, you were all victorious so allow me to congratulate you on that victory."

"Strange way of showing it?" sweat dropped the blond jinchurikki gazing at the armed army before them.

"Allow me to thank you for showing me a fun time I was dead bored from watching the surveillance cameras until you three came."

"Looks like you were right" Lightning reminded the whiskered blond that he was the one that told her about that little detail.

"Sometimes I hate to be right."

"It goes to show you not to underestimate the power of an l'Cie" said Parlos.

"Light….?" Naruto whispered.

The pink haired soldier gave a soft notion with her head telling him it wasn't a good idea. It was impossible for them to take on so many soldiers even as l'Cie, she kept it in mind to summon Odin they might have a chance to survive and escape. Fighting all of them was beyond reckless they might get killed for sure, for now doing nothing was the only thing they could do.

"You have kept me entertained for too long and although you managed to reach the exit, you won't be leaving here. Sorry but it's my duty to ensure all threats are remove from sight."

"We don't have any plans to destroy Cocoon, we want to protect this world as much as you do" said the blond jinchurikki with high hopes to convince the military, and maybe they will let them go which it was a gamble.

"Naruto….?" Lightning turned to him knowing that was half true, their only objective was to defeat the Sanctum.

"The reason we've been fighting PSICOM and you guys it's because you guys are chasing us, we've only been defending ourselves. I am sorry if we have killed any military personal."

Parlos had to chuckle at his speech" you're apologizing to me for killing soldiers that is silly. Take a look every one of these men with me is ready to die for the Sanctum, for Cocoon they fight for the people because that is their duty. They swore an oath to defend Cocoon with their last breath, so no matter how many of them you killed your apology is invalid and unnecessary. Your way of thinking is so naïve, how do you managed to become a soldier of the Guardian Corps I wonder?"

The lieutenant shook his head" looking at you now it's hard to imagine you were with the Corps, former sergeant Farron and officer Uzumaki. Yes I know quite about you two not just by reading your profile information from the Guardian Corps military archives, I have known from an old acquaintance of mine."

He grinned watching their expressions of confusion resuming his talk" Amodar has told me a lot about you two, he has told me how much potential you two have. With the way you think the old man has really gone soft choosing people like you to take the job of a soldier."

"What?" shouted the outraged blond.

"Naruto….?" the pink haired soldier stopped him from losing control.

"Light…."

She turned to the lieutenant with a serious expression" you should watch your words lieutenant Parlos when you're speaking that way about lieutenant Amodar in front of the two of us. Soldiers have their own moral and codes and we have a code of respect for soldiers. We respect members of the Guardian Corps and see them as equal. We have more respect for lieutenant Amodar above them all."

"Yeah so don't you dare speak lowly of him like you know him well" glared the Uzumaki.

"But I do know him didn't you heard me, he's an old acquaintance of mine."

"What's your story with him?" Naruto was still looking upset.

"He used to be my mentor since he was my instructor when I entered the military academy. I used to look highly of him before he went soft."

"Went soft….?" the whiskered blond was in thought.

"Amodar used to be a fierce soldier who would bring fear to his enemies, he is nothing compared to the person he is now. I admit I have lost some respect for him and have disappointed me a bit…."

"Too bad for you but lieutenant Amodar has always been a man who respects his men and always think about their safety before anything else" replied Lightning.

"Enough of this, there's no point in continuing this arguing senseless discussion this is as far as you go. Look at it in a brighter side it's better for things to end this way, you won't have to endure anymore suffering as you're all cursed to bear the fate of a l'Cie."

"What…do you mean by that?" asked Hope who was scared being surrounded by so many armed soldiers.

"It means that it is better that you die here now then been killed by PSICOM, surely you must know that there's no escape for any of you. No matter where you go you'll be hunted for the rest of your lives, it is more fitting to die now than running endlessly."

"You mean been killed by your hand so you can get all the glory for killing the evil l'Cie?" asked the upset Naruto his eyes were feral crimson colored.

"Well since you put it that way yes, but also because I will be removing a threat from Cocoon making our world safer" Parlos gave a grin.

"I told you we don't want destroy Cocoon we're on your side!" shouted the whiskered blond.

"It's no use putting some reason into him, don't waste your breath" said Lightning.

"We don't want to do that…." followed Hope.

The middle aged man gave a thoughtful look" hmm…say that I believe you and you're not really our enemies. If you don't want to destroy Cocoon then what do you want?"

"We want to save it of course!" said the Uzumaki.

Parlos laughed in amusement at his comment" save it, you want to save Cocoon this coming from Pulse l'Cie how amusing. I didn't know you have a sense of humor I haven't laughed this hard in a while."

"But it's the truth!"

"You want to save Cocoon and how are you planning to do that, you're all enemies to every single citizen here. To them you're all evil and only want the destruction of their home, good luck trying to convince them that you want to save them all what a joke. Even if you don't want to fulfill your focus what will you do next?"

The trio stood quiet in thought the lieutenant had made a solid point" there's a time limit, not fulfilling your focus means becoming Cie'th and that will worsen the situation. If that happen you'll all be an even greater threat than before, like I previously mentioned it is better to take you out of the picture now."

"As long as we're still human we can still fight for what is right!" said the blond jinchurikki.

"Human?" the lieutenant was surprised before he laughed out loud.

"He's annoying….he's starting to piss me off" the Uzumaki glared at him his eyes burning red.

"I'm sorry did you say human, sorry to disappoint you but none of you are human. You're all tools to bring down destruction upon Cocoon."

"That's not true I…I'm still me I know I'm still human at least that's what I think" Hope said starting to doubt himself.

"What proof do you have boy you may not want to destroy Cocoon now but eventually you will have the urge to do it sooner or later?"

"I…"

"Don't listen to him Hope it's not worth it" Lightning said.

"And it's not worth it to be reasoning with you, allow me to break your illusion of being human. The moment you were all branded it was the moment that your humanity was taken away, to me you're all targets, tools that need to be dispose of like meaningless trash that its purpose is to fill up space."

"We're still human, we still have a heart, we still have feelings, we still care for our family and friends!" shouted Naruto his face twisted with anger his eyes were still blood red.

"Until you become Cie'th that will all change take heed from me l'Cie are not human. The only good l'Cie is a dead l'Cie, you should all be grateful that it will better to end it here now that you're still yourselves. You see I was given direct orders from his eminence to capture you alive, however since were in my facility and I'm the ones who make the rules here. I won't take that chance I'm ending it here now."

"He's planning to kill us I'm not surprised" thought Lightning.

Naruto was tightening his fists glaring at Parlos his facial features has changed resembling the nine tails fox. He was trying to control his anger but he was failing, he was too angry after everything the lieutenant told him. This man in front of him saw them as monsters and it was disgusted by their existence, just because they have been branded as Pulse l'Cie. It wasn't only him but everyone else on Cocoon felt this way too, they were not human only heartless beasts who wanted the destruction of their world. But that was not true, he didn't want that and he knew very well that neither Lightning nor Hope didn't wanted that as well. Worst of all he was hearing the Kyuubi chuckling enjoying his pain and agony, to the demon fox it was all a game he was truly enjoying.

Parlos chuckle" I may be disobeying his eminence orders but I'm sure he'll understand when I tell him that you three die by accident, there won't be no harm in that. It was good while it lasted l'Cie but the time for you to die has arrive, men on my mark you will shoot them!"

Hope gasped too scared to say a word, to think he was going to die here. After all the fights they went through and won just to get here, it was going to be all for nothing. He will die here and worst of all he will go down without fulfilling his goal of revenge, what was the point of becoming strong if he was going to die. The teen refused to cry even if he was terrified, he was only fourteen and he was about to die his companions will die with him.

"Is this the end am I to die without facing Snow….is my revenge for nothing mom….Operation Nora?"

Lightning knew what she needed to do summoning Odin was the only way to survive this. Attacking all of the soldiers was out of the question, it was suicide it was up to her to escape this dangerous situation. Her main attention was to make sure that Naruto and Hope were safe without getting hurt her Eidolon will be able to protect them using his shield. As her experience as a former sergeant she knew how to keep her calm no matter how dire the situation may be, even if her heart was beating fast she admitted she was scared but she was ready to fight anytime. She has carefully release her summon crystal from her brand, waiting for the right moment for them to lower their guard.

"Three!" Parlos started the countdown.

The soldiers have prepared their weapons ready to shoot them following their superior's orders. Lightning was calm waiting for the right moment to make her move, she was being careful too many soldiers if they see her moving no doubt they will open fire before the countdown reaches zero. Hope was trembling slightly holding his tears he didn't wanted to die, not when he was in the middle of fulfilling Operation Nora. His existence was forever stained when he became an l'Cie damn to a live a life of fear and hatred by the people from his home world. Everything will end for him now, no second chances, no way to survive, and no revenge on the man he blames for his mother's death.

Naruto on the other hand was feeling anything but scared, his anger was really got to him. It was reaching a certain limit where his face has changed resembling the nine tails fox, there was no way he could control it anymore he was too angry to think straight. Parlos's words were still ringing in his head it consuming him in pure rage he heard the Kyuubi's chuckle louder this time he was messing with his container as always. His blood was boiling it made fox grin grew wider never thought he will start to lose control now, his hands have grown into sharp claws. He could barely control himself now, he was at the brink of letting his anger take over. In the past he was doing everything he can to control his action when his anger came, but now that was impossible with the rage he was feeling after Parlo's words hit him.

"Two!"

(They hate you, they want to kill you) the Kyuubi started his temptation over his container.

"They want to hurt us I know that but they don't value our lives just because we're l'Cie now."

(Kill them all, destroy everything that hurts you).

"I don't know what to do, I don't want to be hated again I don't want to return to that hell…."

(You know what to do, let's show them what we can do. They think we're a monster we'll give them a real monster).

"Shut up you dumb fox…."

(Give yourself to me and no one will hurt you again, they won't show you any mercy why you should?)

The nine tails has released his red chakra from his cage towards his container. Naruto felt the evil chakra surrounding his body he lowered his head it was happening like that time when he fought Sasuke at the Valley of the end. Only this time it was worse than that time, the red chakra has come to him at full force even stronger than ever. The Uzumaki was now influenced by the demon fox now, barely having a human conscious at all in his mind he was only thinking of destroying everything in his sight. Some of the soldiers pointing their weapons at them we're seeing the red energy covering the blond and they were starting to get nervous not knowing what was going on, but they weren't the only ones.

"Light….?" Hope was shocked seeing his companion covered by the red energy.

"What…?" Lightning turned to the silver haired teen only gasped once she took a glimpse at the whiskered blond.

"One!" Parlos has given the final countdown for his men to fire.

No barrage of bullets never came for the l'Cie trio as six soldiers were killed, tear apart by a powerful attack. The attacker was none other than Naruto who was now filled with the Kyuubi's red chakra it has taken the form of the demon fox. Only difference from the time he fought Sasuke there were three tails, the blond features were all feral and demonic, his face could clearly tell that he was out for blood. Parlos, Lightning, Hope and even the soldiers were all shocked at what they have witnessed just like that six soldiers were death from one attack. The Uzumaki glared at the military personal, mainly his blood red eyes were on Parlos a look that showed so much hatred. Their shocked didn't end as the red cloaked blond has grown another tail, making a total of four tails.

"What is happening….Naruto?" thought the shocked Lightning her eyes were showing some fear.

"He looks so different like he's not human" followed Hope looking more scared than the pink haired soldier.

Parlos stood shocked at the four tails being before him, it didn't last for too long. The Uzumaki was engulfed in a black sphere creating a strong explosion everyone has taken their distance, getting far away to be safe. Lightning has taken Hope's hand leading him to the entrance of the maintenance exit even so her expression has changed from fear to concern. Her aqua eyes were on sphere that was once her dear companion and friend things weren't so bad after all they were safe from getting killed by the army for now. Everyone stood with some shock and fear when the explosion from the sphere cleared of revealing an even more fearful sight than ever the soldiers even with their faces covered with their helmets one couple probably tell that they were ready to crap in their pants.

"What in Fal'Cie's name is that?" thought the shocked lieutenant.

In front of them no longer stood Naruto or a human being, there was now a four tailed mini version of the Kyuubi. His eyes were white his whole body was covered in red chakra and fur, his human skin seems to have been melted off. His human conscious was gone now there was nothing but a mindless beast who only wants to cause death and destruction, the four tailed Kyuubi Naruto had his eyes on Parlos and his men. The Kyuubified creature gave a loud demonic growl that caused the entire place to shake like an earthquake, he looked very intimidated and after he killed those soldiers he was a real threat.

"Naruto what happened to you….?" thought the worried Lightning.

Parlos gazed at his men thinking that they were stupid for not attacking the four tailed fox" what are you waiting for open fire!"

The Observation Battalion fired their rifles at the four tailed demon creature but the bullets weren't harming, not even a scratch. He was received by dozens of bullets like a storm but not a single one has broken through and no single one has harmed him either. The four tailed Kyuubi Naruto just used a burst of his red chakra to blow the bullets away, a lot of them have hit the soldiers injuring and killing them. It gave another demonic growl while another tail has formed making a total of five tails, more soldiers were still firing at it still no damage was been done. The four tailed demon stretched one of his arms reaching to the distance the soldiers which they considered a safe distance, unfortunately it was anything but safe.

Parlos saw more of his men getting killed they all fell one by one while more soldiers were still firing at him. It was the same result he was shocked at all the fire power they were using and still not one single scratch, he gave the order to use hand grenades. The soldiers obeyed his command throwing their grenades at the creature, it cause the five tailed demon fox to be caught in a barrage of explosions. Lightning and Hope gasped seeing the explosion that caught their companion they were all worried besides the hint of fear in their eyes at the sight of the four tail demon fox. They waited for the smoke to clear out it was the same case with Parlos and the remaining of his men, they were expecting to see a dead monster or dozens of pieces of what it used to be.

Much to everyone's shock when the smoke from all the grenades thrown finally cleared off, it wasn't what they were quite expecting. The demon fox was still very much alive and well, only this time another tail has grown it now had six tails. In addition the mini Kyuubi had a fox skull and a skeleton over the top of his body, the new look made him more ferocious and dangerous his strength has increased even more. The remaining soldiers fired their weapons once more but they were killed as the six tailed demon fox shot a powerful chakra blast from his mouth, killing five with one attack. He fired a couple shots more killing six more, only three soldiers remained they were all in panic and fear. They have never met a creature that were able to take out so many military person is such a short amount of time.

Hope stood in so much shock and fear he has never seen anything like it, they were staring at a very powerful monster. It has killed so many people in less than five minutes and the fact that bullets didn't harmed it or grenades it showed him that this monster was really something that could rivaled the power of a Fal'Cie or even more. Then it hit him what if this was their fate, they were both l'Cie if they were to share the same fate the thought scared him to death. His body started trembling staring at the demonic creature with six tails. He tried erasing the thought but it was still there, it was scaring his too much.

"Is that some sort of l'Cie transformation…are we going to become like that too?"

Lightning didn't reply she was too shocked and focused on the thing that was once her close friend. She watched him making another growl as another tail has grown, there were now seven tails. The sight of the fearful twisted creature somehow made her heart ache it felt like she was in pain just watching him, she felt heartbroken. Part of her heart also felt fear after watching it did to Parlos's soldiers, it was hard to erase the shock she was feeling too. She still couldn't believe what just happened, they were about to shot by Parlos's men, she was about to summon Odin and then this happens.

"Is that really Naruto….?" She watched the demon fox making another feral growl.

"It's not possible…."

Parlos stood in complete terror and shock at what he has witnessed his eyes were on the entire field of bodies of his men. The blood was everywhere he couldn't believe that an entire army of his best soldiers have been taken out in short period of time, the thing before him has taken them all out like they were nothing. Staring at the seven tailed demonic fox he was frightened by thing's strength, its power could even be greater than a Fal'Cie's. This creature was completely different than any he has ever seen, there was no being with such power in Cocoon that he was aware of, his strength was beyond anyone's imagination it also shocked him that the bullets and grenades didn't harmed him.

"Just what the hell is this thing….?"

His eyes widened in realization staring at the creature, after seeing his power it became clear what he could be. To his knowledge there was only one monster he knew with such unstoppable power, the same monster the people of Cocoon fear the most than the Pulse l'Cie. The same creature that was responsible for the destruction of the outer shell of their world five hundred years ago, realizing this it made him feel more fear for the monster.

"There's no doubt about it that thing must be….Ragnarok its power it must be the incarnation of wrath and destruction. It killed so many people during the war of transgression, I don't stand a chance I have to withdraw and report this immediately. We're all in grave danger Ragnarok has returned."

The lieutenant didn't think twice escaping was his only option he needed to tell the world of the creature's appearance. He did the most common thing and ran as fast as he could, unfortunately for him the seven tailed Kyuubi Naruto was aware of him. Parlos passed by Lightning and Hope not caring about them, he was only focused in getting to safety he reached the door that lead back to the facility and the elevator back to the bioweapon maintenance floor. The seven tailed demon stretched one of his claws hitting the lieutenant on his right arm, he followed by firing another shot of red chakra at the lieutenant, it hit the slightly above the door destroying it. The exit was now blocked by the destruction preventing anyone from entering back it was pure luck that Parlos managed to barely escape with his life.

Lightning and Hope were the only ones left in the area, right now they wished they would have follow Parlos back to the facility. The Kyuubified Naruto has made another demonic growl while yet another tail has formed, it was a total of eight tails. Another growl followed causing another earthquake only this time it was stronger than the previous one, the large platform they were standing on wasn't going to hold on much longer. The former sergeant acted on instinct taking the teen's hand and run fast, passing the demon fox she didn't even looked at it. The platform started falling as both l'Cie jumped reaching the other side where there was a clearing to a view of a city in the far distance.

Part of the platform fell leaving half of it as the eight tailed fox creature jumped landing on the side where they were. It gave a soft growl glaring at the two l'Cie it was pretty clear that he was planning in killing them his thirst was blood was never going to end he had them in his sights. Hope stood terrified at the creature there was no way they could take him on they were l'Cie but not even half as strong as the demonic being. In addition that they were still affected from the fight against the Aster Protoflorian, the odds of winning against something that killed an entire army in less than an hour were close to zero. Both were taking steps away from the creature, Lightning's eyes widened seeing that the eight tailed creature was about to fire another chakra blast.

"Look out!"

She took Hope's hand again and led him away from the maintenance exit they ran all the way to a corner where there was an even better of the large city. There was no time for sightseeing when they were been chased by an eight tailed demon fox, both stopped to take a breather. Turning they saw the creature behind them growling his eyes were on them, he was planning in killing them like he did to all those soldiers. They didn't have a choice both have taken their weapons ready to fight him, even if they already knew they didn't stood a chance.

"What are we going to do?" asked the scared teen.

The pink haired soldier stood quiet holding her gun blade, her aqua eyes were on the creature before her. This time she wasn't feeling any fear in her staring at the monster, her heart was in pain seeing her dear friend in such a state hard to believe that was really him. Memories came to her mind regarding herself and Naruto, when they first met when they started developing a friendship forging a bond. Both becoming close friends every single memory that has made her happy and glad to be alive, the times the whiskered blond has made her laugh and the times she has smacked him for acting like an idiot, her eyes were filled with emotion. Staring at the eight tailed monster that was standing still without making a move she gazed at her gun blade, she knew what she needed to do.

The former sergeant sheathed back her Blazefire saber turning to Hope" stay here…."

"What?" the silver haired teen saw her walking towards the creature.

"Light what are you doing don't get close to that thing, whatever it is it's not Naruto?"

"It'll be fine…."

She walked towards him with no fear in her eyes but with determination to save him, she wasn't going to let this go. As she approached the eight tailed demon fox the being made a growl that it was to be taken as a warning, but she didn't pay attention to it. Her thoughts were on Naruto and all the great memories she has forged with him, happy memories when they were a family with Serah and Sasuke. Hope was worried sick seeing that the pink haired soldier was too close to comfort at the demonic creature.

Lightning gave him a small smile" Naruto it's me…."

(Scene change)

(Location: Naruto's mindscape)

The Kyuubi was grinning that his container has given into his hatred and let him succumb to his will. Watching the cage that keeps him inside almost crack like it was ready to collapse, finally his wish was going to come true. After so many years of wanting to escape from his container the time has come to fulfill his dream of leaving this prison. The demon fox could almost taste freedom, but still the seal was keeping him inside. One more push, that's all it needed to crumble letting him out there was only one last thing to do before he can escape. It will go well since his jailer was lost in hatred and sorrow, he will obey him. The fox has convinced Naruto that he will keep him safe from harm, from all the things that will hurt him.

(The seal has become even weaker since the brat was made l'Cie, I won't wait anymore).

The fox started hitting the cage with its sharp claws, in an attempt to break it. So far the demon fox wasn't having any luck bust it open, it made him growl that the seal still has some power to keep him locked in. The nine tails was too stubborn so he tried a couple of times more hitting on the cage, he was suddenly caught as his entire body was wrapped in chains. The fox was shocked the chains were too strong and he couldn't escape, he suddenly remembered that this wasn't the first time these chains were used on him. His crimson eyes turned towards the front of the cage and noticed that there was someone there who it wasn't his human container he was shocked at the person's presence.

(You….!)

(Scene change)

"Naruto it's me" Lightning was still staring at the eight tailed monster hoping she can somehow get through to him.

The minimized version of the Kyuubi gave a loud growl his tails were spinning wildly causing some destruction at the cliffs between them. It gave another growl, the good thing that it wasn't attacking he looked more like it was intimidating his enemies than hurting them.

"I don't think he can hear you Light" said Hope.

"I have to try…."

The pink haired soldier was in thought staring at the creature that was once her close, precious friend. She refused to believe that he was probably gone and that she will never see him again, the thought scared her so much. But she wasn't going to give up in moments like this she can be very stubborn, she wasn't giving up that she could reach out to the blond. She refused to lose him no he was too important to her, she already lost her parents and her sister she wasn't going to lose the Uzumaki.

"Naruto….?"

The eight tailed fox gave another demonic growl as his tails destroyed more of the cliffs creating a rockslide, the pink haired soldier was about to get caught in the collision.

"Light!" Hope shouted.

The older Farron kept her balance landing safely away from the rockslide. The creature was slowly crawling through the mountain of destroyed rocks he created from the attack, he gave another growl. Lightning was shocked at his strength with just his tails he was able to create a rockslide, yet she felt like crying because it seemed Hope was right and her words weren't really reaching to him. If it wasn't for her strong will and that she had perfect control over her emotions she will be shedding tears right now, since the last time she has cried was when her mother die. But staring at the inhuman creature before her it was hard to believe that he used to be human and someone very precious to her, she really wanted to shed tears for the blond.

"Have I really lost him for good….?"

(Scene change)

There was darkness, the feeling was cold that was all Naruto was feeling right now. The blond jinchurikki stood in a dark place feeling so much hatred and sorrow in him, in this state there was nothing he could do. His will and spirit was broken since he has given himself to the Kyuubi letting the demon fox to take over him, he was basically influenced by the nine tails. He felt so cold wishing someone will give him a blanket so he didn't felt such coldness. The mind of the blond was broken the seal on his stomach had a huge black hole like it was ready to disappear forever he could hear words in his head. Cold and harsh words from Parlos before he was taken over by the demon fox, hearing them made him fall into hatred even more.

"It is better that you die here now then been killed by PSICOM, surely you must know that there's no escape for any of you. No matter where you go you'll be hunted for the rest of your lives, it is more fitting to die now than running endlessly."

"You want to save Cocoon and how are you planning to do that, you're all enemies to every single citizen here. To them you're all evil and only want the destruction of their home, good luck trying to convince them that you want to save them all what a joke. Even if you don't want to fulfill your focus what will you do next?"

"There's a time limit, not fulfilling your focus means becoming Cie'th and that will worsen the situation. If that happen you'll all be an even greater threat than before, like I previously mentioned it is better to take you out of the picture now."

"None of you are human. You're all tools to bring down destruction upon Cocoon."

"l'Cie are not human…."

"The moment you were all branded it was the moment that your humanity was taken away, to me your all targets, tools that need to be dispose of like meaningless trash that its purpose is filled up space."

"The only good l'Cie is a dead l'Cie."

"Is there any point in living anymore….?"

"Even in this world I'm hated too like I was a monster why I only want to save them and protect my friends?"

"What's the point in trying if they will hate me just because I'm an l'Cie now….I don't want this anymore?"

"Someone I…please….end it dying seems to be the only choice I don't want to feel this hatred anymore. No more of this loneliness and despair please someone…."

(You come over here….)

The blond turned to see the Kyuubi sealed in his cage not too far from him he was too emotionally broken that he didn't noticed the fox being tied in chains. After everything he was feeling he couldn't take it anymore, he was in a state where he saw his life as useless and meaningless. The nine tails fox grinned seeing his empty expression contrary to the times he has seen him here, he was really broken like he didn't have a purpose in life. This was his chance to manipulate him once more and get what he has desired for years, his freedom out of this prison. He wasn't this opportunity he might never have it, freedom was so close he could almost taste it.

(Come over here Naruto….remove what remains of the seal).

The demon fox has given a wider grin when he saw his container walking to him, like he was going to obey his command. This is how he wanted the blond to behave always obeying like he was his master and he, his slave. His sharp claws were twitching from the excitement and anxiety he was about to finally escape his prison, he will be roaming freely again to cause havoc and destruction like old times. Another grin was formed on his wide mouth revealing his sharp fangs, the whiskered blond was now standing right in front of him.

(Good now remove it).

The blond gazed at the half broken seal that was keeping the nine tails inside his prison, he didn't hesitated. He touched it for a moment he was in deep thought but it didn't lasted long, with one quick movement he was about to peal the piece of paper.

(Finally…I'm going to be free) the Kyuubi didn't care if he was wrapped in chains all he care about was for the seal to be destroy completely.

Naruto didn't peal the seal because his hand was grabbed by someone who was present in the mindscape. The simple touch made the Uzumaki to snap back into reality, it hit him hard who else was here besides him and the fox. When he turned to gaze at the one responsible for stopping him his cerulean eyes widened in shock, he recognized the person well. The individual grabbed him getting him farther away from the cage, while the Kyuubi spotted the individual and his sight made him glared with so much hatred. Like the whiskered blond he recognized him who wouldn't forget the same person that sealed you inside a human.

The blond jinchurikki was still in shocked staring at the man with spiky blond hair the same hair as he's. He recognized his face, the blue Konoha leaf headband on his forehead and the white trench coat with the flames on the bottom. His eyes were wide reading the kanji letters on his trench coat reading fourth Hokage, yes he knew this man well not literally know him but he heard so many things about him. This was the same man he has considered his hero back when he was living at Konoha, the hero who saved the village from the Kyuubi by sealing inside of him. The same man he wanted to surpass and become an even greater Hokage than him, he was at a loss of words at first.

"You're….the fourth!"

Minato gave a small smile before turning to the glaring fox" I sealed part of my soul inside of you, I will appear whenever you were in the eight tails state in order to prevent the seal from been remove."

(Fourth!) The Kyuubi wasn't happy in the least to see the person who sealed him inside the whiskered blond.

"I'm not happy to see you again either Kyuubi, but at least I can meet my son face to face since his birth so this isn't so bad after all."

Naruto was shocked" what...son?"

"That's right you're my son" smiled the fourth.

"I'm your son…you're my dad" he was still shocked from hearing the revelation.

(Fourth come here so I can rip you to pieces!)

"I don't think it will be a good idea to get closer to you if you're planning to do that, I would like to stay here thank you."

(Fourth fight me!)

Minato chuckle" he's a bit noisy isn't he let's go somewhere else?"

With just snapping his fingers both vanished from the cage of the Kyuubi. They appeared in another area of Naruto's mindscape far away from the fox so they can have their conversation. Naruto was still at a loss for words so many things he wanted to know, he just found out the same person he admire and sees as a hero was his father. He finally knew something about his parents the strongest shinobi and best Hokage of all time was his own blood, but it didn't erase his painful memories. Remembering that it was him the one who sealed the Kyuubi in him, his own father the irony was harsh. This man is responsible for the hell he went through as a child, growing up was never easy for him. He felt anger rising staring at the blond haired Hokage, he noticed his expression he was obviously shocked of the truth.

"I guess the third never told you, I understand how he felt. The information about you being my son had to be kept a secret no one couldn't know that you were my son. It was the only way to protect you from my enemies, Sarutobi wanted to keep it that way that is why he chose to remain quiet of the truth. In the end he took the secret to his grave."

"Dad….?" started Naruto anger in his voice.

The whiskered blond has suddenly punched the Hokage on his stomach making him fell on one knee. There was anger in his eyes because he couldn't help it, but most of all his eyes were filled with tears. So many emotions were running through him he felt happy and angry at the same time, the man he idolizes is his father and the one who sealed the nine tails fox in him. Of course he understood his actions for choosing him as the fox's vessel he did it to save the village from complete destruction, but he still couldn't forget all the pain he went through for being the Kyuubi's container. The treatment the village gave him, all the hatred and the fear he had to endure for something he was not responsible for, something he never asked for.

"Why did you sealed the fox in your own son?"

"Ugh…." Minato rubbed his stomach where he was hit he has learned that his son was a strong hitter.

"Why did you do it….?"

"It's because you're my son, I knew you will be able to control the Kyuubi's chakra eventually" he smiled at the Uzumaki.

"I understand, I'm the son of the fourth Hokage" he whipped his tears.

"Tell me Naruto, how old are you?"

"Twenty…."

"Already a man" the fourth smiled noticing that his son was at the same height as him and he was his living image, minus the whiskers.

"I'm sorry Naruto, for what I did to you I thought Sarutobi will do his best to make the village accept you but it wasn't that easy. I expected the village will see you as the hero that you are for carrying the burden of the Kyuubi, I was wrong I was being too naïve."

"It's okay I understand your actions dad for wanting to save the village. I know you never intended to turn me into the fox's container in the first place."

"I know about everything that happened to you since you chased Itachi's brother at the Valley of the end."

The Uzumaki gasped" you mean…."

"I know you're not in Konoha anymore, you're in the world of Cocoon and now a Pulse l'Cie."

"So you know everything…."

"You've been through a lot I wish I could have been there to help you."

"But you've been here all this time, so you were basically with me always."

Minato smiled" it's still not the same if I'm not with you to experience your life."

"I hope you're not angry with me…."

"Why would I be angry at you?" the fourth turned to him looking shocked.

"Because…I won't be able to fulfill my dream of becoming Hokage, I have always wanted to become an even better Hokage than you someday. But been here I won't be able to do that, somehow I feel like I have disappointed you in not following in your footsteps" his cerulean eyes softened.

The Hokage just smiled putting his hand on his son's shoulder" it doesn't matter if you won't follow in my footsteps in becoming a Hokage. The important thing is that you follow your heart, to become a strong person who fights to protect his precious people. You have already proven yourself to me, so you haven't disappointed me at all. You even mastered the rasengan in one week when it took me three years, that really is an impressive way of surpassing me."

Naruto gave a big smile feeling so happy to hear those words" thanks dad, it means a lot to me to hear that."

"There's nothing wrong with how you live your life, or who you live it with. I also know that you have your sights on a certain pink haired woman."

The blond jinchurikki blushed thinking about a certain Farron" you know about that too I well she…."

The Hokage gave a laugh" don't be embarrassed there is no shame in liking a strong will woman, I should tell you from experience because your-"

"So this is where you've been."

"Who's there?" asked the whiskered blond.

"Oh no…."

Behind the two men stood a woman in her late twenties with long fiery red hair reaching to her ankles, purple eyes she was wearing maternal clothes. Naruto looked like he didn't have a clue who was the red haired woman but Minato knew very well, and he has turned pale. Her expression is what made him so scared she was glaring at him, her temper has risen and she looked like she was going to beat him up. Yet there was something about the red head that caught the Uzumaki's attention, he didn't know what but there was something about her. Gazing over Minato he looked like so scared, it was probably such an amusing sight to see the fourth Hokage ready to freak out in terror the same man who defeated the mighty Kyuubi.

"Dad who is she?"

"Yes tell him who I am?" the red head crossed her arms.

"Well I-"

SMACK!

Naruto's jaw hit the floor watching the red haired woman smacking his father silly. The Hokage has hit the ground with a comical look, followed with a lump on his head. Now the whiskered blond saw everything watching a woman hit the man who was considered the greatest Hokage in the history of Konoha like she own him or something, it wasn't amusing anymore but rather scary. He knew women were scary from his personal experience from both Sakura and Lightning, especially the older Farron he felt like crapping his pants whenever she was angry. Because most of those time he was the target to feel her wrath, well the times she hit him it's because he deserved it his fault most of the times. So here he was watching a mysterious red haired woman shaking his father like he was a rag doll, he felt sorry for the Hokage.

"I knew it you weren't planning in telling him a thing about me weren't you?" shouted the red head while shaking the blond man.

"Kushina not in front of Naruto."

"How can you possibly not tell him about me, I swear Minato sometimes you can be so clueless, for someone who is considered a genius you can be a real idiot sometimes."

"I'm sorry I really forgot, honest."

"You're hopeless" she gave a sigh letting him go.

"Who are you?"

"I guess you don't know because you weren't told" Kushina gave a quick glare at the blond Hokage who looked nervous giving a silly smile.

"Why don't you take a guess Naruto?" she smiled.

"Guess…I really don't know who you are?"

"Come on it should be obvious it's not that hard."

The blond jinchurikki gasped" aha you're the Kyuubi in disguise!"

Minato laughed but covered his mouth while Kushina did the same thing, minus covering her mouth.

"Don't be silly I'm not the fox."

"Although she resemblance the fox when she's angry" thought the fourth with a smile.

"You're not, then I really don't have a clue" the Uzumaki scratched his head giving up guessing.

The red head gave a sigh" Naruto it's so obvious, try a little harder."

"Fine I will stay with my previous guess you must be the fox in disguise. Look at your hair its red like the fox's chakra it can't be a coincidence."

SMACK!

She smacked him giving an angry comical expression" that's a coincidence believe it!"

"Ow…she can sure hit huh wait believe it?" he rubbed his lump.

The red haired woman blushed scratching the back of her head in a familiar matter" I'm sorry for carrying away, sometimes I get too excited and I say things without thinking them properly it has become a real bad habit about me. What about you I hope you didn't inherited that from me?"

Naruto's eyes widened in realization starting at the woman who was acting just like him, it felt like a female copy of himself now in his heart he felt like he knew all along. His cerulean eyes began to tear up at the revelation there was no need to explain to him anymore, it was all so clear to him now. No doubt that this woman before him was the person who brought him to the world, seeing her behavior and how she acted in his heart he was completely convinced.

Kushina smiled feeling like resuming the guessing game" Naruto if this girly man right here is your father, then what does that make me?"

The red head was caught in surprise as the whiskered blond has rushed to her and was giving her a tight embrace. He was sobbing never wanting to let go of the woman she was here, to think he will finally get the chance to meet his parents in his mindscape of all the places. This was the happiest day in his entire life feeling the warm joyful feeling of been reunited with his mother and father. After so long since his childhood wondering, asking himself who his parents were crying over his sleep that he wished that they were here with him. Minato smiled joining his family happy to see his son embracing his mother like his life depended on it, he didn't blamed him because he never knew any of them.

"I always wanted to meet you mom, I always asked myself who is my mother what kind of person was she I….." he paused still sobbing.

The red head Uzumaki smiled accepting his embracing tears have formed on her eyes feeling so much joy to see her son again" believe it I am your mom my son."

The blond Hokage was about to join the family hug before Kushina gave him a glare that caused him to take a step back" I can't hug my wife and son."

"I'm still angry at you for not telling Naruto about me."

Minato sweat dropped smiling" you will never change always a spit fire you're still the hot bloody habanero."

Naruto whipped his tears slowly breaking the hug with his mother, he was smiling to finally meet her in person" you're here too…."

"Minato also sealed part of my soul in you, so we could see you in the future one last time."

The red head smirked taking a good look at her son" you're just like your father, I'm glad that you got his hair I honestly didn't wanted you with red hair. You're already an adult you've become quite handsome, I wouldn't be surprise if you already found a nice woman like your mother."

The blond jinchurikki blushed laughing a little" um…sort of there is someone but I'm still working on it. Oh yeah she's definitely like you mom she's so scary when she's angry."

"He got that from me" said the fourth with a smile inheriting his like on strong bad ass woman.

"I already know who she is, that woman with pink hair Lightning. You really found yourself a tough one sweetie" Kushina started enjoying teasing her son.

Naruto grinned" I guess. Mom there is so many things I want to know."

"Kushina I think we should tell him everything" said the blond Hokage.

"Everything….?"

The red head nodded" I think it's the right thing to do, he has the right to know."

"Know what?"

"First let's seat, this is going to be a long story."

(Scene change)

Lightning and Hope stood staring at the eight tailed Kyuubi Naruto, the creature was standing still without making a move. He has been like that for a while he suddenly stopped attacking it looked like it was calm no longer he was on a rampage. The pink haired soldier felt relief when she tried talking to the creature it was about to attack her with one of his claws, but he suddenly stopped. Now it was anyone's guess when he will remain still like that, they were still thinking what to do. Attacking him was pointless remembering how powerful he is and the way he killed all of Parlos men, there was no way they could take him on even with their magic.

"How long do you think he's going to stay like that?" asked the silver haired teen?

"I don't know…."

"What should we do if he starts attacking again we might die, we don't stand a chance against him."

"We don't have to fight him."

"Light…I think we should go. I don't think we should risk waiting for him to make a move."

The pink haired soldier glared at him" we're not leaving him!"

"I know how you feel but there's nothing we can do. That thing will kill us."

"That thing is Naruto and we're staying right here!"

Hope felt terrible lowering his head feeling so shameful" I'm sorry Light…I didn't mean to abandon him, I'm worry about him too."

"I'm going to try again…."

"What you're going to try reasoning with it again…I mean him?"

"It's worth a shot…."

"It didn't worked before" the teen gave a smile" but it won't hurt to try you can do it Light."

The older Farron nodded feeling happy that he believed in her, she turned her gaze towards the calm eight tailed demon fox" no matter what happens, I'm not leaving you Naruto."

(Scene change)

Naruto stood wide eyed after a couple of minutes Kushina have told him her entire story. Too much information that was hard to take it all in an instant, but he managed to listen to every single detail the red head has told him. She told him about her heritage been a member of the Uzumaki clan, a clan who were related to the Senju clan the same clan related to the first Hokage, the second and the current Hokage Tsunade. Something that shocked him the most that his mother was the last jinchurikki of the Kyuubi, finding out that before her was a relative of her Mito Uzumaki who surprisingly she was married to the first Hokage, it shocked him that he had a powerful heritage.

The red haired Uzumaki has also told him about the night of his birth which was the tragic day of Konoha, when the Kyuubi attacked the village. The truth shocked the blond that the mastermind behind the attack was the founder of the Uchiha clan Madara Uchiha who managed to extract the nine tails from the red head, due that during child labor the seal that kept the fox in weakens. He went to tears when he heard Minato's fight and the choice he made to sacrifice both their lives in order to save him and the village from utter and complete destruction from the rampaging fox. Lastly he asked Kushina about how she fell in love with Minato, a question that made the red head blushed crimson while the fourth just smiled happily remembering exactly how it happened.

"Whoa that's a lot of information to take" he whipped some of his tears after hearing the emotional and tragic night of his birth.

"I know it's a lot but you needed to know everything, well not everything. It wasn't necessary for you to know about how I fell in love with your father but it was fun telling you" the red head gave a silly grin.

"Don't you mean embarrassing?" Naruto gave a smirk.

"Stop it I am not embarrassed to talk about that wonderful day" she blushed she was contradicting herself.

"Naruto I'm sorry" Minato started.

"What….?"

"I was the one that decided to seal part of your mother's soul in you, it was a selfish act of mine. But Sarutobi and Jiraiya sensei have told me that in a shinobi's life you will always have to make a drastic decision no matter how dire the situation may be. I only thought what was right at the moment, stopping the nine tails with sacrificing the people I love to save everyone."

"It's okay dad I'm not angry at you. I know that too I understand your actions, I'm actually glad you did what you had to do. If it weren't for that I would have never met any of you."

"Then there's nothing to regret" the blond Hokage gave a smile as he walked up to him.

"Hold still Naruto" the fourth lifted his vest and put his hand on his half broken seal, he suddenly turned it back to its normal state.

"You fixed the seal….?"

"I did but this will be the last time. However I am not completely sure if your l'Cie mark is affecting the seal in any way."

"Thanks dad…."

"I can't stay anymore fixing the seal has made me lose too much chakra, I guess this will be farewell."

"I know dad" the blond jinchurikki tried not to cry.

"Same here I was afraid the fox was going to destroy the seal, I used my chakra chains to stop its movements. That took a lot of my chakra but I wished I could stay here" Kushina was in tears.

"I guess this will be the last time I will see you guys…."

"Naruto I want you to know that I love you. I was so happy when I held you in my arms when you were just a newborn I was the happiest mother in the entire world. Thank you for everything for being our son, for letting me be your mother" more tears have escaped from the red head's eyes.

"Listen to your motor mouth mother" Minato smiled.

"Watch it girly man."

The whiskered laughed while in tears" what are you talking about I'm the one who should be thanking you guys?"

He went to his parents and gave them a big hug" thank you for everything, for letting me be your son, for bringing me into the world it's because of you I'm here."

Kushina was sobbing accepting the embrace from her son" Naruto it doesn't matter if you are in another world or if you've been given another burden. Just live your life to the fullest, follow your heart…."

"I know mom I will. I thank you both for your great sacrifice."

"Thank you my son" was all Minato said he let some tears out.

"I have great parents they sacrificed themselves in order to save me and tried to give me a future. And now I'm here, I have the best parents in the world I love you very much."

"Do you hear that Minato he's happy for us, he's not angry with us?"

"We have a great son…." said the red head Uzumaki.

"Never forget that we are proud of you" said the fourth.

'Naruto can you hear me?'

"Huh who's there?"

The red head broke the hug while whipping her tears" someone's calling for you."

"Wait that voice…."

'Naruto I know you can hear me, please don't let that monster win. Please come back to us we need you….I need you. You've always been strong fight that monster don't let it win!'

His cerulean eyes widened recognizing the owner of the voice" that's Lightning…."

"I like her style" Kushina approved of her attitude.

"It's your girlfriend" Minato teased while his wife elbowed him smiling, she enjoyed the teasing a bit.

"I guess it's time to go huh….?" the whiskered blond knew he had to go back to the real world.

(A fitting end for a heartwarming reunion….)

"What….?"

"We're not alone" Minato was serious sensing the presence.

"Of course we're not alone the fox is here too."

"No it's not the fox" Kushina followed sensing it too.

"What do you mean?"

"Be careful Naruto" said the blond Hokage.

"Wait who's here?"

But it was too late his parents were gone leaving the whiskered blond alone in his mindscape.

"What do they mean….who else could be here besides the fox?"

(That will be me l'Cie).

"Who's there?"

(If you would like to know then….)

(Scene change)

Lightning and Hope stood wide eyes at what they were saying, neither of them believing if it was true or not. One minute the right tailed demon fox was standing still and the next it has transformed back into the whiskered blond. Naruto was now standing before them no longer the demonic creature that took out Parlos's men and brought destruction to the maintenance exit of the Gapra Whitewood facility. It was too shocking for any of the l'Cie, just like that he changed to the person he is. Yet the pink haired soldier felt so happy and relief to see him again, alive and well. The Uzumaki opened his eyes he smiled seeing his two friends again, he experienced a lot been in his mindscape. He felt so happy and alive that he got to meet his parents and to learn that they were great people who love him very much.

"He's back to normal" thought the older Farron in awe thinking that her words reached out to the whiskered blond.

The reunion with the Uzumaki was cut short a white circle has been formed from underneath, in front of the whiskered blond. The circle was very bright it caused the trio to shut their eyes, its brightness only lasted for a few seconds. They realized there weren't alone someone has emerged from the summoning circle their eyes went wide staring at the being.

It stood over ten feet tall his entire body was metallic colored in silver shinny armor, his face was oval shaped and on the top of his head was a gold colored design it looked like some sort of crown. His eyes were hidden away from view due to his silver helmet he seemed to be more human than a beast. For weapons he was holding a silver and red shield with a dragon emblem releasing fire from its mouth and a crown on top of it, a long sword that looked very sharp that could cut to almost anything it was very intimidating. The handle of the sword was colored gold and there were some strange carvings carved on the blade, it couldn't be read at the distance they were. Lastly he had a long red cape that looked like it was more metallic than made of cloth.

It was obvious for the l'Cie trio to know what he was, especially when Naruto was the one that summoned it in the first place. The same thing happened with Lightning at the Vile Peaks when Odin was summoned by her anger, but the blond jinchurikki the reason for his appearance was different.

"Another Eidolon!" said Hope.

"Was it me the one who summoned him?"

(Not quite but rather your will to go on that did….)

"I can hear you speaking to my head, as if having another voice talking to me wasn't enough" Naruto gave a sigh since he was annoyed for having the Kyuubi talking to his head sometimes.

"Wait my will summoned you….?"

(Fight me, doom!)

The blond jinchurikki felt the spell hit him he could hear his heart beat and a countdown of fifteen minutes appeared before him. He knew what was going to happen next, no choice but to fight it in order to save himself from sudden death. It wasn't a good time to fight he knew Lightning and Hope must be tire and wary from the fight against the Aster Protoflorian, fighting him alone was the only thing on his mind.

"You guys get back, I'll handle him."

"You want to fight him on your own?" Hope was shocked remembering when they fought Odin, they barely stood a chance against him.

"We're partners Naruto we got your back" Lightning has taken her gun blade.

(A wise choice….)

The Eidolon has raised his hand summoning something of his own. The trio was shocked when twelve similar looking beings have been summoned to face them. They all had the same shinny metallic skin each had different designs on their arms and legs. But one thing that could be tells that each was different in their way they all had different kinds of weapons. One had a magic wand, another a rod, another a staff, one had a hammer, another a trident, three of them had swords one with a rune blade, another with a long sword and the third one had a sword that had some resemblance to the main Eidolon's sword. Another one of the Eidolons had a naginata, one with a lance, another with a mace and lastly one with an axe.

There were a total of thirteen Eidolons including the one who summoned them, who was obviously the leader of the group. The l'Cie trio was really shocked at the sight seeing that they were completely outnumbered, they weren't expecting to fight so many. The last Eidolon they fought was Odin and it was only him, but things have changed now they were fighting a large group of them.

"There's so many of them!" said the shocked teen.

"No way this guy, can summon more Eidolons" followed the shocked Uzumaki.

(You fight me, you fight my legions).

"We can't escape this fight, we'll have to manage to what we have" thought Lightning holding her summon crystal.

"Odin!"

The lightning Eidolon emerged from the circle with a swirl storm of rose petals, jumping down to meet his summoner holding his double bladed sword and shield. Ready for battle the pink haired soldier knew what to do, keeping her eyes on the setting they needed more space to fight. She gave the command to Odin signaling him with her hand as the Eidolon transformed into his gestalt mode she took his weapon separating them into the twin blades, he gave a horse shriek as she mounted him holding his weapon.

"Get on you two!"

"What you sure we'll be able to fit it doesn't look like there's not enough space?" Naruto was staring at the seat of the horse.

"Just do it!"

"Let's go Hope!"

The silver haired teen didn't needed to be told twice he nodded as the whiskered blond mounted the horse. The teen was able to fit in the seal but he didn't complain they were already in a bad situation, in another Eidolon battle that was probably the same as the previous one they experienced. Once both her companions were mounted with her Lightning took off, the horse ran fast passing the group of Eidolons. It took off through the cliff leading to another clearing before reaching the large lake, with the view of Palumpolum in the far distance.

(You're running away?) The red caped Eidolon sounded disappointed.

"I'm not running away!" shouted the Uzumaki seeing that they were getting farther away from the group.

"Aren't we?" he turned to the older Farron.

"Like we can escape from them I'm improvising our situation. We need space from them and figure out a strategy to take them on, there's thirteen of them and only three of us."

"Those odds are really bad, we barely had a chance against Odin the last time and he was only one Eidolon. How are we going to defeat thirteen of them?" replied Hope.

(There is always a way if you think with an open clear mind) said Odin.

Lightning nodded agreeing with her Eidolon" we don't have to defeat them all…."

"Right you're thinking like me Light. If we beat the one who summoned them, then the others will be beaten too" said the blond jinchurikki.

"That means we have to beat the Eidolon with that crown thing on his head" the teen was aware of the leader of the group.

"Leave the leader to me. Think you guys can take on the rest?"

"Um-"

"Just watch me" the pink haired soldier interrupted Hope from saying the obvious answer which it was no.

"Guys here they come!" the teen was shocked seeing the group running after them at impressive speed for their height of almost fifteen feet.

The first Eidolons who managed to catch up to them were the trio with the rod, staff and wand. One of them fired a powerful ice spell which it was blizzaga, thanks to Odin's speed they managed to escape the large block of ice with sharp spikes that hit landed on the ground. The second one fired a powerful fire spell which it was firaga and they avoid it thanks once again to the horse's speed. The third one with a magic staff fired a spell that made a couple of meteors falling from the sky said magic spell has made the l'Cie trio to gasped in shock.

"Holy crap!" Naruto was the first to react.

"We can't dodge that!" followed Hope.

"Odin run!" begged Lightning for her Eidolon to run even faster.

The Eidolon obeyed her command the meteors crashed on the ground creating a large explosion that barely missed the trio. Hope was dead silent from the shock while the Uzumaki was sniffing something burning which it was part of his GC vest that caught fire from the explosion. The whiskered blond started removing the small flames from his clothing while the silver haired teen was helping him put them out.

"That was my favorite vest, that's it!" he glared the Eidolon that casted the meteor spell.

"He's the first one that has to go!" he jumped off the horse.

"Naruto what are you doing?" shouted the teen.

"We can't let him fire that spell again, we might not be so lucky the next time."

"But-"

"He can take care of himself, Hope focus on the others" replied the former sergeant.

"All right" he tightened the hold on his boomerang.

The blond jinchurikki charged holding his gun blade, two of the magic user Eidolons got in front of him protecting the third magic user. He admitted it was a good plan to protect the one with the strongest magic but that wasn't going to stop him while the third magic user was ready to cast the spell again, not on his watch. He jumped high enough to go above the two Eidolons and ready to attack the third one.

"No you don't aerora!"

The strong wind spell hit the Eidolon magic user sending him flying but the Uzumaki wasn't done, he jumped attacking him from the air. The blond used some strong combos ending it with an aero spell; the Eidolon was hurt hitting the ground dropping his magic staff. Soon the magic user vanished proving that he has been defeated, Naruto felt relief that one was out of the picture.

"That's one down…."

He gasped he was surrounded by the two magic user they pointed their staff's at him ready to fire a spell on the Uzumaki.

"Only twelve more to go" he sweat dropped.

Before they fired a spell they were hit by fira, one of them vanished while the other one was taken out by the whiskered blond with a swift strike of his flashflare saber. He smiled spotting Hope not too far from him he knew who was the one who saved him with the fira spell.

"Thanks Hope I really owe you one."

"I got your back" the teen casted protect on him.

They were surrounded by four Eidolons the one holding the spear, the one with the trident, the one with the mace and the one with the hammer. The silver haired teen casted protect on himself ready to fight and ignoring the exhaustion he was feeling, these were the times were he was needed the most. But this battle was more than just his life at stake but this was another fight he needed to win as part of his revenge on Snow, he couldn't fail.

"Operation Nora stage two…."

Lightning arrive shortly mounting Odin she wasn't going to have a problem taking them on with Hope backing her up. That's what she thought when suddenly the horse changed back to his original form making the pink haired soldier to hit the ground.

"Odin what happened why did you changed back?"

(Forgive me Lightning but I can only stay in gestalt mode for a period of time).

"He should have told me that sooner…."

The former sergeant took her blazefire saber" Naruto go leave them to us."

"We'll be fine, make sure you beat their leader" replied the teen.

The Eidolon holding the ninjigata showed up joining his allies in the fight, making them a total of five opponents. The blond jinchurikki knew he couldn't waste any more time, seeing the countdown in front of him he only had ten minutes left. Ahead he saw the leader with four more of the Eidolons, the one holding the axe and the other three with swords as their weapons. He believed in his companions they were strong but he didn't know how long they could last, knowing that they were tire after the fight with the Aster Protoflorian. He saw Hope casting protect on the former sergeant, at least they weren't alone Odin was next to his master holding his blade and shield. Without giving it another thought he left heading towards the leader and the other Eidolons, silently believing in them.

"Let's put everything we have in this fight Hope" replied the pink haired soldier.

"Got it…."

Odin's ability seemed to have taken effect on the Eidolons just like it does against the monsters. It makes their grudge to attack him increase to high levels, ignoring any other opponent in the field. By now they were only focusing on the lightning Eidolon not noticing the l'Cie's present, this has given them an edge in the fight. They attacked the lightning Eidolon with all their might and he did whatever he could to block them using his shield, both l'Cie were able to notice a few details. Each of the Eidolon had different abilities, the one holding the spear can cast wind magic, the one with the trident can cast water magic, the one with the hammer can cast lightning mafic, and the one with mace can cast earth magic.

The one with ninjgata was the only one who couldn't cast magic but he was very skilled with his weapon. They fought while Lightning was feeling restless with the way Odin was getting attacked, it won't be long before the Eidolon vanishes and turns into her summon crystal. This fight will be too hard without her Eidolon not to mention she was reaching her limit her body was starting to give up from the exhaustion she was feeling, the same with Hope. It was a surprise that the silver haired teen was still standing after the intense battle they went through. Any of them could collapse any moment even someone like the former sergeant of the Guardian Corps has her limits.

Lightning attacked them mercilessly while firing a thunder spell, Hope followed casting blizzard, fira he followed it up with thunder. After all the blows he blocked and took Odin finally fell in battle, the Eidolon vanished turning back into the rose shape crystal. The older Farron grabbed it crystal feeling that they have lost Hope to be able to hold on the fight, their advantage has been defeated. Now it was only a matter of minutes before they fell, either by the strong Eidolons or by exhaustion. The l'Cie had one chance to make it out of this alive, their companion who went after the leader of the group.

"Naruto you better beat their leader, I'm at my limit and so is Hope."

"No I can't give up…this is part of operation Nora I can't lose" the teen fired an aero spell panting.

"Hold on a little longer" she told the teen panting she tightened the hold on her gun blade.

Not too far from the l'Cie Naruto stood facing the Eidolons that were blocking his way to get to the leader. Four of them the one wielding the axe and three wielding swords each in different sizes and appearance, obviously they weren't going to let him through. Fighting was the only option and he couldn't waste time, the longer he stood here the more in danger Lightning and Hope were. He was well aware that they weren't going to last long against the other Eidolons, not because they were outnumbered but because they were tired. This battle was critical their lives were on the line, his life and his companions which it was more important to him than his own.

His cerulean eyes turned to the leader standing behind them there was anger in his eyes towards the Eidolon. To think he looks strong and yet he was behind his minions like he was some kind of coward. Let his men do all the work while he stood still taking it easy, that's not how a true soldier acts or even a shinobi. In his mind he was disappointed, he was the one that somehow summoned the being meaning that this Eidolon could be his own. Remembering telling Hope about how their Eidolons will look like, this one look good but it wasn't proving the Uzumaki's standards. He felt like this couldn't be his Eidolons with his behavior standing behind his own summons.

"Hey!" he called towards the red caped Eidolon" if you're a leader what kind of leader are you to watch from the sidelines while you're friends fight your battle for you?"

The leader remained quiet as the four Eidolons charged at the blond jinchurikki. The one with the rune blade attacked swinging his weapon the whiskered blond dodged it he blocked an incoming attack from the Eidolon wielding the regular sword. He was shocked the one with the axe and the other with the powerful looking sword attacked together using teamwork. He jumped as high as he could and cast aero, followed by ruin hitting the one with the rune blade. That didn't stop the three unharmed Eidolons to jump at him he blocked an attack from the one holding the regular sword but he couldn't react in time for the other attacks.

The whiskered blond was hit on the sides by the other Eidolons the attacks he received were strong enough to rip anyone to pieces. It was a miracle he was still alive, he was lucky the Kyuubi started healing his injuries but it will take time for them to be healed completely. The one with the rune blade was back attacking him but the Uzumaki cast aerora sending him flying, as he hit the ground he vanished been defeated in battle. It was another Eidolon out of the fight, the remaining three charged at him again. The one with the axe threw his weapon at the blond and he barely dodged by a couple of inches, he quickly blocked an attack from the one holding the ordinary sword. Even if he only had five minutes due to the doom spell and this fight was getting harder by the minute, he couldn't help but smile. These Eidolons have proven to be strong and not to be taken lightly.

Feeling more strength and his determination not to give up he felt the same power he felt when he was fighting the Aster Protoflorian. He casted the same spell he used to killed the bioweapon raising his hand a powerful light emerged from above hitting the Eidolon with the regular sword, its power was enough to defeat him as he vanished. The blond jinchurikki panted facing the two remaining Eidolons that were blocking his way towards the leader, he was about to attack when the leader raised his hand signaling the remaining Eidolons.

(I will fight you now l'Cie).

"About time got tire watching me beat your friends?"

(About before you said I watched from the sidelines as my men fight, you are incorrect. When I summoned them they choose to fight for me by their own free will, they want me to watch them as they fight. They looked after me as their leader and I do the same thing for them).

"Then prove it, let's do this you and me!" he raised flashflare saber.

(As you wish leave this to me you two) he told the two remaining Eidolons as they gave a small nod.

Naruto has charged at him with his gun blade casting ruin but the leader used his shield blocking the attack. The whiskered blond casted aero but once again it was blocked, his eyes widened the Eidolon has tackled at him causing a direct hit. It hurt he was sent to the ground, getting tackled by a fifteen feet tall being was no fun. The blond jinchurikki wasn't down he got up casting aerora and changing his gun blade, firing some rounds. Just as he was expecting he blocked them with his shield, he ran fast getting behind him where he was opened for an attack. This was it his one chance to harm him and probably beat him, but he was surprised that his attack failed.

After he was surprised he was shocked, instead of attacking the leader Eidolon he attacked one of his summons. More like the Eidolon with the axe got in the way protecting his leader, the Uzumaki never saw it coming. Gazing at the sight it reminded him of how he protects his friends, the times he has done the same thing with Lightning and Hope. This proved how much they were loyal to the red caped Eidolon, yet he was disappointed that he lost a good opportunity to attack him. The blond jinchurikki watched as the Eidolon holding the axe vanished for taking the attack, another one has been beaten.

(Your sacrifice will not be in vain Gawain).

"He must really care for him to be able to do that….I know I would."

The Eidolon charged at him Naruto was able to block the strong attack, both were crossing weapons. The sword started glowing overpowering the blonds gun blade he knew it wasn't going to be an easy fight from past experience against Odin. He saw the countdown before him he only had one minute not enough to beat the Eidolon, he was pushed by the being's strength sending him to the ground as he cast aero. The attempt failed as the wind spell was blocked thanks to his shield, he gasped been tackle by the leader of the group. He couldn't give up now after coming a long way, he refused to accept defeat not after meeting his parents.

"This can't be the end I won't…."

(Time is running out….)

"Don't get cocky just because of that!"

The blond jinchurikki blocked another attack but the Eidolon's powerful sword sent him back to the ground. He panted his entire body was covered in wounds and dirt, he gritted his teeth cursing that his strength was starting leave him. Then he saw it before his eyes that he only had ten seconds before the doom spell takes effect, he fired ruin and aero attacks that were blocked by the being once more. His heartbeat was now getting slower, feeling that his life was starting to leave his body while his breathing quickened.

"No I can't let it end here….."

3

"I can't die this isn't how it's supposed to end…."

2

"Everyone Hope, Snow, Sazh, Vanille, Serah, Sasuke….."

1

"Claire…."

Then everything went dark for the Uzumaki like time has stopped forever, in a dark prison. Lightning and Hope were still fighting the other Eidolons both l'Cie looking exhausted, neither looked like they could keep on fighting. That's when suddenly the Eidolons have stopped attacking they were all now standing still. Odin has also stopped fighting standing next to his summoner while the pink haired soldier was panting her whole face dirty with some slight wounds Hope was in the same state. She was confused wondering why the fighting stopped, she thought she wasn't going to make it with the way things were. However somehow she had a bad feeling in her gut and also in her heart, something was really wrong.

"Light….?"

The former sergeant turned to Hope after hearing his tone which sounded like he was ready to cry, at the same time her bad feeling increased. She knew why eventually after gazing at the teen at the direction he was looking, her heart sank. There not too far from them stood the Eidolon leader with the one holding the strong looking sword both have stopped fighting, because the battle seemed to have ended. The proof was Naruto who was on the ground unconscious, he wasn't moving and eventually the worse has entered the soldier's mind. The sight was enough to make her eyes go wide the same with her mouth in complete shock, she felt her heart beating faster probably because it was ready to break.

Hope was still shocked staring at the fallen whiskered blond his lips trembled" you don't think he…."

Lightning didn't replied knowing what has happened. If this was an Eidolon battle then she knew Naruto was under the doom spell just like she was during her match with Odin. She had seventeen minutes to defeat the lightning Eidolon and tame his power before the time runs out, and she managed to be victorious. But looking at things with the whiskered blond, it seemed there was no victory for him as he has failed. Time seems to have been over for the blond, the doom spell has finished him claiming his life. Her lips began to tremble seeing him not moving a finger, he just stood there on the ground looking lifeless.

"Naruto….?" she called to him.

Hope didn't moved a muscle he stood in the same place looking shocked, he looked like he was ready to cry the sight was obvious to tell him what has happened to their friend and companion.

The pink haired soldier started walking towards him her legs were feeling weak, like they were ready to give up on her after she was feeling tired. Yet she refused to let exhaustion get the better of her and she resumed to walked towards him, as she was getting closer to him she was feeling worse than before. He still wasn't moving, he was lying in the cold ground it was breaking her heart apart. She was only a foot away from his fallen body and by now her aqua eyes were beginning to tear up, yet she was refusing the cold harsh side of reality. That truth that one of the people closest to her and that she cares a lot was really gone, just like her parents and her younger sister.

"Naruto….?"

No replied came from the Uzumaki as she touched her necklace" wake up you idiot…."

She knew it was helpless to try by now her lips were trembling" no…."

"It can't be…he can't be."

Memories came back to her every single memory she has forged with the whiskered blond. Every memory that showed how she started opening to him and forging a bond with him, reminding her how dear she holds him dear in her heart. All those memories have reminded her why through the years why she has developed feelings for him, deep feelings going beyond simple friendship. But now he was gone out of her life just like the rest of her family, she felt broken. She has stopped walking not feeling like legs were going to take her towards his fallen body one tear has escaped from her left eye.

"Naruto….you can't be."

The leader Eidolon has sheathed his sword feeling like his job was done. Another l'Cie has failed the trial, yet he stood there staring at his body there was something about him. Seeing him fighting with so much determination has earned him some of his respect, but there was no need to think about that since he has lost.

(It is done. It's such a shame that you failed the trial).

The other Eidolons have assembled joining him there was no reason to fight the other l'Cie the trial was over, the fight was over.

"Naruto you can't leave me not you too" another tear has fallen from Lightning's left eye.

Hope was still in his place and by now he was in tears he has lost a good friend. Someone who was helping him get through this nightmarish hell, and someone he started to see as a role model maybe as a parent.

(Scene change)

(Wake up you fool!) shouted an enraged Kyuubi.

(I refused to die here not like this. Your pathetic you need me as always).

"No I will not let it end here…."

(What….?)

"I will not lose. I've been through worst before and in those situations I have stayed true to my word of never backing from my word. I have never given up through good or bad, through thick and thin I have always stood my ground and face things head on."

(Stop talking utter nonsense).

"Give up….heh me Uzumaki Naruto doesn't know the meaning of the word!"

(You need my power even when you're an l'Cie).

The fox has released has some of his chakra from beneath his cage but Naruto repelled it back glaring at the nine tails" don't even think about it fox, I'm not letting myself get taken over by you ever again!"

(Admit it you need me without me you're nothing).

"Shut up I will fight with my own will like I have always done. You keep forgetting you're the one behind a cage it's not the other way around."

(We'll see how long you will keep your opinion).

(Scene change)

Everyone was shocked as a bright light surrounded the whiskered blond. Even the leader of the Eidolon group eventually Naruto got back up, he was alive and well. Lightning and Hope were in complete shock to see him back after he was supposedly dead because of the doom spell. The blond jinchurikki holding his gun blade firmly as wind was blowing from his hand to his weapon, like a new attack was ready to be brought. The leader of the Eidolon was still shocked as the rest of his men went in front of him ready to protect him, they were aware that the blond was going to attack.

(It's impossible how he is alive….?)

"Listen get this through your head pal. I will never give up I am here to save this world and protect its people I will protect those who are precious to me. My friends are my strength, you may be able to take my life with a silly spell but you will never take my loyalty for them!"

He smiled remembering their words.

"We love you…."

"Just live your life to the fullest, follow your heart."

"We have a great son."

"Don't forget we are proud of you."

"Mom dad I also have you guys. Your memory makes me strong too just like everyone."

He launched flashflare saber as he released a powerful wind attack straight at the whole group. The wind was so strong that it blew all of the Eidolons including their leader all of them have hit the ground. Just like that the group vanished they have all been defeated from that single attack, only the leader remained but he was also downed for the count. The wind from Naruto's weapon vanished he walked until he was next to him, pointing his gun blade at him.

"Are you done or do you want me to give you another beating?"

The red caped Eidolon with a crown got up but he wasn't planning in attacking (that will be enough, you were able to face death and find a way to escape its grasp proving how strong your will is. You have proven yourself worthy and you have passed the trial).

The blond jinchurikki gave a grin feeling relief that it was finally over" that was some trial it wasn't easy…."

The Eidolon has sheathed his sword (kneel….).

"What for?" the Uzumaki got suspicious of his demand.

(Trust me the same way you trust your comrades).

"Okay…."

He knelt on one knee as the Eidolon put the blade of his sword on his left shoulder" what are you doing?"

(Proved by honor and determination follow the glorious path of brotherhood….).

He followed to put the blade on his right shoulder (given the blessing by me and Excalibur you are now my fourteenth knight. To fight for justice, to protect the weak, and to fight the wickedness forever follow the path of light never to seek the dark).

He removed the sword sheathing it (arise Sir Naruto Uzumaki my new master).

"What master?"

The Eidolon king has summoned his knights once more standing before the trio.

"What's going on are we going to fight again?" asked Hope not looking forward to another fight.

"I don't think that's the case" replied the blond jinchurikki.

(Naruto Uzumaki I am Arthur for now on I and my knights of the round shall aid you in battle whenever you may need us).

The whiskered blond smiled" I would be honored to have you guys fighting by my side."

(My knights it's time to form Pendragon!)

"Pendragon….?"

The knights has obeyed their king's command as they have joined together, the sight shocked the trio. They witnessed as each of the knights were transforming into different body parts forming something very big. When they have all emerged before them stood a thirty feet tall mech wearing the similar armor and cape of Arthur, the only difference was his head. It was the form of a dragon with its mouth opened revealing the face of Pendragon. The giant gestalt mode looked very bad ass and it seemed very strong too, proved that size does matter. Naruto smiled as the giant mech lowered one of his hands making the blond jinchurikki to boarded, he was lead to one of his shoulders as proof that he has tamed his Eidolon.

(Keep fighting for what is right and true, you are not alone Sir Naruto).

"Seriously the whole Sir thing makes me sound old…."

After a minute the Uzumaki was lead down from the giant Eidolon, after it transformed into a brilliant light. The light vanished revealing a white star shape crystal he already knew what it was, his Eidolon's summon crystal. The same way the rose shape crystal of Odin that belongs to Lightning, the new Eidolon crystal went to his stomach where his brand is located. His smile never left his face too happy to hide his content he finally turned to his two friends. To think this happens after talking with Hope about what their Eidolons would look like.

"Hey Hope I have my own-"

Naruto didn't finish his sentence because he was caught off guard by Lightning. The pink haired soldier has rushed to him and gave him a tight embrace, he blushed so hard at the way she was hugging him. The older Farron was touching his face with her right hand putting his cheek closer to her own, it felt like one sudden movement and he could be kissing her. With her other hand she has wrapped it around his neck, the hug was definitely something friends or families will not give to each other, and it was too intimate. Hope had to blush at the sight of the hug even someone like him could tell that it was no friendship hug the embrace was something that a married woman will give to her husband.

"I thought you were…."

Those were the only words the former sergeant whispered while holding him tightly, afraid to let him go. Maybe she was dreaming and he was really gone, if she let him go he might disappear from her sight. Yet no words came from the blond jinchurikki too shocked to believe that Lightning was hugging him like this, he blushed silly looking like a tomato. Too shocked to even hug her back they remained like that for a while until the realization will came to the older Farron that he was really here alive, no dream. In other words they were like for at least an hour it wasn't long before Hope turned his back not wanting to see the intimate hug anymore due to his embarrassment.

(Time skip)

After everything that went through since they left the Gapra Whitewood the trio has made their way through the paths of the sea shore. They have made a fire and take a long rest after all the tough battles they fought, before taking a long nap they were currently eating. Naruto and Hope have found some tasty fruits from some trees nearby while Lightning went to get the firewood. They have started munching down with no mercy due to his big their hunger was, in addition Naruto ran out of the sandwiches he made. The Uzumaki knew that they weren't going to last forever but he didn't make a backup plan to fix that problem. They were lucky to find food and satisfy their hunger who knows when it will be next time that they will get the chance to eat again.

Lightning has finally gotten over the whole thing that Naruto was alive and well, that it was no dream. But she was still glad feeling so happy and relief that he was still standing here with her. After thinking a while she remembered the monster the blond turned into, it was truly frightening remembering his strength. She had no idea what it was or why the blond turned into such a horrifying creature but what matters the most that it was gone, and the Uzumaki was back to normal. The thought did cross her mind of him changing into that monster again, but it was for the best not to bring it up.

Moving along she went to think about Hope and how far he did since they arrived at the bioweapon facility. She was impressed that he was a quick learner and got used to the fighting faster than she anticipated, although she was feeling guilty for being the one to make him focus on his goal. Which she had no idea that it was revenge and for that reason she feel responsible for secretly supporting it, the teen's vengeance against Snow. She has never like the NORA leader but not to a point to hate him to death, even convincing him that the Sanctum was more to blame for the death of her mother than the blond. But now she has made it worse because the teen was no focused on both increasing his hatred furthermore that was the last thing she wanted.

"Hope….?"

The silver haired l'Cie turned to her while chewing another fruit his hunger was never ending.

"Your performance at the Gapra Whitewood was very acceptable. You have proven to be a good leader by taking the front when the time comes, you made quick decisions in the middle of a fight and your battling skills have also improved since you started fighting. All in all I'll say you're probably Guardian Corps material."

The teen smiled at her praise evaluation" thanks Light I promise I'll do even better."

"Don't forget that he fend off well against Arthur's knights" added Naruto.

"Yes that too, you did a good job" she was present watching him fight with everything he had against the knights.

The teen was still smiling finishing another piece of the tasty treat. He gave a small yawn finally his hunger has died down and now he needed some sleep, he was going to need the rest if they were heading to Eden.

"I really want to hit the sack now."

"Palumpolum is on the other side of this lake" said the pink haired soldier.

"I know that…."

"You have to tell your father what happened…."

Hope stood quiet remembering that little detail he wasn't looking forward of meeting his dad. Since the older Einstein has never shown any interest in him or his mother, why he was going to start now that Nora was gone there was no point in telling him as far as he was concerned.

"Hope….?"

"Yeah…."

"Goodnight" said the Uzumaki.

"Goodnight…."

Slowly the teen crawled to an open space and lie down on the ground, not caring it was cold. He was too tired to care for that detail eventually he closed his eyes and drift off to sleep. Nightfall has arrived and Lightning and Naruto were still awake, one of them was going to take the position to watch over for the night. Even if it looked like there weren't any monsters in this area one can never be sure, they weren't taking any chances.

The former sergeant has finished eating before any of the two boys with her, and eventually her body was starting to beg her to get some rest. Maybe it was the right thing to do she has never fought so many battles in one day even for someone with her military rank it was too much. But she refused to obey her body when she was next to the person she'd thought she lost, after what happened she didn't wanted to leave his side. She wanted to stay this close to him and never leave him, for crying out loud he almost died one of the people she considers to be so precious to her after Serah. She gave a quick glance at the Uzumaki and smiled she cursed mentally at her body getting tired by the minute.

Naruto on the other hand was lost in thought at what happened after reaching the exit of the bioweapons facility. Remembering Parlo's words giving into the Kyuubi's temptation letting his anger get the better of him, eventually becoming the demon fox. How close he came to remove the seal letting the nine tails escape and rampage this world, also the fact that he could have ended up hurting Lightning and Hope. Yet it wasn't such a bad thing because of the incident he was able to finally meet his parents and also to meet his Eidolon, two good things came from one bad one.

Another thought that came to his mind was the conversation he had with Sasuke at the fireworks festival before all this mess started. Telling her might have some good effects and some bad ones, one she will believe him, get angry at him and even hate him for being a demon container. Or she won't believe him at all she might think that he has finally lost it, becoming an l'Cie might have made him crazy. Turning his gaze to her the older Farron was staring at the fire her expression reflects exhaustion, he mentally took a deep breath and was ready to face anything.

"You guys have gotten close, too close and doesn't friends and family talk about their problems when they have to?"

"Sasuke's right I can't stay quiet, I can't keep this from her forever. Sooner or later I will have to tell her and now is probably the best time."

"Light….?"

"I'm awake" she didn't wanted him to think that she was asleep.

"There's something…I have to tell you."

Hearing the seriousness in his tone Lightning turned to him looking concerned" about….?"

"About the monster you saw…."

She was shocked for him to mentioned that she thought he'd probably forgot about it, she wasn't expecting him to bring that up out of the blue. The pink haired soldier didn't replied thinking about the monster that killed Parlos's army in less than five minutes and turned the maintenance exit of the facility into a pile of rubble. But if he remembers then he must know something about the creature, she was about to find out the truth.

"I'm going to tell you everything it will be a long story so I hope you can keep up with me."

"I'm listening…."

(Time skip)

It only took Naruto an hour and a half to tell Lightning everything, his story. His world of origin, his village, his years in the shinobi academy that lead him to become a genin, his missions with team seven, and his burden of being the jinchurikki of the Kyuubi. He told her about the fox the things he knew about the Bijuu, the only detail he left out was his fight with Sasuke at the Valley of the end. He only told her that on an important mission he was mysteriously transported to Cocoon. He finally finished his story and patiently he waited for her reaction and any reply from the pink haired soldier.

The former sergeant was standing and she was slowly walking back and forth hearing every piece of information he just told her. It was impossible to believe such thing but she has come to know the whiskered blond for a long time and one thing she knew very well about him, he would never lie to her. No matter how crazy the story sounded the chances were high that the Uzumaki was being honest with her, now the next thing she needed to do is to take the whole information. She rubbed her forehead walking another step while the blond was still waiting for her reaction.

"All right, to sum up everything you're not from Cocoon or even Pulse. You're from another world in another dimension from a place called the elemental countries, and you're from a village called Konoha."

"Yeah that's right" he replied trying not sound nervous.

"When you were just a newborn your father sealed some monster in you in exchange for his life….?"

"It's called Kyuubi the nine tails fox demon" clarified the Uzumaki.

"Right that. Your village is full of soldiers and you went to the academy and became one….?"

"It's called shinobi and they are basically different types of soldiers from the ones here, yet we're similar" he gave a silly grin.

"That makes more sense" sarcasm was obvious in her tone.

"So you graduated from shinobi academy when you were twelve and you were put in a squad of three members plus a commander….?"

"It's a jounin an elite rank shinobi and he became our team teacher" he smiled thinking about Kakashi.

The older Farron nodded" you went to all kinds of missions, then one day you were put in a classified mission and before you knew it you and Sasuke were on Cocoon, I haven't forgotten that you told me that detail about him."

"That's all am I missing something?"

"Nope that's pretty much it" once again he remembered that he left out his fight with the Uchiha.

"And you kept this from me for seven years?" she shouted obviously she was upset.

The blond jinchurikki took a step back turning the other way. Luckily Hope was still sleeping like a rock in the corner so he wasn't going to wake up from such a loud yell.

"Light I'm really sorry for…hey wait you believe me?" he was shocked how could she have believe his entire story.

The former sergeant sighed rubbing her forehead again, she calmed down a little getting seated next to him" why not I didn't believe Serah and look what happened I have to learn to trust my family that was the harsh lesson I learned for not believing my sister?"

"I'm sorry for not telling you about any of this, I knew I have to tell you but it wasn't easy I-"

"Idiot I understand it wasn't easy to tell me all of this. I'm still trying to take all the things you just told me, it was really hard for you to tell me. So I understand you for choosing to kept this secret from me, you had every right to stay quiet about this…."

"But still it wasn't right to keep it from the people I trust and care a lot. Even if it was personal I should have tell you and Serah, yet at the same time I didn't wanted to. In my world, my village I was hated throughout my entire childhood before they started to acknowledge me and respect me. The fear that another world that it's unaware of what I carry inside of me that they will start hating me too, the thought was too much it hurts a lot."

"All this time as it being an l'Cie wasn't enough. You've been carrying an even bigger burden than the one we're carrying right now. To carry something so powerful and evil and be hated for something that it wasn't in your control, that truly must be what experiencing hell must be."

"You've been through hell too Light…."

"Not as much as you. You had it worse than me and Serah and you're still here as the person standing in front of me, you're you."

"What?" he blinked clueless to what she was talking about.

"You're an idiot" she smiled.

Her comment made the whiskered blond to face fault before getting back giving a sigh.

"I can't tell if it's a good thing or bad…."

"It's up to you I guess."

He nodded" so you're opinion of me hasn't changed?"

"You mean if I hate you for having that thing?"

"Yeah…."

"Idiot what do you think?"

"Light….?"

"We got into this mess together and we we'll leave from it together too, isn't that what told Hope?"

"I did didn't I?" he gave a silly grin.

"Then let's stay together and find a way."

"If there is a way" she added mentally.

"You're right let's stay together believe it!"

"Good…."

Lightning got closer to him taking his hand there was a small silence between the two adults. It came back to her the horrible fear that Naruto almost die today, that thought was her worst fear after losing her parents and not trusting Serah. She gave his hand a gentle squeeze reminding herself that he was really here with her, alive and well erasing that fearful thought from her mind for good. She turned to him and he stared back at her, their eyes have met so many things were reflected in them.

"Back there….I thought I lost you" she replied in a whisper.

The Uzumaki just gave her a grin" you'll never lose me it'll take more than a doom spell to get rid of me."

She lowered her head and with a quick movement she leaned in and kissed his left cheek. Naruto turned back to her shocked his whole face beet red, as things couldn't get any shocker. First she gave him such an intimate hug that almost made him faint and now she has kissed his cheek, yep today has been one interesting day for Naruto. He meets his parents, he gets his Eidolon and now he gets two positive signs from the woman he has developed deep feelings. Maybe she might like him more than a friend after all, her last two acts have given him hope that he might have a chance after all. He saw the older Farron snuggling on his chest as she was ready to rest, he blushed once more.

"I want to stay like this…."

"Sure I don't see a problem with it" he was still blushing.

"Keep your hands below the waist or else" she didn't bothered looking at him she kept her eyes closed.

"No problem…."

"Don't even think touching the chest."

"Shessh Light I get it, I'm not some craze pervert who wants to ravage you or anything of the sort. Unless if you give me permission to touch your boobs I won't mind I-"

"Naruto don't ruin the moment or I'll smack you."

"Yes mam'!"

(Scene change)

(Location: Gapra Whitewood control room)

Parlos arrived clinging to his wounded shoulder thanks to the eight tailed demon that attacked him. The pain was horrible it was really killing him he felt the wound was some kind of poison that was eating away his insides. He couldn't waste any more time he had to contact his superior and warn them the danger of the powerful creature that wiped out his Woodlands Battalion army. He pressed a couple of buttons on the large screen, a couple of seconds later the face of Rosh appeared he was shocked at the sight of the lieutenant.

*Parlos what in Eden's name happen to you?*

"Rosh you better take every single PSICOM squad you have available, these l'Cie are not to be taken lightly."

The PSICOM director nodded*understood I have already delivered a message to Palumpolum security that the city will be put under surveillance watch for any l'Cie hostile. We'll be ready for them.*

"No you don't understand contact the entire Sanctum army to take them out, you didn't saw it."

*Saw what, what happened why you are injured?*

"What do you think those damn l'Cie arrived at my facility I admit I was cocky. I thought I would be able to handle all three of them but I was so wrong, one of them transformed into Ragnarok."

*Are you sure?* Rosh was shocked.

"Of course you fool I was there I saw as one of them, it was Naruto Uzumaki he changed into that hideous monster so powerful and evil, that damn monster killed every member of my army in a matter of seconds!"

*All right I'll increased security and arsenal I'll make sure every civilian will be evacuated before they arrive to the city.*

"You'll need more than fire arms to beat that thing, bullets won't harm it. It just like the chronicles of the war of transgression says Raganrok is truly the reincarnation of wrath and destruction, it has no limit to his strength."

He coughed blood causing Rosh to panic.

*Hold on Parlos I'll contact a medical unit to aid your wounds.*

"Forget about me just worry of the l'Cie."

*But-*

The lieutenant cut the transmission before he fell to the ground his wound getting worst" curse those l'Cie they'll pay for this…."

To be continued

Finally finished I want to apologize I couldn't update sooner because I was experiencing network problems. A week without internet is a real pain but anyway the chapter is finally done and it's here. How do you like that Naruto has met his parents, got his Eidolon the Knights of the Round and got some Lightning loving in the end lucky guy. Thank you all for the great reviews keep them coming, also I would like to thank my editor for the story Airgod000-002 for his great ideas they have helped me a lot.

Now for those like me who have no idea what a naginata is here's some useful information:

A "naginata" is a long weapon similar to a lance but the blade has a curve to it it's the common weapon Japanese warriors would use. Honestly I had no idea what it was.

Now for those who don't know the techniques Naruto learned in this chapter here they are:

Holy- light non elemental a powerful ray of light that engulfs and destroys the enemy from sight

Aero strike- releasing wind elemental magic focusing on his gun blade Naruto can cast a large gust wave that can cut send enemies flying away (this move was brought to me by my editor which is based from Temari's wind scythe jutsu).

Aerora strike- is the stronger version of the one mentioned above.

Remember to keep reviewing. Next chapter Sasuke's training continues, more bonding time with Fang and Naruto will get an unexpected surprise. Farewell I will see you all next time.

P.S. The knights of the round gestalt mode I was inspired to create it thanks to movies like Transformers and the series Voltron. On another note the way Lightning hugged Naruto is the same way Sakura did in manga chapter 450.

Next time: inherited will