Disclaimer: This fic will be a slight Final Fantasy VII crossover. I do not in any way shape or form own Naruto, or any characters from FF VII, but I do own all my OC's, and my clothes that I'm am wearing while

I'm typing this, and my snacks that are dissapearing while I'm eating them, oh yes I OWN them! I'm a total phsyco! Enjoy the story. Note I've double spaced everything to make easier to read.

The origin of the Sealmasters

Book 1

Chapter I When Strangers Meet

In the country of the waves a young fisherman named Tazuna was coming home from a good days catch. He was very satisfied with his work today and decided to take the scenic route home, he was sure his wife and 2 year old daughter wouldn't mind that much, he'd still be home in time for dinner.

He was walking through the forest when he saw a man who was probably around 19, carrying a sleepy little girl around 4 on his shoulders. They both looked tired and hungry and the young man was barely keeping on the path to town. Now Tazuna being the kind man that he was, decided to see if they were alright. "Hello stranger, are you alright? You look

like you've jus' come out of a fight with a Kreel, and I'd say the Kreel probably won." (Kreel is a dangerous fish native to the mist country only, it's average size is about 10 foot long.)

The man looked up, now Tazuna could see them more clearly, based on the fact that in the evening it was difficult to see in the quiet darkness of the woods. The man and the little girl both had spiky red hair, and Tazuna couldn't tell if his eyes were blue or green. The girl's eyes were closed so he couldn't tell what color her eyes were.

"Oh, I'm sorry kind sir, I didn't notice you were there. Could you point which way the nearest village is? I've been following a path but I'm not sure if it is the right one or not." The man said.

Tazuna looked him over and decided that the man would probably collapse before he even made it to town. So he said: "Well you're following the right path but its quite a ways till you reach town, although my house is far closer and I'm sure my wife would welcome the company, besides she always makes more than my and my little angel can eat anyways. How about you come over to my place and if you feel up to traveling you can leave after dinner."

The man considered this and said: "Well normally I wouldn't want to intrude, but little Yuki-chan hasn't had anything to eat in 4 days so if you don't mind to much, I would love to. At least for dinner I can pay though."

Tazuna waved him off. "Nonsense. Why should you pay for food that I would have to throw out? You'd be doing me a favor really. I guess we should hurry, its not healthy for a growing

child to go for days without food. lets go. I could carry her if you want."

The man went into a sort of protective stance over her, but then calmed down. "Sorry but I think I will, to many bad things happen when I let her out of my arms." With a shrug, Tazuna led the

way to his house, wondering where they had come from if this man had money to pay for food but hadn't been able to feed the little girl for 4 whole days.

When they reached the house Tazuna yelled "Honey, I'm home! But I'm too weak to make it past the door, I think I need an angels kiss to give me strength." His little daughter came running full tilt into him. BAM! She jumped into his arms and gave him a big kiss on the cheek. "Daddy! Why did you take so long getting home? I missed you."

He laughed: "Haa ha ha! Well my angel, some travelers needed some food so I told them to come over here for a bite to eat. Hey honey is that alright with you?"

A fairly petite black-haired woman came out of the kitchen, "Yes dear, tell them to wash up dinner will be ready in 10 minutes."

Then Tazuna turned around and said: "Hey uh... you know what? I forgot to ask you name." The red haired young man looked up with eyes greener than any emerald could hope to be and said: "I apologize my name is Zal. Ukriz Zal, and the little one is Ukriz Yuki.

We've been traveling for quite a distance, and I heard there was a village near here." Now that Zal was inside and Tazuna could

see him in the light, he noticed that the young man was about 6'4" but probably only weighed 160lbs. "Hmmm" He mused "He is

well built, obviously works for a living, and the clothes he wears seem to blend in with whatever his surroundings are." Zal wore black pants and a black long-sleeved shirt, with a dark crimson swirl on the back. His pants had alot of deep pockets that seemed to be full of something. He also wore a crimson belt that formed the body of a dragon, with a buckle as the head biting its tail. On his head he wore a bandanna that was also crimson with a strange black symbol. Yuki also wore a suit that was identical but had blue in place of crimson and she wore a hair ribbon instead of a bandanna.

"Well" Tazuna said, "while we wait for dinner to be ready, would you like to share a bottle of sake with me? Not alot, but just a little something to wet our mouths for dinner."

Zal thought about it then said, "Well I suppose it wouldn't hurt, as for dinner Yuki-chan will

probably be really hungry, but I have very little appetite so I'll probably not eat very much." With that Tazuna went into his room and found his favorite brand of sake.

On his way back he wondered. "That Zal fella' always seems to be staring at something behind you, or maybe even inside you. An odd fella' that one." When he got back to the living room his wife Chemari was already setting the table.

"Tazuna, you better not be having sake before dinner!"

He took a step back, "Um, of course not. Whatever gave you that idea?" She

grabbed the rolling pin and smacked him on the head. "Oh I don't know,

maybe it has something to do with THAT SAKE BOTTLE YOUR HOLDING IN PLAIN SIGHT!!" He looked like a fish that had just realized that juicy worm was connected to a nasty looking hook. "Uh, this is fer' later, comon do you think I'm stupid enough to drink before dinner after I've been married to you for 4 1/2 years?" She looked like she was about to grab something else besides a rolling pin.

"We've been married 5 1/2 years not four! And as far as do you look stupid enough, is a fish stupid enough to get hooked again after it just got free from a different fishermans line? And should I count how many times that you have been stupid enough to do just that in the last week?" Well she had him there but never one to give up easily he thought of an escape route.

"Uh, well actually this sake is for that young man named Zal, I'm sure he's dieing of thirst so me being the kind soul that I am wouldn't want him to die for lack of liquids." She look slightly pacified but then whacked him on the head again.

"So you thought that you would force that poor boy to have sake when water would be better for him? I must call the police, and report that some thief stole my husband's last few braincells." She said with a smile.

He put on a pouting look and said "So then you agree it's not my

fault, but that of some random thief?" She just laughed and said to bring the guests to the table as they must be starving. Yuki ate with wild abandon while Zal only finished one plate. When they were done Zal stood up and said "I thank you for your hospitality

but I suppose we should go to town now so we can get some sleep, before we head out tomorrow morning." Chemari kicked Tazuna under the table in the shin, very hard too.

He winced and said "I don't think that would be a good idea, Yuki-chan over there

looks like she could use some sleep and you look like you need to hit the sack pretty bad yourself, so why don't you both stay over here tonight. As a matter of fact I insist, besides it would take you at least a half hour to reach town so thats just that much more time you could be sleeping. Besides if you plan on leaving town the only way off this island is the same way on, by boat. So tomorrow I could take you myself before I go fishing." Zal looked about to decline, but turned and noticed Yuki asleep with her face on the table and he decided it couldn't hurt.

"Alright but I insist on paying you for the food and board." Tazuna thought about it and came to a conclusion. "Alright, but we don't want money, why don't you tell me about you and little Yuki and about where you are heading and I'll consider it even." Zal agreed and he and Tazuna went out onto the porch for a drink of sake while Chemari cleaned the table, Yuki went to sleep on the bed in the guest room.

"Well" Zal began "I don't know what to talk about really, I'm a mercenary so to speak, and I go from town to town looking for jobs. I'm thinking of going to either the village hidden in the leaf, or

the village hidden in the sand, but I'm not sure yet. We come from the mountains far north of here, its not even in one of the four great countries. Yuki-chan and I are the last of our clan, and I'm hoping to find a place where she can be safe without bandits at every turn. Thats why I'd like to go to one of the hidden villages, I'd have work and she wouldn't have to leave the village where

she'd be safe."

Tazuna decided to let his vast expience talk for him (Which when it comes to shinobi is less than none), "Well they are both strong villages though I'd say the leaf village is probably stronger and gets more missions, not to mention that the hokage there is nicer to outsiders than the kazekage of the sand. And frankly I hate the desert anyways, not enough fish."

Zal laughed quietly "No I don't suppose there are alot of fish that swim in the sand, I've never seen any thats for sure."

Tazuna laughed alongside him for a little while then decided to ask a question. "Well you say you're a mercenary, but you don't carry any weapon

that I can see, how can you fight people without any weapons?" Zal look at him and replied "I carry all my weapons in scrolls, I have too many to carry them all in the open. And seeing a complete stranger walking towards you with a bunch of swords and stuff has a tendency to make people run screaming they are under attack by a bandit." Tazuna had to agree that was true, if he'd seen him

armed to the teeth when he first saw him, he'd probably have turned around and went back the other way. Not that he was a coward, but he had a wife and daughter to worry about, he couldn't get himself killed yet. Still something was off about this guy, and the more he thought about it, the more it had to do with his eyes. But he had no clue what.They bade eachother goodnight and

went to bed, the last thoughts Tazuna had when he went to bed was of those deep green eyes, staring through him as if he was made of glass.

The next morning he got up to get ready to go fishing and he noticed the smell of his favorite fish, mini-shark only one bone in its whole body and the meat was unexplicable. He hurried to the kitchen and gave Chemari a goodmorning kiss. "Hello beautiful, if you cook that kind of fish every time we have someone over I might just have to make Zal and Yuki stay. She laughed and told him to wake them up so they wouldn't miss out on the best dish in the wave country. Although he was tempted to let them sleep so he could have more for himself, he couldn't bring himself to deprive a poor soul of the greatest food this side of the fire country. "ZAL, YUKI GET UP FER' YER TOES GET CHEWED OFF BY WATER-MITES!"

"Daddy do you have to shout so loud?" Tazuna looked over to see his daughter rubbing her sleepy eyes.

"Of course I do, I had to make sure they heard me didn't I?" Zal walked in the room

chuckling.

"I think every shinobi in the village hidden in the mist thinks that there was someone screaming bloody murder in there ears." Mumbled his daughter.

"Awe I wasn't that loud" Tazuna said.

"No your right, not bloody murder, just agonizing torture." Said Chemari, "Now get your

butt's in here before the fish gets cold." They looked over and saw Yuki sitting at the table, Tazuna had to check his memory to check if she had been there the whole time but decided she wasn't and realized she must be really silent, "Well like brother like sister I suppose." He mused to himself. After breakfast they thanked Chemari for the delicious food and headed into town, Yuki

riding on Zal's shoulders again. Tazuna noticed that after a shower last night her hair came down to the bottom of her shoulder blades. "Pretty long hair for a 4 year old, do you use some kind of new shampoo or something? Chemari is always looking for a way to grow her hair longer faster." Zal just smiled and shook his head. "No, she just takes after her mother."

They made good time and got to the docks 5 minutes before Tazuna thought they would, so they managed to reach his boat before the other fishermen, and

got first choice of the fishing spot, all he had to do was mark it with a bouey for after he dropped them of again. The trip across was quiet and the wind was just perfect, so it promised to be a good day for fishing. Tazuna was in high spirits when they said

goodbyes, the only thing that tripped him up was as he was heading back to his spot to go fishing was the image that kept going through his head, his last close up glimpse of Zal, just before Zal turned around Tazuna noticed something, Zal's eyes... they weren't green anymore, they were blue.

Zal decided that they would check the leaf village first, and if he didn't like it there they could always go to Suna. Unfortunately on the 2nd day out they encountered a small group of bandits. At least it was unfortunate, till he found out they were led by a missing nin from Konoha that Zal recognized from his bingo book named Kergeal Zephim, then he realized that they might just have the leverage to get into Konoha without to much trouble. "Ahh, a traveler, well if you fork over your money and the little girl I'd be happy to spare your life, after all young girls sell for good prices in the lightning village."

Zal merely looked at him and smiled, "Why would I do that? After all your head will bring me at least enough money to spend the night at a decent inn. And I can sell your belongings to a pawnbroker somewhere for a little extra cash."

Zephim growled and pulled out his two katanas and rushed Zal intent on killing this smug idiot before he even knew what hit him.

"Ha! you call that an attack? I won't even bother with using any good jutsu's. In fact I think I will kill you before you can even do three jutsu's" Zal taunted. He then pulled out a scroll and summoned a sword about 6 foot long and 8 inch's wide. "However I will grace you with my 2nd favorite sword, it was given to me by my fathers best friend, a guy named Cloud Strife."

Zephim disappeared and reappeared behind Zal slashing at blinding speeds, Zal just side-stepped and spun forcing Zephim to block. The force of the blow sent him flying towards a tree but he managed to spin and land feet first. He then went through a set of hand seals and

shouted: Fire Style: Blazing Kunei of the Inferno Jutsu and launched a dozen flaming kunei at Zal, as they approached him he went through his own set of seals and shouted: Fire Style: Phoenix Form Jutsu with that his whole body went ablaze as he grabbed each kunei and flung them back at Zephim, dumbfounded by a jutsu he'd never seen before he just managed to dodge as

they set the tree he had been standing on, on fire. While he was in midair he noticed a ball of flame heading towards him, unable to dodge he used another jutsu, Water Style: Condensed water bomb Jutsu He watched in relief as the water bomb completely engulfed the fiery form, but his relief was shortlived when he saw Zal emerge from the middle of what had been the fireball, Zephim

quickly drew his swords again and spun hoping to force Zal on the defensive. Zal however drew his arm back and struck with a blow so strong that Zephim's swords shattered into splinters, Zal kept driving his blow and sliced Zephim from shoulder to hip, cleaving

him in two. The entire fight lasted only about 60 seconds. The rest of the bandits stood there and watched as their famed shinobi leader died by a man that was young enough to be most of their sons, they considered for about 2 seconds then charged Yuki hoping to at

least avenge their leader by killing her. As fate would have it, even though she was too young to use any real taijutsu, she had learned a few ninjutsu's and she wasted no time using one of her favorites. Fire Style: Fire tempest of Fury Jutsu. A huge whirlwind of fire erupted from her mouth and through them like they were dried cotton, only two of the 13 of them survived, and they were quickly dispatched by Zal.

"Good job Yuki, but next time use a smaller jutsu, that took up enough of my chakra when I'm already low that I'd prefer not to have any big fights till I can at least get a good meal, after all I've told you before, overkill is a waste of chakra. But I'll let it slide this time because you preformed that jutsu with such good chakra control that you only used twice the amount of chakra needed, whereas normally you've had to use up to 4 times the amount for that jutsu. So it just says how much you've improved. Another reason you want to be careful is people will know that someone your age couldn't possibly have enough chakra to pull off a jutsu like that, and they might figure out our bloodline limit, and we don't want that to happen. Alright lets go." Yuki just nodded her head with a slight pout, but got silently back on his shoulders and they headed once again towards Konoha.

At the gate of Konaha a young Jounin with white hair sat looking extremely bored. "Why does Hokage-sama make me watch this stupid gate when I could be watching all the pretty girls that are enjoying themselves in the hotsprings right now. It's not fair I say, sometimes I think he does this on purpose just to keep me from enjoying myself." He continued to grumble to himself throughout his shift, then when he had five minutes left and was getting all excited because soon all the pretty girls would have the honor of

having been peeped on by the number one Jounin, Jiraiya the greatest pervert this world had ever seen! Someone knocked on the gate. "Oh no, if I have to run through all the protocols required it might take me 10 minutes! I can't wait that long. Hmmm well if I

ignore whoever it is for 5 more minutes my relief will get here and they can deal with it."

As the five minutes passed Zal began to get irritated, gates were supposed to have people guarding them, and be there to answer them when someone wanted entry. Wait! There was someone on top of the gate, and he looked like he was hiding! "Well either he's taking a nap on duty, or he's ignoring me. I have an idea that will rectify both problems." with that he threw a rock the size of his fist and hit the figure dead

center in the face. He then watched as that figure dropped like a box of rocks and landed face first on the ground. "Oops. Hope he's ok. It would be bad if I killed one of the gate guards, I don't think they'd be very keen on letting me in then, not without an escort to

jail." Yuki ran over and poked him with a stick, when he didn't do anything she decided to do something that Zal once told her really hurt (just to see if he was alive). She kicked him as hard as she could in the balls. Now Yuki wears steal plated boots with spikes on the bottom, because they climb mountains alot, so when she kicks you, you really feel it. He curled up in a ball like a rolly-polly and said something along the lines of Kami having forsaken him.

"Yup he's alive, though I don't think he's gonna be able to open the gate for a little while." Jiraiya just groaned now he understood why male cats ate their young, kids are nothing but pain, lots and lots of pain. About this time a Jounin named Tsunade showed up expecting Jiraiya to blow past her saying something about how some women had no respect for other peoples time as he always did. So when she showed up and he wasn't even there she had to do a double take. Sure he hated doing anything that took away from his "ME" time but would he actually leave his post? Well she wouldn't put it past him. Then she noticed him on the ground below and a little girl just in time to see her kick him in his family jewels. Her first reaction was to stare in shock, then she was rolling around clutching her sides trying not to die laughing. Zal heard her outburst and

waited till it subsided when he asked.

"Um hello would you be the new gate keeper? This one was either asleep or just ignoring me and frankly I've had a long trip and would prefer to get a bite to eat sometime before my hair turns grey." Tsunade stopped laughing and said she'd be right there. When she got down she asked what business he had here, he said he was a headhunter and hoped to collect on a bounty for a missing-nin he'd killed recently, and to see if they had any other work for him to do. Tsunade

checked his paperwork and saw everything was in order. "Very well I'll take you to the Hokage, he can tell you if there is a bounty for the missing-nin you killed and show you any missions we might have for someone such as yourself." She opened the gate and they followed her inside. Jiraiya was left on the ground forgotten, poor guy he wanted nothing more than medical attention right now, he was in so much pain that he didn't even care if it was a really pretty medic-nin.

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AN: Hah! sorry it was so short but I figured I'd get it done as a base then build up from there, chapter two will be way better, (I hope) but how will the Hokage react to Zal and Yuki? Will Zal really turn out to be on a job to kill the third? And if so, will I follow the storyline and say he failed, or change it and say that konoha got another hokage to replace him? Did Jiraiha get to the hospital before he's sterile for life? And will I ever get a girlfriend? To most of these questions you'll find the answers in chapter two. But as for the girlfriend, We may never know...