Naruto looked around, panting. In front of him, at the other side of the currently unfinished bridge, were around 300 mercenaries that Gato had brought. And that was not all, oh no! There were also Raiga and Kisame of the Mist's Seven Swordsmen. His forces consisted of a tired Momochi Zabuza, an equally tired Haku, an even more tired Kakashi, unconscious Uchiha and useless Haruno. So, he summarized his current predicament pretty accurately. Fuck!

Suddenly, his head started hurting. He was assaulted with images. He was in all of them, along with a tall, dark haired woman, who was in most, and the Hokage. Then a seal appeared on his forehead. It started glowing red, and then the glow turned to gold. Pretty soon, the glow enveloped him, while the others stared at the sight.

As the light died down, there stood Naruto, but he was different. His eyes were no longer blue, but a deep, strong violet. His hair was still spiky, but longer, and the spikes were bigger and in smaller number.

His clothes had changed, also. He had black leather boots on his feet, dark blue jeans, black sleeveless shirt, and a dark blue cape that reached to his knees. A necklace appeared around his neck, all gold, sporting a golden eye-like symbol. He also had two golden armbands, and two ankh earrings, also golden.

His whole posture screamed nobility and he demanded respect just by his sheer appearance. He looked down at himself, and then popped a few joints. The sound of the popping snapped Gato and his men out of their stupor. Gato ordered a charge, and his men complied, Naruto didn't move, but on the inside he was panicking slightly. Crap. Even though I feel stronger and more powerful, there's over three hundred men there. I'm dead.

Not necessarily, Pharaoh.

Huh? Who said that? And why did you call me Pharaoh?

I am your guardian spirit. You are the descendant of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh known as Atem.

Guardian?

Indeed. In the ancient times, every man and woman had his or her monster guardian. They usually had only one, but the Pharaoh, the Egyptian name for king, had four.

Aha. And that has to do with my current situation what now?

Simple. You can summon your guardian, in either their original form or the smaller form, in which our abilities are halved, sometimes more.

How do I summon you? Naruto asked after a few seconds of wondering if this was a trick of Kyuubi's.

The mercenaries and thugs were still charging, when the sky turned black and clouds formed above Naruto. Lightning struck the bridge. Naruto clasped his hands in a prayer like position, and started chanting in a deeper, more powerful voice than he had before.

Sealed beyond time for power unsurpassed,

I call upon you now at long last.

Darkness give birth to unstoppable force,

To slaughter my enemies with no remorse.

Greatest of beasts please hear my cry,

Let know to my foes their end is nigh.

Appear in this fight, don't let them run,

Exodia the Forbidden One!

A pentagram appeared behind him, and a hand with a chain around the wrist shot out, followed by another. Soon, the beast exited the pentagram, and stood behind Naruto. It was a sight to behold, indeed, and many of the thugs had running on their minds, while Zabuza, Haku and Kakashi stared at it.

"Attack him. It's only an illusion." Gato yelled. Most of the mercenaries and the two ninja charge, with a handful standing back, scared shitless. Naruto just smirked evilly.

"Don't be so sure. Exodia. Obliterate!" Exodia fired a massive beam of pure, white light at them from his outstretched hand. When the light died down, it showed the mercenaries, or lack of them, rather. There were only piles of ashes, which were carried off with the wind. The sky quickly cleared, and Exodia vanished in a bright light.

"N-N-Naruto. What the hell was that?"

"That was Exodia, sensei. He is my guardian spirit. It's rather difficult to explain, and I certainly won't do it twice, so you'll have to wait 'till we get to Konoha." Kakashi nodded and they went to Tazuna's home to rest.

One week later, Team 7 stood at the now complete bridge with Zabuza and Haku, and were currently saying goodbye.

"Bye, Nii-san. I'll miss you." Inari said, hugging Naruto's leg. Naruto just chuckled.

"Don't worry, kid. I'll come visit."

"Promise."

"Pharaoh's honor." Sasuke and Sakura scoffed at that. They had spent the better part of the week interrogating Naruto on his powers, which didn't work, then demanding said powers be given to Sasuke. That didn't work either. When Naruto explained to Kakashi what a Pharaoh was, Sasuke's reaction was pretty predictable, as was Sakura's:

"Dobe, you do not deserve to inherit he title. It should belong to an Uchiha such as me."

"Yeah. Sasuke-kun should be king, and I his queen."

Though they both shut up when Naruto threatened to summon Exodia and have Sasuke tell him that.

Now they were walking towards Konoha, Naruto having a glint in his eye only Kakashi could recognize.

My love, after all these years, I remember again. Please, please remember me too.

This is a new idea I've been working on. The toughest part was coming up with a chant for Exodia. Tell me what you think about it.

Also, what do you think the guardian for Naruto's girlfriend should be? I have an idea, and if no one votes I'll go with mine. Keep in mind that it should be a female monster, and relatively strong.