1 - The Last Two Rings

In Brightest Day

In Blackest Night

No Evil shall escape my sight

For those who worship Evils might

Beware my power

Green Lantern's Light!

For Hearts long lost and full of Fright

For those alone in Blackest Night

Accept our Ring and join our fight

Love Conquers all with Violet Light!

Many have heard the first oath depicting the greatest clan of heroes the galaxy has ever seen and many have heard the second oath feared its meaning. One representing indomitable will to overcome any and all evil. The second inspiring fear through love's great power. However they along with the Blue Lanterns, Red Lanterns, Agent Orange, Sinestro Corps, Indigo Lantern Tribe, Star Sapphire Corps, Black Lanterns, and White Lanterns the lights of the Intergalactic spectrum fought with each other and would eventually destroy their universe. However through the echoes of the multiverse two sentient rings passed through unscathed, one representing the Will of the Green Lantern Corps the other representing the last great Star Sapphire, one had been a new experimental ring that needed no battery to charge it and had yet to find its wielder, the Oan's sent the ring into the multiverse to find its perfect match and escaped the fate of its creators. The last ring of the Star Sapphires was sent out as a way to redeem its creators, for the last Star Sapphire had been Carol Ferris former lover turned enemy of Hal Jordan, Green Lantern or at least that is what many were led to believe, in truth both were still lovers and after the incident known as the Blackest Night it was proven that not all Star Sapphires would choose themselves over another. It had taken all of Carol's will power not to succumb to her ring's urgings to fully bond with her Green Lantern and seal the Earth in Violet Crystal. The two kept their romance nearing the point of marriage that was until the Black Lanterns reemerged; the war renewed growing violent and deadly, as more and more perished. With the last of her strength Carol created a new and far more powerful Star Sapphire ring, "You my last child are the embodiment of every Star Sapphire ring before you. Seek out the one who is destined to become the next Green Lantern, find her that will be the counterpart and together with your love and his will defend your new world and protect all those that they deem precious to them," the woman slumped to her knees looking at the small floating ring, "I bid my future sister good luck and find the love she needs." With that Carol Ferris will herself to join her lover in the afterlife.

The ring hovered a moment almost as if to mourn the passing of its creator after all it was the embodiment of love and needed to express its love for its creator in some way. After a brief moment the ring left the atmosphere of the destroyed world to journey and locate its new wielder and through her its ultimate fate, to be joined with the Green Lantern and protect their world from all threats. The Star Sapphire ring floated aimlessly following the last Green Lantern ring as they both slowly fell through both space and time, going from one universe to the next, from an apocalyptic world filled with zombies out numbering the population, to mystic universe with beings wielding telekinetic power and laser swords, still neither found the universe they were destined for.

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The last Green Lantern ring hovered over an Earth it deemed to name Earth 40 which had been all but destroyed during a nuclear war, giving rise to a huge monstrosity of untold power with ten tails. It watched as a brave man fought and eventually seal said monster within him. Through the use of his new powers taught others how to wield these same powers. The lingering traces of the radiation mutating these humans giving them a secondary circulatory system that was filled with a latent energy called chakra. Next to it the Green Lantern sensed the Star Sapphire ring also watched this world with a passing interest not really caring for the history or the happenings of day to day life. The Lantern ring had been given its power by merging the Oa Lantern Battery with one of its most distinguished member that of Hal Jordan, the ring felt that its Star Sapphire counterpart was the embodiment of its last owner Carol Ferris, if it knew what irony meant it probably would have felt it right now, the last two power rings in existence once wielded by the two lovers hovering over a planet that they both no doubt would pick as their home. The Lantern ring went into semi passive state watching the world below them seeking out the embodiment of their powers waiting for the correct time. While the Star Sapphire ring went dormant waiting for its counterpart make a decision.

Years went by, decades, centuries; the rings hovered in space watching the world below passively before deciding either pick one or move on to the next universe. It was nearly twenty years after the third war, that the Green Lantern first spotted a great evil emerge, a man dressed in black wearing an Orange spiral mask, the ring felt three emotions coming from this being, fear, anger, and greed, three very fiery colors in the spectrum, yellow, red, and orange, masked both physically and metaphorically very well. The ring watched as the man tried to bring about the death and destruction of his former home, only to be stopped at every turn by the very person he was once taught by and forgotten believed to be. Until finally he was driven away, the blond haired man and his lovely wife, to whom the ring thought about giving itself to as he embodied many of its virtues sacrificed himself. The ring felt at that moment it had missed its opportunity, the man did indeed embody the virtues of the Green Lantern Corps. Cursing its hesitation all because it feared what the Star Sapphire ring would become if it came into the possession of the red haired woman, the monster housed within the woman could have amplified the ring's own already massive powers. The Lantern rings cursed the Oan's for putting the programming they did in almost as if anticipating the Sapphire's last act or the possibility of one of the other rings getting involved.

Hoping the apple didn't fall far from the tree the Lantern ring then began following the blonde man and red headed woman's child watching in awe at how a boy who was treated so poorly by those around him seem to embody to very essence of being a Green Lantern, changing people through sheer force of will, it watched the boy turn a heartless killer into a weeping mess, it watched the same boy turn a fate and destiny ridden teen into believer of following one's own path. Next it watched the blonde talk a homicidal boy similar to himself into protecting someone instead of killing them. However not was all well the boy could not turn a friend from following the same path as a member of his clan two centuries ago, but instead of being defeated by this the boy charged ahead determined to get stronger and bring this person back. "Such determination and strength of will, he embodies everything a Green Lantern and a Blue Lantern stand for he will be my bearer; Naruto Uzumaki may you shine your light brightly against all those that worship evil." The ring waited until the boy was a month away from returning to the village after three long years of training. The boy would probably need to extend said trip so the ring could teach him of his new powers. But once done there will be a Green Lantern again.

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The Sapphire ring had noted that Lantern ring's increasingly buzzing of activity. Focusing on what the embodiment of will was seeing the Sapphire ring focused on a blonde boy, and was shocked at it saw quickly searching the girls that surrounded them and found what it was looking for. The Sapphire watched the Lantern ring descend into atmosphere at a surprising speed toward the blonde haired boy it had watched for nearly a decade, the Sapphire ring understood this. However the Sapphire ring had to wait, as annoying and troublesome as it was there had been two candidates for its power. The Hyuga girl, shy and gentle on the outside a raging inferno of emotion on the inside, mostly focused on the Lantern's candidate. But the candidate himself had a crush on the pink haired girl who was the other Sapphire candidate, the Haruno. This one was more conflicted her lingering attraction to the candidate of the Red, Yellow, or Orange ring and if they still existed would prove to be the problem for both itself and the Lantern ring in the future. The Sapphire ring needed to wait until the right moment before it chose. So the ring waited and watched as it's Lantern counterpart appeared before the Uzumaki and offered itself to him, explained what needed to be done, and the training involved the boy agreed but met with a stipulation, the boy would only use the ring when he deemed it was time, the Lantern ring agreed to the terms. Thus was born a new Green Lantern. The Sapphire ring watched both girls reactions to the new older Uzumaki and what surprised it was what it felt coming from the Haruno a more than mild spark of attraction albeit briefly, flushed cheeks, and probing question of acknowledgment, Could this girl be the one, when I first saw her I sensed hopeless fangirlism that would make that Arisia proud. The Sapphire ring scoffed at the image of the blonde Green Lantern and her girlish crush on Hal Jordan. But as the days went by the Sapphire ring witness emotions in the pink haired girl it hadn't felt before, regret, fear, joy, sadness, anguish, a little bit of anger, and again a small spark of love, as the group rushed to save the red-haired boy the Uzumaki had befriended three years before. It wasn't until the mission to Tenchi bridge that the ring finally saw what it was searching for. Very clever child hiding your true feelings even from my passive scan but when the boy threatened his very well-being chasing down that foolish promise you made, it broke down all your walls and laid bare the truth, you love that blonde goof with everything that you are, yet you mask it because you do not feel you deserve him, so foolish child. The Sapphire ring would have shaken its head if it had one instead it descended into the atmosphere and struck toward its desired target. Before the pink haired girl reacted she was rendered unconscious and sent into the depths of her mind and coming into contact with the girl's deepest most hidden desire and her inner persona.

"CHA! What are you?!" Inner Sakura asked.

"I am the embodiment of Love, I have entered this girl's mind to bring clarity and charge her with power, to protect the one she truly loves. But I must test her first," the Sapphire ring stated calmly.

Inner Sakura blinked a few times, "You mean we can bring Sasuke-kun if we get this power?"

The Sapphire ring snorts, "Please as if I let my power be wielded to gain something that is not obtainable, I embody love not fantasy. This Sasuke is beyond hers or the blonde boy's reach, he accepted his path of vengeance. Now Sakura must accept her true path and to whom she was meant to love otherwise my power will drive her insane."

"That's your test, your forcing us to decide who we love or go bonkers?" Inner Sakura shouted clenching her fists.

"She has already chosen whom she truly loves she simply needs to accept it, you yourself who embody her true thoughts know who I mean," the ring face turned to the inner personality who looked surprisingly downcast at this. "Let the scenario begin and let her heart truly decide."