Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Inuyasha or FFVII
Finally I decided to get my ass into gear and get back to writing my stories after being semi-dead like I feel I have been rejuvenated and able to start getting back into the groove of doing all that is holy. I also finally have an editor Gingitsune no Eisei to help kick my ass back into line if I decide to become a recluse. It if finally for all that is holy to make the reappearance of Lost in the Hourglass being bigger and badder than ever.
And without further ado…let's begin…
Edited by DivineEmperor on February 19, 2008
Lost in the Hourglass
Prologue
…Mako…the lifestream of the planet…pure energy…
…composed of human life… pure…and evil…forever coexisting in balance…
...Cetra…the ancients…the peaceful protectors…all dead…except one…
"…rise, young one you are needed now…rise, Uzumaki Naruto…" a gentle voice cried out in urgency as a pair of icy blue eyes that faded to green snapped open
"Hurry we have to save Aerith" yell a spiky blond to his group of rag tag heroes consisting of a large black gun-arm wielding man, a large breasted brunette, a small cat with a cape and megaphone mounted upon a large Moogle doll, and strangely enough a red stripe less tiger. Our unlucky heroes were fighting against two squid like creatures and a gun wielding scientist.
"Give it up Hojo" yelled the same blond as he slashed a part a squid while the other was pummeled then gunned down by the lady and the large black man
"Ha why would I give up while I'm winning MWAHAHA" crackled the mad scientist
"Yes, I suggest you hand over the Cetra…or I will be required to cause you bodily harm." another voice cut through the tense room causing its current occupants to swerve their heads to locate the owner. Upon reaching their final destination which ended up on a 13-14 year old look boy with sun-kissed blond hair spiked in every direction streaked with silver wielding a large nodaichi in a black scarf wrapped around his neck and acted a pseudo-cloak, black combat boots, black trench coat with numerous straps crisscrossing on his back and legs with a crimson trim, and he was wearing a black muscle shirt with a vertical crimson strip along his sides. The child was balancing the catwalk railing that surrounded the room holding his nodaichi steady at his side its silver blade glowed with a slight greenish tint. The Blond could only look on the sight as shock as the image of Sephiroth seemed to over lap upon the young boy smirking down with that same glint of madness in his eye like he did in Nibelhiem. Too shocked to act he just stood their looking, staring idle replaying the horrific events again in his head it seems he's not the only one for if he could see his female companion he would see she had the same terrible expression.
"…And how will you hope to achieve that objections?" asked Hojo cautiously sensing the familiar taint of Mako in the air and this time its not from his experiments or the ex-soldier but this time it seemed to permeate across the room with this little boy as its source.
"I will warn you for a second time release the Cetra or I will react with extreme prejudice." Stated the boy again with out a hint of compassion as he starts to slowly, in a show of intimidation swirl Mako around his sword. Slowly anxiety built up as small tendrils of green whipped around the sword till they wrapped completely around the sword turning the former silver blade a glowing Mako green.
"Ha you won't have that chance as I get rid of you now." Hojo said with a confidence he had in his voice but was not feeling as he started to level his gun at the boy. The others could only watch helplessly as their bodies were glued to the floor by some unknown force.
With Aerith
Aerith thought this would be her end behind a glass wall helpless to help her friends as the fought against that 'monster' that is called Hojo. Fearing the worst as the fought slowly it seemed the Hojo would win; as every time one of the group members cut down a squid it would regenerate. Slowly but surely they were tiring as Hojo just sat back and watch the show occasionally shooting a round at the AVALANCHE members…then she heard the voice…
'…young one do not fear we will protect you' the heavenly voice sounded in her head filling her with hope
'…we have sent a warrior to you…he will protect you…trust…trust the warrior…' the voice told
'B-but how will I know who he is, Mother?' asked Aerith hesitantly not wanting to mistake anyone for her 'supposed' protector
'…you will know child, you will know' 'Mother' said
'Thank you, Mother' came the grateful reply
'…you are my child…I will protect you…as your people have protected me in the past…' 'Mother' said finally before fading away leaving Aerith brimming with hope till finally a voice cut her from her internal conversation.
"Yes, I suggest you hand over the Cetra…or I will be required to cause you bodily harm." Looking up she saw a boy half at least half her age holding and incredible heavy long sword. But despite this she felt an unidentifiable attraction to him that made he body subconsciously try and reach out for him. Ignoring everything else except him and her she committed everything about him to memory, she felt strong than she had ever been before…even when she was with Zack…its as if this boy's whole being gave her strength and courage she didn't believe she had in herself.
"I will warn you for a second time release the Cetra or I will react with extreme prejudice." He said. She could every well see him flex his powers letting it embrace everyone in the room…embrace her wrapping her in a protective blanket. Seeing Hojo raise his gun and aim it at her guardian made her react making her scream out for him to move but closed her eyes tearing up as she heard the bang echo throughout the room as the only sound in the silence.
"It seems you must be dealt with as an Enemy…Prepare yourself for death." The boy's voice filled the silence of the room making Aerith shed a couple tears of joy at seeing him alive with a smile tugging at her lips see watched him.
"It seems you must be dealt with as an Enemy…Prepare yourself for death." The blond boy said as he sat crouched in front of Hojo both hand at his left side holding his sword in a drawing position. Everyone looked in amazement at a speed displayed of the likes they have seen before…well maybe except in a certain ex-Commander of Shin-Ra. Only give the Scientist to glace down at his opposition before lashing out so only a green blur was seen cutting Hojo in half and with the remaining kinetic energy being so much and so force full it flung both parts on the now recently deceased man into the next room through a steel wall. Slowly Naruto rose before disappearing and quickly reappearing in kneeling in front of Aerith glass crashing around them his sword gone and the squids that were left behind having been turned to sushi on the floor. Slowly Aerith looked down at the boy…no man kneeling in front of her going to her knees to see on an eye level with him.
"What is you name?" she asked gently cupping his chin tilting to look in to his eyes
"Uzumaki Naruto." Came the reply from the kneeling blond.
"Domo arigato gozaimasu, Naruto-kun" Aerith said sincerely before pressing he lips gently on his, as a thank you leaving it there for a couple seconds before pulling back with a smile. The others watch for what seemed like an eternity but only a couple of seconds of watching Aerith giving a kiss to that Naruto boy who just slaughter Hojo and his twisted creation. Suddenly alarms blazed and a gas started filling the room sending them into a peaceful oblivion not noticing Naruto whisper something in Aerith's ear before disappearing as masked soldiers filled the rooms grabbing and hauling them away.
Shin-Ra Jail Cells
Aerith was woken up by her friend Tifa in an unfamiliar scene laying on a crude bed, looking around see noticed they were in a windowless room with four metal walls a toilet and a sink with the only lighting be the overhead fluorescent blubs that occasionally flickered.
"Where are the others?" Aerith groggily asked her companion
"I dunno, probably in another cell." Tifa replied
"…Besides that's the least of our worries right now." she continued
"I see" came the only reply not knowing what to say in a situation like this and neither seemed willing to break the silence
"Who was that blond boy?" the simple question made the noise around them even more silent and the room heavy and tense
"I only know as much as you do…" came the hesitant reply
"…but I have a feeling he we could trust him" she finished with a smile.
"I dunno, he kind of remind me of Sephiroth especially with the way he acted back there emotionless, cold, …cruel and his looks only enhanced with his near silver hair cold glowing eyes his clothing and most of all that sword…:Shudder:" Tifa gave her own opinion
"No way there's no chance in hell he'd be like that murderer not after he saved us." Aerith avidly defended Naruto, at least for someone of her kindness could while at the same time pondering on his last words 'Prepare evil awakens…and soon the real fight shall begin'
"…yea if he saved us then why did he leave us here to die at Shin-Ra." An angry retort came back
"…"
"Let's just go to sleep, then try and find a way to escape" with that being said they each started to drift off into a restless dreamless sleep.
:BANG::BANG: "Hey Tifa the doors unlock lets get the hell out of here quickly" the loud call awakened the two cell occupants moving quickly they opened the door with a 'whish' sound. Not looking a gift horse in the mouth they hauled ass out of their looking for the nearest exit with was 15 levels above them. As they quickly found out that what ever the hell happened wasn't a gift…slash marks and blood started to decorate the building and the few half dad people lying around kept moaning about how strong the long blade wielding black cloaked person utterly destroyed them. Of all the people the rebel group knew of it could be Sephiroth, but he was dead…Cloud was certain, and the other was this new Naruto character.
"Told you so…" Tifa whispered harshly to Aerith who just shook her head in disbelief. Before long they found themselves in the president's office…with the president slouched over his desk with a huge nodaichi running through his body.
"I knew it…" a whispered voice sounded through out the room. Then up from above a dark figure descended land on the floor with a soundless crouch.
"Naruto…why?" asked Aerith a little unsure of what the hell was happening right now.
"It seems that our paths entwined…I will join you group." Naruto said emotionlessly as he walked over to the group
"Wait…WHAT?!? THE FUCK WILL I FUCKEN MEAN YOU JUST KILLED THE PRESIDENT ALONG WITH HUNDERED OTHERS!" yelled Barret
"No…he didn't that sword isn't his…its…its…" Cloud visibly struggled to get the word out
"Sephiroth's" Tifa gasped intently while Cloud nodded both recognizing the sword that destroyed their hometown.
They know the who, but the question now is why?...
Well that my friends is the remake of my claim to fame…Hope it's up to standard of my old for those who read it…
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