Author Note: Hello! My Name is Jamb and welcome to my first fanfiction! I am a huge Naruto and The Eminence in Shadow fan. I am reading Naruto Fanfictions for a few years already. Be it normal Naruto stories or crossovers. I always wanted to write a fanfiction but never knew about what. I just realized that there are not many crossovers from Naruto/Eminence in Shadow. I read Golden Spellsword and Maelstrom Spellsword and thought I would finally try my hands on writing a story. I never really had the courage to write anything but when I saw how in a short time 2 fanfictions appeared over a crossover basically no one wrote, I thought I had to jump on the train and at least try it. I just simply can't believe that there are not more fanfictions about this crossover or the Eminence in Shadow in general. This manga/anime is just too awesome! I hope you all will enjoy the first chapter.

"Naruto." Speech

'Naruto.' Think

Warning: My English isn't the best, but I try to write with the best of my abilities.

"You know…" The voice of a man echoed through the underground tunnels from Midgar. Those tunnels were pretty long, and many criminal organizations used them to hide from the face of the population.

A blue-eyed blonde man in his late twenties with a soldier's physique looked to the direction where the voice was coming from. This was Zenon Griffey, a Swordsmanship Instructor at Midgar Royal Spellsword Academy and Alexia Midgar's fiancée. He was well known in Midgar for his exponentially swordsmanship and creating of the Royal Bushin Style which was an advanced and better version of the basic Bushin Styler. He taught this style to many at the Royal Midgar Academy and with time it became a very known style which many practitioners had. He wore blue pants and a blue soldier jacket over a white shirt. The soldier jacket had golden lines and 2 pockets. He wore a blue cloak over his outfit which went down to his knees. To finish his outfit, he wore a brown belt with his sword on his left side, armor boots and blue gloves.

He was holding his sword in his right hand at the moment while he heard the foot steps and the voice that was coming towards him. His eyes were focused on the darkness that illuminated the tunnel from where the voice and the footsteps came.

In the tunnel was also flowing a little stream of water and in this stream of water was a young woman on all four limps, watching in the same direction in which Zenon looked. She was 3 meters behind Zenon with a few bruises all over her body. This was Alexia Midgar, a student at Midgar Royal Spellsword Academy and the second princess of the Midgar Kingdom. It was visible for everyone that she had gone through something that wasn't pleasant. In her arms were multiple markings that a needle was injected into her arm. She was pale and her eyes weren't as focused as they should be. She was normally wearing her academy uniform consisting of a blazer jacket, dress shirt, white stockings, and knee-high boots with crosscutting laces but at this moment she didn't have the blazer and the boots on. She was only wearing a white skirt, white dress shirt and high white socks. The sword beside her also had a damaged blade and wasn't usable anymore. Her long platinum hair was known in the entire Royal Midgar Spellsword Academy with her red eyes.

"I never thought I would find my ex-girlfriend and the sword instructor so deep in the tunnels beneath the capital," said the male voice which got closer with each second. Slowly but surely a shadow from a man could be seen the closer he got. His spiky blond hair was the first thing Zenon and Alexia noticed. Shortly after that his ocean blue eyes and his exotic 6 whisker marks on his face. Both knew directly who that person was. Both thought from the beginning that they knew this voice. This was Naruto Uzumaki, a student at the Royal Midgar Spellsword Academy. He was known to be a pretty normal student. He wasn't a genius but wasn't a loser either. He was a normal student who learned how to become a Spellsword and for his age and year in the academy he his accomplishments weren't too bad or too good. Just an average student one would think when they hear the name Naruto Uzumaki. Only one thing was overall known about Naruto Uzumaki: He was smiling most of the time and helped where he could. He was known for his helping other students or older people outside of the Academy. He wore a compulsory male uniform of Midgar Academy. The standard navy-blue blazer with gold shoulder straps and a white dress shirt. A casual appearance was facilitated by keeping the black apron necktie loose. White loafers and navy-blue trousers rounded out the bottom. His sword was attached to his left side like most did.

"I have to say I didn't think I would meet you down here, Naruto Uzumaki," said Zenon. "What are you doing here?"

"After I got released from the Knights because they had no evidence that I was the culprit who kidnapped princess Alexia, I was searching for answers and got some after a few hours," said Naruto. "I found a few knights which were doing nasty things in a dark alley with a little girl. After I spoke with them, they told me about this underground facility where the princess could be."

Zenon raised both eyebrows at this revelation. Now he knew why the girl which should be here by know never came. "I understand, so it was you who rescued the little girl," said Zenon.

"Yes, and I had to say that I would have never imagined that you were interested in girls with the demon possession. After I helped the little girl, she began to trust me enough to tell me of the things that were done to her. It wasn't exactly the brightest story she told me." Naruto looked into Zenon eyes with his usual carefree smile. His posture was relaxed and didn't seem to recognize the situation as dangerous even when one of the best swordsman stayed right in front of Naruto.

"And when I look at the princess you guys did some nasty to her too," said Naruto while his blue eyes looked into the red ones from Alexia. He was for a few weeks her fake friend since he lost a bet to his friend, Cid Kagenō. He played along with her fake theater and at one point since the thought it was enough, she left him and so both weren't a fake couple anymore. It was a funny time where both got to known each other a bit.

Naruto knew a few things about Alexia Midgar. Alexia was shown as a well-mannered young lady whenever she was in school, but in actuality, she was spoiled and abrasive, looking down on others and think they could be swayed easily if offered money. This was best exemplified when she tried to buy Naruto with money but since he didn't is interested in money like that, she promised him other things. When Naruto knew why Alexia even became his girlfriend, he wanted to simply end it right there and then, but she wanted to keep being his fake girlfriend just for a while longer. She tried first to buy his alliance but since he wasn't interested in this, she simply asked him and promised this wouldn't become public knowledge and she would make one thing possible whatever Naruto wanted. Having the princess in dept by someone was a positive thing and since Naruto couldn't look away when he saw her look, he accepted the terms and was a while longer her fake boyfriend.

This stemmed from feelings of envy, being constantly compared to her sister, Iris, and her wish for people to see her based on her own merits. After spending time as a couple with Naruto, she started to show a kinder side, developing fondness and even respect for him. When she was kidnapped, Alexia expresses worry for him. Deep down, she is a genuinely good girl who will put her own life on the line to protect others that she cares for. She reminded him of a bit of Sakura.

She too was a kind-hearted girl deep down but had a terrible temper and a few quirks which made her who she was. He had loved her all his life but that was another story. He simply couldn't ignore Alexia Midgar at the time and thus got to know her even more.

"Well, the man who did this to her is already dead," said Zenon. Naruto looked into the eyes from Zenon and raised an eyebrow. "I was just about to rescue her before you appeared."

Naruto chuckled a bit and said, "Sorry Zenon-dono… but I heard everything you and the princess were talking about. I know that this facility is yours and you paid the man to experiment on her blood. I guess her blood was for this cult you two talked about. Even when I don't know all the details, I can't allow you to go away and take Alexia with you."

Zenon smiled the entire time and shrugged his shoulders. "Well, that's a shame. I personally liked you, Naruto Uzumaki. You always brought a smile on my face with your charisma and your happy nature. I will miss both things after I killed you." Zenon slowly raised his sword and held it in Naruto's direction.

Naruto's right hand touched the grip of his sword and pulled it slowly out of the sheath. After the sword left the sheath, Naruto held it at his right side. "But I have to say that I would have never thought that the princess was right about you. I couldn't think that you were a corrupted member of an unknown cult or however you named this organization of yours."

"I hope you will forget me, Naruto Uzumaki. I always enjoyed the talks we had about this or that but as a future knights of round I can't allow you to live," said Zenon and went into a fighting stance. Naruto nodded and said, "I also enjoyed our little talks."

Zenon closed his eyes for a second to smile gratefully at Naruto before he opened them. "This is goodbye then, Naruto Uzumaki." He charged forth and thrusted his sword forward. A cloud of dust was unleashed when Zenon hit the wall where Naruto stood. Alexia had to hold a hand in front of her face because of the little gust of wind that blew dust in her direction. When she removed her hand after a second her eyes widened when Naruto was standing right in front of her, completely unharmed.

"So… shall we begin?" asked Naruto while his smile disappeared. He took on the basic fighting stance from the Bushin style. He held his sword beside his head and simply looked at Zenon.

Zenon looked a bit surprised at first but smiled afterwards. "Well, this is a surprise. I didn't think you were able to dodge my thrust attack but as it turns out I am not the only one who was hiding some things from others." He went into a basic stance and looked into Naruto's blue eyes.

"We all have our little secrets, aren't we?" said Naruto.

Zenon chuckled a bit before both dashed forward and swung their swords. Naruto's and Zenon's blade collided, and a metallic sound was heard in the near surroundings. A few yellow sparks flew on impact through the air before they simply vanished.

Naruto blocked a sword slash from right and another from left before he swung his sword and tried to hit Zenon. Zenon blocked the sword slash and countered with a thrust attack. Naruto took a step to the side and dodged the sword thrust before he blocked the following slash of Zenon.

Both weapons were rubbing against each other with yellow sparks flowing around the two blades. "You are something else, Naruto Uzumaki but I will show it to you," said Zenon while black-red mana appeared around him in large amounts. "The strength of a future knights or rounds!"

Naruto felt how much more pressure Zenon was giving him right now. "NAAAAHHH!" Zenon yelled a bit before the ground cracked a bit and Naruto got thrown back 2 meters before landing with his boots in the little water stream.

Alexia was now standing and thought, 'His magic is really strong,' thought Alexia. She also looked at Naruto who was holding his ground against one of the strongest swordsman in the country. It was unbelievable but he was far stronger than she believed. She had trained with him under Zenon a few times and knew that he had some weird methods to warm up his body, but she thought he was in terms of swordsmanship and magic beneath her. As it turned out he was a better Spellsword that she was.

Naruto blocked another sword slash from Zenon and countered with his own. After Zenon dodged the counter slash from Naruto, he swung his sword vertically. Both blades met again and made a few yellow sparks. Naruto and Zenon exchanged sword blows 3 times in quick succession before both blades met again and were now rubbing against each other.

Like before appeared red-black Mana around Zenon. "Naaaaarrrrrghhhh!" Zenon tried to push Naruto away like before, but this time Naruto didn't back down and after a few seconds could Zenon feel how his sword got pushed back a little. His eyes widened when Naruto pushed him back and he stumbled a bit back before he got hit by a fist on his backside. Zenon fell forward into the water and held his sword at his side while he was cursing, "Shit!"

The tip of a sword was being held in front of Zenon's face. Zenon opened his eyes surprised and looked up into Naruto's face. His face was serious and didn't show the normal warm and gentle nature he normally showed.

"Stand up, Zenon Griffey. I will make you pay for what you did to Alexia and every other victim you held hostage," said Naruto. His blue eyes were cold like the deepest winter. Zenon gritted his teeth and stood up. "You will die now, Uzumaki!" said Zenon before he stood up and slashed his sword at Naruto.

Both exchanged 2 sword slashes with each other before a wild sword fight broke out. Alexia stood a few meters away from both but could still feel the wind that was unleashed when both were blocking, attacking and countering the sword slashes from the other. Their slashes were only a blur to Alexia so fast were they sword fight at the moment. The ground, the walls and the ceiling got cracks and were partly destroyed from the shock waves Naruto and Zenon were unleashing with every sword exchange.

Both were using mana to strengthen their bodies and swords. She couldn't believe what she was seeing right now. Naruto Uzumaki, an average student was holding his ground against a sword genius like Zenon Griffey who had a great amount of raw magic. He even pushed him back and smacked him on the backside of his head.

While Naruto was blocking, countering and attacking himself, Alexia was watching his way of fighting. He never moved his body unnecessarily, and every movement had a purpose. The way he fought was simple but efficient. Zenon was a known sword master and creator of the Royal Bushin Style which got more popular with time. He was a recognized genius when it came to the sword and yet Naruto blocked every attack from Zenon with little to no effort. He only used basic moves to parry, block and counter Zenon's attacks while Zenon was using every move he knew.

The way Naruto was swinging his sword was just a piece of art, beautiful and deadly. She couldn't believe that Naruto was using just that basic sword style to fight against Zenon which she had trained with Naruto a few times already. Here he was, using only the basics to fight against a renown genius of the sword. She hated this sword style since it reminded her of every moment she and her sister were compared.

She hadn't always hated it. When she was younger, she loved sword practice. Back then she'd pictured a fighting style different from the ones her sister and her instructors practiced. One not based on talent, speed or strength. Instead, one that was centered on the fundamentals and steady improvement. A fighting style based on nothing but honest effort and hard work. For a time, she believed in it and followed the path with real enthusiasm.

But then came the looks of disappointment, the comparison between her and her older sister, the whispers and the talk about mediocre swordplay. As time went on, she would grown to hate it and see it as lacking and inferior to the real schools.

But now right in front of her, she could see it working. Naruto's fighting style was her path taken to its final form. Just watching it was obvious the road he had to travel to reach this point. How many thousand hours must he have devoted to perfecting every aspect of his fighting style? He honored every single basic movement to the upmost limit with no more way to improve them anymore. Every sword slash, every angle he held his sword to block Zenon's slashes, every shifting of his foots when he blocked or countered Zenon… simply everything was perfect with no room for error. It was simply beautiful, a work of art. It was so effective that even a genius like Zenon couldn't find a mistake in Naruto's movements.

Was this how her sister saw it too? She could clearly remember how her sister told her that she liked her fighting style. Was this really an honest compliment back then when her sister told her that and not because of pity? Alexia thought about her sister when she saw the fight in front of her and couldn't help but smile a bit. Naruto complimented her fighting style too and now she knew why. He used her fighting style just in perfect form and because of that was his compliment really genuine.

Naruto blocked another sword slash and kicked Zenon in the rips. Zenon stumbled back a bit before Naruto swung his sword. Zenon got wide eyes when he felt how Naruto's sword sliced through his flesh and made a cut on his right side. He went onto one knee and held his side with his free hand while he gritted his teeth.

"You… who are you?" asked Zenon. "You are far too strong to be a simple student! It doesn't matter how good you, you could never hide so much strength from everyone!"

"It's pretty simple," said Naruto. Zenon looked at him confused while Alexia simply looked at the back of her ex-boyfriend. She still couldn't believe that this was Naruto Uzumaki. It was more than unbelievable. "Deception is your answer. Never show your true strength to anyone, not even your closest friends or family. This world is rotten and corrupted because of people like you and when it comes to suppressing my strength... let's just say I have a better control over my magic than most and can suppress my magic almost completely."

"Is that everything you got, Zenon Griffey? I expected more from a genius like you," said Naruto.

Zenon stood up and took something out of his pockets. He was holding a little bottle with red pills in it. He was holding the bottle in front of him with a smirk. "Alright. I will become serious but don't complain afterwards," said Zenon. "I will become a awaken with this red pills. A normal human couldn't control the power they give to someone, but I can control it and because of that I will become member of the Knight of Rounds." He opened the little bottle with his hand and let a few of the red pills fall into his mouth before he bit on the red pills and let the almost empty bottle simply fall into the water.

He smirked before his body was enveloped in a pillar of red-black mana which created a strong shock wave and a gust of wind that blew the water away and created a few more cracks in the ceiling, walls and ground. Naruto simply looked at the spectacle unimpressed.

He could feel how the magical power got stronger, but it was just more magical power without the necessary control over it. It doesn't matter how much magic you had, when you couldn't use it properly, than this wouldn't matter. Naruto hat taken his time in learning how to control his magic perfectly.

When the red-black mana had vanished, Zenon had changed. Zenon mutated, his hair volume risen straight up with the sclera of his eyes and pupil turned black and red respectively. His body mass increased into a monster-like figure to the point where his clothes were ripped apart with his skin turning dark. His veins on his body were also visible as a result of engulfing dozens of those red pills.

"Awakened, third," said Zenon with a smirk on his face. He swung his sword one time to his side and created a little shock wave that destroyed the wall a bit and created a little hole. Alexia felt how much stronger Zenon became but still she was more disguised than shocked from this power increase in magic.

Zenon raised his sword beside him, ready for a thrust attack. Black-red mana appeared around his sword and then shortly after around his entire body. "I will show it to you, Naruto Uzumaki! The strongest power a human could wield!" Zenon charged forth and thrusted his sword at Naruto. Naruto simply blocked the sword thrust and when both blades met, a shock wave was unleashed, and the tunnel was lit up by the red-black mana that was created by Zenon. Naruto simply thought how much mana was wasted in this one attack. The mana spread out of Zenon's body and crashed into the walls, the ceiling and the ground breaking it a little more than before.

Alexia had to cross her arms in front of her face to protect her eyes from the flying debris. "I will tell you something," said Naruto while both blades rubbed against each other. "Something like the strongest power doesn't exist." He pushed Zenon back and punched him into the face and after that kicked him into the rips. Zenon stumbled back a bit before he got another fist into his face. He grunted because of the pain he felt. Naruto wasn't ready and punched him 2 more times in the face before Zenon managed to concentrate to swing his sword 2 times. Naruto dodged both sword slashes and raised his feet and kicked Zenon in the face. Zenon flew onto the ground and Naruto placed his foot on the ground.

Naruto was surrounded by white mana which spread over the ground, the walls and the ceiling and bathed everything in a white light. The white mana stopped before Alexia and formed a sort of wall in front of her. Zenon opened his eyes and couldn't believe what he was seeing. The entire tunnel was lit up by a white light with red lines that appeared just to disappear and appear again.

Naruto held his sword by his side and said, "I've seen enough. You are a bastard who isn't worth saving, Zenon Griffey."

"I-is that magic? That can't be! The magic from a single person can't be this strong!" said Zenon completely shocked and desperate. Alexia could only look when Naruto raised his sword over his head.

"I hope you are ready to meet your creator, Zenon Griffey. You will pay for your sins to experiment with innocent girls and woman." Naruto's sword got red lines all over the blade before the red lines spread, and his blade was glowing red. Naruto made a downward slash and after that vanished the entire white mana that lit up the tunnel before a massive explosion rocked through the tunnel.

On the surface began to tremble the ground. The water began to ripple, and a few trees got uprooted before out of nowhere the ground was ripped open by a white pillar of magic that rose into the air. The white pillar of magic split the clouds and shrouded the entire capital in its white light. Every single person in the capital saw the massive pillar of white magic.

A beautiful girl with long gold-blond hair saw the pillar of white magic. Her eyes widened when she recognized that color, she saw 5 years ago. She never saw him again after he had saved her from her demise. After this person rescued her from her fate, the person simply left with a few parting words for her. "I wish you the best and I hope you will go your way. Never give up and always believe in yourself. This world is dangerous, but I know you will make it. I wish you the best, farewell." She could only remember his bloodred eyes with black slits instead of round pupils, his 6 whisker marks on his face and those black spiky hair the person had. Shortly after she met Shadow and found a new task.

'I finally found you again,' thought the beautiful woman with elf ears, blue eyes and long blond-gold hair. Her black-gold bodysuit reflected the white light a bit which lit up the entire capitol.

Author Note: I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter! It was really a challenge to write this. Writing a fight was much harder than I first thought. Especially when it comes down to a few details I tried to bring into the fight. I would appreciate it if you all would give me some feedback on how the first chapter was. I want this story to become great, but I know that I am still a beginner and need to improve a lot. I would love to have you all with me on my journey to come out of my shell to write this story! Also, I ask everyone out there to spread the love from both anime! I would love to read more crossovers between Naruto and The Eminence in Shadow but that would only be possible when more authors would write a story about this crossover. I am counting on all of you! I wish you all a good day!

A few questions that may rise:

Question 1: How strong is Naruto and could he beat Cid?

Anwser 1: Naruto is just as op as Cid and could keep up with him in a direct fight. Cid only had the advantage because he has the Slime Suit and Slime Sword. Naruto don't has this overpowered equipment. He uses normal swords like everyone else.

Question 2: Did cure Naruto Alpha and did he cure the other 7 shades from Shadow Garden?

Anwser 2: Naruto was the one who cured Alpha and gave her a second chance at life but he didn't cure the other girls. The exact circumstances will be revealed later on in the story. Naruto don't has anything to do with the other 6 girls. Cid was the one who cured the rest 6 shades. Alpha was the only girl who got cured by Naruto.

Question 3: What is Naruto's connection to Shadow Garden?

Anwser 3: Naruto don't has any direct connection to Shadow Garden. He simply cured Alpha 5 years ago and after that this or that girl but all those girls he cured didn't knew who he was exactly because he was disguising himself as someone else. The girls became a member of shadow garden in the end but Naruto was the one who cured them. But the girls he cured after alpha were mostly nameless girls who didn't played much of a roll in the canon events in The Eminence in Shadow.

Question 4: How does Naruto change his hair color and his eyes since you wrote at the end that the person who cured Alpha had spiky BLACK hair and bloody RED eyes with black slides.

Anwser 4: It is pretty simple: Naruto is capable in changing his hair color and eye color with magic. He looks like Menma Uzumaki from the movie Road to Shinobi when he disguised himself. He gets the longer spiky black hair and for his eyes he simply changed them into the eyes from Kurama since those eyes are not common and it would get attention away from him.